The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-11

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lhelr origin In the desire 20 curtail
crime or 10 limit the temptations genI.
ernted BY the devil, found IN ali their
number and variety In the pathway az
tne innocent and conildlng In comntnl
lilies MS large as tlilsi one. THIS
eitort made by the Humane 4 society
Is prompted solely BY tho desire 10 bene.
NJ tho public, Not d member OF Ii, 10
iar As is known. has any more personal
interest In II than any member, or your
bouy. The necesslty FOR 4 restrictive
ordinance OF this character II admitted
~ thosc who have elver, the matter
Wrought, and, all max be convinced Oh Il
w ordinary observation and slight IN
Sestlgrtlon. An argument against t,,e
adoption OF q measure OF thIsicharac,cr
rs sometimes advanced, and TO Some
imnde appears 10 be conclusive. hence
ehonld be noticed. which Isl that as there
are quite a number OF ordinances az
ready on the clty's books that arc never
enforced there Ia no use to pass this one
10 add to the number. with oil due re-,
spect TO this class OF opposition It my
20 said, that II there be such, and doubt
less there are several, there must be
something radically wrong with the or
dinances themselves, the officers who
are sworn to en- force the laws, or the
orgunic law by orithrough which these
officers arc constituted! or hold their
places, II the first, would It not be well
to change or repeal the law? II the sec
and, Is It not the duty OF council to as.
certain whore the trouble lies or find the
man that fails In his .dutyf. Men that
rail- In this respect lre not conservntors
of the peace or faithful public serynnts
and should not be retained. Ifthe fault
lies In tho organism OF the executive
power, the sooner n change Is made In
the city charter that would remedy. the
defect the better II would be for all con-
cerned. as there should BIO no ordinance
on the city books that cannot be en-
forced, and no city oiflcIeI that Is not
ready and willing to enforce It. Other
wise any ordinance passed by this body
may be disregardcd by the law detyIng
when he or, she sees proper TO violate It.
and the whole be brought Into contempt.
This argument then, we think, In this
View OF II, does not possess the weight
some are pleased to attach to It, and
your petitioners are well satisfied that
#thS lSbSiatAOt "a Nlt
would be sufficient answer. and would
show TO the lncredulous that there Is lit
tie or nothing 10 sustain II that cannot
be urged against any ordinance. or reso-
luton even. that may be brought before
council. This is the ounce Of prefen-
ton" that Is proposed 10 be applied,
which IL properly enforced will, II any
thing can, lessen the inmates of the re-
fArr, efshaa1 MI nj I,n fha f,r
rescue homes, and relieve the overbur-
dened penal Institutions Of the state.
striking as II does at the root Of the evil
and supplying a deficiency In the gov
eminent of minors, which deficiency Is
becoming more and moro marked year
after year, the evil effects Of, which Is
out Of all pro portion to thenincrease OF
population. Won't you gentlemen then
stop and ask yourselves, each one-can-
not I do something to aid in stopping
this-to prevent 10 some. extent. IN the
fine OF my duty. the, contamination OF
homes, the lasting sorrow OF parents
and the destruction, possibly of soul and
body, OF the young and thoughless? We
reminding you nj the same time that
YOU the not asked to 20 out of your way
to please the petitioners. to further any
SELFISH Niiuo. ~ any Luutil va
to crafty The malice of any. one, or even
called on to make any personal. sacri-
fee on the part OF any OF your body,
Only to pass this ordinance. then you
will have br:lded better than some OF
you may now think. 1t Is. asked for by
large number OF the best people of the
city, regardless OF locality or OF political
or sectarian bias, hence we trust that
you gentlemen will recognize the i'm
portance Of the measure, and by your
votes uphold the hands OF your petitions
ers. gladden. the hearts Of many OF the
best mothers Of the city. and. seeing the
beneficial results following the creation
and operation of the law.3w!ll call down
blessings on You Of the mothers who
may now be opposed to It
( close this appeal to you by quoting
what Col. Alexander Hogeland. the au-
thor of the American Curfew ordinance.
said on the subject recently in an inter-
view: ~
THE fact that there have not been 4
half dozen arrests under the Curfew or
dinance In Kansas City and St. Joseph,
Mo-. Omaha and Lincoln, Neb.. shows
that the belief that the wholesale and in
discriminate arrests of youth would fol-
low the enforcement OF the ordinance Is
purely in the Imagination. The ordi-
nance Is perfectly proper one. 1t Is
not TO vex, annoy or worry children GO
ing to and from socials. night. schools or
Christian Endeavor, nor does It interfere
with children playing at late hours on
the lawns or in the streets In view OF
parents. The curfew lessons truancy,
tramping and petty thleving among.
youth, Land every man Of Judgment knows
that the neglected boy makes O thief.
burglar, houseburner. train robber and
murderer. 1t Is certified to by the lead
ing chiefs OF police that under the Cur
few there has been decrease OF so per
cent In arrests and commitments of
youth to station houses. jaIls and reform
schools and as a matter Of course cor
responding saving Of taxes to taxpayers.
Teachers In public schools under Curfew
speak Of little or no truancy. Owners
OF mills and manufactures report better
service from their apprentices, and
newsboys from; needed rest sell more
papers. Another God sent reason for
the Curfew Is the lessenlng of conyicts
and the protection Of the labor and trade
OF honest mechanics"
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