The Portland daily press., 1900-09-10

, PAOii0 OA1oe should be the most
sacred possession we can possibIv no ~.
trusted with, and to my mind eve,,, ~
TIC servant should jock first ro,. ~ 80
es0 interests OF those whom he aoo,--
serve. There is not even a roaso.s., ~
oouot but thousands of dollars o1,o,.,,
go into the pockets of the shertfr 81 60,
nerlanu county under the presents svsto,,,
0laO belongs TO the overburdenad TO-
payers even from the man who CIV
pays MS poll tax to the rich man x0ho
pays lhucn more. have made diIigent
research into this system and INA 49,
from board of prisoners. alone tbo eT,on,tr
receives profit per annun of tor, +t.,--
sand dollars, and or1e ao1s,r,o. So :,
lind in the accounts of q ~ -
for extra service in e,r,r-,-.. 49,
law @ooo' IL VIII cost an honest official
aOoue Chree thousand dollars a year to
oonuucC 0he once OF sheriff, and I saw
puOiioly 10 Ine county commissioners
"n"VeVer Ohere Is over from any source
recover 1t into the county treasurer for
the benefit of the tax PAYERS to whom II
belongs The vast amount of revenue
OnaO can ne saved to the city by the CLOS
ing OF the saloons was carefulIv oonstd
ered' and by actual figures. and facts
taken from the long and varied exneri-
ences which the speaker presented Droved
beyond doubt that the benefit vvouId
not be less than fifty thousand dollars
year. While on che other hand no busf-
ness, other than the rum business vvouId
be- injured or suffer. Mr.. Pearson then
spoke at length with heated animation
Oh One fearful demora11zing influences up-
on 6he morals OF the young children in
many portions of the city. 1 have seen
I'VE children IN ten minutes CARRYING
shelr pals and pitchers through the
streets filled with beer stopping by the
road side to sit and drink from the YES
sells. In closing Mr.. Pearson made many
excellent pc ints to illustrate the power of
Individual effort for success on. Monday.
and assured his hearers that a most gIori
Gus victory was already achieved. and
needed only the effort of those who be-
l1eved, in an honest enforcement. clean
administration of the sheritf's office in
the next two ears, TO work as diligently
as will our opponents. The speaker
was often Interrupted by applause.
'Blest Be the Tie. - was sung with
great good viii, and the service closed
with the beneuiction by the pastor.
REV. LUTHER FREEMAN'S RE-
MA RKS.
At the Chestnut Street NJ E. church
last evening Rev. Luther Freeman spoke
on ''Ths Need of Portlland-a Sheriff
Who VIII DO His Duty" and said in
part:
mot for long time has there been
such general interest in local politics as
now. If 1t were simply a question OF
general politics, involving theories OF IL
nance, International policies, etc., I
should not consider it right for me to dis
cuss it this Sunday evening. have as
good right to hold party preferences as
any man; but have no right to talk
them in the pulpit on the Sabbath The
question before this c.nmunlty is one of
good morals. The good name and order
OF our fair city is at stake Shall we
vote Tor the enforcement or for the multi
tication Of law? Shall our county sheriff
be executive or judge9
Zone year ago many of US voted for
sheriff who was represented by his friends
to be an honest friend of law and order
a man who would relieve the county
from the curse of Iawlessness and liquor.
Today saloons and bars OF all grades
are as open as in any city in the land
Our streets are full of drunkards, our jail
full of prisoners. The openness of the
traffic and the money free ly spent in fur
nish1ng bars and saloons is sufficient
proof that there is an understanding be-
tween the Illicit dealer and our executivel
officers. The liquor traffic goes on in de-
nance of law, beggaring homes, blasting
manhood, entailing heavy financial bur
dens on our city, because no honest effort !
is made to stop it. We all know that ]
there is not bar in this city that would :
not be closed within "A hours If sheriff
| known to mean business SO ordered.
This qualification of law is rapidly de-
! veIoping a spirit OF lawlessness that is '
alarming. When respect for law goes, '
civilization goes. The utter disregard
for law, human and divine, is seen in the t
excursions, balloon ascensiOns. and dog {
shows, advertised in our papers for Sun S
day attractions The next step win be
Sunday vaudeville, horse races and prize Q
fights. Isn't 1t time to stop9 Enforce '
the laws abolishing the saloon, giving S
us clean streets, a respectable Sunday
and city of which we may be proud
mot as the representative of political
party but in the interests OF sobrie ETY. and. u
honest administration Of the office Of |
county sheriff Mr.. S. F. Pearson is nomi- b
mated. ask you, as good citizens to 0
vote for him. 1t is not party measure. II
It will not have important bearing on v
the Presidential campaign. The issue is s.
purely local. Do you wish to have the 81
open saloon continued in our city to dom Il
mate politics, increase taxation, breed "