Show Are iAre Some Somebody's body's lands Hands Tied I We Va would haht to believe that the law of Utah is so weak it cant can't protect a community of good citizens from such shameful places as the Wa- Wa satch Fish club dub 1 We Ve would feel ashamed of our political politiC system tern tem if it were proved t to th ds us that such dives as IS this thir one exist and thrive because the officials whose duty it is to close them arc are incompetent But we would feel much worse if it should b become come a known fact that some officials official's hands are TIED If the fish club is allowed to continue its its its' nightly orgies and debaucheries the community will know that one of the three reasons above is responsible for the outrage In Iii Kansas we worked as a cu on a newspaper and watched with amazement at first the boldness of the in breaking the state law Jaw I IThe The men who took a solemn oath to cl enforce all statutes violated that oath there oath there was a lot lotof lotof lotof of fixing There was also a lot of passing the buck if we can be pardoned for using such expressive ex ex- ex- ex slang Weak kneed public officials some Borne ome whose pocketbooks were bulging too much others whose spines quivered at the thought of tackling a real problem kept complaining that they couldn't get a conviction etc But a real man appeared on the scene And he put a padlock on the door of every joint It meant contempt of court to break that padS pad pad- S lock There was no danger of delays in c calling for juries junes A violation of that padlock order me meant nt a jail sentence as sure sur as the sun was to torise torise rise again The same chance had been open to the other officials all the time but they didn't want to accept accept ac RC- ac- ac it They couldn't see that chance S THERE WAS VAS A REASON FOR THEIR BLINDNESS We Ve have enough faith in our statutes to beS be'S believe believe be be- S 'S lieve that there is a no way ay to close such dens as the Fish club The people want no more lnor foolishness about closing the the they expect every official to todo do his duty without further delay |