| Show AMERICANS BACK BACI LONDON STOCKADE Party arty Leaders Favor Crime Trust Morally and arid J Financially MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF Bransford Devised Scheme and Pitt Lends Official I Sanction Belle Delio London Og Ogdon's Ogden's cn's of the tho under world worl when whon she sho was Induced b by American party loaders leaders to como to Salt Lake Lako as fiS a larger field for tor the peculiar trust sho she operates in fn the Junction city wn was promised the mull fun protection of ot tho the city American party administration The arrangement L by which she sho entered tho the field hero horo horoUS US vu put through h by a former city council counell- man n A. A A te It Carter stIll In fn the tho councils of ui the Kearns pi party u anti and her stockade system In Salt Lake Lalo a was publicly suggested by Mayor John S. S Bransford L. L D. D Martin ono one of ot the tile American party part leaders lenders In fn tho council was S I en engaged engaged tn- tn as ns tho the architect of oC tho the no nn and entered heart an and soul Into tho the promotion of ot her Interests an and for forthe forthe the tho proposed stockade Tho The American party chief of poll police co hall had already y recommended tho the plan with the tho approbation of ot those who put him in office Mayor Bransford gave gu his sanction to tho the plan In fn interviews published Inthe in inthe inthe the KeArns organs orSans American real es estate estate es- es tate agents carried out tho the denu b by which tho property was acquired No o Word ord of Protect None ono of tho the American party of officials tIc In Is uttered l a word against the proposition but all nU of them were said to favor tavor It ft an and made mado no denial that tho they wore willing that It should go through while some somo of ot the Kearns band of or twenty three wore were outspoken In fn favor or of the move mo until called off b by Joe Joo W lS w posed red light district on th wo west rost westside it side has come from Crom the auburn whiskered whiskered whisk whisk- cre ered city attorney one IL lL J. J Dininny and It ft ill did not occur to him him that the tho rights 8 of the people of ot tho the west side were ele being violated until the campaign was on on un and ho he received his When Sheriff Emory started out to do 10 what the American chief chlof of ot police confessed that ho he coul could not do that thit is Is to clear out the purlieus altogether from Crom tho con center tor of or tho tile city ho mot met with the entire opposition of or tho the ell city A administration The Tho Kearns organs bo- bo his efforts an and mn made e open at nt- tacks on the officer r who was working In the Interests of or decency an and a clean cloan cf city ly Members of ot the police force wont aroun around among the women of the un underworld under underworld er world worl and their on hangers-on an and told them to lie low for n a time an and l that It would soon blow over They promised protection to tho the prostitutes antI and parasites para pnra- sites of ot Commercial street such as th they have havo been giving them for tor years years When registration opened tho they at at- at attempted tempted l to re register hundreds of ot tile the most disreputable of ot these parasites of or women and would have ha done ono so had hind It not boon been for the vigilance of ot tho the Re lle publican county committee committed Protection for tor Partner Iu lu Crime CrOne Tho They had been protecting the tho dives of Commercial street by a n system of ot fines on the women The chief offenders of of- ot- ot fenders tenders of tho the law l the Uio 10 people who managed man man- aged the these o housos houses paid no fines tines An and received more mora protection from the tho poll police co than a reputable merchant gets gett ets In his itis 1 business Openly nn and without fear of or molesta molesta- thou tion street walkers black and und white 1 were plying 1 ln their vile lie trado on tho I principal streets of oC tho city un under er pro pro- of ot Tom Pitt chief of ot police pollee It ii was not possible to lo walk along paTtI parts of ot State street and Third South street t without being accosted at nt nn any hour of oi r the the- evening o r were n no AnH A rl n n t teats tests at this state of f affairs i rr n from fr ui II IL J. J Dininny city attorney or 01 any other official On on n the tile contrary collections were made In so-called so fines tines amounting amount amount- ing In to between 1000 and 1200 every over month which went vent into tho city treas trea- ury uri which the city recorder or proudly exhibited each month as tho the receipts of his hla hl office Sheriff Emery a n Republican n county official cleaned up the tho town Ho lIo has not flot only put a n quietus on tho the removal lemo of the tite red light rc district on tho the west vest side aide but he lIe has haR mado Commercial street decent decent- In lii tho tIlo council n Cl feu te nights III ago o a n saloonkeeper a asked ked that he Ito be lie refunded etI tho the amount of or a license paid by him for tor a place on Commercial Comm which he Bald said he would not bo ho I justified in opening after the operations opera opera- of ot tho sheriff Ho lIo depended on the tho Commercial street dives to bring him business 1 and when they were wel closed the business wn was no longer longcr there And the tho American council conal considered con con- al his claim just for Cor they thoy quietly gave J O him his lis refund tt on lemony At tho time this title cleaning up of ot the city was going on Sheriff Emory was the tho subject ct of ot attack by the th morning coyote COote organ of Tom Kearns These attacks have c been continued The Tile Idea a of ot a clean town lown was J sneered at morning after atter morning by b tho the organ of the crooks which two years rH ago a o was waa defending tho the robbery rob her of or tho the ora ens 18 and sneering at nt the men who had been heen fleeced under the theor very or eyes OOS of ot the police of ot as Scotch suckers Sheriff Emery 1 has ha made mn o Commercial street a reputable thoroughfare It may not be bc quite so 80 brisk und and noisy at ct night as ns It was under un or American par par- ty protection Ho Ito line has closed tho the tholIe vile lIe cribs of Victoria alley And ho has put the most mORt effectual l barrier in tho wily way of ot Belle Belie London an and her hea Ameri can part party stockade scheme This of oC affairs was all brought b by n Republicans an and with the most de do- do opposition on tho tue part of or tho tile Kearns part party and Its organ The Tho peo peo- plo pie of or the west Ivest sl side c and of all aU parts of tho the town know that It was not tho the city administration that drove 0 out negro parasites of or Commercial street and proved that there thero was no necessity Salt of or a n. Lake red teel light district of ot any kind l In fn Defender of C Crook They know too that tho the coyote organ or or- gan of ot the Kearns Kehrns part party has hns always I been the defender of or crool crooks cronIes s an and that thal It Is tow now engaged In defending vice The They l know no that had tho tito outfit had Its way this would bo be A n wide open town And they know whom to thank that It is not Hot Belle Belie Lon London on and her associates praying for an nn American are victory in Salt SnIt Lake coun county l Should hould such lamity a n. calamity ca cn- cn befall the tho community as ns an American victory In the county tho the work of ot building the cribs criba and ond houses in the tho property of ot tho tile Citizens Citizens' Investment Invest Invest- ment merit company on tho west side would be rushed and opened inside of ot three months With both Loth city and county In tho the hands of the tho people who brought to Salt Lake her Belle Belie Lon London on would woul l be ho perfectly safe I. I L. L D. D Martin her chief advisor who is in looking after her hor interests in In in- the American n crt narty knows that and short rt time says that it will only bo ho a a. before all tho the opposition will die dlo down own to tho the scheme In tho the same breath ho he predicts victory for Cot the of ot leaders party In which he Is one of ot tho the Salt Lake county It Is only to Republican tho enforced people desirous of or seeing tho the that In law and tho the town lown look It Is only to Republican kept clean officials can enn that tho lI people ople of ot tho tile west side eldo look to keep tho the dens of or vice rico can cnn out of ot their mf midst 1st I ti |
