Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-18
REFORM LEAGUE
ASKS QUESTIONS
Candidates Are Brought Face to
Face With Plain Propositions,
THEY MUST MAKE PLEDGES
To Keep saloons Closed on SUNDAY
And TO Discourage sunday Sports
Answers viii be Read Friday.

If elected win you use your best en-
deayors for the strict enforcement Of
the ordinances relating to:
l-sunday liquor selling?
2-Gambling houses?
3-sellng liquor to minors?
4--Selllng tobacco 10 minors?
ALLOWING minors In saloons ana
billiard halls2
care you willing to favor city or
dinance against Sunday baseball and
football playing
1--Will you pledge yourself to seek
stricter police supervision OF certain
rooming houses, with the object OF
abatlng the evils therein prevailing?
Please forward reply 70 AIR. Eugene
NJ Cannon, secretary, 502 Templeton
building, not later than the Gath inst,
The Moral Reform League, composed
OF representatives Of nearly every
church organization Of the city met
last evening, drew w the foregoing
questions and today submitted them 10
every candidate for political office Ia
the city. And no doubt each one OF
the candidates realizes how much de-
pendg upon his answer
Those present at the meeting were:
DR.. Louise Unger and Miss Bertha
Meyer, for the Young Pe0ple's Christian
Union; Mrs. Matilda Lyman and Miss
Anna Baker, representing the Women's
Christian Temperance Union: Richard
r. Lyman ana DR.. Joseph +. Merrill.
for the Young Mems Mutual Improve
ment association; Mrs. Mary Il. Irvine,
for the Young Womens Mutual Inn
proyement association. Rev. George
Bailey and Rev. Richard Wake, Of the
Ministerial association: Horace II.
Smith, Il. A. Eberhardt, Miss Myrtle
Abel and Miss Sue CLARK, for the
Young Peoples Society OF Christian
Endeavor; Dr. 7, A. ClawsOn, the High
Council Of the Mormon Church. James
w. Saville, II, J. Walk, Eugene NJ.
Cannon and Heber s, Cutler, represent
ing the Deseret Sunday School Union.
The first steps taken In the reform
movement by the Sunday school COM
mittee was reviewed by Chairman Cut
Ter for the benefit OF those who were not
Identified with the work at that time
But they all expressed themselves as
being in hearty accord with what had
been done and would support every
action In the future. on motion OF
Richard Il. Lyman the following COM
mittee was appointed 10 formulate the
questions that head this report Rev.
Bailey OF the Ministerial association,
Dr. Clawson OF the High Council. Mrs
Lyman of the w. c. +. IT,. Mr.. Eber.
hardt OF the Y. p. s. c. H.. Mrs. IT.
vine Of the Y L. NJ l. A., DR.. Merrill
OF the Y, NJ. M. |. A., and Mr.. Cannon
Of the Deseret Sunday School Union
The committee retired 70 an adjoining
room and after a lapse OF a half an
hour returned with the questions given
above and the following letter In addi-
ton.
"The representatives OF the assocla-
lions below subscribed have unan-
mousy agreed TO submit the following
questions 20 each candidate for Office
at the approaching election. and desire
an unequivocal answer to the same.
I'VE emphatlcally assert that we
have no motive In this matter other
than n determination to have our city
ordinances impartially enforced. These
questions win be submitted TO candl-
dates Of every party and upon the an
swers 10 the same viii depend the d.
rectlon In which we will bend our
energies and our votes on election day.
1--WE ourselves are members Of diff
ferent political parties and are assoc
ciated at this time with the sole and
only purpose Of securing better moral
conditions In our city,
The letters win be sent 20 each Of the
candidates. An adjournment was taken
until next Friday evening, when the
answers will be read and dlssected. II
appeared TO be the sense OF the meeting
that the Reform League should be
permanent organization and work sedu-
lousy for a high moral tone in salt
Lake City.