Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-10

lnIerestinx speeches In the Third
Ward.

i LAW AND 0RDER MlRFIye.
gnieresting speeches In the Third
/ Ward.
Aboat tao hundred ladies and gentle
men met in the building adjoining BelI'i
Hotel. in North Seattle, last evening, &c
listen 20 the discussion Of matters o.
vital interest at the present time. Prof
Z. ). Inarahsm vas shosen chairman.
| c. r. HASToED,
Candidate for City Attorney, vas the
hrst speaker. De commended the Law
and Order people for the fair, opsn
and impartial manner in which their
convention had been held, and the fair
ness with which the candidates had
been selected. This Was the first and
| only convention SO far held that had
recognized the women. or given them
| any voice In the choice of candidates.
aud impressed upon the women the i'm
| porta1ee Of voting on election dsy. de
declar, 4 that the platform adopted by
the convention was fair aud impartial.
could consistently stand thereon
What principle" said ne. "ennnciated
In that platform u a menace to any
legitimate business!"
In one respect the enforcement of law
may be q menace TO some particular
business, but / deny that the enforce
ment of the laws As they now exist can
be In any manner menace to the bust.
ness interests of our fair city. Let il be
remembered that there are other inter
ests In Sc tttio besides those of the lava
beds. In discussing these matters
frankly. the advocates of the so called
business mems ticket say that the en-
forcement of the law will close up GER
tain disrepatable houses ON the lava
beds, and prevent a certain class who
spend their money freely from coming
here by abolishibg the temptation. But
think the city can afford to get along
without dives wherc loggers and stran-
gers are enticed TO squander their hard
earnings in drink and debauchery. SQcn
places can be of no benefit to the bust
ness interests of Seattle. Some of you
will remember that there once existed
in Seattle disreputable squaw brothel
on large scale, known as the :" mad
house." aud conducted by John Pen
nell. Year after year the Grand Jury
refused to iHdict the proprietor, because
there were always enough OF those men
on the Grand Juries who feared that by
shutting up that shop the business in
terests of the city would be injured.
But finally the foul blot was removed
from our city, and no serious business
interests were interfered with. The
city has grown right along without Pen
peil's mad house." and the liveliost
times this city has ever known have
been since the once famous building
Was converted to ashes.
While that great blighting curse hung
over our city like pail capitalists
would not invest their money here, and
strangers were 10th to locate in = COM
munity with their families where sHch
an institution was allowed to exist.
Such places are no more than carrion
ON a desert. They attract u certain
Glass of birds, whose presence Is No
benefit to the business interests of any
community.
The doing away with unlawfully-
d sreputable places will not in any
manner injure the business interests
of any city.
The law and order people declare that
it is the duty of the city officers to see
that these institutions are not longer
allowed TO exist, to the injury of the
great mass OF the tax paying citizens.
Tue issue has been clearly made, and
its decision or Monday next will have
its effect, not for n year, but for all
time. hope the decision will be in
favor Of law and order and good gov
ernment.
JUDGE ORANGE JACOBS
Was the next speaker. He said: I in
tended several years ago to stop public
speaking, but as the time rolls around |
find | cannot keep out of the fight. To-
aighs | propose addressing myself to
your reason. shall ask you iu the CON-
ing election TO ra.se the banner of law,
order and morality high. We have a
big fight on hand, and the forces op-
posed to Us are marshaling their hosts.
After this election | want the news to
go out broadcast all over our fair land
that the people of the Queen City of
Puget Sound are in favor of law and
order. Blackstone defines law as rule
OF action. Ii is a majesty before whom
all must bow. Without Law and its en-
forcement your personal and property
rights would amount to nothing. How
would it sound that the law and order
people Of Seattle had been vaHquished.
We should all stand firm for law and
order, and | will tell you why.
In the first place the ticket nominated
by the law and order people represents
all of the people. Ii Is the only ticket
in which all the people were invited to
assist in selecting. We have a large
number of newly enfranchised voters,
and the Law and order convention has
been the only one 10 recognize the ladies
and allow them to have any say in the
selection of the candidate for whom
they will be called upon to vote. The
so-called BUSINESS Mems Club, and the
other clubs, have utterly ignored the
ladies, and virtually said to them you
stay at home and attend the babies, and
| we'll nominate ticket for you to help
as elect. They ask yeu to go to the
polls and vote for men who virtually say
they don't want any of your influence,
notwithstanding the legislature has
made the women legal voters. | have
always stood by the ladies, and I want
to know il the 700 or 800 ladies' who
have registered. are going to walk up to
the polls and vote for the nominees If
clubs who have virtually said: you have
no business to NEEDLE in politics. IL
you do, yoa are unworthy of the trust,
and ought TO be disfranchised. Women
didn't go sparkling when was boy,
and / don't think they'll do il now, al
though times have changed.
This is the law and order organiza-
ton. Ii Ia not Temperance organiza-
ton only 50 far as the temperance peo-
pie have joined with the lovers of Law
aud order to demand the enforcement
of the Law. We only propose to exer-
else the powers with which the laws
have clothed Us. We do not propose
any legislation, but will take the laws
AZ they stand and look 10 their enforce
ment. Ali of our rights rest on the
Law. Without Law We have chaos and
confusion. We ara in favor Of attack
ing no man or no business protected by
the Law.
The second reason why our tickes
should be supported is because il 10 the
only genuine, conservative party in the