The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-14
SILENT SUNDAY
OBJECT OF BILL
IheatricaIs, Baseball Games,
Horse Races and Other
Things Prohibited.
BATHING RESORTS ESCAPE
REQUIRES SALOONS TO CLOSE
AT MIDNIGHT DURING WEEK.

folks will have to be pretty good on
sundays hereafter if the senate and the
governor approve q bill that passed the
house yesterday. The screws are set on
theatres baseball games. football games.
basketball games horse races circus. dra-
matte or operate performances, skating
1inkS or equestrian exhibitions, also dog
fights cock fights, bull fights. bear
nights, prize fights. or any "barbarols or
noisy amusement" gambling houses and
saloons. Sunday bathing al Saltair beach
and AT other watering places. had mar
row escape but they finally emerged
with their heads clear
The bill that does ali these things IS
MT Iolton's substitute for house bill NO.
-. When the measure was called up Mr..
thompson moved 10 substitute the word
promote for gets up, saying thar
people could not be expected 10 lie in bed
al day Sunday. On motion of Mr.. Joseph,
Memorial day was inserted. An amend
ment making the act applicable TO firms
and corporations as well as individuals.
was carried. RObinson's amendment that
the owners OF premises where violations
of the law occur shall be held equally
liable with those who give the exhibits or
the patrons, was adopted.
Bathing Resorts Escape.
Mr.. Joseph moved to amend so that the
bill include bathing resorts. Many of
these resorts, he said. are near churches,
ana the noise that comes from them dis
turos the services. At some OF the re-
sorts difficulty has been experienced in
the past by the officers in handling I'M
ruly crowds on Sunday because some men
would insist on getting intoxicated u
say these resorts depopuiate the city on
Sundays. when the people ought to be in
church. and there was an audible grin
throughout the room.
Il would not deprive any individual of
the right to take bath" said Mr.. West
phaL but / believe if we are going to
F1H LII fr~-~ or.
not try to smother it in this way.
JOseph's amendment was lost.
Mr.. Toiton explained that if was not
the purpose of the bill to interfere with
bathing resorts, nor with recreation for
the people. nor with harmless sports. It
was aimed only at the noisy and riOtous
kinds of diversion.
Mr.. Critchlow sought to amend by add
ing the words where liquor is sold, or
any other amusement that calls for the
expenditure of money" Mr.. CTitehlow
asserted that all Of the trouble at the
beaches was the result of drinking HquoF.
1t cost money TO buy liquor and If the exr
penditure of money We're stopped the
drinking of liquor would he stopped and
peace would reign. The amendment was
lost. sutton moved TO strike out the
word sunday" but that was going IL a
little too strong.
Baseball Is Included.
When the baseball amendment was
reached Mr.. Joseph again took the floor
in favor of the suggestion. Mr.. Joseph
said that once upon q time he knew of a
baseball game where the ball was knock
ed through the window of a nearby
church, causing much commotion among
the WOrshippeTS and disturbing the seFv-
ices in 10 small degree. Mr. Joseph adj
mitted that he acquired this knowledge
| from seat in the grandstand and not
from pew in the church.
PederSens motion including football
and basketball carried.
The bill was passed by a vote of 81
ayes to 5 noes, those voting in the mega
tive being CTitchlow. Dean, Holt, Kuch-
Ter, Larsen, Miller Robinson and Sutton.
Early Closing of Saloons.
The bin providing for the early closing
of saloons was passed. 1t provides that
saloons shall be closed all of Sundays and
on Memorial day and that they shall be
| closed on other days from Il o'clock mid
night until ) O'Clock in the morning The
| hours fixed in the original bill were 12:3C
I and 6:30 but the amendments prevailed
Amendments prohibiting card playing and
| music in saloons were lost.
One of the reasons assigned for his ac-
| ton by one of the most earnest advocates
I of the bill was that il would give tie bar
I tenders q rest. The measure is Ciegg 5
/ house bill No. 216.
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