Show IRE SALOON the crime and wretchedness which attend the existence of liquor saloons are destined dea tined to keep the question of their regulation prominently before the public at least leaah until it la 18 settled bottled in ID a way that the general public will not dot be seriously molested in their peace and property its aa a result ot fridkin 19 resorts re aorta in ID salt gait aske city and other municipalities in the state the saloon nuisance nule anca in ia a painful infliction upun the people which I 1 ia being extended each year in its ita injurious it fluence there are laws to regulate the liquor bubines buBi busi new but these are practically a dead letter in many re both by reason of the difficulty of their enforcement end and the disinclination of officers to offend the saloon element for cf floers who depend on political emergencies do not care to invoke the antagonism of that element and the mass of voters have no not been awakened to the necessity of their special action in this thie regard not on behalf of HOD giov but in the interest of demanding a an n enforcement of the laws law toward all classes alike utah to ia not the only place or the moat puzzled on win ques uon elsewhere the are being awakened to the necessity necea alty of this tale saloon business on modi fled lines so BO that those who favor the continuance of drinking re may be given their way under restrictions that will preserve more temperate people from the injury they are now compelled to bear owing to win this condition several eastern cities among which boston is ig taking the lead are seriously contemplating adopting the minneapolis reservation system as a solution for the problem there is ie a very strong prohibition son 00 clment ciment in boston yet the conservatism of public leaders there is against such radical measures as the complete suppression proe siou of the saloon would make nece necessary spery hence the recourse to the other system which would locate all the drinking resorts in one quarter of the city and mainly away from schools and the resident portion As for the minneapolis system of saloon reserVA it seems to have given the greatest satisfaction of ady thing yet attempted and so 0 o gratifying have ajen b den the results to the anti and liquor people that the boston total abstinence society after a careful in has baa given full endorsement to the plan while the peo people of minneapolis will not listen to any proposition to change and even the saloon men say eay it la in more pleasing to them than was waa the old system which operated much as affairs now DOW go in this cly city the saloon reservation scheme was adopted in minneapolis in ID 1884 when the city had bad saloons to a population of less than being scattered throughout the city the saloons drew hoodlums bood luma and criminals criminal to the very thresholds of the reputable citizens the police force which had bad to cover a total area of quare miles mile was utterly loach aate to control the saloons and to enforce the prescribed closing hours boura was out of the question an AD increase inore aae of police was not practicable in the financial condition of the municipality and mayor george A pillsbury Pili abury recommended establishing restrictive limits the idea was taken up enthusiastically by judson N cross city attorney who is ie known by citizens here bore as an able lawyer and broadminded in his philanthropic views he drafted a resolution providing that the saloon reservation cover about lour four square ailep outside of which saloons were forbidden this ordinance was passed by the minneapolis city council in april 1884 As was to be expected the saloon baloo n men made a great light fight against it and lawyers declared that it could not be upheld test oases cases were at once brought before the district courts and from there carried to the supreme court of the state the agitation was immense the saloonkeepers saloon keepers of minneapolis Minoe apolis held large a rge meetings every day during the lour weeks while the case tested rested with the courts threats were made and all available lia influence fluence used to defeat the measure which had the full sympathy of the respectable element oi of we be community A big array of lawyers assailed the ordinance but judge oros cross won WOD the battle batting and the saloon men submitted to the inevitable at the same time the saloon license was raised from per year to the e fleet effect ot of this thin in 1884 1864 was that the saloons located outside of the patrol limits were at once closed and in a few weeks the number of saloons decreased irom from to since mat time the population of the city has b almost doubled being now over but the number of saloons has baa increased only about 15 per cent liflet year licenses were issued the police force which includes four captains four lieutenants lieutenan tB fourteen sergeants and one hundred and forty six alx patrolmen is in a little deew lea now than it was before the ment of the patrol limits out oat or of the force four captains four lieutenants thirteen sergeants and one hundred and ton ten patrolmen ar are located within the patrol limits while the immense outside are area le Is taken oare care of by thirty eight men yet the inhabitants make no GOBI coln plaint as they seem to have bare amplo protection As an official remarked ft a few days daya since toe system haw hb proved so BO satisfactory that no oner one wants wante it abolished not even the Os ba loon men no mayor has baa dated dared to ruu run sincel on a platform including the abolition of the patrol limits in 1891 an attempt was waa made in tho th legislature to extend we the limit two block bloof ce but the citizens rose against it indignation meetings were held and the legislature defeated the proposed amendment the license was wae ral raided sock to 1000 per year the minneapolis system has stood the test twelve years and from all abw reports made it is the kest best method yek yea adopted to keep the saloon element andi and patrons in control rol it combines th tho high license local option antt and restrictive ideas in a modified form and where saloons are to be al elwed at all seems to be the best plan yet yat devised for minimizing the evila evil of the liquor traffic and the couse conae quent friction between prohibitionists ona anil devotees of the wine glass prom fromi its practical results where it has been tested thoroughly it is clear that ato th minneapolis system is in gon generally emily preferable to methods now in vogue in utah and other western states saloons are allowed at all |