El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-06
Y. NJ C.. A. SERVICES.
Interesting Remarks by Willard Pat
tris son ant County Attorney Harvey.

t1aSS, and large banner was hung
out fro n the street door TIE speak
ers of che day were Rev. G 81. M.rri-
son, of the Chr stian church, M Hard
Pate rson, County A; tOrney Harvey
ard S. cretary S Dane. Miss Phelps
presided at the organ and was assls' ed
by Messrs Crump, B .rnes and Ellis
with violin, horn and C ,rnet. Patrio' ic
air were sung, Mr.. Sloan waving ii lar e
flag duri the singing of tee Star
Banner.
Mr. Morrison spoke bri fly on tn }
significance of the DAY, the necess ,ty
of observing law, and the a It that the
sentiment of this nation
was of a Christian CHI irAct +.
The principal remarks Of the O.ca-
sion were made by Messrs. M-llard
Patterson and George HarveJ. MIR.
Patterson under the re err, nee to OBJ
servaace of law, deprecated the habit
so many people had of standing on the
street corners and finding fault with
the officers of the law for not taking
the initiative and lodging com plants on
their own motion sg inst vioiators of
tie civil! law; the Sunday closing law
for ms ance. Mr.. Pat.erso id that
was the way to do. 1t was Lot the
pl zee Of the officers to take su h iui ia
tive. The law could only b put in
opera ton properly by the filing of a
complaint On the pat of C tizens. If
he county torpey, for instance,
SHOULD p. Oceej against viOlatOr Of
the statutes on his own account, the III
die ,ment would be quashed on motion.
Mr.. Patterson showed that the failure
If the law in it's successful operation.
WIS due to the refusal of citizens to
back up the officers A man will in
form an Off .er as to VIC alton of law,
and when reqne ted to aid the officer
in the rerfor narce of his duty will
back out. The difficulty is not so
much in the enforcement of the law as
it S 10 getting the law into Op ratiOI.
Ten men could enforce the law in Ell
PasO, and shut up everything tie hit
on the Sabbath day. What is nee did
here is a society for the prevention of
crime, al organ cation ma lie up Of de-
term ned men ~hD would s5a d at the
back OF the officers in Carrying out the
behests of the law. Mr.. Patterson
cored as coward ly the conduct of ciJi-
Z 'ns who criticised the officers for rot
doing their duty, AMI then refusing 20
take such action themselves as would
| cradle the officers to 90 tneir duty.
He knew of citiZens who were entirely
cOgniZant of facts needed of prOse:uti on
Of srit-. and yet whD on the witues-
stand would hold back their informa-
| ton until it was fairly bragg d out of
them p;ecemeal. And some men could
| = o, be Induced to tell whas they knew,
for unworthy reasons. There will be
GO trou BILE in enforcing law when citi-
zens take the Initiative and assist the
eff .erS of the law.
b. f. Majors who had bsen an ate Mt
i've listener arose to say that he was
thankful for the st .tementS made by
he { is rguished attorney as lie had
always BEEN under the i'm ~ essiOn tn at
it wa the duty OF Off ;ers to begin pro
ceedingS, and lot wait for some CT i
zens to lodge compla Mt. H was glad
that he had got hold OF the true acts in
the matter.
County Attorney Harvey followed.
He said amen t. what had b en- stated
ny Mr. Patterson. He HIM elf cou,6
H. take the in alive, and as tne ST.
tua ion had rot been generally under
5 God he had been no doubt criticised
for no &C ion. He WAS ready at any
time to carry out and fulfill the njunc-
ion ct the law, if C tizcns cognizant of
necessary facts would only CONF fos-
ward and give ioformatioc. a d then
tand by the Officers, 10 the Opt ra-
ton of law. Men had come to him
W tn complaints anu information Cd
which suits might be Instituted.
and when he, the coun'y attorney, had
said, Now, FL take your depos tion,''
the infOrmer would back out all ging
that he would be accused of spite wo:k.
of being mean, and all that sort Of
thing. Mr.. Harvey reiterated his
statement that he was resdy at atty
me to let the law in operation if he
was only properly backed by citizens
having necessary iuft rnatiOn on which
uit5 mi ht be based. The remarks If
The aft ruoOu mae il plain enough
that w determined ci.izens Gould
enforce the laws in Ell Peso, no matter
how mulch of an object on was made.
Mr.. PaLt 5rsOn S lid It had oeen declar-
d that juries could DO, be found in Ell
Paso VITO would convict. BIT 10th lie
and MIR. Harvey d. clar. that was not
So, and that only r. Gently convictions
had b, en- secured.
Tue service was mu h enj Eyed, and
d ole >iliz+n to observe That it would
b. good thing if the Y. M. g. A. mao
agement could arr ange for a series of
luollc lectures by prominent attorneys
on such subjects say as, Popular notions
as to the enforcement of law, sccie ties
for the prevention of crime and their
work, the growth of our criminal
ciasses-how the.} can be b est controtl-
ed, the evil, OF our present system of
lmmis ration aud u remedy, aspect for
,aW-hOw it may De test developed and
i creased, pract ical appl cat on If the
thirteenth chapter OF hrSt Corinthians
t. our SOCIAL AMI political economies,
Cd in the constitute Chris as tie
corner stone OF our political and social
structure. tie eth cs Of prohi ton, the
law OF love and love as law, religion
in p 'litrcs vs.. politics N raligion, dis
cussion of the la or problem based
upon Gains query Am [ my BROTH
ers Ike 5per?' Lib ;rty versus license,
corporate Obligation for Individual
acton, discussions on Bryce's Ameri-
can commonwealth aid Detoaueville's
Ameri an INSTITUTION S, Chr: stan ty YER
sus infidel,ty in lie sla ion, etc A
series of such lectures would attract
public attention, and remarks and COM
ments could be made ON the l. c,ures
after their delivery, thus bringing out
views that surely must be of beEefit to
many.
After last evenings meeting the
audience mrde the happy discovery
that Secretary Sloane ha, filled tn ,
water cooler with lem made, and there
was great IRISH for the palate tickling