The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-21

.tt4 GAM,
Ss- jones' r--aros 1, and Gives som.
i.lGs,i -tQrs.
1--WE have downed the gang" or we
are gong . down the sang." We fire.
4eea'.y hear such expressions. sup
oSe = : true tina, we have national
--a1 :. society gangs, municipal gangs
ana nech-oi -the,woods gangs. political
s-.gs, social gangs and religious
gangs. The common acc. pta,ion OF the
) Term gang means a crowd who are or
have teen running The shebauE In So
I ciety they are called top OF the pot; -
( Il The Political world they are known
- the 'iDs; in The church world they
are known as those having authority
! and exercising ii without the fear OF
God before their eyes. In most Of our
/ towns and c4t;es ve have the gangs
( Some os tAem have been IN for years
/ and have Ero" rich either by bribery
on the one hand or having the pull" on
,he other. The gangs in every phase of
li!a have much brains and yery little con.
science Every shebanr Ike every set
n track hands along the railroad. has
IS boss or sachem. Tammany hall is
ne best organized gang. perhaps, in
the nited safes They were once in
position 10 dictate who we should have
for president and who should be gov.
onor Il New York, but mr. parkhurst
md the Lexow committee have para
we'd that gang in View York to where
iney can hardly dictate who shall be
nlilifr.
have been in some towns and cities
lately where 'thc gang" has been over
thrown. l believe it has been demon.
strated in most places that whenever
and wherever the good people of the
town try To down the gang they will
succeed. Right must have champion
hen 1t has victory. The good clc-
cent in community is generally tim
ID but when aroused is as courageous
~ lion. The bad element in a city
consider themselves brave but when
Thy see that tho good people are thor
olehiy aroused they are MS cowardly as
q mob Of 10000 men after one poor little
helpless prisoner.
The "cangs' in every department Of
lifc hive two objects in view. The first
gum "h' me seconH Is 10
= Ra care OF their friends and punish
'Hsi'ii"S' " men we come INTO the
realm Of the church we can see AS
P''iH'S 'heie as anywhere that the
gang runs 'hr mhchin"rN. II is MS true
- Que '"urch as another II Is true
lIo'i 'he general conference of the NJ.
Church down to Il LITTLE crossroads
convention Of a lit,lc Eanfist cbi,rcb
III 'he country. rs the darby says.
every church he's lts most leadin"st
nun oofS d" "'ii as lis bench members.
suppose 'here never was gang
WI" u'nh START III at the beginning 10
REFORM 'hlhgS ana run them right. But
'AcS soon ma ont that IL pays better
'o run 'h'ngs wrong. In otter words.
'hht honest money Is not so easily made
us ulshon"st money. Wealth is not ac-
cuihnlated rapidly by legitimate means
and honest methods; and when oppor-
t"nites To make money rapidly pre-
sent themselves the average white man
IS "here some negroes find themselves
"hen standing in another mans hen
house after dark They find themselves
tempted above that which they nre able |
10 bear, md there seems no way pro-
Nldea Tor their escape.
AS n rule the gangs in politics are in |
thorough accord and sympathy with |
'he saloon element. Whisky seems To
pickle the gang and preserve them in |
eood shhpe. With whisky all in fell |
10" and all around him he feels like n |
snake put up in alcohol that all the in
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