The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-03


Looks Upon it as q Half Sister to Pro-
hibition-He Thinks it Would Not be
Enforced Against the Boys in Purple
and Fine Linen.
Councilman Shuitz. who has raised the
Stalcard of opposition to the proposed
curfew ordinance of Councilman Minick.
is getting more interested inI the fight as
the hour of battle, which will be tomor-
row night. draws to close. He had his
war clothes on yesterday when a report
er Tor the Eagle met him and inquired
about the present status of the fight and
the chances for the success of the ordi-
nance. He said:
IL was not my desire to make any
3urther remarks on this subject, but |
was willing to take vote on the ordn-
ence without further debate 1t is but
little difference to me, individually,
whether the ordinance passes or not, as
nave no children that come wlthin its
scoae. 1T is only from q sense of JUS
tce that L am prompted to say one word
against its passage; and ! was wholly in
duced to write on the subject from the
TACT that one Of the promoters rushed
anti LOT the purpose or moulding
public sentiment in its favor.
1T is not my province TO impugn the
motive Of any one. but it does look like
the champion of this measure had called
upon the clergy to help him out A min
'sfer IN one of our churches a few DAYS
ago asked all who were in favor of Law
ard Order" 10 use their good omces in
prevailing on the councii 10 pass the
Curfew ordinance" These magic words
Law and Order have been used to
great advantage in the past It is the
red flag in the bull fight;" it is part of
the entertainment 1t means the same
thing as THE Common People" gag in
{ political campaign. The stump speak
er uses II so often that one would think
Tor the rest OF his life he intended to
i've on water and alfalfa. We have only
20 look back a little over a year ago to
zee the result Of the clergy meddling
with city affairs. They fnaugurated a
reign or terror that was so disastrous TO
out city that we will not recover from its
effects for many years TO come. Business
men fed from our city like rats from a
rated ship; they like the Arab of the
desert folded their tents, shook the dust
or the city from their feet and left town
With broken hearts. And just such legis-
iation, both state and municipal, added
greatly TO this exodus. And what was
the effect of this crusade? Only to run
Us deeper in debt, for there is just as
much liquor drank now as before, and
possibly OF poorer quality. And what
has become of these ministers? They
have gone and taken their good inten-
tons with them.
To show that even the ministers may
De mistaken, you have only to remember
that few weeks ago a sensational
minister of New York, Rev. DR.. Park
hurst, stated that eighty-five per cent of
the women of New York were untrue TO
their marriage VOWS" which was herald
ed throughout the civilized world
through the agency OF the Associated
Press; and while the people stood aghast
and before he yet had time to think Of
the enormity of his falsehood, Mrs. Gran
mis- of the same city goes him seven bet
ter. which makes the bad married wo-
men OF that city number ninety-two per
cent. Now, since the people have recov-
cred from the shock, they regard this
pair of fanatics as the most colossal
GtTs that ever disgraced a state with
their presence. But we will say for the
sake Of argument that such is true in
New York; then l say, give them a cur
few law or a klu-kluX law or most any
other law until they do better. But this
kind of a thing does not obtain in Wich-
ita, for the matter can be reversed here.
and | believe that any honest man or
woman will bear me out in the statement
that more than ninety-five per cent Of
Wichita's women are honest
Il wish every man who favors this
tCurfew' would look back over his boy
hood days and tell us how many melons
he has stolen from the neighbours patch
and now often he has despoled the vine
yard, the apple and peach orchard; and
how many gates he helped to carry away
On -Hallow Een,' and all the other
pieces Of mischief he had a hand in. But
On the contrary if he was at home every
right and sat by his mothers knee and
read Pilgrims Progress and the Saints
Rest. Then he should have a nice, little
rsd curfew with a whistle in it, and If
this man has boy whose nice, plump
forehead bulges out over his face like
the roof Of a depot, he can expect him
to develop into chump instead of a
plan. Men Will forget and punish their
boys for things the father has done a
thousand times in the past.
Il have tried 10 find out why this sud |
den onslaught has been made on children !
have thought that possibly it might be |
some planetary disarrangement. Posi- !
bly, il is, for j. p. Allen says the Dog |
STAR has jumped a cog. How have We |
managed to get along so well in the past |
hold-ups on the streets and railroads /
have been done by children. after all, |
while the poor, innocent men have been !
blamed for ii. Possibly these little imps |
possess the secret of DR.. Jeckyll and |
make themselves look larger for the time |
being. Can any one account for the |
children suddenly becoming 50 bad that |
they nave to be locked up at a certain /
hour? Do they become at this particular |
hour more vicious than at any other? |
When it is eight o'clock in New York |
1t is seven here and six in California; so |
Il seems that the revolution of the world |
must have some influence on the small |
boy that makes us fear that he may
bite us. We all know that the bear.
the panther, the tiger and the hyena |
come forth from their lairs about dusk
10 pounce upon their prey, but it has
enly been a few weeks since we have
grown fearful of the boys after dark.
If this phase OF prohibition continues in
this country, We may soon expect 10
hear the bolts of prison houses begin
ping al New York and rev vertebrate across
the continent until it reaches California.
Now If the people who. want the cur
Few ordinance would only think what
harm III may do in arresting only one
boy or girl who is innocent. and iw after
pears 10 have him or her pointed out as |
one who went 10 jail in Wichita, Kansas.
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