The Washington times., 1895-05-06
Rev. Ad0IOs Aliens Characterize
tiOn of Jackson City.
YOUNG MEN RUINED THERE
Assistant Pastor of First Presbyterian
Church Comments Upon the Out
law Track Compliments TheTimes
for Its Exposition OF Lawlessness-
Some Remedies Suggested.

Rev. Adolos Allen, assistant pastor OF
the First Presbyterian Church, preached
last night upon Topics of local interest," -
aud in the course OF his remarks gave the
Alexander Island race track and Jackson
City immortality in general a severe scourg-
ing, and at the same time touched upon
the restriction of the privileges of the
church societies that have heretofore had
the privilege OF holding divine service on
Sunday at the jails, and arraigned the
police department for its alleged inhu-
nlanity to prisoners in the station-houses.
Mr.. Allen founded his sermon upon a
text selected from the Acts of the Apostles,
18th chapter and 10th verse.
He said: "If Paul were pastor of q
church in Washington, he would find in
the streets no gods made OF hands, per-
haps, but a large amount OF wickedneSs
would come under his observation, and
any one who can stand idly by and say
nothing while so much OF evil and cor
ruption is transpiring would be unlike
Paul and Christ.
"Just across the river, in the proud
State OF Virginia, there is q place known
as Jackson City, which is full of saloons
and gambling devices, and near by is a race
track. All the vices known to the calendar,
almost. are pTacticed there, making it g.
plague spot of evil.
THE TINES COMMENDED.
1.-TWO of our city papers, The Times
and the Star, have been engaged in ex-
posing this den OF iniquity, and whateverhas
been done in the work OF calling public
attention to the corruption OF the place
is due TO the leadership of those papers.
They deserve the thanks of the moral pub
lie for the good work that has been done.
There is no vice more demoraliZing
than gambling; from il there is 10 escape
except to the prison or by suicide, or
through the making over OF the infatuated
deyotees by the power OF the Gospel
1t is not only the other side of the river
that suffers, but our own city is equally
at the mercy Of the vile creatures who con-
gregate there but to spend large part OF
their time upon our streets, menace to
society.
young men are ruined there They may
be seen coming in dToves almost daily
across the bridge from the resort where
they have sQuandered money that should
have gone to wives and children.
The evil is so gigantic that language
fails 10 the portrayal. Do you ask, What
can We do? There are several ways by
which a remedy may be reached. Bankers
can ascertain what merchants frequent
jackson City, and / am informed this is
being done, and refuse to lend them money.
Merchants may also look after the habits OF
their clerks, and discharge from their
service every one kno wn to frequent the race
track.
RECREANT OFFICIALS RETIRE.
''Then, again, a mass meeting might be
gathered, so large as 10 fill the largest
hail. and record such a protest as will
reach every Virginia official, from governor
down to the humblest, and thus cooperate
with The better element OF Alexandria
county in forcing Officers to either do their
duty, or give way to those who will
This should be done without delay"
Referring to the refusal of permission
To christian workers to hold religious
meetings in the Jail on Sunday, Mr.. Allen
said the work had been going on for thirteen
years, without being the cause of escapes,
which was sufficient answer to the charge
that the assembling OF the prisoners would
foster insubordinatiou. He demanded TO
know what man or men dared now to deny
the privilege, and said it was barbarous
to do SO. He said: Are we American
slaves to a dictator, and must we
obey without question? 1t is high time
HldL Objects are I1aGe To uD0er rstdnd that
they are the servants, not the masters of the
people,
INHUMANITY TO PRISONERS.
Touchingthethrid branch of the subject,
he said it has been charged that prisoners
are brought to trial in the police court often
without breakfast, and when it was
an acknowledged fact that some had not
tasted food since the morning before. He
denounced this as most inhuman, Iikened
il TO practices i'll Siberia, and demanded
reformation.
Prisoners have been brought before
Judge Kimball's court" he said, who
had been without anything to eat for as
long a period as thirty hours. Men and
even children are imprisoned and starved
This has been going on for long tiIne
with thousands of protesting Christians
all about
''If money has been appropriated with
which to supply these people with food,
why has it not been expended? If not
expended for that purpose, what has be-
come Of il?
Il make no charges, but simply ask
questions, as any American citizen has
the right To. 1t is high time that the
strongest kind of an electric light should
be turned on this city, and in this cru
sade against evil the Christian church
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