Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-02

/ which were not proper thns the Nufiou.
string. on one another got strained aud
Stacked alternately, aud no Tightening
/ process could be- applied tu effect a. once
| n proper harmony, aud the cause OF JUS
/ tico waXod cold
| I'VE recommend that Captain Parker
| be suspended fifeen days without paw,
and b. placed back to patrolman a.
/ patrolman's wages.
That Sergeant =. :. Glenn DO dis
missed from tho force.
a-lhst the hioi Vt police be requisite Il
10 usr more diligence In enforcing due
/ respect rom unicers 10 p1trulmuu and
Nico versa; that tho timo " chan gins
shift~ be a. formerly In vogue, 1--WE UNDER
stand this has been done since tho lat of
/ last month"; that proper discipline aud
/ time b. matutalnot while VmfrOling, aud
l equal Information ~ 20 kinds OF work or
scrvico required b0 given to all alike; aud
no political preference exist In maintain
ing the police force of the city, that merit
alone give preference aud promotion.
THAT u, IN the Judgment OF the coun.
ell, you should SEQ nf, We would be
pleased 10 have you review the evidence
offered la this ease, aud fuol assured
your Judgment would concur as TO above
findings.
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
Ell a. foLLANp
fRrDERiCK ilrAru.
Councilman Spaiiord-I move that
the consideration OF both reports be-
deferred for one week.
Councilman Anderson - For what
feason9
Councilman Spaiford-woll, tot one,
! haven't had tine 10 digest them.
Councilman Hyde - I move the
adoption Of the minority report.
Councilman pickari-I second that
motion.
Councilman FollAnJ spoke In the
| following eloquent aud strong terms In
support OF thu minority reports
Mr. President, attho conclusion OF tho
/ police committee investigation, va were
| refused by the chairman In 500 the ma.
/ lnrity report, Tor the reason ho didn't
propose 10 give Us pointers. Aud, sir, IL
was with a degree of reluctance that we
were forced 10 bring IN you tho minority
report, for We had hoped, being loi by
/ what We heard, that unanimous, or ~
/ least a majority report would have been
given In favor Of purging the evils hv
which the police 81 our city was anllcicl,
and record made hy that committee
/ that fair play should chaurtnris1 al the
/ acts oi that departments bat, ~ 10 has
/ boon otherwise, aud tho issue uf whether
/ VIZ will hayo a police force above rn-
| prOach, u submitted 10 ", I hope that
such decision will Dos made thai Will
| place this administration above suspiciun
/ IN regard to the morals OF our fair city.
u u not true that tho laws urn bn
/ Ing constantly broken. that yicc daunts
/ & nag IN our facet the gambler plies MS
I vocation with open doors, and tue noise
/ and ulths Of tho prpitnr salute tho oars ~
/ Uyrfy resident who visits our mart. Of
| business to get the necossuries ~ iin9 l.
/ not thO sabbath broken hy tho helrhng
| forth Of drunkar.ls lfOm tho saloon from
| carly dawn till the darkness OF midnight;
aud tho people who desire one dty IN
| seven from tho turmoil OF busy lilo to
/ attend tp the doynUun- Ut the sanctuary,
| their mOditaiions ul vifluous Ito all
/ most destroyed by such sights Of vlro.
| thlCkly Travelled stfuois studied with
/ buncD men who ply their trade In omen
| sight, On fences aud the coping u wall4Y
| Decent peoples hearts TUNED sick by
/ wanion-oyod women armyo1 In tinsol.
/ VINO stand ut gties, doors aud windows
/ 10 lure Innocence tu palaces ~ sin un onr
public streets NJ all hlurst hluekmuu Loft
/ unpunlshodi tho plump hla,tlug IN hi.
supremacy OF tho inw9 Stolen goods
/ recovered AMI ro-siolon from the pre-.
/ clncig ui this hall, whore also tho most
obscene language aud antics Of authority
| II USED that sinrtles even tho ryos aud
| ears of policemen 10 my mind aud
from evidence, these conditions should
/ be laid ~ the doors OF those In charge u
| the police department.
! ask, Mr.. President, cannot something
bo done 10 stop these unuruichmunis aud
10 mako the law suprouo3 | have no
DOUBT ~ Co tho answer Tor feel that no
father nr citizon eau afford to do other
than uphold the dignity of tho ndminis.
tuiion, aud give 10 his progeny such pro.
lection ~ We would like % SEQ given.
Hut while In our heart. We wish that
state " affairs to exist which lncnlcatrs
good moral. aud discipline, II must bo
made plain by outward signs u we dc.
siru better condition Of affairs 10 exist
We must DO ~ aggressive holy aud show
those whose duty u l. Ia enforce law and
| order that Il must ho done, 40 their poril
or others who will must be- put 10 The
irouli who viii do tho biddiuguf the law,
which must be- held supreme. | trust,
Mr. President that we all sco tho ncccs,
siiy Of this, that In giving our Judgment
We Will uscas much discretion ~ " giy-
lug away the choicest gins We have To
b'stow; l wish 10 sAy that law aud order
must bo maintained who'hHr We shall
500 10 Il or not romans to Boz seen, but
! warn YOU that tho people do.
nnnd better enforcement ~ tho law,
For one ! zlY n shall ho done. Who her
my feeble efforts avail or not, / shall
still sound my voice for those things
which I believe IN be matter. " rlrht.
until Justice y satisfied. l fancy can
hear the murmurs uf a Justly discon.
tented people, Tho handwriting L. al.
ready On the wall, thy days are mum.
bored. Let not tho gcntlcmen nnttor
themselves that the icrvor OF the moment
eau make people inscnaihlo 10 their en-
croachmont- | have alluded "a. Ii IN an
honest noble warmth produced hy an
indignant sense of Injury. DO not lei ~
be told, sir, that We excite ioTvor against
n class aggression only Ia establish a Is.
muny; that, like tho arch traitor, We cry
"iIail Columbian at the moment We are
hotAylng her 10 distinctions, that We
sing out "liappy, happy land,n when We
arc plunglnR II In ruin and disgrace, aud
TINT we are absurd enough to call our
selves iroe aud enlightened, while We adj
vocato principles that would have dis
graced the age Of nopotism and vice Of
tho dark ages Of the past. Sir, my anxi-
ETY. and fears are great lest We add fuel
To tho flame by falling to Rdopt tho mi.
noriiy report, and orimo be loft u stalk
abroad, u menace To youth, Innocence and
virtue.
Councilman AndersOn--I wish 10
say that Mr.. F0llaud hardly does me
justice.
Councilman FollAnd-I- II not true
that you refused TO allow me 10 see
your report, nnd when | requested that
privilege you said that you did not In.
tend 10 give me pointers?