Show THE SALVATIONISTS THE HERALD insists that the Salvation Army people should not be disturbed in their street performances unless they become be-come more offensive than they have been so far Because Jonx Don docs not like the beating of a drum on Sunday is not sufficient reason for suppressing those practices unless RICHARD ROE shall be accorded ac-corded the right to put a stop to the ringing ring-ing of church bells on the Sabbath because the ringing is offensive to his ears Wo believe be-lieve the church bells are annoying to more people than the drums and the tambourines for more people hear the clanging and ringing ring-ing and yet who would say that the bells must not be rung Salt Lake is a Christian city in the broad sense of the term Most of the Christian denominations are repre sented here and up to the present time the greatest tolerance has been practiced The laws are strict in the protection of worshipers wor-shipers and the public sentiment is even more generous in this respect than the ordinances or-dinances The Salvationists appear to bo doing neither good nor narm So far as visible results indicate they might as well retire from the field for if the people here are not all on the high road to salvation it is not at all likely that they will bo led into that road by the cranky men and women who parade in shocking uniforms and sing and shout in bad voice and execrable grammar gram-mar We can therefore it seems to us get along very well without persecuting the inoffensive lassies and soldiers and giving them occasion to cry out tour t-our intolerance and our want of generosity There are many more offensive things hereabouts than the Salvationists If the latter are nuisances there are other and greater nuisances THE HERALD has very little admiration for the Salvation army but it entertains respect for the proprieties proprie-ties and fails to see any degree of propriety propri-ety in hauling the ignorant Salvationists into court to answer for technical though not criminal violations of the municipal ordinance |