Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-07-04

form and carrying billy and pistol
is not in a position TO gather evidence to
carry on reform. He believed Park
bursts methods and the methods in this
case were alike, except that in this case
the ministers did not collect the evil
dence. Parkhurst went around 10 the
Sums and tasted beer while he (Dr.
Howard) did net and that was the diff.
ference. The emily way open in this
case was to send men to the hauuls and
get evidence.
"Out purpose" he added, twas to
break up the places that sell liquor
without license, and | believe the
remedy is efficacious. l believe there is
less selling of liquor without license
now than there was week ago, and l
believe there is less violation of law in
other respects"
A week ago he would have gone any
where and done anything'in the. reform
movement, but hereafter he Intends 10
know where he is and what he is going
to do. He was sent for bya woman the
other night, but lie did not. go. If any
couple wants to got married at the par
sonage they'd better cope before mid
night or they'll not get ID. When people
come he will ind out what they mean
before they leave. ~ am not given to
using slang in the pulpit" he explained,
"but I'll say salt that down."
lie referred to one of the women who
had protested repentance and stated
that she belongs TO an excellent family,
that she formerly was a. Christian, that
she had led life of shame for the pur-
pose of obtaining money to educate her
child and that she had promised to re-
turn to her relatives. He said he had
received a peck of letters during the
week, and read portions Of one from a
husband who wrote that his wife is
an inmate of all designation house in
this city and appealed, for the sake of
| his child, to the preacher to have the
proprietress and inmates arrested and to
telegraph when the arrests are made.
If the police authorities raid dozen
| spcak-easies, he asserted, the people viii
say we have the best police authorities
in the country, but when two preachers
do 1t there is great furore III the city.
He contended that the police authorities
could have raided the places, and that
they ought to have done 1t. He was
surprised that so many people, both in
and out of the church, are interested in
dozen prostitutes, He was surprised
that so many good people are SO in
tensely interested in the violation Of
law. "Why? What's the matter
This fever heat anxiety2" he inquired.
"Its because they don't know just
where the lightning will strike the next
| time.n
He declared that every lawabidine
citizen ought to be willing TO have the
law executed, to have IL obeyed. He
wanted to see righteousness prevail
He was not prepared TO say what the
future is to be. He did not know what
it will be but he hoped it will be happy
He believed what has been done will sc
a blessing to the city. He believed that
when he gets through Wilmington will
be at peace and will be clean. The
trouble is she has not had houseclean-
ing for long time.
In conclusion he stated that he hat
been put to considerable expense, the
amount of which, he said, he was afraic
to tell. Persons who desire to iinan
cially aid the movement, he stated, can
leave their contributions at Asbury par
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