Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-19
CROWDS THR0NG DRAM SHOPS
Hundreds Of Men, Young and Old,
AmbIe in and Out in Various
Stages Of lntoxication.
Policemen Walk Beats In Unconccrn
While Law Il Violated and Dis.
graceful Scenes Enacted.

Now tnat aolity 10 make votes Is
past and the election is over, surely
the News" cannot be charged with
trying to make campaign thunder
when It calls attention to condition
that is a disgrace to every Salt Laker
to say nothing Of 1t being a violation
Of law and public ana private decen-
cy.
The state OF affairs that this paper
wishes to direct attention to is the fact
that the saloons OF salt Lake no longer
close on the Sabbath day. They are
open al the time They are crowded
from front to rear entrance. Hundreds
Of men amble in and out IN various
stages of intoSlcation while policemen
saunter leisurely and indifferently along
their beats and never attempt an ar
rest unless the case is particularly ag-
gravated Representatives OF the Des-.
eret News yesterday visited most OF
the saloons OK this city and saw for
themselves many nt the shainetul
scenes that were enacted They heard
the rbald laughter and coarse Jokes
and saw staggering men push their way
out of the saloons into the crowds OF
law-abidiug citizens that were on their
way to or from church. IL Is a condi-
ton that Mayor Thompson knows full
well Is wrong. 1t is condition that
Honest George Sheets took an oath
he would prevent. but one over which
he appears TO be as thick skinned as
when the McWhlrter robbery charges
were made. II doesn't appear to dis
aph "a
concerned the taxpayers have learned
to expect nothing else. But SO far as
Mayor Thompson Is concerned, they
have expected better things. They
know that one word from him VIII and
can close the saloons OF this city. Just
| as Chief Sheets once said in an inter-
| view with the Deseret News that he
| could close all the saloons In salt Lake
| with single officer alleging that Their.
was not proprietor IN the city who
| wouldn't close IL he had the word di-
rect from the head Of the police de-
partment that he must do so or be
| fined
SALOONS CROWDED.
At first il was the intention Of the
News" 10 print the names of proprie-
tors and locations Of the saloons that
were open yesterday. But when IL was
ascertaincd that all, or nearly so, were
open that became obviously unneces-
sary However 1t may be stated OFF,
cially that there are los licensed sa-
looms IN the town. Apparently not less
than 100 OF these were doing business
Yesterday In them were from two TO
40 customers at one time during the
afternoon. small average would be
10 to each dram shop, which would
mean loco men. OF course they came
oil lf.T. 0.... sKfs fts
estimate makes IL quite clear that not
less than 1000 men were per-
United TO drop their earnings
and degrade their manhood in
single Sabbath IN Salt Lake
Conditions may not have always been
ideal under so-called Mormon rule
but never did 1t approach anything like
this shameful state Of affairs Theu
II saloons aid open at all It was when
the proprietor took a back door chance,
with good prospects Ut arrest and fine
And even then the ministerial assoca-
tlon resolved, brrated and hoWled I'll
the outside world was made aware OF
what Is going on. Now &. remains as
quiet, meek and submissive as lamb
under the Keurus regime Of running on
running things. surely consistency Is
not gem IN the ministerial crown.
UNDER AMERICAN RULE.
with The American reform party IN
control Of offglrs here conditions have
so changed that now there ia not even a
pretense of obeying the Sunday closing
law and saloons are wide open on sun
day. OF course, no one viii blame the
saloon kcepcra They are not running
the thirst quenching parlors for their
health The blame is placed where It.
properly belongg-on the SHOULDERS OF
the "American" administration, The
organ OF the "knOakcrs' has been
shouting Itself hoQrse Tor many months
about obeyiug the law Prior to the
last city election Il ycped frantically
about gambling and open saloons on
sunday Bus the apoloelst for Jim
Donaldson lUmblmghouse bcosicr.
hunoc man ete., has nothing e. say NJ
the profciJ time about rambling icints
ana saloons domg htslNcas Oh Sun3ay
a. Oils city
NERVE TO rNY kEFpKa1
u had The supreme nerve yesierdey
mornnS 10 pcbish on crpcal lo the
ritiaohs az SHit Lake io assist The gaug
M securing control az ne rho9is Til.
articc was headed
"Amatll ans should DuNtrpl schools
Ma. appeal Wil have liJtc effect on
tho citizens who witnessed certain
scenes oU Jhc principal business streets
yesterday afternoon The sigh uf
drunken meu staggering u aud ont ot
saIolus tho boistevous sounds and
p-0ian' 1'ysugr issuing from many ~
IN, places WIS disgusting ii me cN-
trrmt Were thoy not iueptriug sights
and sounds for innocent cmldrep and
decent men aud vGmcn 20 sec and
hear? The police DO nothing To eradi-
cate thr cvil Saloons Ike gambling
Joints, need protection Nm violating the
law. They arc getting H.
Taxpayers who age acquainted VIII
conditions referred to VIII hesitate 10
give more power 10 The gang which
promised So much and has done 50
little in the way OF reform.
SAME As WEDNESDAY
Yesterday more than a5 per cont Of
the saloons of salt Lake We're Open-
wide open--and doing business. Sunday
is tho same as Wednesday or any other
day with the keepers nov. Arvone
could walk In through the front doors
and drink as much as desired. Tho
sound Of clnking glasses and the ring
of the cash registers could be plainly
heard from the sidewalk all day long
and late into the night.
Liquor selling on sunday IS a yiola-
ton ~ law. 'AmericRn' p1fty officials
know Il. They know that the law Is he
ing violated IN this manner and they
make absolutely no effort TO stop II. In
fact, they encourage It. II any per-