Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-09
A RULE OF SIN.


party went before the people Win
highly colored pictures concerning inc
lawlcss state OF affairs in the City, ana
pledgcd themselves to make this law
obedIent community. They howieo
about the tyranny of ~'prlest-rule' "a
phantom they conjured up from their
own lar OF smoking iniquty-and
promised American rule. which snouiu
mean rule by and for the people. HOW
have they kept their pledges and iui-
filled their promises?
In the first place. there never was
time in the history of this City, Wnen
lawlessness was more rampant than II
is now. And this is not due to the
fact that the police department Is too
weak to cope with it. 1t Is due en-
tirely to the unwillingness of the So
called American officials to do their
sworn duty and maintain the laws ana
tho ordinances as they arc. We have
laws prohibiting tho maintenance of
houses of Ill repute. burt the so-called
American officials who have sworn
to uphold those laws, with the great
est nonchalance say: ITO Jericho with
the lawsi We know better. We Will
enforce only the laws that suit US,
now" and aided by that sentiment all
entire city of nests OF ill-repute has
been constructed as a dividend paying
business and God alone knows whether
the officials themselves arc stockhold-
ers and benef1ciaries of 1t, or not
Falsehood is resorted to, In order to
lull the consciences OF the moro sensi-
two to sleep. 1t Is asserted that vice
is confined" TO one place and there
fore better controlled" That is a
statement best characterized by the
shorter and uglier word. II the Of
ficials are unable to close dens OF In
fanny. they are as impotent to con6ne
it to one enclosure. Dens flourish all
OVER the City. in spite of the official
representations. The stockade was not
built for the purpose of restricting vice.
but to make money out of 1t, and
wherever money can be made the ques-
ton is not of restriction. but expansion.
We tell you, citizens of Salt Lake
City, those interested In the sale of the
hell broth of any infamous investment
company, are not going to restrict 1t.
They arc going TO send their agents out
in every direction and rope your boys
in. and girls, il they can. They arc
going to send their cards out all over
the State, advertising their infamy.
and trying to get the patronage of
men coming to the Capital on business.
or pleasure: and all this, in defiant
contempt of the laws. So much for
the hypocritical pledges to respect the
law.
AS for their promises to maintain
American rule, We boldly make the as
sertion that neither the 'stockade," nor
low Sunday shows. nor horse racing,
nor other institutions of iniuuity are
here with the Will and consent of the
majority of the bona fide citizens. We
admit that number of them voted for
the party in past elections. but we be-
lieve they did SO because they were de-
ceived by all manner of falsehoods and
Misrepresentation. II the moral status
o.
pie, majority. we believe. would con-
denim an administration that permits
the desecrauon OF tho Sabbath and the
violation OF every commandment OK
cept, perhaps. that against murder. to
go on unchecked. though II has eyery
means at hand to check II. We believe
that the administration knows that Il
Is trampling upon the sentiments of the
majority of the people here. and that IL
cares no more for that majority than 1t
does for the Hottentots of Africa, ex-
cept at election time. In short. wo
have q rule OF tyranny. the worst i'm
asinable-a rule OF tyranny In favor OF
sin and iniquity
This Is the situation And that is
the kind OF rule 1t is proposed to ex-
tend over the County and the State.