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

before the council met He said the
resolution was making the members of
the committee who signed il look ri
diculous, and was surprised that they
would even think Of presenting it. The
alley is a deplorable spot in the city,
everyone knows il, he said, and there
is no denying L. The passing of the
resolution, he contended. would not
help matters. What is needed is some
stringent action looking to- the cur
tailment of the existing evils
Councilman a. J. Davis said the mat
ter had been given too much publicity
already. He would ike TO see the pres
. authorities act in accordance with the
laws. He had practically nothing to
say for or against the attitude of the
papers. That the evil exists there is
no doubt. Such being the case, the
/ best thing 10 do is to suppress it, and
stop giving it publicity and not acting
would never accomplish anything.
Robinson Is Grieved.
The newspapers received some at
tention at the hands of Councilman
1 Robinson, who felt Il little aggrieved
that they should seemingly take de-
/ light in running down the city giving
it a black name throughout the coun-
/ try, instead of praising it up. He adj
nitted that the evils exist, but said
I there are laws on the statute books
! whereby the cesspooIs Of iRiSuity can
be regulated. To him it is most de-
plorable fact that men can sink so low
as to live off the money which the
women of Victoria alley and CONNER
cial street earn through their nefarious
living.
He thought the evils of the city
would be lessened materially if the
| police would run such men out of the
city He took the philosophical stand
that immoral women have existed
since the beginning Of the world, and
viii continue to do so down through
the ages of the future, and that the
best way to handle them is to keep
them absolutely in control.
Councilman Nigus opposed the reso-
luton. because, he said. the council
could not consistently pass a measure
denying the existence of immortality in
1he city; that the councilmen should
not officially take such step. He con-
/ tended the passage of the resolution
would be about one of the most fool
ish things the council could do. even
admitting that the assertions made in
It were absolutely true
Is Bad Judgment.
Councilman Sharp contended the res
olution was iI-advised, and said he
I thought it was not good judgment to
Knock the papers. He sought to end
the debate by moving that the com
munication be referred back to the
committee, and there let it die
Councilmen Daveler and Vigus OPP
posed that motion on the ground that
the council should act upon the reso-
luton then and there. one way or the
other. If the communication were re-
terred to the committee. the press and
the people would keep the matter alive
by asking when it would be taken up
by the council again.
Councilman Sharp then withdrew his
motion, and the adoption or rejection
of the resolution was then put, with
six votes being recorded in its favor
and nine against it.
Later in the evening a resolution
was passed providing for an electric
| light in Victoria alley. President Cot
trell was the only one who voted
] against it,
Throughout the debate Chief Paul
| was a silent spectator. He had moth
ing to say after the council adjourned.