Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-10

and ont al pleasure on Sundays. Those
who have gone inside might also tesu-
~. With the writer that not only card
playing but IN some instances pool ana
billiard playing, were bolng induEed
IN by patrons Of the establishment The
only difference between Sunday ana
any other day being that the curtains
were drawn.
"Yet the Tribune says, The business
was never before carried on as dis
creetly as al present ! challenge the
statement and venture the assertion
that there Is not a reporter upon the
staff Of that paper who has followed
the conditions for number OF years
who will not II DESTROYS Of telling the
truth. acknowledge that the law was
never more openly violated than y Is
now. Let cap Paul. and Arthur Pratt
say n front doors Of saloons were eyer
allowed TO swing at pleasure while
they were at The head of the police de.
partment Let the present chief say "
he ever knew Of such a condition OF
things while he worked as patrolman,
aud as sergeant under Chiei Pratt
during John Clark's administration. Il
Is true that galO0nkeepers have always
tried to eyade the law and that liquor
has for years ben dispensed 10 the pub
Ne on Sunday. but not that patrons
could step from the street Immediate
ly into saloons They were content 20
seek their way through the back alleys
and into the back doors, thankful II
they were not moiested or Murdered by
the police Hut now they openly Haunt
their disregard Of law in the very face
Of an outraged community
rs this regulating the traffic In a
way that will result In the least dam
age and scandal2' There can be but one
answer MOI Then ! say let us keep
up the agitation until that condition IS
reached II liquor selling on Sunday
cnnnot be stopped under the present
law then let as have a law such as
was proposed by Mayor Clark, COM
pellng saloons to close on Sunday Then
ii cannot be said there is more drunk
enness than when they are wide
omen. INVESTIGATOR"
salt Lake city July 49, 1901"
We do not care to discuss the question
as to whether there was more or less
drunkenness when saloons were closed
on Sunday than now. That Is not the
question, II IS simply the enforcement
Of city ordinances that have been
on the books almost from the begin
ming Of this city. Notwithstanding
the untruths told IN regard TO the atti-
tude OF the News" this paper has al
ways been IN favor Of the proper regu-
latlon ana restriction of the liquor traf-
nc. including It's suppression on the first
day OF the week. as provided by statu-
tory law and city ordinances, The posi-
ton we take now Is that which we
have occupied invariably, whenever
there was any necessity 10 touch ON
this subject
We are not to be diverted by any side
issue. which may be opened. with a
view TO pulling us aside from the
straight path that leads TO the ylndIea-
ton OF the law on this subject. The
News" has not advocated anything ir-
rational sectarIan, partizan or puritan
ical II is not calling for prohibition,
II IL not urging that people who want
TO drink can be kept from drinking"
The situation is this In defiance Of the
law and the ordinance peremptorIly for
bidding the sale OF liquor on Sundays
the conditions described by "Inyesti-
gator are open TO public view, and
while the regulations prescribed are OBJ
served IN the county outside of the city
they are openly denahtly and fragrant
ly set at naught, within the city, in full
view Of the city authorities II that is
a method OF avoiding damage and
scandal we fail to see It, and believe
II forms an example Of triumphant law
lossness Of very evil effect upon the
community.