Show NOT A TRIUMPH OF LAW AND ORDER the deseret news by the way of corroborative evidence that it is equally opposed to sunday baseball in salt lake as well as in ogden cites the fact that the fort douglas ball grounds have been dismantled the standard docs not consider that result a triumph in behalf of order the man who had fort douglas grounds condemned by the military authorities did BO in order to force the youth of salt lake to a sunday resort where whisky and beer flow in abundance and where temptations are not wanting it the news calls that a triumph of moral forces the standard fails to appreciate its peculiar idea of morality and moral influences here is a quotation from yesterdays deseret news the efforts of the deseret news against noisy sunday amusements and unnecessary business and labor are having their desired effect we learn that the sunday baseball games at fort douglas will be discontinued the military authorities having exercised their power and these sabbath disturbances will be stopped the news editor is hypocritical in pretending to say that the stopping of baseball games on the fort douglas grounds was in the interest of sunday observance or anything tend ing to a christian life either that or the editor lacks common sense simon bamberger the proprietor of 1 lagoon protested against baseball at fort douglas for the express purpose of compelling lovers of baseball to his resort especially on sundays with a sanctimonious air he raised his voice in prayer with the editor of the news in condemnation of baseball on sunday at fort douglas that he mighty have baseball played where whisky Is sold we call the attention of the news to a cartoon in athla mornings tribune showing mr bamberger in the attitude of holy horror over the desecration of the sabbath at fort douglas with a companion picture showing this same man hurrah ing for sunday baseball at lagoon the news has been a party in aiding bamberger in forcing the young people of salt lake to a sunday resort where liquor is sold had the news an understanding of the evils of these resorts and how ao overcome them or make them least objectionable it the standard in demanding first the closing of sunday resorts where intoxicating drinks are sold allowing counter attractions almost devoid of harmful features to prevail until suc es crowned the efforts of the true reformers when the to win from christianity a great following the well balanced christian leaders of that time changed the day of theisa observance from the seventh day to the first day of the week they recognized the evil that beset them and met it with a practical remedy the standard following the wisdom of the early christians believes in having counter attractions for our young people of today that they may be kept away from whisky resorts |