The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-16
WIND DE-. Parkhurst bad Done.

mildly, but after weeks have passed
and the results Of his bold policy are
seen, al must acknowledge that he has
been the means Of starting an agitation
which issiacressiag and Is bound to
work for good.
Dr.. Parkhurst imposed upon himself
q detectives task and entered disor-
Derby houses, Arrests and convictions
followed. He was abused like a pick
pocket by the Tammany officials of New
York city and severely denounced by
certain newspapers and some of his
clerical brethren. Notwithstanding the
bitter denunciation there is now no
question that his methods have been
productive Of great good. There is now
in New York, as adirect result Of his
crusade, greater respect for the law
than has heretofore existed. Indeed, it
is possible that the agitation he has
started may grow until a movement is
evolved which may result in tho wiping
ont Of the corrupt Tamnany rule in
tho metropolis. This Is seriously pre-
dicted by those who have been closely
watching the progress OF the crusade
from the beginning.
But not only il DR.. Parkhurst's cru
SADIE working political reform. It has
developed among the churches increased
interest in the social problem, and
various theories have been advanced re-
garding its solution. A number Of
clsrgymen have comeiorward With sus-
gestions, all looking tothe same end,
and while some Of them, as above
stated, bitterly dsnOunce DR.. Psrkhurst
the whole agitation is the result of his
work.
Among those who have been most
severe critics i Dr. Do gpsta, but while
denouncing paFkh1rst9 md 6ods he has
himself been moved - ssdis intorma-
ton regarding the solution of the social
problem. He is an Englishman and re-
ceived from his own country some sug-
gesttons from the secretary Of the
White Cross League OF the Church Of
who says: 'l'''l'
The whole secret Of success in that work lies in
these principles: A-No mercy for brothet own.
ers, keepers or vice mongerS: BAH mercy Tor
the victims; and A and B must be worked to-
gether thus:
whenever you attack a disorderly house make
It as hot IS you can for the owner and keeper 1t
Is true that they may only set up houses else.
where; but Ut them again and you make their
business troublesome and improbable and gain
your object there. But wherever you attack
house you ought 70 provide every possible
means TO rescue the inmates. SO you must have
a staf otgood women on the spot TO DO AL they
can to get the poor girls away and TO restore
can he tSorouThly worked In eouai propo rtion
you not only mAE6 ithis trade dfmeult and IN.
but you rob It OF Its victims, and you
advertise among their c,nss the TACT that you are
their true friends, and that there is an escape
from their slavery by your good help. Other
wise brothel hunting isworse than useless, be-
cause 1t spreads Infection
Much in this ,commends itself to 30
cial retofmerspeverywhere as practical,
and has been received with much favor
in New York. Other plans will be sug-
pested and 1t is more than probable that
at length one will be found upon which
all can unite. Dr. Parkhurst isresponsi-
Bile for the TACT thatlthey great question
is being agitated in a way that it never
was before. However We mayditfer from
him as to method, society will recog-
nize him as the instrument by which
great good has besP sGs92ER pIllgfG9
Protection to Railroad Employees.
The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
calls attention to the fact that President
Harrison has, on three successive ses-
slons OF Congress- pointed oat IN special
messages the necessity of making ma
tional provisions for the protection Of
railway employees from causes of acci-
dent.
This is q matter which hiss not met
With the ready responss7bysG Congress
that its importance merits, and the fact
that notwithstanding Presi-
dent Harrison's efforts to have law
passed for the protection of the lives of
workingnen engaged;in this dangerous
calling, Congress has done nothing
whatever. si'''
The President, in his messages, has
presented the reasons for his recon-
mendation for q national law, in the
form of statistics which show
that railroadins is sthe most
dangerous calling that men engage
in. There is one death for every 800
employees annually, and one injury for
every thirty. One in every los men en-.
gagged directly in handling trains is
killed annually, and onein every twelve
is injured. This is largely due to the
fact that the cars are not provided with
safety appliances.
The Presidents recommendations
have been unheeded thus far. 1t is
time for Congress to take hold of the
matter.
BR1cR, Campbell, Neal and Bloo are
ohio's big four to tho Chicago conyen.
ton. Two OF them are presidential can.
didates, Brice and Campbell, and the
latter's chances are quite as good as
those Of some others who have been
prominently mentioned. Brice, how
ever, has a barrel and has had expo
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