Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-10
THE SITUATION B1sIGHTENs.i

81 Al ogden last Sunday the Rev. Noble
strong Tslderkin referred to conditions
In that city in a pulpit editorial read
In the First Congregational church JUST l'sst.
before his regular sermon. His sub5ectR
was IA Wide-open Town and the Nor r
mons
He declared that the coming OF thou
sands Of eastern people to the Grand
Army eilcampment makes It. imperative
that Ogden should renew Is EFFORTS 70
erase police protected gambling from
The category of our municipal crimes,
Declaring that, while loath TO re-
open in tho pleasant spring time. the
K subject Of ctty-protected vice. the
preacher went on to say:
53 aOur ofiicials apparently cannot resist
i The approaches OF the be-diamonded
B gentry There is little hope that their
5; blckbones will undergo any marked
stfffening process In the near future.
4 But the strangers from the east VIII
bs here befor;S long. u me coutse -,
time they VIII return to the cast. 10
& Ne want 1t reported by 10000 easterners
that Ogden is a 5Mide-o open town r.
$50. turn to my Mormon friends
again. We Gentiles frankly confess
thatswithout your aid We cannot carry
through any change In existing nuns
cipnl conditions. United effort u need
ed Mormon Leadership Is aDsalu.e y
necessary. You have am institution so
perfectly organized that In moment
YOU can hurl 900 protests against this
ilileous Injustice of openly tolerating
gambling I am tempted to ask II IL
" isn't in Just such crisis as TINS lilat
Your organization is worth 4Nvhlle Z . olt
3 Jayesrights. of course; but only a petty
soul harps upon It's rights. ne ely ~
owes you much, but you, too, owe inc
city much. You have great power.
The greatness OF your power increases
Nour Responsibilities.
FL F..rhe name OF the city is at stake:
4 Protected gambling must be suppressed
by Aug. l.
we agree most heartily with the SEN
titnent expressed in the last sentence
Just quoted.
Why should not gambling be sup
pressed in Ogden Or anywhere else?
Why should not "Mormons' and all
ether law-abiding people be able to
unite in tho suppression Of such evils?
There is only one reason urged why
they should not do so, II any Nor
mon, official should utter from the
pulpit such facts as Mr.. Eiderliin has
very properly urged, a loud outcry-a
yeritable .'howl'--would so up from
those who are interested in securing the
political support of these accessories OF
crime and civic disorder.
II the suggestion of the Rev. Mr.. Ell
derkin is carried out, will not the AM
erican' party and its organs in this
City, at once call upon all the gambling
and saloon element to vote against
the hierarch?" II is our opinion thai
e. they VIII; nevertheless, it is more i'm,
portant to battle for the right than L
try to appease AN element whose pres
ent leaders are implacable We there
fore call the attention of people d
all parties to the proposition of tbs
Ogden minister Why not try it If
salt Lake City also?
When ministers of the gospel vii
come cut for civic righteousness in thi;
way, we think that "the situation
brghtens:;" and this is the only di
Eergent view we can express upon tn,
now requiring treatment by the cit.
authorities. He says:
The situation does not brighten. TIL
ease with which the city council can b
4 boWled over is not reassuring. / ma,
illustrate. The council resolved, so 81
We're told through the press. to gran
no more liquor licenses on the groun,
that at present we We're somewhat over
stocked with iriigating enterprises
Then came along a little bit of a fello,
"a. follower OF a racing ganle-wh
spoke confidentially and passed aro,In
the cigars, and blandly observed tina
Ogden was sure enough progressive
and eight big strong men fell down be
fore the hurricane of suavity.
NV don't know what to expect. w
are not sure what the next smooth on
VIII demand. The danger at this tim
= he ,"c ss.:.;s;ll be overrun with smoot
ones who win want our eastern visitor
10 enjoy the season Within and VIII