Show THE RAID ON THE GAMBLERS THE movement to purify ogden has made a sensation 21 and the reason for and effects of it are discussed with a good deal of unnecessary asperity one thing however is beyond dispute that is the opposition to the course of the united states marshal and his deputies comes solely from members and papers of the liberal party this has peculiar significance and should be duly considered marshal Pax parsons sons in explaining the matter has stated emphatically that he Is responsible for the proceedings ce against the iniquities ta in ogden that all the complaints concerning them came from that city and none done of them from salt lake that they were so numerous and of such a character that they were a disgrace to civilization th that it was charged that the city authorities were doing nothing to these crying evils and therefore he instructed his deputies to notify the keepers of gambling houses to aloir cloe up their places within five days or arrests would follow th this is a appears p pears to be a at straight rai ah tv forward and plain statement of the facts we endorsed the action of the marshal through his deput deputies tek and we think his action should be approved by people of all pamel part iea but a number of liberals have been greatly disgruntled at tb the course pursued in this matter their papers in ogden have taken take up the cudgels against this raid mid upon the gamblers and prostitutes they have apologized for the of the liberal city council and police they have intimated that these institutions were deew sary concomitants to a live and pho gres sive town slid and charged that the movement was la the interest of salt lake city wa that the gamblers were simply forced out of ogden that they now might swell the liberal vote at the next nea election here it Is stated also that when deputy marshal pratt Pratte he was in earnest in PrOceed proceeding hw against them certain ogden lift brals protested saying it woula break up the liberal party of what use to is it then for the liberal organ here to sputter ut void its venom and call vile v n because these indisputable table ikert exposed the anat inauguration figuration of eral era rule in ogden was A ty by the immediate opening of saloons and gambling hells on sunday and the influx of a herd of loose w omen white and colored then came the establishment of stews in disguise under the name of novelty theatres theartres the atres the lowering of liquor licenses the raising of taxes a marked change in the moral as hect of the place and at last an outcry from the best people of both parties against the ions that had poured in like a flood and that seemed to find encouragement from the Ll liberal beral authorities we have drawn attention to this as a consequence of liberal civic government in ogden it is a legitimate subject for newspaper criticism the facts are open notorious to rious irrefutable decent liberate liberals applaud the movement to suppress the evils and admit that if the united states marshal had not proceeded these infamies amies would have continued to nourish flourish it is only the indecent rabid conscienceless and low lived class clam and the scribes that are with them who are chagrined at the movement and the comments against the cause of the rapid growth of these social disorders they may rave at pleasure they only expose their own vileness ness and corrupt affinities it is stated that these tin horn harn gamblers to the number of forty at least as well as other vile characters ra fleeing from the wrath to come in ogden and elsewhere have settled down in this city the intimation that they are to remain and swell the Libe liberal raP vote next february enrages certain political manipulators well it comes from men of their own party it is freely uttered in ogden it is quite a probable event there are doubt doubtless lea other gamblers who are ranked as a more respectable class already here and doing regular business bus it is said they are irown to the police that may be true and it is also likely that they escape the penalties of the law by strategy that makes it difficult for the police to obtain evidence against them now kow what is the proper thing to to do in order to sepress the evil that ii i 1 i carried on secretly in this city and which was publicly permitted to flourish in ogden we think it to is union of form forces between the municipal and federal officials there need be no conflict of authority tho rity there may and should be perfect harmony so far at least as use me enforcement of the laws extends ec they ought not to exist and defy the p 7 laws and ordinances enacted for their suppression if they do it will be a standing reproach to the officers of the law no matter whether the authority thorl ty thus unexercised be local or national the ordinances of the city and the statutes of the territory apply to persons who patronize gaming tables as well as to those who run them in raiding the houses where gambling is carried on the patrons of such places should be arrested and punished according to law for they are equally culpable with the professional fess ional gamblers who would have no room for their occupation if it were not for the frequenters of their dens it makes no difference whether these sports hail from ogden or from denver whether they are here to support the liberal cause as stated or not whether they are tin horns or bles 11 they carry on their nefarious calling to the public detriment and against the laws and there ought to be ingenuity enough and determination enough among the officers charged with the execution of the laws to break up these lawless institutions which it is claimed are established in salt lake city and are patronized by substantial businessmen as well as young persons who are thus exposed to continual temptation let the work commenced in ogden be continued in salt lake if not why not |