The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-06-18
Approaching the Dead Line.

Whenever a newspaper, a Court
or minister utters protest against
the iniquity of the times, there are
always some to lift loud voices
calling attention to the weakness
of the editor, the officer. or the
the preacher. hoping thereby to
weaken the force of the required
blow, and strengthen. or at least
protect the class squirming in crime.
Preachers, officials, editors, are
the proper subjects of criticism and
attack. They are, or should be-.
leaders of the charging columns up
on SIN. ignorance and injustice
They shou'd do their duty in the
enforcement of law, the dissemina-
'tion of intelligence. the suppression
of iniqnity. In doing, this of course
they will be assaulted. That is
reasonable to expect. But the man
or men IN positions of trust and re-
sponsibility are expected to lead in
the fight. No matter what the is
sue is, they may anticipate the bull
lets of the sharp sho oters as well as
the loud guns of the evil to suppress.
The brave man stakes the racket" f"
aud when true to honest and decent
instincts. has the following of hon
est and decent people.
This Is all preliminary to a state
ment disagreeable to, make, that
our city, the Queen City of Logan.
Is becoming one of the most debas-
ed towns in the State, a Gomarrah
of iniquity, in all that word implies.
We have churches on almost every
street, schools unrivaled in the State,
Court House and City Building.
and editorial rooms facing the front
of all passing events. In the face
of all these, Babylon presented to
the Accusing eye of the prophet no
more gross, sensual, debaslng crime
than lives and lbxuriates in our
Harlots faunt in our streets,
crowding decent women from the
drunken rowdi~s stand
on the street corners, Sundays and
others days making the atmosphere
hideous with blasphemy and OBJ
scenity. The rowdies and ruffians
Of the surrounding country, which
is pure, gather to Logan and make
this town a place for high carnival
in all the debauche ries.
Disgusting indecencies are per-
petrated on the streets; strumpe:s
parade the most pubic places and
seem like maggots to thrive in the
burglary is committed in
The broad light of day within a
stones throw of the Court House.
The newspapers seem timidly 81
Ient. The Mayor, under tho room
IF the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union is blind. The police
ire apparently asleep. The minis
.ers have eyes too high toward
heaven to see, and hearts too good
20 voice the situation. The conse-
luence is that the citizens of the
own, men bad as any one wants to
,all them, are thinking of organic
ng a Law and Order society, or
or,ning a Vigilance Committee
hat will cleanse the town of its
lens Of prostitution, and clean the
streets of evening and Sunday from |
.he coarse ruffians who make it i'm
possible for decent woman or pure |
child to pass by when they talk.
The dead line ls nearly reached
If our officers, if our truly good |
men do not soon lock to the cn-l
forcement of law and order and de
,ency on tho streets, the citizens
Will take the matter in hand, and
f the town Is to be purified as ifby !
ire, it will be purified.
The attention of the Mayor is
called to the ract that an advertise
nent for meeting of citizens has
,een handed us for pu bllcation.
which we withhold, hoping the law
nay be enforced, aud tha; the wish
IS of tho good citizens may be ac-
,ompllshed by the usual lesa
means.