Evening journal., 1894-11-28

government Ol bub Guy. II Lue uthTb WAS
not sound the entire system was weak.
he then propounded four evils. The frst,
the saloon, which he characterized as the
foe of good government. The second
was Ignorance, which he said was the
prolific mother of vice. An ignorant
man cares nothing about who rules or
what principles prevail, so long as his
needs are supplied
Menaces to Good Government
Ignorant men are menaces to good
government and too careful guard
cannot be kept over the ballot box to
prevent this class from dominating.
These men are too frequently the tools of
corrupt and scheming political bosses.
The election of a President frequently
depends on q state, that state on some
particular city and that city is too often
carried in the pocket of political boss,
Another foe is poverty, the poverty
meaning priygtion, vice, death. 'The
remedies, the speaker said, ''were, first
that''the saloon must be annihilated
The public school system must be
supported and strengthened 50 that the
voter will be made intelligent and not
only must the education be of the mind
but the morals. The standard of
morality must be raised so high as to
make the political corruptionist hide his
head In shame; 90 high that If any man
dsre throw his money bags into an
election to purchase power he will be
withered by the scorn Of an outraged
people, the voters whose hands are
blackened by bribes will be driven by the
lash of disfranchisement into deserved
obscurity.
H. lnAn H. nnA h.
church should take in the fight and said
that while there were many who were
timid and pessimistic he was an optimist
the people decreed that the work be
done, it would be done
The Individual Citizen Needed.
William X Crosby was the next
speaker. He said that the supreme need
in our city was a higher and better type
Of the individual citizen men and women
who were fully alive to the responsibility
growing out OF citizenship aud who
would be very much In earnest in the dis
charging of their duty in trying to ele-
vate the moral standard and in combat
ing the vices which exist around US An
army of such are needed. There are too
many lackadaisical, apathetic noneutitiss
so far as morality is concerned. He
asked why the trinity of evil forces
existed in our midst, generating evil
Influences and sending out dangers which
menace the morality Of our city. For
this we are responsible, said he, and SO
long as a demand for them exists they
will thrive. Let TIess and pulpit, Sunday
and secular schools, join in fighting to
abolish these evils and we will be strong
enough to enforce our demands for the
abolishment or at least diminishing of
these social evils.
A Practical View Of the Qaestion.
Mayor Shortlidge then introduced
Harry Emmons, Efq who spoke as
follows:
Il am very glad to avail myself Of this
opportunity to indorse and commend
the work of our Law and Order Society
and to join with the gentlemen who have
preceded me In asking for it the most
earnest and active support Of all law
abiding and law-respecting people Of this
community.
I'VE live under what Is supposed to be
a government of the people, a govern
ment Of law and order. But this is only
true in limited sense ii Is too often but
the hollowest sort of a mockery / have
known and doubtless many others here
have known of elections In this city
where the people who put their votes in
the ballot boxes we're no more factor In
the announced result of the election
than IL they had never voted The men
who counted the vote made the result ia
suit themselves and the political party
or the faction In political party which
secured the judges of election knew iu
advance that, no matter how the people
might vote, the result Of the election wa.
certain to be in their favor / think It may
be said In favor Of our new system of con
ducting elections that this evil has beer
wholly broken up, at least at our genera
elections. would not advise, however
that too much reliance be placed upon tn.
accuracy, not to say truuhfulness, of the
returns al the nomination and delegate
elections of either of the leading parties
Political power Is undoubtedly Ia thI
hands Of the people, but unless they arr
Jealous of their power and determined
that the laws should be obeyed ant
enforced, we need not expect that thu
laws, however good they may be, will
enforce themselves; or that the populai
will can play any conspicuous part II
our political affairs. When the people
, down upon their backs, there isn't an,
popular will and therefore there ism
} any barrier to the Vaccinations of thI
vicious and self seeking elements o
! society and irresponsible boss rule, Wit
} all its demoralizing and corrupting &C
cessories, follows as a natural conse
, qnence and the people, and especial,
the very good people. are held in derI
} sion and contempt, as they deserve to be
} for their indifference.
Now is the Time to Cry Halt.
, "Now 1t seems tome II there ever wa
1 q time when the real and commandln
, voice of the people should take th
I place of the cunning and vicious praC
tices of the wire pulling politician, ths
time has come to this community and t
this state. There is work before u
which only a law and order society
9 properly supported and sustained by q
It awakened and determined public senti
y ment, can accomplish. There Is highe
o duty for this society-not meaning {
!. belittle the work Of this soclety-tha
. that of active assistant to a psssis
y police department in the matter
0 scrutinizing and discriminating liquC
% license applications For, what is th