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more likely to happen on the street.
Commissioner Iruesdell remarked that
was Good one, il it succeeded in collecting
In such places all the bad boys of the town.
They would be gotten of the streets at any
rate.
'Then what will become of the good lit
tie boys?'' queried Mrs. Alexander.
Why, the good little boys will be looked
after by their good parents"
MRS. Smith asked the Commissioners II
che presented tomorrow morning a petition
signed by thousands of children favoring a
modification Of the order.
Days of Petition Have Passed.
Commissioner Ross replied that the days
OF petitions had passed. They used to be
regarded as factors in nearly every case
cntil man up in New York state once
signed a petition, the object of which he
Vas ignorant Of. 1t finally turned out to
be an order for his own execution
In conclusion Mrs. Smith asked Commits
sioner Truesdell If the Commissioners pro-
pcsed to rlgfdly enforce the law. He said:
The law Is plain. The police have been
Instructed to enforce ii as rigidly as they
can. and 1t will be done. 1t is Impossible
70 nave policeman before each door bat
the police will do their best"
An O.. U. A. NJ. Protest.
Champion Council, No. Is, Jr o. U. A.
NJ, has adopted a preamble and resolu-
uons In reference to the Commissioners
fireworks order. They declare That We
ada our respectful protest to the many
others that have been submitted, through
the press and otherwise against the 20
str1cion or the liberties and pleasures of
our people which would be imposed upon
them by the enforcement of the proposed
order not only as an unfair discrimina-
ton, and in a larger measure ieopardizinp
n ind i.y;l
dangering the safety Of property but more
especially that the policy of restriction if
entered upon and continued in subsequent
years. would have a deterrent effect nnon
the growth and perpetuation of these no.
ole sentiments of loyalty, patriotism, love
or country and devotion to her grand free
institutions, and would tend to obliterate
sheuld ever lessons ss ino, OF citizenship which
In the hearts of American youth, And
that we earnestly petition for a reconsid-
GRAFTON or the order at the hands of the
ncnoraple commissioners, and ask its with
ora"al ana return to the time honored
custom which has SO long been the means
of keeping alive in the breasts of the
american people the fires of patriotism
ana preserving to their memories the natal
oay Oh American independence"
High School Boys Views.
]. L. NJ. writes to The Star as follows:
Ever since the Commissioners made the
ordering forbidding boys to celebrate the
Fourth of July in the only way a boy cares
to celebrate 1t l have been too mad to
write what think about it. am cooled
on some and want to say few words
L am an American High School bow and
am not afraid Of anybody, and as long as
l am respectful nobody has any right 10
lnterlere with me. What kind of
Fourth Of July do these Commissioners
want to give us, anyhow? Do they sup
pose boys who respect themselves or their
families will go off somewhere in the
country and mix up with all kinds of low
company! How would the Commission
ers like an order from the President to
celebrate the Fourth Of July with the
prisoners Of the workhouse?
Il wish somebody would ask President
cleveland to call off the Commissioners,
but L suppose as Mr.. Clevelands time is
most up i wouldn't do as much good as if
MI Mckinley or the man who will be
nominated at CT icago would speak. See?
MY advice to the Commissioners is to earn
their money by correcting some of the bad
ness here in Washington and let us bows
alone There's enough work for these men
That would be to their credit if done The
other day the insurance people warned the
commissioners that there would he less
danger il we used the streets for celehra n :
ing the Fourth, and the last two years
MAJOR Moore recommended it. What's the
matter with these Commissioners any,
way? Have they any children? I hone
not, for 1 would pity a boy whose farther
was mean enough to deprive him of fun on
the greatest day in the year. My papa
says a man who forgets how he felt when
he was boy is small potatoes and guess
he's right. We will have our Fourth sure
no matter what the Commissioners saw or
thlnk The police are with us, and they
say bad things of the Commissioners and
that they won't arrest boy unless he is
doing something worse than shooting off
frecrackers. One word more We BOYS are
not treated right in anything. We can't
play ball even on an open lot; We can't
stand on corner without being told to
move on. And here comes the Commits
sioners with an order to sit in the house if
we don't care to pass the Fourth where no
decent boy can go. Now, tell you, We are
getting mighty tired of this business"
Dangerous Places Selected.