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Show SUNDAY CXUSINU OK SALOONS. In compliance with the instructions of Marshal Young, who acted upon the orders of Mayor Scott, the saloons of Salt Lake City wcro all closed on Sunday. Sun-day. Tho law is titrict in regard to selling sell-ing liquors on that day, tho penalty being be-ing a fine iu any sum hoi exceeding ono hundred dollars, or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one hundred days, or both fine and iumrisonmrut. The law has not been enforced until yesterday, yes-terday, but nevertheless, the saloonkeepers saloon-keepers havo hitherto of their own volition voli-tion paid some respect to thcSabbaih day by lowering their curtains and in various var-ious ways keeping their places in an orderly or-derly aud quiet manner, so that, tho pass-orr-by would not know from casual observation ob-servation at least, that there was a wide-open saloon inlheclty on Sunday. While some of the saloonkeepers complain com-plain that the strict enforcement of the Sunday ordinance w orks an injustice to Iheni anil causes a considerable falling off in their receipts, they should not forget tha,t law Is law. The closing of tho saloons on this day is not only in obedience to law, but in response to the demand of tho religious and moral element ele-ment of the community, who favor a strict observance of tho Sabbath day. Tho officers of the law ought not, therefore, there-fore, to bo criticised for doing what they are sworn to do. They havo done only what has been done in nearly every city of any pretentious iu tho country. If, on tho other hand, the city authorities should permit a halfway half-way violation of the law, they would subject themselves to a merciless criticism, criti-cism, not only from the churches, but from various other quarters, and it is therefore evident that in enforcing Sunday closing they are simply pursuing pursu-ing tho only strictly proper course. |