The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-01
WAS TEMPERANCE DAY.
FOUNDERS IND GiMBLERS DIS
CUSSED AT PLIINVILLE.
Addresses by Judge Warner and Rev. w.
+. Prince-The Duty of Citizens in
VIII he Given Up to the Young People.

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Checking the Spread OF yice-To-day
WIN be Given Up to the Young People.
Plainville Assembly, July 8.-Fine
weather and an excellent programme
brought out many temperance people
Ito the grounds to-day, which was es-
'pecially set apart in the interest of the
cold water cause The exercises OF the
day were presided over by l.. T. Tread
we'll president Of the Connecticut Tenn
perance society.
At o'clock this morning the Rev. D..
w. Howell of Hartford led an interest
ing meeting, in which scores told OF
| how their conversion was brought
about Following this were the usual
study hours in Job, led by the Rev. H.
S. Scarborough, and in the new testa-
ment, conducted by the Rev. H. Frank
Rail, Phi. D,
| The address of the morning was by
the Hon. e. M. Warner. Judge of the
Putnam police court He discussed le-
gal measures for the suppression or
drunkenness, and demonstrated the con-
ditions existing which should be reme-
| died by legislation. He said there are
at present $500 FOUNDERS in the state,
and this number was being multiplied
by the policy of short Jail sentences.
This class of useless humanity costs
the state $250,000 a year He favors
probationary sentence, much the same
as prevails In Massachusetts,. He be-
lieves a reforma tory is necessary and
holds that a third step towards remedy
| ing the evil of FOUNDERS" should be the
| indeterminate sentence.
| In the afternoon at o'clock the Rev.
| w F. Prince, Phi. d., assistant secre-
| tary Of the Law and Order league of
Connecticut addressed large gathering
upon the topic 1.-THE Christian Citizen
and the Enforcement of the Law"
ENEMIES OF THE STATE
Dr. Prince said: We have no difficulty
in recognizing In murderers, thieves,
forgers. assaulters, keepers Of low dives,
etc. enemies Of the state, But there
are persons who do not equally recog-
nize in the jovial popular proprietor of
the country road house. who violates
the liquor laws, a public enemy. There
are persons who think that gambling in
general Is bad, but wink at gambling at
their local fairs. And why should gan1b-
ling and immoral shows be allowed at
fairs? Because they attract people and
make the fairs pay. Such an argument
is not better than the defense which the
gambler himself makes. For he also Is
in the business to make money. When
a common pool room. where men meet
to bet on the races, is closed, everybody
who holds his head UP praises the deed,
but when an attempt was made to deal
with the enormous evil of betting at the
race track In which 100000 was wager
ed in four afternoons, there were re-
spectacle people who resented the at
tempt. Why? Simply because certain
men Of means and social and political
standing We're pecuniarily interested In
the institution. 1t would seem as II the
from the absurdity Of cursing a little |
dive and apologizing for big one, but !
1t does not always 1t would seem as
If sense of dignity would prevent
prominent lawyer from using his influ-
ence to save a lawbreaker from the full
of his punishment on the plea
that the culprit Is son Of friend of
his own. But we constantly meet such
cases. And we discover lawyers who, /
for q fee, Will devote all their talents
to devise some legal fraud witch will
allow deviltry to continue legislators
who, impeled by influences, which it Is
not difficult to guess, la Dor to pass bills
whose only purpose is to enlarge the
powers Of hell on earth. Are these men
less dangerous to society than the GRIM
mails themselves? They are in truth
the worst traitors that the law knows,
because they aid and abet criminals
ENFORCE THE LAW.
The laws should be enforced, first, in
order that the specific evil-doing may
be stopped, and, secondly, in order that
the majesty of law may be preserved.
It is better not to have law than to
permit it's violation. Nothing Is more
1emoraizing to a boy than to know
that he can disobey his parents with
mpunty Nothing can be more demon
alizing to a community than to have it
known that the laws can be disobeyed
herein without danger and almost
without protest. 1t Is demoralizing to
Ill classes 1t breeds contempt for all
aw. 1t is a poison that permeates the
social atmosphere. 1t is dry rot that
the whole structure of gov I
,rnment.
But the average citizen asks: How
s it my business to contend with law
)reakers2- Have we not policemen and
md constables and prosecuting attor-
leys and Judges to attend to all that ?"
herein Is gigantic fallacy.
It is the duty of the citizen to COM
lain of attractions Of the law which he
nows or has reason to suspect. He Is
he sentinel Of the state to give notice
f the approach Of creeping enemies of r
he state. 1t is not "sneaking business"
D do 80; it is honorable, upright, pub :,
C service, 1t is beneath no mans dig
ity to give the authorities informa ton .
gainst a dive that is corrupting his
eighbor's children, or If it is, he is too y
ignified for earth: some other place Is n
is home. Nor do | hesitate to say .
hat ] believe that brave, true, con-
,ientious men can do no more Christian
nd patriotic service than to seek out 4
nd investigate these infamous dens \
lat they may bring them to justice. 1t
serious indictment of the quality of
UT patriotism and Christianity that |
ambling Joint or house of i'll fame
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