Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-15
City Council Will WrestIe With
The Gambling Problem
Tonight.
MUlVEY AS THE CHAMPION
lie Does Not Take Kindly. However.
To the Fact That Mckinney
IL to he Chairman.

Z whereas II has become apparent that
tho practise Of gambling on horse races
has become alarmlnely prevalent and is
tho cause Of debauching many Of our
boys and young men rendering them
I unht for the honorable occupations Of
life; and whereas this discreditable oc-
cupation with all lts vicious results H.
allowed in all IT. sluring features TO
occupy places in the business portion OF
our city enticing our youths into hab-
its which ultimately effect It's ruin and
degredatiou and whereas il Is asserted
that there Is no legislation prohibitory
Of this nefarlous and denoralizing pur-
suit being conducted and carried on |
now therefore the people Of salt Lake /
30 urdatu that go days % horse racing
VIII be permitted each year In order 10 |
allow TO some extent the corruption /
mentioned above such I'm effect - the |
re1uctio al absurdum the members OF
the municipal laws, the license and the
police and prison committees viii ask |
the city attorney To dray up tonight
a. permanent resolution Ia be passed
ey the council to satisfy the petition
or Frank Knox and others FOR at least |
So days % racing yearly
The prea mble mentioned above is |
quoted In California decision in 1891. |
y Pacific 9SS, at time when tho statute
Of that state relative to gambling was
ldentlcal with the Utah statute now: hut
California had constitution which
conferred upon san Francisco the an .
thofity 10 enforce within its limits such I
police regulations were not in cou- |
Met with the general laws and an or
dlnance was drawn prohibiting pool
selling except at race tracks C1iriousIv |
enough the ordinance was upheld
SAT- Lake city, however. finds itself
n different predicameht for the state /
statute gives the city power only 10
prevent gambling not 20 regulate"
u ana judge Morse in the injunction .,
'ult by Applegate and Glow against g
" Barlow, CHIEF OF police. RECENTLY said
nat pool selling Is within the meaning
u the state statute as 10 gambling
which is prohibited
The city attorney feels then that ir Il
- = ASKED 10 make an ordinance which a
makes gambling legal at one time az ~
ne year and illegal al the other time u
nat he VIII have very Interesting
egai anomaly on his hands Further
more some time ago the city council |
asscd an ordinance prohibiting horse !
ac'ns ana gambling such as pool sell. I
~
M'KiSNEY AS CHAIRMAN. II
Councilman Mulvey is very much nor j
lrbed over the fact that J w. No ~
.inney Will he the chairman Of IN, -
lree committees which will meet 10 al
lght al O'Clock to consider the nett
on and the making OF a resolution. II
rule that the chairman Of the com
ittee first named shall act as chair
an OF the three committees and as Y
CHIMNEY IS known 20 he sRarns.
Drseracng, Councilman Mulvcy has
'deaNored to convince the clerks
the council that the net
On was not referred to the rnuntripaI u
VS. committee first The records arr | n
'ainst him. Those against the rcsnlu
'n viii probably be Mckinney. Hall. r.
we Fernstrom. Reedan and Wood. on
ID those FOR IL, Morcton Mulvev %,
ponnell ana Davis -
NeNt IN Importance 10 the horse rae ~
: matter TO come before the council ! ar
night ~ the resolution OF Councilman ! st,
chimney citing James Tedasco ana a.,
? proprietors ~ the Heidelberg saloon VT
fore the council TO show cause ub, an
Fir saloon licenses should not be re- he
ked as In each case n murder com an
tied In the rooms a fter II midnIzbt ~
lWs mat the nlaces were omen art,r '''
authorized hour. Following the ;.
TICS used at times In the house OF tle
'resentatives the opposition win try. me
put the resolution 10 slsep In the ms
nds OF a controlled committee th'