| Show NEW MEW WORK FOR MARSHALS THE gamblers and lewd women who flocked into ogden and have flourished under the liberal administration inaugurated in that city axe are now apparently under real apprehension they have manifested bested by their open defiance of the city ordinances on sunday as well as other days and nights of the week that they had no fears of the nanni cipal authorities and have become a public scandal dal that has disgusted the best people of the alib liberal party as well as the older inhabitants but now the matter is taken in hand from an unexpected source there are territorial statutes in foroe EA as well as city ordinances Z both 0 th are equally valid if the po ace e and those who appointed them med failed to enforce the ordinances it was within the authority of the county officers by the sheriff sherler and his deputies to set get in operation the territorial statutes against gambling and prostitution if they failed to do this it was mistake and seeing that the evil was allowed to grow unchecked deputy marshal arthur pratt has topped forward under powers conferred by act of congress and has notified the keepers of these places that unless they are closed up he be WM proceed eI against the violators of the me law forthwith the authority of the U S marshal sa iad his deputies in this matter is contained in section eight of the edmunds tucker act as follows q hat I 1 the marshal of said territory of utah and his deputies shall and may exercise all the JU the laws of the united states or said territory possessed md and exercised by and ana their deputies as peace JS and each of them shall cause against the law in his adm to enter into recognizance to kp keep the jho peace and to appear at the SS term ar the court having jurls juris of the case and to commit to tofau fall in case of failure to g give ive such w M they shall quell and 1111 assaults and batteries riots affrays and insurrections atts this greatly extends the sphere commonly assigned to united states marshals and strong arguments might be raised as to its rightfulness and propriety but it is the law in this territory and it looks as though it will be carried out in this instance at least for the benefit of the public if the evils complained of shall be removed or even measurably suppressed deputy marshal pratt will be entitled to praise for his promptness and efficiency how far he will be able to succeed in view of obstacles that may be thrown in his way by the liberal liquor and lawless element will take a little time to determine |
