Show shocked and pained beyond endurance kl developments have unearthed gross aliey cry for improvement A formidable array of nearly a hundred ladies progressive and give in toe caucci cf moral reform iu the air cita of provo in waiting on the city council when it mot last feht iney were delegates from the several indignation meetings held in the city yesterday afternoon there were as ciany mida spectators all animated by rhe same desire and determination that rn diamond ahall cease busi u ai m llie city and anat tha tan ald parties who have been con with it ahall no longer be permitted t carry oa their busineau busine aa in i action with which it aaa become amman public knowledge certain un c practical aa have indulge 1 in it ia alleged that it baaso that poor eveline jnnett waa draz geil down from the path of virtue and met her fate which 0 aej her to an untimely grave I 1 he whole city is incensed over thia altur tha women of the city have tiie ii ap the cudgels in behalf of im proved public morality for the city and la of justice crying with a loud and mighty voice to the officers of the LIV and the blind goddess for vens ance for tha blood of murdered eve iiii bonnett they will not rest under m bhama and dagraca di graca affair haa aught upon the city and ara deter wilned that their protest and cry for tha maaring out of justice shall be known the land to the same extent as tho eswa of our blighting shame haa been published after opening prayer reading of the minutes etc and communications cat ions were called foi by president birrer the recorder read the following to the honorable city council ot provo cita we the conr petitioners petition ers respectfully aek yon to rei use to renew the license ag retail liquor dealer or saloon keeper to the diamond coloon thia petition ia baa ed on the unmoral reputation now given to eaid baloon this petition was signed by citizen mra laura boota then walked UD to president farrer and presented him with a mammoth bundle of manu nhsn unrolled it proved to bo same petition just raad with 1310 names to it hereupon the council by formal vote tb ew open to the representatives senta tives of the public present and tha chair asked if any present had anything further on the subject defore the council walter M bolfe of tha B Y academy as spokesman ol 01 the ladies present arose ana explained that on yesterday afternoon atter noon indignation meetings had bean held in tareo warda of the city and that they were largely amended ended af the second ward had ra berred to the subject for which the indignation dig nation were called at its night meeting and numerous iu that ward had signed the petition ane gladiss had only been out canvassing the city one day and had met on every hand by emissaries oi the parties against whom the n waa them to jiwat from circulating it as it aou d do no goo 1 saying that certain officers municipal and ecclesiastical had advia ed a halt in this work that the baloon ato ili ba cloard without this petitions petit ioni itu etc the speaker believed belie thai wi h another days work the names of every taxpayer and voter in the city except not to exceed one hundred would h ave been to the petition the meetings held in the fishl and fourth wards had drafted resola tiona which delegates desired to read belba he council hereupon mra laura foote of th first the following at a held under the auspices of tho relief society of the first ward of provo city on march the following were una adopted whereas for a long timo the moral tone of our city has been suffering from legalized traffic carried on by certain licensed and whereas puca traffic and such have been and are the rui nadon of both young men and young women and bring dishonor and crime them and disrepute upon the city of and becent events and the tardy administration of justice aad organized effort to shield those who are to blame for this deplorable condition conditi om make it necea aary that decided and immediate stops be taken to do away with the evil and crime that now exists and to anniah the evildoers evil doers therefore be it resolved Resol that we the ladies and 0 kizena of the first ward in mass meeting assembled do call upon the city codicil of provo city to enforce the lawa that now exist forbidding the ads mission of minors to saloons resolved that the city council of provo city be earnestly requested to enact an ordinance prohibiting the aar adr mission of any girl or woman to a saloon or to any rooms leased or used in connection with a and that as severe a penalty as possible be imposed for the violation of such ordinance resolved that we especially condemn the traffic and immorality that haj ha j been known to exist in tha diamond saloon and in rooms used in connection therewith and demand a revocation of the license and that any further effort or petition of ita proprietors or keepers to obtain ali cense either in the bame or any other locality in provo city under any name be denied aad that the same ba treated as a public nuisance and that the officers win have permitted euch a condition to eliet be censured by the city council and if necessary that their stars of office be withdrawn resolved that we condemn those citizens aad attorneys who prefer money to justice who aid the guilty to go unpunished and nave the way for greter iniquity while virtue and in noce ice are assailed asa ailed on every side and the blood of the murdered calls for vengeance resolved that a copy of these reso luliona lu tiona be presented to tho city council of provo aad that copies of the same be furnished to the provo enquirer and to the salt lako daily papers in order that the stain dundei which our city rests may be le moved and that our protest may be known aa far as the knowledge of our shame has extended resolutions ona were feigned by manila daniels president and mary john secretary of the relief society of tha ward by walter M wolfe carol B fratt laura foote M L pratt and aenes farrer committee and by other signers mrs cornelia delegate from the fourth ward representing signers read the following to tho hon mayor and city council of provo city whereas within the last few days crimes have been revealed that baye shocked and pained us beyond expression and whereas the late 8 M duggins et al of the diamond saloon are held to answer for the murder of one of the girls of thia city and that it is generally believed thab said proprietor brought thia girl to her degradation and ruin at eaid diamond saloon and whereas we believe that an institution such aa the above bodea evil and destruction to the home ruination to our sona and daughters demoralized demora lizea and desolation over the entire land resolved that we the wives moth era sisters and daughters of the citi zana of the fourth ward in masa meet ing assembled do hereby petition your honorable body bot onla to refuse license to the diamond saloon but to refuse to grant further license to any saloon for the sale of intoxicating liquors aa a beverage in provo city and further bo it resolved that we the women of the fourth ward pledge ourselves to refuse to sustain by our yo es men who knowingly grant licenses to immoral and disreputable places thia petition waa signed b y M M cateon president and sarahjo Sarah JE olun secretary by emma S simons jane B snyder bombina gee annie M young and cornelia home blayton Ol ayton committee and by other signers following the reading of these speeches of hot indignation against the diamond saloon and partied who have been connected with it were made daring the course of which the boice afi fibers of the city were spoken roughly ol 01 for heretofore permitting minors to go in the ahe city and for otherwise failing to enforce the ordinances of tho city each councilor spoke earnestly pledging their votes lor the granting of the petition A formal vote was not necessary however aa the communication of W A wilson who bad applied for a license for the diamond saloon withdrawing that petition was read and acted favorably upon and of the paid into the city treasury on february appropriated back to hua tho marshal waa instructed to that abo diamond eabon closed at midnight last aej demanna closed thero alter OTHER BUSINESS the next important business taken up was the reading and discussion of the following offered by newell which was fidall passed tan ner and beebo only voting no after which the committee on Jadi cary with the mayor added wera empowered to settle in aoma satisfactory way if alethe difficulty as to city attorney and if not possible to bottle to employ bec cesary legal help to advise the council and defend tho interests of the city whereas the time of office of the city attorney of provo city expired hy limitation of law on tho first monday in february 1896 and whereas reap ahe mayor 0 said city BD pointed J va N as his own successor in said office which said appointment was rejected by the city council of aard city and wheless said 1 WN notwithstanding said appointment was rejected as aforesaid still assumes to hold over and exercise the functions of said office and whereas doubts exist as to whether as a matter of law he is entitled to said office until his successor is appointed confirmed and qualified now therefore in order that said question may bo determined and the position tiou of this body may be knows and understood resolved that eaid J W N white cotton be and is hereby removed from I 1 eaid office and the same is hereby de dared vacant HJ jones ached for a reduced li cense for the opera house referred to tho committee on license the report 0 ex of on graveling district tax showing receipted for was received and referred claims amounting to were ap |