The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-10

cgisl itsrc Di Georgia where live ssI' ,, we
SUCH i, Jaw. WIZ make IL NY busine,e TO ell \
EuVile meeting IN my town and shai kick Tho
busin, - from top to bottom D hat law was
made IN the interest OF gamblers. aud tla. fellow
truth when SAY il.
49,, You cnn catch negroes here. Oh, YES know
inma%,owh na- g~ sentiment against gambling
because yen 20 for the ncgroc-. Let a negro
s1Sai chicken and YOU will get up here and saw
ms negro has stole chicken, he has gat to
go. But II man is considered respectable he
ear Just commit any crime ut all; and the very
man VINO psoeccntcs the negro for stealing. the
chicken goes ~ d gamhles AT night You low
down scoundrcl. Why tho negro Is n pcntIcm,m
along SIDE OF him. Hear me. hut plead for
morals aud Tor the right when stand before you.
my couhtrymen say that rho gambling thar il
pcrpetrated and committed in your community
= drawing into its whirlpool and running the
ocs. ooys IN your town.
II have made up my mind to speak out about
tais thinS, II no Other citizen wishes to peak ont
anu am ready to die in my blood ut the door OF
any woman IN this city protecting her boys and
shielding the innocence OF her girls know |
am considered fanatic and am called an cnthusi-
ast. hnt Ike 1t; Paul am on tho right side Ii
Is lot Gou ana home and native land it Is for the
purity or our womanhood and for the innocence
or our bOyhood that plead with nv fcllowmcn
Justice defeated at the threshold Unfaithrui
oihcials Wink M crime. Again a man mny com
mi mi a crime G ~; and an nnfaithfII grand Jury may
iall 10 40 us part: Let ma tell Won Next To a,
preacher In moral responsibility stand the grand
1uries OF orr country. Did YOU ever notice the
i solcmniy swear that viii diligently inuuirc
ana true prescniment make. of all such matters
IN M
khowicd@c Touching the present service. shall
present no person through prejudice or iil-wiii
nor leave any unprescnted through fear or favor
hnt IN ali my prcscntmcnts shall present the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing hut tho
truth go help me God. And instead ur doing ~
you are sworn Ia do. Won 80 home IN vour IA irc
and children II poriurcd scoundrcl Put me an
the Grand Jury and 4 will 20 through everything
nu nri nc last man to justice. or advertise to
INC Worin tlat thc other members who were with
me In that august body failed tn comply with
their oaths. ~
hn,
policeman went 10 the chief oi police here and
S5ntu: II Know whe there are some men -amb-
ld t" e him. Inn snt b pun then MnH nc chief
that chief az police and the mayor OF this town
were PIT on notice days ago that tho crowd they
nulicu last night have been gambling. stca,il;
bnt Mr.. Jones tappcd them up, and they ONLY
pulled them las, night. Hear M. Win u slcdgc
hammer in ms hands. aS chief of paiicn In Ills
town. will 80 in through my door i'm ihrcc Soc
nnd- where have reason 10 believe thsrc is ramh-
ing. nave a. much right. as a policeman To
hrcak INTO any door To catch II gambler as 4
would have Ia break INFO door 10 catch a mur.
T lSi am somewhat ,f n lawyer. Brother
Woods Woo, l praciised law for awhile, but am glad
Now, hear me. Justice defeated at the fresh
OLD; An uniathiul grand juty lets crime 30 I'M
whipped OF justice. At the next court that as
scmbles III this town let ,hc officials snmmon
every man in This town before the grand jury.
ana let him swear lie or hnd out whether tho
thin. Is 80. Niuety-nnc ont OF hundrcd-so,nr
times lOl out of lG0 gamble y low scounnrcl will
"a hell, anu ioisi hi mscl the street ~ an hon
est man. and doubt If you hive handled mn hon
est DOLLAR IN ten years you low dowr villain, yom
"a hotc' gambler of Louisville, sitting in the
quictndc % MS room. who AT one time @amblod
from Maine tn California, hut il now one OF the
Jones, m honest gambler cannot be found on
earth That's pretty tough on you ow.down,
mcanfacct sconndrcs.
And You, Young men, Won yOun,r cl<,rl,s o,uh
ing ii was Il proprietor OF II store in this town
ana knew that clerk OF mine gamblsd | would
turn him or in the twinkl,ng OF an cye Do Won
Whenever ont Z ton
PAD whenever you get hard up. If your step
i motncr uont send yon some III oney, Jon borrow
some lia-hh. Now, didn't say that i. clcI k that
would gamble would steal. | JUS, inoet .aid il.
~ don't care who he is. if he is gambler he is
he Ia thousand things, he is dishonest before
God. For Goo says, Provide things honest in
the sight Of II men
"Unwhppcd OF in sticc, Youta these bn,ydv
houses around in this town. Whenever court
c"hvsres here ans, that Is not brought up put
officials arc doing. Js there n statntc against
that, Bro. Woo:s:
mir Woods: Yes
Mr.. Jones: We'll. how in tic nnuc or God
you have ~tntutc like that and won have this
sort OF thing lirtcd openly every day before your
pure wives and daughters. | cannon under
stand There is not Il strumpct in this town that
walks the streets that Is moi Il menace 10 every
poor err III thc town; The poor, honest, hard
strumpets l. tenn ted To say, Here am working
nard ana wear this plai n cotton dress and there
T. woman that doesn't work Mt all and she Is
dressed in fine sils.' God deliver tho country
from curse like that.
Brothers, near me. ! owe my daughters.
lou love your daughters, You love their limo
ccnce. their Luriiy and their virtue You do 4
man here yesterday with hoat on his rac.. ana
over III said To me, Mr.. Jones, will Il man like
yon talk Ia a low down man like me: want to
say mat l love my swec; children like you do
ana love my wife like YOU do your WIFE And
was in sympathy with that man and we talked
tn '! on the platform about oar wives and
"Brcthrcn, God pity the wretc h who saws that
tnosc are ncccssni evi- in THE Town. Make me
mayor ana VIII show You whether they are
not. repeat II: | would not want little one.
horse ply stefan like that who would say that IL
was necessary evil and IL il was necessary
c'll: wonld show You whether II was or not
Hear me. You have got IL law want Won
Thinking men To hear me TODAY. When YOU have
cot y law on your statute books that you don't
enforce, you have got anarchy set up. You 20 to
chicago and you hang up live six anarchists,
Dni !un nave got law here that is not enforced
ana that ls anarchism that goes UNPUBLISHED.
When yon have got law that yon don't enforce
yon nave got communism running the town.
Listen" Iou are nauguratin.a stnte or thit ., in
thi~ town that will incnhatc large egg that wlll
hatch things that will barn up this town The
law.
Look nj your sa'oOns Forty seven applied
Tor LICENSES ana ioriy got them. iia lln. What
do yon call that hoard: the excise board: They
orc that wants it. That's excise ain'ti,: There
Il "a law III several OF the States thai nobody eX-
cept man oil good moral clmractcr can have Il
license tn sell wIiskry No one shall steal
hotNs except fellow that has GOT n wrll.esrn.
h'tshcd character for honesty. No man shnll lie
considered black man unless he is a. white as
snow anu YOU can establish that fact.
Listen deal with the business not with the
man There Is not man il this town uc n
saloon Keeper in this town. NJ Il man. that |
would not get down by his side and ask God to
give him rs good home in heaven az would
Tor my vito. treat with his business and moi
with him-t II III man.
"rhcrc was John Murrcl and Rubc Burrows.
horse thieves and tain robbers They did a
more respt ctnblc business than any saloon man
In this town. What did old RUDE Burrows and
John Mnrrcll do hut stop train aud hoard il
and pulled their pistols In the face OF cveryon,
anu sald. GIVE me YOUR money ana wheh they