Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-30

INC It<ti- Va LpA CLfptttntcut VI
Tie laxs was the fi5cking here
Of criminals from other quarters,
seeking a field where they
could commit crime with immunity.
Hence this city is flooded with loose
and dangerous characters. We de-
mand an enforcement Of the laws.
II Is = SANDER u,son tie respectable
| citizens that hrUiheis AMI saloons
are 50 numerous. Their existence
il opposed to the moral sense o. the
people. Ii is folly 70 say that the
city government l. helpless TO cure
these evils or At lea-t hold them in
check. Apply the laws that have
been passed by the legislature and
| the city ordinances. Ii this sh3lI he
done The reformation demanded
will be accomplished. Let the
Mayor and Marshal 90 ahead with
the WORK OF r-forhatiDn. III not, a
few petty officers will not stand in
the way Of the enforcement OF the
laws made for the preservation and
protection of society
Mr.. and Mr.. Bailey, by invita-
ton sing, quite effectively, Some
soiy;- Boy. ari IN response to an
encore renieie IS seep The We5s
Away
f. L. GREGG
said this meeting means something.
Ii shows the existence Of healthy
public sentiment. Has any one .
conplimcntto pay the City Council?
You perhaps have heard the story
Of the man who died. and whose
character was such that IL was
thought that no Que coaii possioi,
say good word for hini. Finally
charitable man, while gazing at the
face OF the c1r. 81, reTnarkssJ: "W.ll,
he hal a good 81, Of teeth" The
speaker had sJmrlhia'. good
TO say about The OounciI.
They kai probably bad too
much 10 no Ia uthrr direction
AMI had noriIad i;ur to give atten-
tion 10 the eslJr-rm n OF the isw-
for the PIE .srvation OF morality.
rnefc was much ia their cgurs-,
however, that was open 10 ceBsurr.
This gathering Is in the nature Of
~ NAAtAAls anu u q
strong weapon in the hauis of the
Political opponents Of the 'Liberai''
party. Its time the city authorities
inended their ways. Crimes are
being condone.., highway robberies
are being comnittel daily or night
", licenses 10 sell WHISKY are graut-
ed without limit. The nOn-enforce-
ment OF the laws has brought many
vicious men 10 our city. The coun-
cilmen must be given 90 understand
that they are not in Office a. midi
viiuais, or as repT-sl ntins inGivii-
iisls or classes. fine whole trouble
lies in the fact that every niem5sr
Of that body has b..en approached
by friends and interested persons.
who have said: SNOW yoI must un-
dersiand that we must have 20 and
So" This has brought the c!ty 10 the
situation against which We most
emphatically prctes,.
DIR. ILiFF
said that never btfJrc had there tx
listed in this city The necessity for
meeting of this character. lie had
a genuine inspect for IN. niayOro OF
the city and fer certain other ruem-
hers OF the city council. He had
voted. and enthusiastically too, for
every member of the pTeseut city
council, because he though, that in
doing so lac was working for the best
interests Of The whole people. But
when he founi that ori;nancts.
which every good man believed were
just anu right, we're ignored, he was
before The a,:dieucc 10 mos. earae>t-
ly aud vigorously protest against
such 4 state OF affsirs. Every lover
OF moTs.s aud good order should Use
ali the Influence which he had, and
put himself sIasreiy on the qr1s-
ton nndcr consideration. The sit
ualion not only Involved :he reputa-
ton OF the Liberals ia this city, but
in the nation abroad. We pledged
the country TINT II we obtained CON
troll We would insure n better gov
eminent than that which had so
long existed. / appeal 10 YOU 10
place yourselves squlrely on the
right side Of this question.
II. ". LAWRENCE
made remarks on the lea ling Object
Oh Tic meeting. He said we all feel
pride in the maintenance Of the
integrity of cur city government.
We all Eant to see Law and order
pnevaii-ani Of COURSE this j. a diff
ficuit thing in a city with 80 large n
floating population. Bat we should
control the dens IF vice as well as
we can. The best OF the saloons
are Tad enough.and the lower order,
the worst o. the ssloons, should bt.
deprived Of their licenses. There
are too many Of these particularly
d-moralizing saloons in the city.
The more such places are controlled
the fewer there aTs-.he batter
will be the order AMI peace Of the
ely. The officers OF the lev must
be fully supported in the Carrying
out Of the laws, and ii this support
be freely and fully given, that i the |
handspring OF the movement flr
pur'ficstiun OF the morals uf the |
community TIE .xi-terts. If d-n>
Of vice j. = meoscs- 10 tire yo,lus anu /
a csu>'- Of alarm % all parents, the |
preservation Of the virtue OF who's 4
children is desrer than life.
JUDGE wANPLER
said he was no: in acrurd with some /
of the views expressed. Precedin;
speakers had h-cn too l,yish in de-
nouncing the City Council. There
were two Glasses responsible for the
Council was not one Of them
Mayer Scott and the pcople The
OF vice b,-iongei 10 the
and not 10 the law max.
ing department. If Mayor scot
were to direct ChiefofPlllcv Young
10 put down the dens Of wee COM
plainei Of and enfoTcn the laws, Il
would lie Gone. Let the demsni 10.
maize of thc Mayor AMI place the
gentleman Scott on record. If the
result desired is 40. aitainei, then
he people VIII he to blame II they
10 not take the matter into their
)wn hands.
L. I. CLAY,
comparative stranger in the city,
having only resiiei b-rc q few
was the next speaker. Il APP
,eared TO him that the yr-at audience
assembled meant business. anl Tia, ,
1 was here fer the purp 80 Of pro- ,
estipg against the crime AID law ,
essness which prevailed in the city.
The speaker could not, under any
iavor a iicenss sys- =,
EN-. He could n 1 understand why /.
or q certain sum Of money we :
hou.d license man - take the
'irtue or the manhood or the y
Of our p-opie. But the T,
nseting was no. for the purp-se OF j
onsidering Whistler re SHOULD :
cense the saloons, but merely !
'hethcr the laws and ordinances
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