The state herald., 1899-05-12
GOSSIP FROM DENVER
AND THE STATE CAPITOL.

ut once taken to get the location of the
proposed boxes and stop the delivery
Of letters.
Government by injunction has been
made use of very frequently in Den
yer, and by this means the city gov
ernment has often been forbidden to
interfere with parties who were appar-
emily breaking the law. Now. for the
first time In the history of this city.
the authorities have decided to test the
power of the District Court to inter
fere with them In this way. Shortly
before 8 o'clock last Friday evening
Attorney o. N. Hilton. counsel for
Dick Carberry, lessee of the old Cen
trail theater OH Market street, appeared
before Judge p. l.. Palmer OF the Dis
trict Court with complaint for an In.
junction. The document stated that
the promoters desired to conduct an
evening Of various events. including
songs, dances, boxing, wrestling. etc,
and that the entertainment would be
consonant with law and decency. The
police authorities have threatened to
arrest the ringlenders II the prize fight
were pulled Off, and to bring the even
ing TO an abrupt close, the court was
hSNSh " Eluht III tSStiaIh-
ing the Fire and Police Board and the
chief Of police from interfering with
the event. The desired writ was grant
ed. The fact became known to the
Fire and Police Board and II held a
protracted session last night, at which
warm criticism was directed towards
the court for apparently sanctioning n
violation Of the city ordinances which
IL MI IN
action Of the court was looked upon as
an usurpation Of the functions OF the
board. no permit having been issued
by the board for the affair. The issues
seemed very clear to the members and
after n prolonged session they con-
cluded that there remained but one ac-
ton. namely. to test the authority Of
the courts to govern the city by In
junction. Therefore. at 10 O'Clock.
Captain Martyr OF the Police Depart
ment was ordered to stop the fight ut
all hazards and to take sufficient
number of men with him to enforce
lne order. The contest was stopped and
all parties implicated were arrested.
Carberry Il Clewell have paid the fed
eral government 500 for yearly H.
cense. President Speer of the board
said: at is the law that no exhibition
of this kind shall he given without n
permit. and these people have no per-
nit Though II is called n twenty
round bout II is intended to be knock
out. and large crowd of spectators is
In attendance with that understanding.
II injunctions are to restrain us from
coaecting license fees" he continued.
'and II courts will issue injunctions
on request there is nothing to prevent
circus or any other enterprise from
declining 10 take out n license and pro-
curing an Injunction to restrain the
board from interfering with II. We In
tend no disrespect to the court. hut We
believe that test must he made and
that this is a good time TO make It. The
board is unanimous in the stand"
The Broadway Temple Association,
under whose auspices the late Myrnn
Reed preached for several years. Is
now listening TO the sermons OF the
Rev. DIR. Henry c. Myers. who former
ly preached In an independent pulpit
at Chicago. II IL expected that Dr.
Myers will he permanently engaged
here, unless his recent utterances about
marriage change the feeling OF the
Temple Association. In n sermon de-
livered few Sundays ago DIR. Myers
expressed views that favored OF n he
lief In free love. and In an interview
since made the following statement on
the subject:
III l had n daughter who wanted to
get married I would take her and her
intended husband to u phtenologist
and if he said they We're congenlal
and compatible would say. get mar
ried.' and II they wanted to live To-
gether unmarried by human law. |
would say. live together for they
would. II they We're properly matched.
be married by law OF heaven more
binding and more powerful than II a
priest had Joined them. II l could reg
ulate the laws. | would do away with
all marriage and divorce laws. Here
We sit on Gods footstool and make
long lists of laws when we ought 10
throw them away and learn the first
sweet. noble laws OF nature. The hu.
mnn race will never he happy until
nature rules the world as II should.
Marriage and divorce laws are subsii.
tutes for imbeclllty. They are child.
ish. foolish, absurd. The idea of say.
Ing TO nature. that man and TINT
v Oman are man and wife, when m.
ture knows that they are not. Natural
laws are complete and perfect. 40
flower that blows IN without It's mate.
nor any bird that flies. Every man
has his affinity and every woman hers:
and II man is married by law TO u
woman who IL not his affinity II "
wrong for them TO live together. They
are not man and wife. A crystal will
unite with another crystal md the II.
feet II beautiful. but a crystal will not
unite with either granite or snnd.
stone. I'd take all the little laws r,,r
divorce IN NIL the states and put them
together Into one general law, no that
every couple married when they ought
not TO be- married could be divorced
easily. Its too bad we have to have
the law nt nil. Shame on Moses, who
originated lt.'
Suppose n woman discovers her M.
flnity and he has already married I"
DR.. Myers was asked.
"Thcn she should marry him any.
way. and II a divorce from the mans
wife were unnttniDabic. she should live
with him anyway. II would he n sin
II she did not. nm injustice TO hers ~.
to him and to that woman who Ind
been unfairly called his wife. She was
not his wife In truth and before
heaven. II she was not his affinity.
God II love ana this love pcrynd,,-
cvcrythin. world II nothing with.
out Il and perfect love II only found
In the mating OF n man with his aim.
iiy. The large class of criminals and
fools IN the result OF these uncongcnI,i
Most Of the insanity and