The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-30

report, said he had visited Victoria
alley and did not find matters there as
painted by the papers. He denied point
blank that school boys visit the rooms
Of the women living there. He said the
boys who did visit the alley are hood
lums, who are bent upon mischief. and
broke windows and created disturb
ances generally. He took the stand
that the conditions could be improved
upon, perhaps, by the placing Of an
electric light in the alley.
He could not find il in his heart to
blame the women found in Victoria
alley and Commercial street half as
much as he did the men who visit such
places and support that kind of crea-
lures.
Drive the Men Out.
If we had no bad men we would
have no bad women - he said. Instead
of driving the women out of town we
ought TO drive the men out of town
who frequent such places. II is the men
and not the women we should blame -
At this junctUre Councilman Daveler
took the floor and spoke against the
report He eontended for a practical
handling of the matter, saying it is no
theory that confronted the people Of
the city. bat an actual condition. Re
plying to the statements of the coun-
cilmen who had spoken before him on
the morals of the city. he said.
There are now awaiting death in
the Denitentiary and the other insfitu-
tions in the city twelve men. There is
one boy in the city who confessed to
the cutting of an old mans throat Is
that picture of beautiful moral
city," It was not so very long ago
that there was talk upon the streets
of lynching a man for attempting to
ruin little girls.
This committee cannot wash its
skirts Of its refusal to give Chief of
Police Paul all the men he needs to
patrol the city by bringing in such a
report as this. / am opposed to it. and
will vote against it
Defends the Papers.
He then defended the papers by ad-
Vising the councilmen to let the news
papers alone, saying that in antagoniz-
ing them they would be doing more in
jury to the city than if they let the
papers say what they wanted to. He
was not in a position to speak authori-
tatiVely as to whether school bows do
or do not visit the alley, but he did
know that messenger boys go there
scores of times a day, and that that
practice should be stopped
Then Councilman DaveIer turned his
attention to Chief Paul by saying that
II the head of the police department
wanted to regulate these places of vice
that he had the power and the law be-
mind him to do it, and was surprised
tnat an ATTEMPT should be made to
Vindicate him through the introduction
OF such resolution as that before the
council. He said the chief knows what
he can 90, and all he has is to do it,
and that he would find the moral com
munity of the city back of him
In conclusion the councilman sug-
gested that future attractions in the
alley be done away with by forcing the
women to live behind drawn window
shades. so that they could not be seen
by people who might have occasion to
use N1vtOria alley as a thoroughfare. If
the police would attempt TO handle the
matter in a practical way he thought
they would get much more credit than
by looking for vindication by resolu-
ton.
Resolution Ill-advised.
The resolution appeared to be i'll
advised to Councilman Thomas. Al
though he is member of the police
committee, he did not see it until Just