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Show Business Men Secure Strict Regulation Rather -Than Prohibition. . is in unite in surrcT ' ; CF rcLicy cutli:;id Confidently Assert Janctl:a City Will Kot Vcte - : . Prohibition. " Ogdan, th aeoand eity f TJtah, working aut it awa liquor problem to Ita awn way, and th aaaartlon ia ooo fides fi-des tly made that, atne a revised liquor ordinance ha been paaeed by. tha Of den city council, tha city will rot "wet" at th coming election. Thl romce aa a direct reetilt of th fact that tha buelaeee men of tba city ' bar thraahed th rnatter eat among them-aalvea, them-aalvea, daddad an what atand they should tab, and arc now lending their earn set support to tha policies they hive swtUaed. . .. .. Paarlag on thr- on band that a "dry" city might materially bars the hail n sea lctereeta : f th eommuiii .y without acoompliahlng th good aor.ht by th prohlafaoDtsta, and on tLa other band that miles noma deficit action war takaa looking to prevention of Ml 'of the liquor traffic, of 'hi eonplaint bat hean made, prominent buainaaa men of the' city secured t a ysaaaeT. of ttq. atrlci rrnJUon, o''l-nan o''l-nan In tha eonncti ? ' r' " This, orO.u.nce u l n (1 I tOiarfede and to supplement 1' e prm-i-slona of the liquiir Uw pcU tv the last .leii.'stnre, so fr n i v rc r rn saloon regulation , s -nor! ,; c --r -1 i fin-l th Var l ciu.n, miwidi a'olork at mvht. It will b-in . t- ' iv on 1 publication, which will be Hd aoon .after Mavor tileemana affiiea bt Ignatnra. Thus it is expected thst trie ciliaens of Ogden will dav had stiie opportunity to judg how rgul'i"0 under this law will work before tbey vote ob the iaana June 97 neat. The aaw law ia ia the 'nature of a compromise, and finda among ita stn-pertera stn-pertera many who theoretically -won id support prohibitioa as well aa many who were'ooea advocate of a "wet ' towa. At a meeting of tha moat substantial business men of Ogden, which waa held a week ago last night, -there was a general discnasioa of both aides of tha liquor question. Both the "wets" and , tha drys" wars invited, aad participated partici-pated ia that meeting. The discussion continued far into tha night, and the whole situation was thrashed out, wit th result that ia making a choice be- twean prohibitioa and th atrirt regulation regu-lation of saloons, these business men representing many interests, ehoea tha atriet regulation. How Btultiasa Men flgurs IV ' This was not chosen aa tba leaner t the two evils, but was choaea as tha best aoursa for tha business interests of tba whole eity as tha busineea mea aaw them. All laureate repreeented at that meeting felt tba positive assuraare that rather thaa have existing conditions condi-tions continue, tha public would legislate legis-late tba saloons out of existence. Bather thaa have the saloons legislated legislat-ed out of buainaaa, they determined to support atriet regulation and agsinst prohibition. Thia aeatiment baa become general to a larger extent thaa ia generally real, iaed. outside of Ogdea. Tba foreee of tha "drys" while they publicly expreea th aeatiment that ther believe they have tha "wets" en the run, have 5 rasped at tha. aew legislation as a rowsisg man graspa at a straw. They ara bow endeavoring to persuade their followers aot to be misled by th glare . of so much reform ia one big lump, but t atick te th fight for t ho nnl-hilatioa nnl-hilatioa of tba saloon. They declare that every eoacsseio made by tha "wets" is a victory gained, but ara still arging their followere t go t th polls aad vot for th "dry" measure. meas-ure. But tba maiority of tha votere of Ogdea. satiafied wita tha provaaiona of the new ordiaaaca, will it ia believed, be-lieved, vot for regulated towa, regardless re-gardless of th demssds and th supplication, sup-plication, of the radical "drrs." The Oaden Manufacturers end Buemeea Men's association, which bee headquarters headquar-ters In the L'tah National bank and le handling the "wet" citip.lin has th following t of officers: K. M. oorov. preeldent; H. C. 'Bieelow. John Plnaree. Vt. K. Broenln. J. W. Wll.-o. A. R. Hey wood. J. 8. rearer, tart O. Raemue-aen Raemue-aen and D. W. Bill, vice preeldeute; Carl Ailleon. secretary and treasurer. Oppoacd to theae Is the dry rempelaw committee, made up of i- O. Mchav. chelrmen: F. V. Ft.her. vice chairman; A w!A-e J F. Preehaw; John V. Bin in, secretary-treasurer; O C. Richards. H-rum H-rum Relnap. Jamea Wotherepoon. enda woman's executive committee comDueea of Mrs. H. g. rtmlth. chairman; Wiee 1-e-ota Kennedy, secretary. Mrs Anna he-Kftv he-Kftv Fan, vice chairman; Mrs. J. n-j..rdon. n-j..rdon. Mrs. Jane Warner. Mrs. Jennie NTnen"rlrv rasipalcn was started bv the. Osrlen Betterment leaue. hul the "drv Interests hae been menred In the y-o-eral co-nmlltee. end the l-.sue ae a t-iv Is i-redlted now arrth much laaa aviiwty than formertv. The ufftcere M the OirHen tt--et (Continued ea page . OGDEN- (CowtinuH from fg !.) - ' ; teajru are: D. O. McKay, president; C. C. Richards, flrat vlra president; F. B. Fish-ar, Fish-ar, second vice prealdant; John v. Bluth, aerretan" executive committee, A W. Agee. Hvntm Belnap, H. L. Griffin and W. O. Ridges. Prefer Compromise to Prohibition. "A great many Ogden people have endeavored en-deavored for a long time to secure and have urged tha neceasity of the passage of a stringent ordinance for the regulation regula-tion of the Itijuor traffic fn Ogden." said James H. LteVlne. city attorney of Ogden, In discussing tha situation last night. "There are those who do not believe In the efficiency of local option as a means of doing away with the evils of liquor. Thee would vote for prohibition, prohibi-tion, however, rather than let e mis ling conditions continue. "I am confident that many of thoee people who believe In the sincerity of the officiate In attempting more stringent regulation reg-ulation believe that they have accomplished accom-plished all that ia necessary to handle t he I Iquor si t ua t ion properly. 'To aummartse the aituatlort briefly, there Is a large majority of the cltlsena of Ogden who would choose to mal(a this a dry tewn rather than a wide open town. My -personal opinion is that a majority of the people will prefer the strictly regulated saloon in preference to a dry town. The city will. In my opinion, opin-ion, go wet. with the provision that tha liquor traffic be regulated strictly. would vote for a wet city was an enemy of his country and a moral roard." A leading business man stated that the reported re-ported atatemcnt of President Joseph K. Smith, as delivered at in address at Granite stake In Stilt l-ake county, had helped the "wets" In Ogden not a little. President Smith is quoted in the I -ret News of last Saturday as having said: "Any man who will darken the door of a saloon to drink intoxicants is a criminal crimi-nal In the sight of God and an enemy to society. 1 do not care who it la." What New Law Means. The Jiew ordinance as adopted by the Ogden city council, follower closety-The state laws, which were passed at the last se anion of the legislature, and la the first attempt of any city hi the atate to revise re-vise Its ordinances to comply so closely with the provisions of the new state liquor li-quor laws. Tale sumptuary legislation enacted by the Ogden cltv council Is considered aa most Important for several reasons. The first Is the effect upon public opinion that will be exercised by the enactment and enforcement of the law upon tha coming local- option election, which will be held June 27. Another Is the political aspect of the city, and still another that strict regulation of the liquor traffic la an experiment ex-periment In Ogden. Ia Administration Ordlnanos. Qrdi nance to Be Enforced. "The ordinance la an attempt on the part of its makers to adapt the present liquor lawa to the needs of the city of Ogden, and the provisions, so far as they relate to the control and regulation of the saloons, are parallel to the atate law: The few amendments that were presented upon the final paaaage changed the ordinance ordi-nance back to virtually the same form In which It waa originally proposed. "The office of. the city attorney win endeavor to enforce this law to the letter let-ter and we ask the peace officers of the city to bring to our attention all In fractions That shalT rome to their rwMue. Thla office will prosecute every violator of the ordinance with the greatest vigor." Barlow Wilson j former sheriff of Weber county, now one of the proprietors proprie-tors of .a prominent cafe and saloon, made th -following brief and pointed atatement: Calls It Half s Loaf. "Nine o'clock Is too early an hour at which to close the saloons. An hour and a half later, or two hours later, would have been much better. But half a loaf is better than no bread, and where there's life there's hope. "I know the liquor dealers prefer the early closing to being wiped out, but It will hurt our business a great deal. I would not he aurprised If general busl- The new ordinance 1s. strictly speaking, an administration ordinance that Is, a William Ulaamann ordinance. It la unofficially un-officially understood, not only In official clrclea. but bv the public generally, that Mayor O I as man n. town dictator In matters mat-ters pollt leal, la responsible for every clause In the ordinance, and It la understood under-stood that when the ordinance waa submitted sub-mitted to the etty attorney's office. It wss with the Injunction that It be not tampered with any more than was absolutely ab-solutely necessary to make It a legal ordinance. or-dinance. . ... And It waa passed by the council In virtually the form In which It waa aub-mltted aub-mltted by Its framers. H will be ap- S roved. It Is understood, aa soon aa Mayor lasrasnn returna to the city. Lean Strict in Borne Beapecta.- The new ordinance Is less strict In msny respects than the ordinance that la now on the atatute books. I'nder the ordinance that will soon be nullified no liquor may be sod in a restaurant or dining din-ing room, and there must be no means of communication between barrooms and dining rooms. There must be only two entrances to a saloon e front door and a rear door. The new ordinance follows the state law closely. The state law provides that Honor may be aerved In hotels and dining rooms. The old law prohibiting openings open-ings from barrooms to dining rooms Is nul lined by a clause In the new law which defines ths class of opening that may be maintained between saloons and dining rooms. This is considered by ths opponents of the saloons aa much more favorable to the saloons than the old neas conditions were effected to a marked extent by the early closing, but not nearly near-ly so badly aa though the clty went dry." As to ths probable effect the paaeae of the new law will have on the election ex pre seed opinions conflict somewhat, though the "wets" seem to be much more oonfldent than th "drys." John V. Bluth, secretsry of ths Ogden dry campaign committee, aaya: "If those who have expressed them -serves In our favor keep their word; If each of them will register, end If each of them will vote on election day. the. victory Is ours." Pari Allison, secretary of the Ogden Manufacturers and Business Men's association, as-sociation, does not use so msny "ifs." He save: , s4en will go wet with a strict regulation regu-lation of the saloons by a majority of from ions U lsoo. This la simply a business busi-ness peopneitio) and the people of Ogden are Beginning to understand It ss such-If such-If Is simply a question of well regulated saloons, aa agalnet the bootlegger and the Iwiad llgwr." Hea-arding whether the new ordinance will be enforied or not, hlef T. 8. Browning of tlte Ogden police aaya: 1 pro yi as to enforce the new ordinance to the letter and In every detail. If eamae cnnvUted of violating the new erdtnance I would be In favor of having hla lieeasa taken away from htm and Fsevmjr that be never be granted another eaw ,r Porta sea Mm a Unite, nanhere and merchants were Inter- viewed bv a rpreaentailve or THE TRLRWtAM veeterday afternoon and wit ho.it a atrial, exception thev aaaerted that they did not want prohibition, but that they wanted well rejculaled eatoona. "It le only a queetlon of the majority," thev ear. If the activity at the two headquartera yeeterday afternoon and laat nlrht la to be taken aa an Indication, there la little aueethm that the town will ao wet. At the headquartera of the "drye." on Tweqty-fourih etreet. there waa Juat one man. Secretary Hluth. Mr. Bluth aaid he had no tda how many persona had been r.e1etered durtrur the day and further fur-ther etaerd that he did not know Juat how many needed to reelater. At the headquartera of the "weta" 8ee-retary 8ee-retary Allleon and a force of clerka were busy. Thev were laaulna dlrectlona to varioua workera and had a number of carrtan-ce and automobltee In operation throuahout the day. Mr. Allison waa de-ctdedlr de-ctdedlr eptlmlatlc aa to the result on June 17. Where Bnatneea Interests Are. "We have a aplendld organisation, com-ooeed com-ooeed of too leadlna hualnesa men of Oa- law The clause embraced In the atate law providing that none but American cltlsena, cltl-sena, who can fulfill certain apeclflc property prop-erty condition,, may have a llcenee. ia embraced In the new ordinance. Thla ia conaldered aa a beneficial elauee by the better element of saloon men and by the radical "drye" aa well. The reatrlctiona embraced In the state law providing that no person Bnder 21 years of aae shall he employed In any aaloon are in the new ordinance. A clause apeclfylna that a aaloon barroom bar-room ahall be a elnale room wlihout par-tltiona par-tltiona or curtalna, aa provided In the old ordinance, follow a the atate law. New ProvUlona Lean Bwtwplnc. One of Ihe provision, of the new law that eeeme much more atrinarnt than the correapoodlna provlaion In the old law, upon flrat examination. I, analysed by legal authorities aa belnc much leee etrlnavnt In Ita effect. The old law provides pro-vides that there be no eonnectlon between be-tween a barroom and any other room. The new law la much more specific, and therefore narrower. den. These men represent 85 per cent of the taxable property in thla city. Not one of them la a saloon man. or engaged In the liquor, busineaa in any way that we know of. "These men are In favor of the open saloon with strict regulation, and an early ! closing hour, and of a reduction In the numhere of saloons to not more than one for each 1000 inhabitants. We demand a strict compliance with the new atate law and with the rity ordinance as passed by the council last night. "Theae SO men reprfsent every prominent promi-nent business man and banker In Ogden with but one or two exceptions. "At present Ogden Is bonded for ll.Jfce.-Oon, ll.Jfce.-Oon, its limit. The closing of the saloons would reduce our revenue $74,000 annually and throw at least s00 men out of employment. employ-ment. If we do not have the opyi. regulated regu-lated saloons we will have the 'Blind pig' and the 'bootlegger.' from which the city will receive no revenue and which will be far worse hell boles than the open aaloon could ever be. In my mind there la no question aa to the result of the lection on June 27. Don't Like Term of "Coward. ' One hanker declared that the reported Etihlir atatement f Apostle t. O. McKay ad done more fo tieip the "wets" in ogden og-den tlvan anything else that .had happened. hap-pened. Apostle M Kay la alleged to have pnhtN-lr declared thHt "any man ho , |