Show EFFECTS OF LIBERAL RULE tom TOE editor of the cheyenne sun paid a visit to ogden where be encountered a number of former Chey ennese who are now located in fihe ale junction city in a letter to bia aper he be described the alterations that have taken place since the W city has changed hands and the have held control of the municipal government what he WW saw he related correctly what he beard and imagined is largely in here are some things that he be PAW flaw the streets are being graded grade dand and houses are running night aad W day street car lines have been jp acted and lewd women eon con expose themselves in the ater of the city summer resorts 30 W been ibbeken n erected on the borders of 0 9 and large throngs go out inday to enjoy themselves i kinds of dissipation to the mormons cormons the change irany is anything but agreeable since the gentiles have got control of the city everything goes 9 on a sunday may be seen the patrons of the saloons filing into a side door and falling into line before the bars but the weather is distressing hot and cooling beverages are in great reat demand it must be admitted admit admitted teg that a long glass of ice cold lemonade or a watered claret is 18 far more refreshing than the average sweet soda obtained at the druggists counter the appearance of this sort of thing is nevertheless objectionable and the gentile administration is losing the respect of the better class of people by its extreme laxity it gives a boom like appearance to the city but confers no substantial benefit 11 this is gentile to the effects of gentile civic management the street grading the street cai car traffic and other marks of material progress were made before the change took place in the political complexion of the city they were established under mormon regulations and mormon enterprise the other signs of a higher civilization which as 4 ile says give a boom like appearance to the city but confer no substantial benefit are the tokens of liberal control A spasmodic attempt has been made to do away with the scandal which these open dens of infamy have occasioned but ogden gentiles openly declare that the object behind the movement was to drive the gamblers and other hangers on of this higher civilization to salt lake city to swell the liberal vote at the next february election this is not our assertion we aoud give the names of prominent benl tile residents of ogden who have uttered it without reserve the mild penalties imposed in the case or two which have been prosecuted and the failure to proceed against one notorious gambling house proprietor who had boasted that he would not be punished favor the idea expressed by others that the whole movement is a sharn sham so far as any real moral reform is concerned all this indicates what would be the probable effects of liberal I rule in salt lake city if so great a misfortune should overtake the capital of utah arid and it also suggests that if the executive department in this territory really means the enforcement of the statutes against social vices therein for forbidden bidlen this city will offer an ample field for the good wor work k if it is made the refuge for the disturbed birds of prey that flee from froni ogden before the majesty of the law A |