The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
LAW Is ALL RIGHT.

Rev. J5hn W. Daugherty Il peg to
say that the curfew law is fine. The re-
suit would be of far more value TO So
ciety a few years hence than the inn
mediate benefit TO the youth
Rev. B. Cabell Hening: IF l am cor
rectly informed as to the nature OF the
curfew law, I am prepared TO heartily
endorse it. 1t will greatly aid parents
in the management OF their children and
will give the city more order and quiet
than is possible without the law.
Rev. j. T. Routten: II know of no
better step that the City Council could
take than TO pass such an ordinance.
The next decade would give the cAty
very different set OF young men.
Rev. DR.. George Cooper, pastor of
First Baptis.. Church: Il have been IN
cities where the ordinance is effective
with good results. Street walking ana
loafng after dark weaken school lie,
lead to evil habits, and introduce 10 cor
rupt associations
kev W. b. Beauchanp: Il am thor
oughly II sympathy with this proposed
curfew ordinance. It viii be the means
of doing real good. Any way l can aid
in this wise ana moral move l shall
be glad to aid
WHAT DR. HAWTHORNE SAYS.
Rev DR.. j. Is. Hawthorne. pastor OF
the Grove-Avenue Baptist Church: II
no city had even tried the curfew law |
should be in favor Of the adoption OF it
That keeping children off the streets at
night would be wholesome discipline
for them. a relief to the1 parents, and
a benefit to the public is perfectly obvious
to any thinking man. But the curieW
law is not an experiment. The utility
Of it is demonstrated i'll hundreds " the
cities of this country, where it is now IN
operation. and the testimony OF tho civil
~ has c;fi iS hot
it greatly diminishes vice and crime and
greatly strengthen parental influence and
control.
THE adoption Of the law by our city
government would be greeted with glad
ness In thousands of Richmond homes.
Even in the best communities Of the city
hundreds of families have to sit up until
y o'clock at night to guard their prem
ises against the invasion OF BAD boys.
Some OF them have to buy csh-barrels
and garbage boxes every week /" replace
those which the bad boys take OUT after
nightfall for making boni1res on vacant
lots. The curfew law would put an end
not only to this, but to the throwing Of
rocks and the shooting Of bullets from
air-guns into tho windowA Of residents
In some districts Of the city these an
noyances are becoming very serious and
we must either have this curfew Jaw
or ouadruple the police force
REV. CAREY e. MORGAN.
Rev. Carey E. Morgan, pastor OF the
Eeventh-Street Christian Church: II
have lived in a city where the Curfew
law was in force, and l am convinced
that it lid Il great deal of good. Children
should be kept off the streets ct night.
II the parents cannot or will not do this,
the city should do it for them: for the
city bears u part of the penalty, If the
failure to property guard them results
in bad habits as it SO often does.
1T is really a question of jails and
police courts, and officers OF the law.
These are in the last analysis questions
of taxation as well as questions of morals
and good citizenship, in which the whole
city is interested quite as much as the
parents. The city has q right to protect
itself in every legitimate way against the
expense to which it is put on account of
loose government in the home.
1T must be remembered that the schools
Of evil do their most effective work at the
night sessions
hey Landon Il. Mason, rector Of Grace
Episcopal Church. when questioned on
the subject, said that in his opinion the
law was very good He didn't
think that such a law should be neces-
sary in city, but being So the present
ordinance amply met the cxSencies Of
the occasion. He said that it is the duty
" pdie 10 Keep tAeif cHl'0Tea OIL tHe
streets at night, but that if they failed
to do so he thought it wise to have the
civil authorities look after them and
keep them ont of mischief.
IL. M. Dyer, chief of police, Roanoke,
VA: I think the curfew law will prove
a blessing to any city. Before we passed
the curfew law We had a great deal OF
trouble with small boys but since the
curfew law we have had &c trouble. ]
heartily recommend the law to all cities
WhlcE have no such law"
SUCCEEDS WHERE TESTED.
The testimony CT the mayors, police.
school-teachers. and prominent citizen
of cities where u curfew ordinance is en-