Show Tho The W v C T P 1 U hold bald a business meeting Wednesday afternoon at I which It was planned to lo circulate poll peti petitions 3 In favor faor of prohibition and to i representatives from Crom this i county that lint tho lie organization wants prohibition and will not be satisfied with any license law lawA lawA L LA A A sot set of resolutions were wore adopted and a letter ordered sent rent the lie mayor asking for Cor the closing of nil all places of amusement on Sunday Sunda Following IB is the letter lett r Ogden February 2 1909 1900 To the tho Honorable Ma Mayor or of or Ogden City Dear Sir Wo the tho Chris Christian Christian tian Temperance Union of Ogden Ogdon com corn composed posed of of oC your follow fellow citizens clUzen voted at the tao last regular meeting to ask you ou to exercise your duty dut as aa mayor maor of the city chy eft to enforce tho the law prohibiting tho the Sunday Sundar theater We Vc believe It to be demoralizing to our citizens In that It tends to destroy de tro all aIt the sacredness of o a day on the ob oh observance servance of which the tho very ery foundations lions ions of our Christian government was built and on which it sUll rests resta We believe bellee that the tho Sunday theater because It brings with It a certain amount of labor for those furnishing the tho entertainment also alBa tends to de le destroy stray stroy the day dav as one ono of rest for tho ho V laboring world world and anti that If persisted In America will gradually become like some of o the countries on the continent I Ia a nation without a rest day dav and con can consequently consequently a physically weak weal nation For the tho above reasons we wo ask you yon to close the Sunday Sundy theater t Resolved That the Womans Chris Christian ChrisIan Ian tian Temperance Union of Ogden Ogdon has soon scon with surprise tho the criticisms made madeu I u by the newspapers ot or Rev Rov N S S LI EI i d In view of tho the evils elIs of oC this city 1 which are so much more In need of I correction I Resolved That If there thore is hi L any re reform reform reform form needed by Ogden from keeping i tho the young people oft orr the lie streets at night to lo the tho abolition of tho the blackest J of QUa evils In which Mr Elderkin is not Interested we wo have failed to find what r that reform Is 16 Resolved That we wo believe bellevo that there thero are arc few fow men in Ogden who ho have havo BO so many man or such loyal friends among tho young oung people both In and out of his church and very Justly justl so and be it I further Resolved That we wo believe his un tin unfailing failing hopefulness and his Christian faith alth in tho the final triumph of oC all good things as well as his utter fearlessness not only onh makes him hint a I fine fino example for tor forthe the tho young but renders him worthy worth oC ot our utmost confidence and support In his battle against evil Finally be it resolved That not Mr Ir nor his manner of oC criticism of municipal e evils elIs Is Is la the issue but the municipal evils themselves especially tho the ono one of of oC tho the laws |