Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-24
WHAT is THE TRUTH?

y ne lJtStICl ANtNs ltCps Pio's'SSAl ~
tender an apology, in behalf of decent
citizens of Salt Lake City, to the lady
OF Chicago who. according to the re-
port, was arrested on Saturday and
submitted to indignitics without any
provocation or excuse whatever; and
/ also TO the travelling public generally.
We can assure them that the infamy
Is not condoned by any respectable
citizen here. Nor would 1t have hap
pencd II tho people were more ade-
quateiy represented in the City gov
eminent. The people want tourists to
z come hero and &c be treated with the
hospitality one civilized community
always extends to the citizens8of an
other. and II is no fault of the people
II strangers are insulted in that man
iner. We have an administration here
that is essentially alien in principles
land moral standards and under such
an administration. almost anything
contrary to usual civilized customs
may be expected.
One strange fact comes. to light by
this arrest, and that is that the police
consider Commercial street AMI nfa-
nous tloroughfare. That will, uu1nrI I'M
doubtedly, be news to many people of
Salt Lake city The street was once
branded .as unclean. That is Il mat
ter Of general knowledge. But the,
mayor cleaned 1t. In fact. he risked
his reputation rs a citizen and an Of
flcial On that proposition, tnasmuch as
he consented to the establishment Of
a "stockade". In another part Of the
CITY, in violation Of the law, and APP
pointeil chief to drive all the dis
(. Reputable denlzens OF Commercial
styeet into that pig-pen We have
huorIit proclaimed for years now that
that was n very wise arrangement,
that vice is necessary evil that must
Z be controlled and not prohibited; that
{ by the s''stockade" business, every 9TH
Il er part Of the City had been cleaned,
and so on. This even good citizens
: have been foolish enough to believe.
Human credullty is amazing. But now
the hypocrisy of this contention Is all
laid bare. BY the action of tho police,
IN arrcsting the lady, the department
.confesses that Commercial street Is
still SO filthy that respectable tourists
~ cannot pass through 1t. The lady was
told she had better keep off such
4 streets IN the future Is this true?
1 lis Commercial street still the street 1t
twas, In spite of the cleaning up and
a 1.-THE dumping Of the sweepings into the
9(stockadec ii II SO, Salt Lake is worse
tsunderl the present regime, than We
Thought 1t was. 1t has n stoclSade in
addition to tho Commercial street, and
4 other private dens. and all with the
knowledge, perhaps consent. of trust
{ ed otIlce holders, And they call them
selves "Amcricans." They would be
highly offended II anyone should In
sinuate that such officials are my
thing but respectable. fit for the most
exclusive society! Good God, what
hypocrisy!
We do not know what kind OF ,busl-
ness men occupy Commercial street,
3 but we would think their interest
would demand that the police clean
4 the street, II 1t is true that It still Is
the filthy hole it was; or II the insinu-
alton is not true. that the administra-
tion responsible for tho police he made
to apologize to them and .letsth truth
be known: It Isl certain that by, the
arrest referred to the, street has got a
new reputation that cannot but be
damaging to property interests there,
4 and that it should be cleaned of, " it
is true. The reople have a right to
know the. full truth about It, If tho
thoroughfare Is what 1t used to be,
someone has shamcfully deceived the
y people In the matter OF tho West Side
Z Institution. That is clear.