Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-29
SALT LAKE SALOONS
OPEN ON SUNDAY.
Mayor Thompson Will Make No Promise
TO Close Them on the Sab
bath Day.

cussng the question today sald he
feared II was true that the cily was
being run on the "wlde open plan 10
a greater extent now than ever pelo'e'
and added
"The mayor and chief Of police GER
tainly ought to enforce the ordinances
against Sunday liquor selling lle
laws should be enforced or expungeu'
some months ago the ministers as
ISOLATION advocated the idea OF a DIE
mass meeting that would bring lhe
MAJOR and chief OF police to time Inc
association had, prior to that Deeh
making a fight particularly asalhs' tne
sale of intoxicants to minors ana lhe
mayor and chief of police assured US
that the license of every saloon Keeper
who violated this ordinance would, on
proof thereof, be revoked. | have heard
of no revocation of license IN any case
"The Ministers association adj
iourned for the summer several Weehs
ago and viii not meet again Tor some
time. SO II will probably take no imme-
diate stems in the Sunday closing ques-
tion. some time before adjournment
one of our committees made II Its busl-
ness To visit a number of saloons on
Sunday. Ii found In some OF these re-
sorts great many men, Dig per
centage of them young men drinking
ana playing cards and other games IN
side and back rooms and bttore lne
bar as many ] believe as hundred III
ono Mace. When we called upon the
mayor in relation to the matter ms
answer was that It was better, In ms
onlnion 10 have few men, as he sald'
90 into the saloons and drink on the
sabbath day than to take bottles nome
with them and drink there. He mace
no promise to us about closing saloons
on Sunday.
BISHOP LEONARD
Rlshor Leonard, Of the Episcopal
church on being asked for an express
sion i'm regard TO the matter today SAID
81 Stand nat with the News on the
nronosition. Your paper published my
ietter endorsing your stand, and | am
free IA reiterate what said then. That
10 maj II is a thousand times better
to throw the saloons vide open than to
tride with the law as Is being done
now The saloon man has no more right
IN break the law than | have ana the
mayor of this city was elected 10 see
that the laws were enforced II ! Wele
mayor I would close them so ught vi
Sunday that there wouldn't De pep
hole open. Not because | am pulls,;
for | am not but II Is the law anu
the mayor IL expected 10 execute the
law 70 the letter.
"This story about Tom Higgins tax,
ing his demljohn home on sunday anu
getting drunk Is all rot II man
wants TO drink all we can do Is 10 LEI
him drink. We can't legislate temper
ance into the people, but | VIII again
saw that II would be infinitely better
IN throw the saloons wide open than
IN daily with the law. Then the dis.
gust of the people would be aroused
and they would see that the law Is en-
forced"
APPEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
The officers of the Y. NJ. NJ. l. a, of
this city have appointed a committee
consisting OF George A. Smith, B' r.
Grant and Carl A. Badger, 10 WORN
In connection with the Sunday school
Union In the effort that Is being mace
10 lessen the immortality Of the city The
sunday school committee, consisting OF
@ r. Felt, II. s. Cutler, Eugene NJ
Cannon. James NJ. Saville and H. d.
walk. met and drew up petition 20
the CITY Council asking for the sun
day closing OF the saloons and other
ectIons looking to the benefitlng of the
morals of Salt Lake City, The petit
lion should have been presented to the
Council last Tuesday night, but Tor
some reason Councilman Cottrell, INTO
whose hands It had been placed, failed
"a Introduce il, Both the Y NJ N. l.
A and the Sunday schools say mat
thew are in hearty sympathy with the
work of reform and they will do al
in their power to help the good work
along,