The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-10
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GOVERNOR SPRY
IS TEMP Erred.
Ministerial Association De-
cides to Give Chief Ex-
ecutive of State Time in
Which to Answer.
REESE TELLS OF HIS
VISIT TO CABARET
Says He Saw Many Church
Members There; County
Attorney May Take Ac-
ton in Matter.

Although the members Of the Salt
Lake Ministerial association, at meet
ing yesterday morning In the Y, NJ. G.
A., criticized Governor Spry for failure
to reply to the last letter sent him, ask
ing him to interfere for the suppress
sion of alleged violations of the state
laws by cafe cabarets of the city, the
association decided to take no action
for the present and allow the governor
at least week to reply, at former
meeting it had been decided to have
each minister of the association begin
an anti-cafe campaign from his pulpit In
the event that the governor ignored
the demands Of the organization. 1t
was agreed yesterday morning that this
should be deferred for the present, but
all the ministers firmly declared that
they were in the fight to stay, and did
not intend to be beaten by failure Of
the officials TO act.
The Rev. j.. McClain attacked the
governor for his statement, quoted IN
tho press. that he would not make a
reply TO the ministerial association, as
he had more important business to at
tend to- Mr.. McClain said that this
was hardly the proper attitude for the
governor to take, especially sluce he
holds an eldership in tho Mormon
church. He said that the association
should show the governor that it
means business The Rev w. w, Reese,
al "A ,,rncilon{ nt no
ton and chairman of the public morals
committee, agreed with the Rev. MIR.
McClain, but expressed the opinion that
the authorities really intended to do
something in the matter.
Suggests County Action.
The belief Of the Rev, Mr.. Reese that
the county intends to act III the matter OF
law enforcement was influenced, he said,
by visit which he made TO several
cafes Saturday night. In one of them
he saw the county attorney, and judged
from that fact that the officials are
keeping an eye on the cabarets.
While he stated that the things he
saw in the cafes visited Saturday night
| could hardly have been worse, the Rev.
Mr.. Reese spoke in a humorous way OF
his excursion, which lasted until after
midnight. He said that he saw repre-
sentatives of every stratum of society,
from the lowest to the highest, in the
cafes. and in one Of them he saw two
former girl members of his own church
choir. He said he saw church members
Of all sects in all of them visited by
him, and stated his belief that any
minister who paid the same kind of
visit would find members of his own
congregation in the cafes,
In telling Of his entrance to cafe
which has the worst reputation of any
in the city, the Rev. Mr.. Reese says he
encountered two young women coming
out.
Spelling the Fun.
"Why, hello, DIR. Reese said one
girl. "What are you doing in here?'
ooh. l guess he's going to spoil the
fun laughingly replied the other.
The Rev. Mr.. Reese says that the
idea that he was going to "spoil the
fun was evidently held by others, for
his entrance was the signal for gen
eral auieting down. and even the wait
ers stood still with their trays and n
number Of patrons hurriedIy left.
Tho Rev. DR.. II. j. Talbot raised the
question Of whether it would not be
better for the association, as all asso-
citation, to go first to the city officials
in the matter rather than to the gov
ernor. His fellow members said that
efforts to have the city take action,
when requested by individual moral
workers, had proved futile, and that it
is best to begin at the top and go
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