St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-16
They Are to Make Room for
Men Who Will Operate
the Laws.
There Must be No Drinking or
Ball Playing on the
Sabbath.
Everybody Must Go to Church,
Read Tracts and Pray
Loudly.

Laws and Their Enforcement" by Rev.
Mr.. Haupt, pastor of the church, and j..
III. Barnard.
Rev. Haupt began by explaining how
very important, both for the welfare of
the nation and salvation of souls, to con-
slider the methods of preserving the day
set aside for rest and worship from
dissertation. Religion was what was
| needed to preserve the peace
and harmony of this nation and
the whole world. 1t was everybody'S
duty TO his fellow men to spread his re-
religion. 1t was not in the saloons,
theaters and base ball games on the
Sabbath that this true religion could be
learned.
''Can it be true" continued the pas
tor, that this country of ours is to be-
come second France? God forbid"
Mr.. Haupt, proceeding, said that the
mOralitieS of st. Paul were not growing
better, but loOser and looSer, and they
had waited in vain for some one to sound
the note of warning. The courts even
seemed to sustain the ruthless disregard
of the laws of the country. A young
child who might be caught stealing
loaf of bread to appeaSe its hunger was
dragged before the tribunal, while the
saloon keeper who had sold the young
child's father the liquor which caused
him to neglect his family was allowed
to continue on in
HIS HELLISH TRAFFIC.
without moiestation and restraint.
Justice is JUSTICE" went on the
minister, warming up to his theme. ut
seems that the laws are made burden
some only to those who desire to obey
them. Petty legiSlatlOps and ordinances
hnanad
laW-abiding citizens, while the men who
have no families, who never invest a
cent to build up their city, but violate
the law criminally every day of their
lives. are allowed to go without taxa
ton. What do we pay our legislators
to make good laws for? Again l say,
justice is justice, and l pray God that
we may get it."
When Rev. Haupt had finished, Mr..
Barnard was introduced, and proceeded
to deliver very interesting address.
Said he:
1t requires considerable public spirit
for a man in these times to criticise the
course of action of public officials. But
a man would be an unworthy citizen of
a worthy state, and he a very weak
kneed minister of the gospel who
should continue to look on in silence at
The GhOSS N1OlLA hun
of the laws of God and man that is so
prevalent in our midst.
What we insist upon is this: That as
the laws of the state have been passed
for the general good. that it is the right
of every man to enjoy the benefits of
those laws and to see that they are sol
EMMY and faithfully kept by all the
people.
For what are the laws of a republican
people?
They are simply the rules of action
which the people themselves have de-
clared would be binding on them in
their dealings with each other. If then
it is permitted man to obey one law
which he likes and disobey another law
which is antagOniStic to his business,
what is this but to set up every mans
Judgment as the rule of his conduct, to
dethrone justice, to trample law under
our feet and introduce reign of an
archy and terror?
No man who is at all familiar with
the currents of modern life and thought
can fail to look without fOrebOding on
the signs of the times. He cannot shut
his eyes to the fact that there are low
murmuringS of discomfort in all our
large cities. that there is a strong and
vicious opposition to established law
and order, an opposition which If un-
checked will one day
SEIZE THE THROAT
of society with deviliSh grasp and choke
out of it all that is most worth preserv-
ing. Rather than such fate let US go
back to the so-called days of barbarism.
when they followed 1.-THE good old rule,
the simple plan. that they should take
who had the power and they should
keep who cam"
We have been vying for years with
Minneapolis in the matter as TO which
city contained the largest population.
Let US stop for while the comparison
of quantity, and try the comparison of
quality. In this respect we are far be-
hind them. They have abolished base
ball playing on Sunday with the result
that we open our gates to the Sabbath
breakers, and receive as guests, those
whom our sister city had driven forth.
They have closed their saloons on Sun
day, and after desperate struggle
through the lower and supreme courts
of the state. the law has been triumph
antly vindicated and maintained in
Minneapolis. They have shown us the
way, and we ought to follow their eX-
ample. And when we have come up
with them IN this work of law and order
| we should endeavOr to SurpaSS them by
| initiating some new social reform. All
| the machinery for reform is ready at
| hand. The legislature has done its
| works: it remains for US, as municipal
! corporation, TO do ours. Our duty is to
use every means in our power by Or
| ganizatIon and by canvass to place in
| public Office the representatives of our
| sentiments.
Our mayor, in an interview with the
| mi Of oifx hn Of
| BALI. PLAYING
| on Sunday stated that public sentiment
was not opposed to it. The mayor may
| have been honest in that statement, and
his conclusion might be fairly drawn
from the apathy and indifference of the
people. But there were some people
who read the statement who resolved
| at that time, that so tar as they could
| help it, that apparent sentiment would
be changed. The 1000 or so of base
ball patrons, reinforced by kindred
spirits from Minneapolis who attend
| Sunday base bail, do not represent the
public sentiment of st. Panl. Until re-
| pealed, there are the laws, and the
mayor is charged with the duty of en-
| forcing them The legislature has
| granted him no discretionary power in
The matter. If he willed it. every sa-
loon could be closed on Sunday, and
Sunday ball playing would be thing
| unknown. TheaterS would be closed,
! and our civic behavior Oh Sunday would
correspond more nearly with our pro-
| feSSiOn TO the world.
After the close of Mr.. Barnard's ad-
dress, Rev. Haups said he hoped this
newly inaugurated crusade would not
stop there, but that those who could
would come forward with financial aid
and help institute vigorous reform.
The church, he said, could be used for
meetings on any night desired.
A TEMPLE OF JEHOVAH.
COnOpeCation aIists dedicate a