The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-25
EXPLANATIONS.

! The w. c. T u. as an organization
mas not been particularly stirred IN
the detcnse OF the policy of the police
department printed a few days ago
ana signed by one OF the desk serg
|! eants
me w c. T. U. open letter was not
addressed TO" the department but
WAS rather about ii and about the
city officials policy In regard to Ger
tain evils.
The letter was intended to be an an.
| peal TO members OF the Mormon
church, and was not for the police de.
partment at all
| We understand from the letter from
| the police department that the police.
or al least the authors of the letter
are perfectly satisfied with present
conditions, which is no news to any
one. We were asking II others out
side the department were satisfied.
The statement that 1t Is uncommon
TO find Ogden young mon in such
places" will bear investigation The
young delivery boy who committed
suicide, several years ago, after losing
his employers money, was an Ogden
boy. and the young man who lived in
the Opera House, who committed sui
eide. after losing all his money. was
resident OF Ogden at the time.
If former Gentle mayors are respon
sitble for introducing the system Of
regulation" in the Alley, thoy will
have to defend themselves from the
charge Most of them still live here
The w, C T u will still believe
hog .rh A, IA
to keep it up.
AS for the mayor of Denver and the
high officials OF Memphis" quoted.
they are probably professional poll
ticians and not church members. and
as such not safe examples for Og
den officials to follow.
Their fallacy is in supposlng that
there must always be virus OF vice
In every city, either In the shape OF
a running sore OF scattered erup-
tion. Most OF us would have no faith
In physician that talked such non
sense about the human body
We have faith In the belief that
city may be as healthy as a human
body, and that neither a running sore
or scattered eruption Is necessary
to either,
While tho social evil has baffled
police officers all over the world"
we venture the assertion that 1t has
done so only where the police officers
are content to be baffled.
1t Is weakness perSdnifed to admit
that 1t is impossible for a mayor and
chief of police TO enforce any law
which they see At to enforce, and it
is an assertion that must be very com
forting to the law wbreakers.
Concerning the statements made
about the attitude Of the Ogden min
listers. and a certain Y NJ. C. A pro
fessor. that is also something that
does not concern the w. C. T. u.
Those gentlemen can all defend them.
selves IL they have been misquoted
In any way.
The statement that the outside
world looks upon this as a necessary
evil Is untrue. unless by the outside
world is meant the law politicians and
Office holders who consent to make
treaty with this vile trafflc. for the
sake of dearly bought political vic
tory.
Ask one hundred average citizens Of
both sexes if this is a necessary evil
and note tholr answers
There is really only one thing about
this letter of the desk sergeant that
concerns the w C. T. u at all.
That Is: There seems to be mani
fest effort on the part of the writor.
OF writer's. to make 1t appear that
the w. G. 7, u. has attacked the Nor
mon church, In the open letter and
the w C, T. u declines to be placed
In any such false position. on the po-
litical chess board of the police sta
tlon.
We can easily sec what motive the
police station might have In trying
10 place lis In the wrong light It is
the strategic move Of the crafty poll
tlcian to follow out the axiom. Keep
the opposing forces divided If posi-
BILE"
We wish IL understood that there is
no quarrel between tho w. CT U.
and the Mormon church. We happen
To know that the great bulk OF the
membership of that church docs not
approve of the present attitude of
the city officials concerning these evils
any more than does the w. C T u,
Judging from a recent editorial in
the Deseret News it does not look as
II Mr.. Desk Sergeant is authorized to
speak for the Mormon church in the
matter of whether the church Is con-
tented with present conditions, and
pending further Developments along
the line OF who Is entitled TO speak
with authority. We await decision,