Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-10-25 | Page 5 | Dunne Wants Referendum

DUNNE WANTS REFERENDUM Would Submit Sunday Closing to a Popular Vote. CHICAGO. Oct. -4. Mayor Dunne has a new use for the referendum. He wants to try it on the question whether saloons should be closed on Sundaj oi not. If a majority vote for closing them, hi will do his best to obey. If the decision de-cision Is the other way. things are to remain as the are. He made the suggestion while discussing dis-cussing a demand for his Indictment, made In a sermon on Sunday by the Rev. W. a Bartlett of the First Congregational Con-gregational church. Mr Bartlett want-. want-. d him punished foi no! locking up the dl inkint; pla. es on Surida Air. Bartlett. In my opinion.' said tin- Mayor. ' Is an honest, conscientious Clergyman who represents a small tni-norltv tni-norltv In the community. In mv judgment, judg-ment, however, It Is physically Impossible Impossi-ble to do what he wants. Prose, utions ould be started, as they have been started in the past, and there would he no good results All former attempts In this direction have failed. You can t Indict an entire people. When the old and mildewed law has no public sentiment behind It. It 18 Impossible Im-possible of enforcement It simply is repealed by lack of popular support But the question as to whether public sentiment demands the closing of saloons sa-loons on Sunday or not can be deter-mlred deter-mlred easily by the referendum