The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-01
GOOD CITY GOVERNMENT
An ELOQUENT sERuON BY REV.
JAMES ~. MOORE.
Good People Amazed by the First Pub1ica-'
tion in The Times of Gambling Houses
in Richmond.

! sermon .,uncav mgnt at 81. James
/ Methodist church. taking for MS SUD
/ Ject. "Ine Importance OF GOOD Municipal
! Government. Wnicn element snaIl lile Ia
RichmOndy' Nh. Moore said.
a revival or civic righteousness is one
] OF the hopeful signs or the times. IT.
farkhurst conducted successful services
/ IN New YORK. and Chicago. IN not sOundiy
/ converted has promised TO lead a petteF
I iile. virginia. through dishonest ti-'-
tlOns ana infamous face-tIdck itElai"-
tiOh' mas been in a DackshIueh s''I.''
Out iHclr ere signs or nearly Itp'"ld4+r'-
! MS WORK has been most largely car
l.ad on IN cities, because the need e~ls'.l
thtIc Inc city is tine strategic IDlAt ~
+ nc gained. Their wonderful growth lta-S
/ ~ 10 expect that soon they VIII contain
/ the DuIk OF the population. Ine cdua,'
/ OF TINS growth VIII continue.
Men ere gr, garoCs. hey Ike comld-
| ny ana entertainment ana change Inis
f Is 10 be iount IN city life. Dung men
ambitious Of success. come % the city as
the proper place for the development OF
lhcir talents. Dick Wilmington, thrice
Lore Mayor OF London. whose sole pos
session at the start was a cat, IS their
patron saint. But the ereacst factor IS
The invention OF machinery.
one man, Ike Or. Glynn. with 400 SER
wants, VIII raise as much wheat as i've
thot sand peasant proprietOrs Of France.
Inc difference Is the difference between
an OK team and steam-pOw, cradle
and the best harvesting machinery.
| Ifr' tsNb men must nave employ iNDI4ts
TO find it they must so whore this ma
chlncry Is manufactured. The mauufac-
turcr must have railroad centre as a
place Of business, giving ready access 70
materials and customers. In "a hundred
ana twenty years preceding 1900. London
increased in population 50 per cent. an
cignty-siX years after u had increased 200
per cent. ln 1870, 1-10 OF our population
lived IN cities. now more than II. In
1900 there We're six cities In the United
States with more tran 5000 inhabitants, In
1890 there were 4i5.
DANG rs OF cITITs.
There are many dangers connected
with our large cities. Empires thdt
had one great city were subject TO
frequent changes ion government. 1he
combustable material Was close to-
getLcr. our fathers thought TIE 800
!atiOn Of our people am element Oh
safety. The massing OF people "a our
cities and the connection by rail and
telegraph give us the same conditions
/ That existed at Rome. The population ol
our cities are heterogeneous. The Eus-
lish poet says Saxon ana Norman ana
Dane are We but all these have been
amalgamatel into Enelishmen We are
an these plus every other nationality nut
not all American. The separation of
classes in the city is q greater source
Of danger. Tho tendency d. for the sale
arioi men TO go To- the SUBURBS FOR tne
Wornluemcn 10 live in The centre oi ihe
city. ani the wealthy have t0rir section.
This separation beccis distluef and hat-
t-' 4't GUS ~ % '1's 14- CON ''i..'
the men 9l, aliel taii."l NiN' % 'oll-
ua.'rI "Cht ,.'. ''i
4.i." n, 49, t-l s
w A't '.''-' D' '''' .- t'''''' -i..' .-.
VIhH " ''1Hs' NN"al .i' 'nll"Ni p To
ltilh - cohaldnHy growing. ii'i' 'L-
t'ia t"e sitatoi' "il4 mas every orF"t-
tuniiy 20 SUIT up ,suH'.
Hal iaS lIt Nlii'H cone TO luiLlF
me CITY AGAINST lhe,e eFlis. turned tne
government over 10 losses ana the lt"-
less tltHleill. -llH'H ava! from INC
Iols anu Iel me Hee.t4S run lilN-7.
The government or richmond AFFECTS
NE citizens OF f;lchHohi more man tAe
STATE or nalon'u Cow iuinrit- nus u~a
Cohdiuoh I'a aIlf'h 'i .hr i-ta iai-
from party rpfel HmeAr NaucA"i ISSUES
sEoul4 N"i hr me liFlIINS 4Ae lh lie
vote Tor CITY ctAccs
y Is lceltiCNe 10 make lfce COINAGE an
issue IN a CITY election. t-e Wn..ltl
rings which have 20 politics but their
| ppcket-Dook, take advantage OF the even
u Us mistake 20 model orr clucS ON
our state government IL should Doe Look
Ell upon as large corporation, doing
business. Hence reIormeis are lnsistlus
that larger powers ht hiN'h I'd may oia
ana they pc hcli Iespohslnlc loi ine uls-
chdfee OF uules OF sunJiolhdlts. 4his
mas much TO commend II.
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