People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
Referring to the Future.
Daily Mail.

Referring to the Future.
Daily Mail.
Inasmuch as the policy of the Mail
in publishing the names of those who
were implicated in the jambOree held
last Saturday night has been the sub
ject of more or less discussion, we
deem it only fair to those who may be
interested, to outline the Mails fu-
ture policy in this regard. From this
time on we propose TO publish the
name Of every man, woman or child
who participates in such, or similar,
diSgraceful affairs.
Some have demonstrated with US
because of the sorrow and shame that
the publication Of names causes to
parents. No man is more sorry for
these parents than the editor of the
Mail, but if they do not know what
manner Of life their boys are leading
it is kindness to them to open their
eyes, whether they appreciate chat
kindness or not. But there are others
interested. The employers of these
young men have a right to know what
sort Of life their clerks live between
the closing and OpeningOf their stores,
and if these employees already know
these facts and still retain such en-
plOyeeS, then their customers have a
right to know these facts. And there
are still greater interests. Take those
who were reveling under the shadow
of Savage'S wing last Saturday night.
Several of them have been admitted
as guests and beauX into those homes
of the city that are generally accred
tied as standing in the front ranks
socially. If those young ladies whose
charms have attracted these young
men thither do not know their real
characters, the welfare of society de-
mands that their eyes be opened at
once. If, after being fully advised Of
their true characters, the young ladies
still see fit to associate with them,
that is their business and the business
of their parents. But in that event,
society is equally benefited, because
society has an equal right to a correct
knowledge Of the real character of
the young women of the city. We
stand by these general propositions:
No man, young OF old, who is habitu-
ally addicted to such practices as We
have been discussing should be admit
ted socially to any decent home of the
city, until he reforms. No young lady
can habitually associate with such
men knowing what they are and main
tain her fair name and good reputa-
tion. 1t is an outrage and an insult
for any merchant to place such young
men behind his counters and then
ask the decent women Of the city to
trade with him. We have seen and
known enough Of Wellington by lamp
light during the past few months to
realize the awful necessity for some
check to the mad career of debauch-
cry to which so many of our young
people seem 10 have abandoned them.
selves. The carousal of last Saturday
night was, in some respects, no worse
than Others that have prededed it; in
some respects not so bad. 1t may be
that there was an "Old Dog Tray" or
two in Saturday nights gang: it is
very certain that several regulars"
ware absent by accident only.
The Mail proposes that hereafter
the issue as to whether such behavior
shall effect the respectability of the
participants, their social standing and
their business relations, shall be kept
fairly and sQuarely before the people
of Wellington.