Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-26
PUBLIC MORALS
IN SALT LAKE.
Jmmlttee Makes Report Of Its
Recent Investigations
REMEDY FOR EVILS FOUND.
OmelaIs Are Criticised for Neglect of
Duty aud Morning Paper Makes
wild Statements

IL vas agreed To BY all OF the f0llowln
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pnens' MI Johh ~ ho'so"' W. ~
Grant. Rev. Mr.. sinpkinF' Kew Mi
Brown, AIRS. shepard ana M'S' s'n'p
mn ine fepO, W." ,shn
CONSERVATIVE anu jus .,o -,
sotue OF tne leauihs o'nVi va ~ noaa,,,nn
were severely ori'lcieeu' wv 'l s',,,
deprecated lhe afIals,lnuTut ""' ~, 1'.I
setner 100 iillo iot tne neip'u In,
hah nhamclessl} Hllslepiv9S ~. w.,
members OF the coHllhttSe ~ w a. q,
sou tnat they uld hol hse y. " LIP n, =
= sensauonai "h'teM"sn 49, ,s,eera.
dieatlon OF rs course ~ ~ , rHasss ssc
llon Oh lhe eYus ~ tnu ss'in,' to,,s,,s
tlon' Inc conhlie'ee isp''s i''''"''
THE COMMITTEES REPORT.
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Your committee oppolhtsu " inluile
into me moral cOnnltipn oi Wv w ~
ports tnat u mas maze ~ 'noiousn a.
Veeugatioli ~ tiine anu VppV''u"'''
have afforded.
IL mus state Oh atahs 'nae - az
must wholly attriDuA9ie % y iion. ...D
forcement OF the law upoll NUS Vnie'
ful inquiry, X mas atcertaiheu sl'ut W,
tam eylis when eklst nikns y, etsny
abated, OF az least curu'nvu' u'
doned.
SALOONS AND GAMBLING.
For instance saloons continue 70 10
business on sunday IN defiance OF ihMf
order and Christian sentiment, psm-
bllnghouses apparently never close.
When the party IN power went psipls
the people at the last electlon II pieuseu
itself at me polls 70 enforce ana sus-
tain the law against open sunday va
looms and gamollnghouses. ~ mas
aDated neither
II could suppress both a genuine or
der from those N authorlly Wouiu ne
sufficient
Women and minors have the entry
10 saloons both day ana nlsnt
Arrests Tor these oHenses are 80 m
frequent and the penalty therefor so
light as to amount to practically noth-
ing.
The present license system, unper
which the inmates OF houses OF ii,Ie-
, v NE city's name It's practice Il
not only ATTENDED with disgrace, put IS
fraugnt Win the spirit OF ihhuih"hiy
~ Wen.
AS TO MESSENGERS.
Regarding the recent charges that
boys We're IN the habit OF irequentlhs
the resorts OF victoria alley we nave
failed to secure Affirmative evidence
tnpTQnn.
ihat VIII suDstantiate the claim that
boys other than messenger boys ever
visit houses OF THIS character, either
upon this or other avenues IN me So
called tenderloln district we condemn
messenger bows to enter houses Of pros.
titution or saloons and mink y should
DC pronipi,ed py iaW we nkew,se are
" the opinion thai w en-nknt ~
loon shVuiu pe "pohsheu, anu tna' Wy
ciosiht nouT SHOULD pe Low p III: ~
Is notorious lact ,hat inahy Oh tne
NuIst cnaracveIs Win NIich uie ivy
y ihiesleu are tle irsquen'eIs oi tnese
au-nient saioohs' ana tnat many iop
nef.s 1hu o'ner crimes are eoihihi''eu
IN them' ~
BOYS DO NOT VISIT RESORTS.
Under existing conditions they are
Verltable nests OF crime. Win reference
10 me recent murder OF DANIEL Ryan
on Victoria alley II IS notable TACT
tnat following the public agitation, an
ar OF order and selni'respecaDliity mas
succeeded the lawlessness which oD-
tanned prior thereto, the publicity
that was given II appears TO have mad
a lettering ereet upon the element that |
piles us vocation IN ms thoroughfare.
uIar police patrol for tbe future both Of |
which are promised conditions WIZ be
greatly improved
As TO POLICE INcREAsE
In conclusion we regret 70 say that
we cannot consistently recommend an |
Increase Of the present police force.
While we concede that the number OF
men in the department Is wholly inad-
equate 10 the needs Of n city Of this
size. we fail TO see where the public
would be benefited by an augmentation
,s,,c,aIs IN the ianrnage y, The dav
I Is question that Is up 20 the people.
After all ina, THIS or any other commit. |
zee can 90, aller ali that mas Deen sald
N the past; after all that can be said
n the future. the fact remains that the
leople alone can solve the question
ihey are me maj arbiters- IL u Tor |
hem 10 say whether the moral tone
md status OF our city shall be Kept
oure. The place TO DO this Is IN con-
'entlon assembled. The means me
Election of good men VIII solve the
problem better than all the committees
hat can be named
rhp THE yoTrps To npcIDr
In the meantime We recommend that |
very fellow-ctizen Interested In good |
government should continue TO insist |
hat city representatives. exert their en-
'rgies at this time 70 continue that
improvement OF conditions springing |
pe, =, AVIS e bai fs1or,ns tbts y action
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