| Show PREACHERS PREACHER FOR FORA A OLE CLEANER ZION linN They Are Dissatisfied With H Amer American Amer American American ican Administration of Mor Moral Moral Moral al Affairs of City FAVOR SUNDAY CLOSING I WILL VILL DEMAND THAT PRIZE PRIZEFIGHTING FIGHTING BE ABOLISHED ED Members of the Salt Lake Minis Ministerial Ministerial association many of oJ whom voted the American ticket in the thelast thelast thelast last municipal election are dissatisfied dissatisfied fied tied with moral conditions In ZIon under American rule and at their regular meeting yesterday morning they decided to start a crusade for fora a general moral house cleaning with particular reference to Sunday closing find and the abolishment of prizefights Notwithstanding that the Ameri Amen American can majority in the city council is virtually committed to the killing of the pending ordinance to close thea theaters theaters theaters on Sunday the ministers decided to address the following petition to the council in favor of that ordinance To the City Council of Salt Lake City We your petitioners respectfully request the unanimous action of your honorable body in the passage of the ordinance now before you calling for forthe forthe forthe the closing of or Sunday night theaters We would represent that the open theater on Sunday is exerting a gravely Immoral influence on the char character actor acter of r our young people particularly on our young people and we plead for your yom favorable action in the passage of nf the bill biU aforesaid believing that the correction of the evil of an open thea theater theater theater ter on Sunday will win conserve the best bestin bestin in hi the life of our people and that the character of the life Ufe will be raised In tone thereby Those Who Signed It This petition was signed by the fol following following lowing 10 members of the association lion S SE E ii Wishard D A Brown F S Spalding SpaldIng ing D M r Helmick Heimick McLain W Y Davis Emanuel R G Wake WaIte Benjamin Young WM W WM I M Paden P A Simpkin O 0 L Cox I A G S J T D McGillvary McGIllIvary T J TC C Lincoln Lee A Brown James Tames H Worrall J T C Andrews and Josiah Mc McCain Mcain Mcain Cain ain The Sunday Sunda theater ordinance e i which was introduced by b Councilman Rulon S Wells wens a member r of the gen general general general eral authorities of the Mormon church is now in the hands of the laws committee of the council which is composed of Councilmen C J Crab Crabtree Crabtree Crabtree tree W Mont Ferry Martin E Mul vey e John Holley and T R B Black All An of these are Americans except Mr Tr Holley HoBey and he it Jt js K believed will be he bethe hethe the only member of the committee who will favor the passage of the ordinance ordinance ordinance nance Favor General Reform ReformA A member of the Ministerial association association tion It said Yesterday n that no further fuz Action action will be taken by the Association until the council acts on the bill If the bill passes attention will then be devoted to closing saloons on Sunday Whether that would tako take the form of arrests for violation of the law or whether the ministers will first try merely to arouse public sentiment had not been decided he said He pointed out however that Sunday saloons and prizefighting were both against the law and that in some form or other the ministers propose to move against them If the council fails to pass the Sunday theater ordinance ordinance ordinance nance it is announced the legislature will be appealed app aled to next winter The minister in question declared his brethren were an r that he and any anything anything thing but contented with moral con conditions conditions in Salt Lake He remarked romanced moreover the the town seems to be 4 retrograding in morals rather than 1 Improving |
