Show RESOLUTIONS CALL fOR OR QUICK ACTION II IN IN STOCKADE CASE CAS CASEWell Well Attended Mass Meeting Meeting Meeting Meet Meet- ing Held Mayor and Council Criticised About people met in the fifteenth ward meeting house houf e last ni night ht to protest protest pro pro- test a against the called so-called stockade on the west side Before the meeting came cameto cameto cameto to a close it developed into more of an attack on the city council than an earnest endeavor to do away with the stockade From Chairman E. E C. C Ashton Ash ton down to the last speaker nearly e cr every one of them had something t tsay to say against t the he city officials Addresses Addresses Ad d dr dresses ses were made bv by 1 K 1 C. C Ashton B. B r. r Grant Ernest Wright ri ht and Lon Lou J J J. Haddock After about t lo to hours' hours disCUSSiOn discussion dis dis- dis the following resolutions were adopted the first being to the mayor and city council and the second to Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Spry and the attorney general en ral Whereas the undisputed evidence e shows that that certain corporation known as the Citizens' Citizens Investment compan has for tor several weeks week past and now Is Is de devoting devoting devoting de- de voting Its property known as the stockade stockade stockade stock ade to 10 open and notorious prostitution In violation of ot the tile temporary Injunction granted by the Third District court In a certain case pending between certain owners of property adjacent to and In InI I close dose proximity to the said stockade as plaintiffs and the said Citizens' Citizens Investment In- In vestment estment company and one Dora P. P Top Top- I ham as defendants and Whereas the said eald use of said property is well known to the public at large and Is known or ought to be known to the honorable Mayor and City Council of ot Salt Lake I City and to the Chief of Police Po Po- Po- Po lice of said city and Whereas said saM use of said property Is In violation of ot law la and the injunctive order of said court and Is b in violation of the city ordinances of Salt Lake City and Whereas T e e and our children are constantly constantly con con- exposed to the dangers that lurk In tn and surround this Institution of ot vice and crime and the peace comfort and safety of our homes are threatened and will sill be destroyed by the establishment and maintenance of ot this institution of vice Iniquity and crime In the ills heart of the western portion of or this city and at our very doors and Whereas It Is the sworn duty of ot the tho Mayor and City Council of Salt Lake Ctt Cli City and the Chief of or Police lee thereof to enforce the laws and ordinances which will wI protect us and the people of this cI th city from f O the evils lIs il of f such uch i an i Institution nn tion oth L to w wb Lot s 's an t w Lot an oth L to wb s 's t Now therefore b be it resolved l that we e tile the Lake people e City of in th the mass a western ses meeting d portion oti assembled seo of bT Salt do hereby respectfully demand that the tile honorable Mayor and City Council of Salt Lake City and the Chief of or Police thereof theoreM take immediate teo action to enforce en en- force foree the laws and ordinances which will effectually put an end fond to the wholesale practice of prostitution a. a as now no carried on in the stockade operated and control controlled con con- trolled d by the Citizens Citizens' Investment company corn com pany and on One Dora P P. president and ind manager manage thereof Action Is Demanded We Ye demand Ihl tIlls this action at your hands under unde and by b virtue of the oaths of or your our office and tile the duties and obligations resting lJ you ou and under tinder and by virtue vir vir- tue of the laws s and Constitution of this State which guarantee to us life liberty and the pursuit of happiness s and under which guarantee e of rights right we are aie entitled en- en titled d to have hano the tile peace ace and quiet of ot our ho homes undisturbed and our children and wives guarded and protected against the tile blighting and baneful influences of this cesspool of ot otIce vice Ice and crime which I is permuted per- per muted to flourish at the very doors of our oni homes homps notwithstanding the same Iame is Condemned b by the ordinances of this city and th the laws law of this tills state and notwithstanding standing we e have t made e cr every effort eort thus thue far within our power powel to stop the Ule Illegal traffic We have ha bag loag since resolved and do again resolve eo that this Institution of ice vice and crime shall not exist In our midst whether the tile officials whose whole duty it Is Iso to o abate tile the same shall hall do so or not Out homes were wre lucre here first and we WP firmly re resolve resolve re- re solve ohe that this tills Institution shall be driven from tIle the place where here It Is now located rather than that we p shall be compelled to abandon the homes which we e have for forso forso forso so many man years ears owned and enjoyed You must do your dut duty in this respect or we e shall find Cud a way 11 to protect ourselves and our homes against this tilis Im impudent cal and unlawful tiling thing I that t Is rearing f its ts h had ad serpent like II and I Is In defiance of lal law morals and decency striking at the he portals of our homes and is endangering endanger- endanger ing T K all that IB is near and dear to us Ul Be it further resolved that e a. certified copy COP of these resolutions be forwarded to tile the honorable Mayor and slId City Council of I Salt Lake City We e the undersigned do hereby certify f fy fI that the foregoing Is a 8 full true and correct copy of ot a resolution unanimously adopted at a mass meeting of the tile citizens citi dU- sells zens of the tue west side of Salt Lake City held ild on the tile evening of the day of ot June A A. A D. D 1303 1505 Witness our hands this day of or June A. A D. D 1909 E E. C. C Chairman JOHN E. E COTT COTTAM AI Secretary Governor and Attorney General Whereas The fact tact appears that a certain tam aln tain corporation known as RI the Citizens' Citizens Investment company has acquired certain lands ands situate between Fourth and Fifth West Vest streets and First and Second South streets tf In Salt Lake Jak City Utah commonly corn com known n as all the stockade and In ill which wh-h lands it has erected a large number num- num ber of ran buildings U commonly P u used as cribs lb and parlor houses which property per Is ha s and has been for ev several ral weeks past devoted almost entirely to the open and p notorious lous 12 practice e. e of prostitution In vhs vhs- atlon of or the constitution and statutes t jil of f this state and In violation of the charter granted to the said Citizens' Citizens Investment company compan and Wh Whereas rEal We the tile residents and property prop prop- Ert erty owners living In close proximity to the he said stockade a have ilave v and now are e doing dong do- do ing ng everything yi within our power to p prevent pre pre- vent tnt this Illegal I and Immoral traffic but notwithstanding our efforts the tile said company company com corn pany Insolently and unlawfully defies I ever ever even effort put forth by us In that be behalf be- be half halt and Whereas We e believe under the laws and the constitution of this state quo warranto proceedings can C'an be taken which will effectuate a dissolution of or the said Citizens Citizens' Jt n Investment v m company on a account o na of Its open and flagrant violation I n of the statutes of ot this thle state and the charter chartr under uner un- un iler der er which It was Incorporated d and that uch such proc proceedings proceeding lie II within the power of ot the he attorney general of this state a acting under the advice and suggestion of ot the governor thereof no now 1 therefore be he It Resolved Resol That w we hereby petition and request the tile Hon William Spry governor of f th th 3 j state of Utah and the Hon Albert So S. Barnes the attorney general thereof to o take such Immediate action under the laws aws of ot this state tate for the purpose of ot bringing about a dissolution of the said Citizens' Citizens Investment company compan for Its flagrant flagrant fla fla- fia- fia grant violation of ot the laws of this state and the charter under tinder which It was incorporated In- In d and be It further I Resolved That a certified d copy of these thele resolutions be forwarded to the honorable governor and the honorable attorney gen I eral ral of this state |