New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-02
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
EVIL, LITERATURE AND INTEMpERANCE.
AN ,nnrps, ny ANTHONY ooMsrocK--A RECORD
OF YOUNG CRIMINALS.

AN Address pY ANTHONY CoMsToCh--A REOoRD
or YOUNG CRIMINALS
large audience gathered IN the Masonic Temple
yesterday afternoon to listen 10 an annrrss ny an Az
Smnnression of Vice Before introducing the
snaakeT. MIR, Gibbs the chairman, announced that
committees had been appointed tor the purpose. Oh
comnleting arrangements for naming Prohloltlon
Candidate for Mayor. Other Temperance c3noluatess
for the city offices he added, would also DE Voled
for at the approaching election. Inc auule1Cc,
which was composed largely of women, listened TO
MIR Comstock's exposure OF wee with marked az
tention and greeted him with lre9uent atpiiuSe
Mr. Comstock spoke rapidly and without hotHs: ~
1.-THE present" he said in part is ',me anu me
object of tins meeting a cause which sh0ulu h,ei /,
est every citizen. This society says 10 Ie
iouor-seler: Cease to damn helpless women anu anu
children Men who engage In TINS WORK n ii,
many enemies. 4 newspaper re fbe rronie,
acterzed us as the rd pt to oppose There are
two evils which are twin devils-intemprI aic =,
and evil literature. One pieroes the heart lhrouSn
rhe throat: the other through the eye anu etI.
Roth Lave their unmistakable marks on the lace lace
and i'm the eye and voice OF their vlcilm' L nnu
hundreds OF yonng people WHY Whh;io Soi have been
followi1p the evil of iDtemperance l nave pursued
The other evil for ten years. The devil Is greas
hunter; the world is his huntlne-groqllhu, " ;n
children are his avOTite game, Many chliuioh III
Sar,t wracired systems and are followed by the
hunter IRON childhood to youth ana rom Sonn ~
manhocd-yes and to w1mlph a%nsct pnre water
from stream into the fountain OF when GETTY
noison had bepn poured, as 10 expect pure minus
corrupted by evil literature. ne luz Va Uo
CITY are also "a disgrace. 1hey leaVo 'no I'm. h,tu
tainted with the vile pictures oiteh s1en vi NJ,
long after the eye has passed from mem. MANY
men expect purity OF lie ana TASTE III 'noi oN W
whom they daily pass the Wlhe-cup. ,r,,;nc,
The increase of Youthful CRIMINALS is aaruilng.
snort time ago sat COURTROOM anu s'tW ,iio9
stawart burglars, eacn about thirteen wears olu ill.,
b"ys kent nm my office since February "A scrap
book winch contains only newspaper chpP1Inss
couco,rning ne arrests OF children. Between feo-
rnary and August 10 had "a record OF foI cliin
inals under twenty-One years OF age on per cent vi
thano wer. unaer sixteen. Fifteen had been at
rested ior murder, 80 Tor grand larceny, ~ iOr
highway robbery, 90 for petlt larceny, lOO as
hnrclars 40 rs coma on drunkards aud the rest 1or
minor offenses i'll the majority OF caSeS oai lteI-
fure had started these crlIilnas, neIpou along ny
tine WINE cup The catalogues OF our colleges ana
semnares are used as directories pY men VINO jdteI
uee tine sanctity of the United States mail To loi-
ward their books which breed lust ana cause me
eternal destructiau of the purity OF our children
the last seven years l have travelled on an
average 2lO00 miles year, much oil IL IN
naiacr.cars 4 have reached the CONCLUSION
That those palace-cars are niue better IMAM par
rooms Many oil them are unsafe places Tor women
and children 1 have often been oDigeu 10 threaleh
10 re OorI tine conductor the officers OF MS COM
many before could compel HIM 10 stop the selling
of Iuuurs to occupants of staterooms In lne car
from Which issued curses and shouts unnt Ior Ihe
ear of any person he only remedy Tor lh6emper11
ance and evil reading Is eAteTlIllatiol lAppiauseI
The country to-day stands neea of "a clean. pure
literature, Jnat free from all containllIatlons,
free from crime, lust and DRUNKENNESS. must also
say n word ABOUT ne lotteries of our city, ana COM
mend John MckeOn tor his energy III CLOSING thein'