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Show I TO CALL' A 1 1 ALT CITIZENS MEETING CALLED TO STAY THE TIDE OF WICKEDNESS.! .-.j ' To linand That the Kxluttng lawi Agaliiftt Gambler, llrothels. Sell ; Inir t!(uur.4 to M non, Sun- I (lay CI o in if be Enforced. 1 ' 2 Is vice triumphant? 1 Is tlifl city going to the bad, or has it already arrived there? j Has it jumped abreast with Butte, -4 Helena and Ogdcn? Are the gambling men and saloon f men keepers of the public conscience? I Are the criminal classes to have a i theater run on their own principles for I the sole purpose of plundering young I men of their pocket books and pauper- I izing them of their souls? I Is hell to be let loose in Salt Lako for I the money there is in it? These arc some of tho questions that i will lie taken up at a citizens meeting ' at the M. K. chinch this evening. J You are hereby respectfully requested j to be present at a meeting of the citi- ens of Salt L ike City, to lie held in the j? First M. K. church on Monday evening, "I December 2!Hh, to consider the state of ;J morality iu this city; . to protest 1 ngainst'tlie granting of" any moro lic- I enses to saloons, and to respectfully request ami demand that the ex- ; isting laws against, gamb'ing houses, I brothels, the sale of liquor to minors 1 and Sunday selling be strictly enforced. JA feeling has been developing for months against the flagrant open viola- Ition of ail these laws, and the council will be strongly urged to change the existing state of nun enforcement of laws which, if properly enforced, would regulate all these matters.. It was the J intention to hold the meeting in the j theater, but it could not bo obtained. ,;! The request for a license for a saloon 'I under the "Variety Theatre" and the ', attitude of the City Council have called forth the present plan for a grand mass-meeting, mass-meeting, to which every man and woman who cares for tho good name of tho city, who cares for the husbands, sons and brothers who are going down to shame and death through these Agencies, are personally and earnestly invited. Let no other engagement stand in ; the way. Devote one evening to an attempt to do good to others by showing that a strong clement here desires the law enforced. en-forced. A good programme, has been arranged. ar-ranged. There will be no long talks. Kvervone will be brief and to the point. Kvery true man and woman in this city is interested in the movement. Therefore, turn out. and by a rousing meeting, show where you stand on questions of morality and enforcement of law. Citizens' Committkk. At many of tho churches the follow ing resolution was unauimously supported sup-ported by a rising vote: WHKnr.is. It Is rrportrrt on srno 1 nuthnrlty that there are nowWer flu'lity U e:el saloons t'i this city; that these saloon. r many of them, are h-pt open on the Sahliath ilay. and a -11 I'minr tn min-TH quinary to law: that the laws au.iliiHt (ramlillnirhoiiKessnd brothels are broken with Imimiltry. an, I that aiiiarently no iletenntre I elorts ate heinr nifn'e fir the en-loreenieiit en-loreenieiit of law ii'ialnft these tonus of vh e and rrlitie: Therefore li Is the sense of . fits oiKtn'Katiou that the city novenmient should ulrietlv euloini exis'lun laws wtatnst huuw'i of lirwtltutioD. gamlilnif?. lo-epiuir saloons .men onSimtliiv. anil all other forms orvi.e; Blso that it Is the a use of this im etltif tlmt Inn mora saloons yliouM Is) ltoeii.-ed iu tills city. Sep tonight's performance at Franklin Frank-lin avenue theater. |