The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-01
Meeting Of Municipal Lcagne.

Considerable interest has been mani
tested in the proceedings of the con-
vention Of the Municipal league, at
present in session at Cleveland, o.
Among other interesting topics dis
cussed, the address Of John Willis
Baer, Of Boston, Mass, upon 1.-THE
Work Of Christian Endeavor Societies
in Behalf of Christian citizenship"
will be of interest to members of the
Endeavor societies of this city, and
particularly to those interested in the
newly organized Good Citizens league.
Mr.. Baer introduced his subject by
quotations from the address of Presi-
dent +. Z. Clark, of the International
Christian Endeavor convention, held
in Montreal in 1893, in which Mr. Clark
urged the EndeavorerS to devote some
of their energies to the cultivation of
a more intelligent spirit of patriotism
and Christian citizenship by vote and
influence; not, however, by using the
Endeavor society in any way as an
affiliated part of any political body.
From the same officers address at the
following convention in Cleveland last
July, again urging the Endeavorers to
renewed interest in good government,
the following was quoted: again, En-
deavorers, strike once more for good
citizenship. To be a Christian En-
deavorer means necessarily a good citi-
zen, who will exert every ounce of in
fluence, to whichever sex he belong df
the young men will excuse the generic
pronoun) for the right. While Tam
many flourishes in New York, open
gambling in Chicago, licensed prostitu-
ton in New Orleans, and the Louisiana
lottery has moved only across the
street to Honduras, the outlook is dark.
But you have only struck once, En-
deavorers. Strike again, and again, nu-
til If Christ should come to New York,
or Chicago, or San Francisco, He will
find clean streets, and clean city halls,
with clean men in them, with never a
brothel or a dive to pollute the air He
should breathe"
Results of Last Ten Months Work.
Mr.. Baer reviewed the results of the
work in the several states during the
last ten months, showing what has been
accomplished in the way of efforts for
clean government in which the Endeav-
orers claim to have borne an active part
by means of united action as good citi-
zens. In Wisconsin, Washington, Cali
fornia, Iowa, Florida, Kansas, Illinois,
Indiana, Texas, Missouri, and In the
great cities statistics were given show
ing in detail the results of the cam
paign waged on educational lines. In
several cases instances are cited where
public officers were influenced by
numerously signed petitions to veto
vicious measures and otherwise to
stand for the rights Of the people in
both municipal and state affairs.
The work Of the Endeavorers In Syra-
cuse, N. Y, during the past year was
cited as one of the most interesting ex-
amples of what has been done, and
among the details given were the fol-
lowing: "SiXty-eight saloon keepers
petitioned the common
council to prohibit temperance night
lunch wagons. The good citizenship
committee of the local Endeavor union
quickly secured 5000 signatures re-
questing the mayor to veto the ordi-
nance. He did so and the council sus-
tained him. Again the council rejected
the president of the Young Mems Chris
tian association as police justice. The |
same influence secured 1000 signatures
his confirmation. The |
council was glad to get out Of the mat
ter by confirming another man. not |
to their satisfaction, but agreeable to
the best citizens. The illegal sale of |