| Show t I ACT 01 ON OV THAT fUiT I I i iI I Tho Tim right of ot petition Is h recognized t U throughout tim the United it Is Ji n a ab b constitutional guaranty In ri every eVer de tie department tieI I of ot local or national govern government l ment It should be duly respected Of ot itt course every ever petition no matter maller how I i L numerously It tt may muy be he supported con can cannot connot ti not be he o always complied compiled with That Is III i FP understood II IHle I ool Hut But a oi respectful request U from of ot whatever In lii c life Ite should receive fair consideration 0 i i j and ani Home definite action actio II on the part pari of ot the authorities or to whom It ItIs f h Is 18 addressed 1 a Some Sollie time ago a n petition from nn an or orI I Ii alln in th city was wast 1111 addressed t Ii to the City Council anti was wn referred I V to t a committee There has haK ha been am nm ampie 4 II pie pIc time for tor or Its Ita examination and II nIl for forI I something definite to to lie he I done with It 1 il so far It appears to 10 have been tI put flut to sleep or pigeonholed or pushed posited i 1 4 aside aIde as UK a thing of ot no moment It Iti i was not u ii a private matter It was a of ot concern It urged upon the city authorities the tile enforcement of ot the city D ordinances o which forbid the sale HalO of ot I t liquor on Sundays Iti ale aIe to tl minors 1 at any ant nn time and those which prohibit j a f gambling and other vices It Is la n i 1 reproach to 10 She che he officials of ot tills this city that there thele was any need of ot I such eh a n request gentlemen representing 8 the supporters or of law nod ond or order ori i der leI It was wall a declaration that the oil om I cera entrusted with Hh the execution of ot J the were In neglect of ot their sworn 1 f and solemn duty cluty The manner in 11 i which this thiM petition has been neglected f apparently lIno Indicates In that the c r committee to which witch It wan wat va referred are arens Ij as ns as n II the tue executive officers ii t ai 01 a to the enforcement of ot the or ordinances orI I j which are Ire openly antI defiant defiantly t J ly I 1 violated Possibly will yet be done In response to 10 the tit r of ot the of ot the document who I L 1 represent ent the th sentiments ot a p majority I of ot the people of ot this thin city cH cHIt It wait Willi supposed that n it ot of oti i t I the City In whose hands the f i L petition was tva placed was wa In sympathy r with the movement for tor or the tho vindication r 1 of ot the law We Se hall not nol entertain n a aI I different opinion front from this until It be becomes beI I conies comes certain that the petitioners petitioner I were ere In this thia respect mistaken There c may mn be reasons why wity wh no rio step has bran been 41 1 taken lallen toward th of ot the question Involved It has lieen pub published that the whole hoIe matter has been I smothered It will be seen however t I In good time that his la is a subject of ot j more than common Importance Imparlance and anti andI I that It Will he be heard front from again In n a at t I manner that will Ill demonstrate Its vital vitalIty lIal t It Ity JI It and chow hol that It cannot annat be choked I i to 10 death ln Ip I that fashion i It 11 has been heen Intimated several times that the city ordinance j In reference to tot t i these thee evils clIs wag wa never intended to be hI beI I enforced That Is 18 totally untrue They fht have been executed nt at different ii times ag ns rigidly us its possible Io us completely as most enactments are lieu usually u U Unil I ally nil earned carried out The Tho assertion n is n to t I libel on the Legislature ot of Utah Ulah and andI I P the City Council of ot Salt Lake It Jt Is n a aI I reflection on ott their intelligence and on 1 their honesty honell It ina may be he Impossible to enforce this legislation completely I K I There will vIlI by bl b lawbreakers In every CI or ordinary 1 T iI diner community c Perfection Is not notI I I t expected In town ton or country hut but I I I It JIB been demonstrated beyond fair aIr fairI I dispute that both 1011 the thc laws la s of the tho State if and the ordinances of ot several cities to toI j f il the tue same caine effect can be enforced and a andt I t I I the will of the great majority of ot the lie In lit Inhabitants InI I r IF iM habitants be respected re and anI carried Into l effect In La any nn event the tue petition to which we 1 referred must mu t be acted upon In I some same w 1 y It should be either Ither returned return i to the City It Council with recommendations re ft that Its tl request be lIe complied compiled with orbe 01 be reported tipon In a way 0 that I the th public may learn that iha t the members I of ot the committee are ate In sympathy with I Sunday gambling and 1 other specie of ot men Inn Jn n we expect you ou to till do something 1 with viti the document d respectfully submit r te 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