The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-01
THE "sToCKADE', CLOSED

. city. From the first it has been op
posed by the American party and Th
Tribune as unlawful and impossible
proposition. This position has been con
stantly maintained by the American
party and by this paper, and we arc
accordingly rcioiccd that the stockad,
evil is now thing of the past, provided
that what appears in this matter shall
finally prove 10 be genuine.
1t is true that we have censured the
sheriff in this connection, but that cen.
sure was because of his inaction, not be.
cause he acted. We have held, and still
hold, that it was his duty upon the is.
suance OF the injunction by the court
TO take care that that injunction was
obeyed and enforced. The sheriff made
some frmtless and insincere efforts. ap.
parcntly, to close tho stoekade; but he
had no such real purpose, and it was
only because his position became impos,
sible that he moved at last And We
wish to say In this connection that If
any of the county officials are entitled
TO credit in closing the stockade that
credit is due to County Attorney Job P.
Lyon, whose jealous and effective work
brought whatever actual results were at
tanned.
In this connection ii must not be for
gotten that looming up right ahead
OF the stockade promoters, whose incor-
poratlon as an investment company by
tins State, made all the trouble. there
was dark cloud through which they
could not see their way. That was
the proposition framed by City Attor-
ney Dlninny in the form of an ordi-
nance under which, without the least
question. the "stuckaden could be in.
stantly broken up, That ordinance was
ing, and referred 10 the appropriate |
committee which viii undoubtedly re.
port it favorably for passage The old |
ordinances on this subject. passed by .
former Councils which were under the
dominion of the church, proved leaky
and Ineffective, just as all church-pro-
NOTED legislation has always proved
upon moral issues and upon questions
of purity. The passage of that ordi-
nance by the Council being assured,
il was evident that the lease of life
Of the stockado was limited
While the company which has been
subjected to so much lust censurc was
Incorporated by the State and the case
Iganst 1t was pending in the court.
4 was prudent thing on the part
If the city administration and of the
jouncll TO sec If the court could not
effectively rid the city of the cred
ight district since the court had taken
t IN hand II appeared from the fitful
md Intellectual moves of the sheriff,
he active official of The court, upon
whom rested the duty OF enforcing the
injunction, that fhe court g effort was
ikely TO be failure. Consequently.
he Council took the matter up in earn
st and we trust that there will be DO ,
clay in passing the ordinance which
as been framed by City Attorney
)ininny, 1t has been Mr.. Dininny's 's
ontention all the time that the "stock- =,
de > or cred light district could be -,
batcd by proper efforts He has been 7,
in the discussion Of this
Whole matter on the side of right. of "
'orals, and of purity. He has been
aithful TO the best American ideals in y
is personal Judgment and in his pro !
opinions, and undoubtedly he
'as prepared TO achieve results upon J
re passage of the bill which he had I
ramed. c
or course, the stockadc had TO close, D
nd in view of the ordinance men. o
oned, the sheriff was stirred TO ac, I
on, together with the reasonable pub v
c demand brought about by the point. o
lg out by The Tribune Of the sheriff g d
lain duty Public opinion has be- II
1me so aroused that it was impossible f
or the sheriff to trifle longer with the r
tuatlon, and the City Council being
$50 stirred into activity in the same ii
lrection. by the seeming need OF ac- c
on, there was absolutely no future for
le stockade, nothing for its promoters N
} do except TO close up, and that clos II
g will be a welcome event to the pco. r
e Of Salt Lake City. and more than n
any others, TO the members of the Il
merlcan party, h