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Show DEMCHUER OVKRRl'Ll l). ' iif Wmiirr Hld. That tht City Or4lntic l Vtllil U Harney ILrTsJ't I'm. Bane C. Hereej) WM In lb polio i snarl IhI Friday charged with allow- let worn" ,n I'll "loon after p, ai., Loa.rary to lb oil ordinance By Ll. nouniel, A.tora.T Armstrong, bo femur red to Ibeoomplalnl and claimed IhollDMinueb at Hi now Contlllulloa It lb Btata of Utah granted oqual IiI.tiIikm sud rlgtile to butti Mia, Ike (ity ordinance iu unocuelltu.lonal, Lgim of dltorlmlna.lon In contra-ItenlloD contra-ItenlloD to Ibo proflelona ol IheMlate fjunstltu.lon. In support of bla altloi he oiled nutueruut authorltlao In oasoe I tlmllar to Ih on at bar. AMlilaotUily Attorney HniUd followed In an araanioiit attains, tli usmorrer. Hla main conieiiliun was I tbat II lb Hlalo Conalltutloo raudored ' ibo ordinance IneelM, wblrh, buw-ever, buw-ever, b did not admit, ibon Ibo party to argue Ho InTalldliy and urluit dleoriuiliiellon u Ilia woman wiio wao affootod In bar rltlit by Ibo ordlnaooo. Mr. Hereof could uol no to. Ho ih not lb protector ol Ibo womn ol Utah. II ouuld not u.e thai argument In trying lo rid blmMil ol the ollenaa charged. Judge Weuger an nol (ully telle-f telle-f d eo lo the Iruo ialu of llto oaeo and look lb metier unilr edvlaemout until (hi. anonilng, a. which ilmo bo .utimllled tu efleol tb loliowloii: C'ounoel lor defendant clalmt that sniler Hi C'unelitutiim a letoele nee ell the dell rlgbu of a mil cllltsn and that ald ordlnanon uiaonmloaUa (luil a olaM of oltleene who have a civil right lo nlr suob plao of rtuei. neee uudr and by annuo ol laid On-lllutlnn.and On-lllutlnn.and lo tubeieuliate hie tbeiirt, counsel oiteo the lluin U.H. pi Wu Walling MU-hlgau and reiiee ou tbi deolsliis lo lay lb fonudatlon of I on demurrer. In Hi cae Jual oltd tb ouprem court of Michigan bld thai certain regulation mlicht been-Inroad been-Inroad under wkel le known ae the polio reitulallone. Trie Hupreme Court ol lb United rJletee reeoreeil the tie. cltlon ol Ibe police regulation but on areounlof the conflict ollh Dialler of comrneroe between tb elatoe. Tb oourt eye ihta would be a per. reel uttidr)atloo of the act If It did nol dhjoilmiuei against the elilieno and product cl otbereialee In a matter of oommetoo tietween tlie etalee. 1 eat- noleee wherein ItioHupremo Court of the United Hlate hu Ueolded lu that giu that mailer of molality and pub. ilo health n ay not be regulated by polio regulations. Id fact that earoe Usolsloil retort to lha 116lh U. H. page UV lu New Orleaaa Uee oui auy a lxiulalaua Light company wherein Ju.llc Miller la quoted aa eeylug, "No Irglalalur ean bargain away the publie bealiu or lb pub-Ilo pub-Ilo moral. The people them, telfea cannot d II, muoli lea their eereaule." Thle leal dtclolon further slant, "Tbet tber la a power eorue. time oalled the poll power, which baa never been eutreodared by the ttatee, Id virtue of which they may wllbln oertalu llmlla eunlrol every thing wllbln their reepeetlvelerrltorloa aud upon tba proper exerolee of wbloh umior some circumstance may depend lbepubllo bealtb, lb publlo morel or tbe public aafely i conceded by all Iba oaeee." ll I. contended Ibat lb quee-- quee-- lloo of morality la a quaelloo of eeotl. menl and II wa ouggtatod that Ibla mlgbt be a queetlen ol aenllment. 1 caunol tat Ibal view for the rratoo tbat tbla I a city ordluano. While tber I no preamble atallng tbal, wbeieat II It Immoral lor a leniel to be In aaloou alter the hour of nlo o'clock p. in. i II le eeuenl tbat Ih mayor aud (llty Counoll In paaalug aid ordlneno look met view of Ibe cue. I ihereiore bold that eald orJI-uuo orJI-uuo la veiu undar Ih polio rtul. lloo proteoltug tb publlo moral and tbet eald ordlnanee le not In oooOiol ellb Iba Cooalllutloo of Ibe Hlale and tba demurrer I tberelure overruled. |
