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Show heart and soul, in sympathy with any movement which had for its object the suppression of vice and the raising of the standard of morality now, unfortunately, unfor-tunately, so deplorably low in Salt Lake City. Mr. Nicholson threatened to call an opposition meeting if a People'a parly man was eicluded. The resolutions were amended to conform with the idea of a citizens' meeting. Proprietor Sparks of the Variety theater created some disturbance by trying to defend his professions on the ground of American principles. breakers aro only held in cheek by public pub-lic opinion. As long ns the people endure en-dure their crimes they will exist. It cannot be douo away with until the people are educated. There are many low vile places where it is worth a man's life to go into that should be suppressed by taking away their business. busi-ness. I would keep the license so high that no man who would not keep a respectable respect-able saloon could ever get a license. There is no doubt that there is something some-thing wrong. Tho fewer there are the better order wo will have. If there has been laws passed We will Stand by Von and support you. Judge Wamplu was introduced as the big man from Kansas and Crested Mentation by stating that the person at fault for the state of things should be located. When he boldly named Mayor Scott as the man who is responsibly for tho execution ex-ecution of the city laws,there was a suspense at its audacity as all the former for-mer speakers had steered clear of raen-tioniug raen-tioniug names. . . The judge said: "There are two classes that need the censure and it i not the city council. H is the mayor and police. It certainly falls upon the mayor. It is Mayor Scott that I hold responsible for running the city. If Mayor Scott says to stop a certain vice the chances are that it will be stopped FOR LWAND ORDER A Mass Meeting of Citizens Demand the Enforcement of the Laws Against Vice- CBIMES DISQBAOina OUR CITY. Bousing Spoeches by Able Orators and, Besolutiont Pledging the Support of Law-Abiding Oitizeus The citizens' meetiug held at the First Methodist church last evening to protest pro-test against tho lax (-enforcement of the city ordinances against gambling, brothels, tho sale of liquor to minors and the opening of saloons on Sunday, packed tho audience room of that building to tho doors. The meeting was the natural sequence of a former public meeting that intimated inti-mated to his honor the mayor that the laws agaiust Gambling, Brothel anil the Saloon wero too rigidly enforced for the material ma-terial good of the city. The meeting of; last evening was or he will know tho reason why? I am not like a great many that have preceded me. I have been out in these places. I am not the only prohioition-ist prohioition-ist on earth. If the citizens are not satisfied satis-fied with lead, hold the rein and drive this gentleman Scott on record." "I don't want to be understood as wanting the citizens taking the law in their own hands, but ask these things: Closing tho saloons in this city on Suu-day. Suu-day. Keeping the youth Out of the Saloon and gambling dons. I hope these resolutions reso-lutions will be directed at the right partv." E. "T. Clay, who was viewing the proceedings pro-ceedings as a stranger, said that the meeting looked as if it meant business. Hon. Edward Benner, principal of Hammond hall, said ho was glad to see so raauy voters at the meeting. We should grant no more licenses. A license was recently given to a variety theater. They wante"d no liquor license. Very gjod. But it was not long before another an-other party wante a license for A Saloon In the liaieinent, and the speaker did not know what they would next want in the upper stories. Rev. J. B. Thrall, for the committee on resolutions, appeared and read part of the Liberal platform of last July, as follows: Thatwhile the Liberal party recognizee the fact that tre'ie are vices aud crimen which human hu-man laws and human eft ris cannot wholly eradicate: it also recognizee the (act that honest, pei'Biht nt efforts limit r the laws can break tiie power and inlluence of these and rend ir odious and measurably harmless harm-less thosewbo live by tlm violation of law; that the, Liberal party gladly anil fully ac- knowledge the abiding obligation it U under, whenever and whe ever it shall have the power so to do. to uphold virtue and morality and suppress vice and crime; that the Liberal party enjoins upon and requires rvf all those who have been or may be eiecte ! to officii by It, that whenever they have the power so to do they shall without, partiality, fear or favor. In good faub. execute the trust committed to them so as to rid this commuuity of ml those who, without furthe enumeration, live by tho breaking of tho law and preying upon the community. com-munity. The ltt-solutlnns. F. E. Gregg then read the resolutions prepared, which, as finally adopted, were as follows: We. citizens of Salt Lake City in public meeting assembled to consider wh;it cm be do i to restrain the lawlessness, vice and crime which are disgracing our city, hereby declare: I'irst That those who compose our present city government were elected to omcewith the explicit under.itaiiiilnij that they would eu-loroe eu-loroe the laws af:aii:Kt vice and crime. Second That the pres. nt city government. While progressive In other things, has by Its recent failure to enforce the laws ai,r;tl ist gamblli.g. b.'othels, the saleot liquorto minors and tlie opening f saloons on Sunday. (. excl-4cd excl-4cd the apprehend o is of manv of lis friend and supporters, and is thereby Imperiling the unique in many ways. Like politics, a moral reform meeting makes strange bedfellows. Last night Judge Wampler and Bishop Iliff spoke from the same pew and to the same point, while Rev. Thrall, the pastor of tho Congregational Congrega-tional church, consented to make the resolutions expansive enough to include in-clude in thoir generous embrace that relentless foo of Liberal government, John Nicholson, the John A. Logan of the Ileseret News; and after the resolu-' tion was amended, Rev. Thrall and Mr. Nicholson '"' Swapped K1m Orir the 1'nlflcatlna of the empire. Another scone that was intensely amusing was Prof. Benner's tall pleading for a a young man who presides over tho Variety theater, in the name of American Ameri-can principles, To Defend the Saloon Keeper and gambler and variety showman. In apolitical convention a man who wbuld nttempt to get the ear of the house to speak in behalf of the opposition would have been ejected out of tho front window and the speaker, Judge Bowman, Bow-man, was not very slow in knocking down the young man with the "out of order" ruling. All the speeches wpre 6evere in their arraignment against the lax enforcement enforce-ment of law and general in thoir denunciations. de-nunciations. The meetine was called to order and Judge J. N. Bowman waikcleetod chairman, chair-man, while Isaac Huso acted as secretary. secre-tary. Frank B. Stephens spoko of the lawlessness law-lessness among saloon keepers, keepers of houses of prostitution aud gambling dens, and stated that if their vices cannot can-not be eradicated they should be restrained. re-strained. , George F. Wanless exclaimed: "We have too many drinking places now. Our council should not issue any more licenses and ought to see to it that the plain law in relation to Sunday closing should be enforced. F. E. Gregg created a ripple of laughter by asking: "Has any one yet paid a compliment to the city council?" He then went on to pay one by citing that the work of forty years was being crowded into the last two, years. Rev. Dr. Iliff ran his hands through his hair and electrified tho audience by sayiug at the top of his fine piercing voice: No such meeting had ever convened con-vened in Salt Lake City before. He Had Uenulne Kespect for the Mayor cause of morality in tins city, iu view of these facts Kirst We hereby call upon our worthy mayor and his as ociati s to proceed at oiu e to enforce pioaiptiy an.1 thoroughly the laws above referced lo. asMirini; them that in ho d iing they saall have the hearty support and co-operation of the moral and law-abiding c.ti.ctis of this community. 8econd We herel y appeal to the citg council coun-cil to refuse to giant the application for license now before it for a saloon in the vicinity of. of to be run in connection with, the variety theater on Franklin avenue. I John T. Lvm h, Committee. 1. of the city and for certain other members mem-bers of tho city council. He had voted, and enthusiastically, too, for every member of the present city council, because be-cause h i thought that in doing so he was working for the best interests of the whole people. But wheu he found that ordinances, which every good man believed were just and right, were ignored, ig-nored, he was before the audience to most earnestly and vigorously protest aeainst such a state of affairs. Every lover of morals and good order should use all the influeuco he had, and put himself squarely on the question under consideration. H. W. Lawrence was greatly applauded ap-plauded for saving: "If it is for the tJ. ilRiiMun Thhalu The resolutions as iutro.luced contained con-tained words censuring the former city government with being disgraceful and calling this a "Meeting of Liberals." John Nicholson, who was reporting the meeting for the Evening News, rose to his feet and demanded to know whether this was a meeting of Liberals? "1 am no Llleral, he said, with some spirit of execration, "but am a citizen and as such want to know whether I am excluded from the deliberation of this meeting." The members of his party, heavered, wero in the fullest sympathy with the supposed sup-posed abject oi the meeting; they were peace a,nd good ordor of this community commun-ity that these places be suppressed I for one am in favor of suppressing them eTen Een Though it Injure My Buiineu- We ought to have an interest and a pride iu our city.' I recognize that we have a large floating population who came here with the avowed purpose of making money. We ktow that law- |