Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-21
FOR LAW AND ORDER.
Members of the International League
Meet at a Banquet.
OBSERVING THE SABBATH DAY.
Business That Was Transacted by the
Convention Yesterday.
MORE sTRIYGENT LAWS CALLED FOR


night at the Seventh Avenue Hotel by the
Pittsburg League.
There was very fine menu, and it is
hardly necessary to say that anything
stronger than water did not figure thereon.
Previous to the banquet there was recep-
tion IN the parlors. Among those who at
tracted much attention was the venerable
Edward Everett Hale, whose entertaining
talk kept him constantly surrounded.
In the banquet hall the guests were ar
ranged along two tables extending nearly
the length of the room. Major W. B. Neg
lev, who presided, was seated in the center
OF one, on his right being Judge Bonney,
President of the Chicago League, and who
was toastmaster; while on his left was Mr..
Hale. Next to Judge Bonney was John NJ.
Langston, the well-known colored Vir-
ginian.
WELCOME AND RESPONSES.
After prayer by Rev. Mr.. McGlory, the
guests devoted themselves to the feast Then
Judge Negley made the address OF well
come. He claimed that much had
been done through the aid of the society
in Western Pennsylvania to make the Sunday
such as the law intended that it should be- He
also paid compliment TO Chief Brown, of the
Department of Public Safety, whom, he said,
was doing much toward shaping the city into
Major Bond, OF Montreal, responded on be-
half of the Dominion in a seml-humOrous man.
ner In speaking Of closer political relation
he said that he did not believe Canadians
wanted annexation, nor did the United States
wish IL. There was too much loyalty across the
hpr fOra
ClIsh and the French population. As to reci-
procity he believed that the Canadians were
looking forward to the time when something Of
that kind would come, and he trusted II might
he the beginning of a greater amalgamation of
all English-speaking people.
Alter this address quartet sang God Save
the Queen" the banQueters rising.
Judge Bonney, President Of the Chicago
local Law and Order Society," followed on be-
half of the United States. During the short
address he said he hoped the day was
reciprocity in temperance and virtue, but also
in more material matters. Referring to the
work of the league he said it was only the su-
premacy of the law that would prevent fire,
Tapine and murder. lie thought the fate OF
civil and religious liberty is now In danger in
this country. He criticised the errors of the
leaders of political parties who forgot that the
league was going to be a new political balance
of power. AT the conclusion of this speech the
audience sang, My Country 'Tis of the Thee"
When Bad Men Conspire Good Men Must
Rev Edward Everett Hale. Satan, he said,
served the servants of the Lord. The league
vas engaged in contest against :he politics of
the country Just as the free soilers were en-
gagged in a contest against the slave holders.
The liquor power is soL.srhing immense and
there is need of combination to fight 1t. When
people denounced what they termed the
Puritan Sabbath they apparently knew not of
what they talked. God give us law in liberty
anu liberty in law.
Arthur NJ. Burton, President of the Law and
Order Society of Philadelphia, spoke of its
work in that city.
Owing to the lateness of the hour all the ad-
dresses were short. The other speakers were
Mr.. LanCston, Colonel L. Z. Dudley and Walter
I. Mills.
THE FIRST SESSION INFORMAL.
While the attendance at the morning session
Of the ninth annual convention of the Inter
national Law and Order League was not large
there being not 20 delegates present-it was
of 4 representative character, most of those
present being men of National reputation, such
as Edward Everett Hale, the hterateur; Colonel
I. Edwin Dudley. a well-known veteran; Major
r.. L Bond. of Montreal, and President
Bonney. of Chicago.
The first session at the Y.M c. A. chapel
was of an informal character. Rev. David Nc
AlliSJer delivered short prayer. after which
President Bonney said that the objects of the
meetings were twofold. The Law and Order
League represents the sovereignty of the peo-
pie and the law. The leagues were created to
show to the people that the supremacy of the
law is necessary to the perpetuty of free gov
and Order Leagues interfered to secure bet
ter discharge of the laws when the officials in
the country allow them 10 he abused. The re-
suits have been of the most gratifying charac-
ter in the United States and Canada.
The speakers Of the morning were Major
Bond. Rev. DR.. McAllister and President Bon
new all of whom dwelt at length on the amount
Of good work done by the law and order socie-
ties in the past and what they expect to accom-
plisn IN The future.
A SHORT BUSINESS MEETING.
The business meeting OF the international
Convention of the Law and Order League was
held yesterday afternoon in the chapel of the
Yoang Mems Christian Association. The
meeting was opened with short devotional ex-
ercises, after which DR.. Crafts arose and deliy-
cred an address. His remarks were in part a
repetition of those made at the closing
session of the Sabbath Reform Asso-
citation neld in the Eighth Reformed
Presbyterian Church Wednesday night.
At the close Of his remarks DIR. Crafts was
honored by being elected Secretary of the In
ternatiOnal Law and Order League.
Captain Richardson, of the Trenton, N j.
society. was then called upon to give the report
of his district. He said their organization had
been in existence SIX wears, and emphatically
s ated that he did not believe a stranger could
get a drink of rum from a saloon on Sunday
within the city limits OF Trenton.
Captain Wishart heXt gave the report of his
district He said there was a much better OBJ
servance of the sabbath now than formerly
and that the prosecutions made by the society
during the first year after its organization we're
50 effective that there were now very few pros
ecutions. and the saloon keepers and others
were strictly obeying the law
NJ. Gyger. OF Philadelphia, was called upon
for the report for his district. He was the
originator of the Philadelphia society He
SAID that IN their work out OF 900 speak-easies
the first year they closed 81 of them He
favored the Brooks law. as he declared that the
number OF saloons in Philadelphia under the
Brooks law had been reduced from & nOOtol 3OO
He said that the people OF the Law and Order
not like shoestrings, that they NAV NOT he
swerVed from the purpose they have in view
II 2 Sald that must men obey the law NOT he
cause they love IT, but because they are obllred
TO Tor self-Dreservation. He further stated
tnat IN Philadelphia the jury system seemed TO
be decided Y IN their favor as they had won
Terdlcts IN eight out Of every ten cases tried
III. Burton, Of Philadelphia, then arose and
during the course of his remarks. said that the
number OF arrests in Philadelphia the first wear
after the establishment of their society was de-
creased 5000. The second year the number
dropped 1900 under that of the previous wear
making a total decrease of nearly Is 600 in two
years IN conclusion he said that in a city
WheIe ooUOV arrests were made every year the
results thus lar attained were very encour-
aging.
DR.. Crafts was given until the next meeting
10 Draw up IN the form Of a resolution a mo-
lon maae oy MN that the league adopt meas
ures to prosecute officers OF the law who do not
enforce the law.
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