The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-26
DUDES AND FIGHTERS
REV. BASCOM ANTHONY PUTS SLUG
GERS IN HIGHER CLASS.
BUT SPORTING MUST STOP.
MUSCLE, HOWEVER, Is PREFER
ABLE TO PERFUME.


LAW, and Reminds Them That the
Legislature Meets ShOrtly-Tells
the scientific Glove Contest"
Folks the Same Thing-They Are
Violating the Law, and if the In
terpreters at This End of the Line
Can't Interpret Straight Clearer
Act VIII lie Passed-GOOd Govern
Jnent League Commended for Clos
ing the Policy Shops and shutting
Up Saloons in Heart of City.
Rev. Bascom Anthony paid his re-
spects to prize-fghters and dudes in his
sermon at Trinity Church last night,
and the spider-legged hair parted-in-
the-middle, perfumed individual called
a dude was put in a lower class than
even the slugger.
Rev. Mr.. Anthony complimented the
Good Government League, without
calling the name of the organization,
and touched on the liquor question. He
did not turn loose on the sports, and
those who are otherwise, until just be-
fore he was ready to close an interest
ing biblical sermon, which, until the
last moment had not been connected
with local conditions.
Mr.. Anthony declared that he has no
use for prize fighters, or their vicious
accomplishments. He would much
rather, he said, be a John L. Sullivan
than a dude. 1t was quite evident at
this point that the minister has not
been keeping posted on the big fighters
of to-day, and propably recalled Sulli-
van as a celebrity of his younger days.
Its more manly, but we don't want
prize fighting" he said. II would rather
be Sullivan because l would rather go
around with muscle on me than with
cologne.
These little fights here in Savan-
nah have got to stop. If it is viola
ton of the state law, and it is, the law
must be upheld. If the interpreters at
this end of the line can't interpret it
as the other interpreters do, clearer
law will be passed, and one which will
be so plain that he who runneth may
read. We don't want that crowd. 1
admire muscle, but l admire fine
looking bulldog, too. l like to see a
game chicken, but l don't want to see
him put in the pit and l don't want to
see the powerful and vicious dog "a
fighting.
There is more meanness in SaVan-
nah than in any town l ever saw in
my life. The people who want what
is right and proper done are too timer
Gus. Most of them are afraid to act.
They want me to do it, though, and are
willing to tell me what is happening.
That is they write me letters telling me
that they are with me, and advising me
10 feN
sign their names to the letters, and
get a bushel a day. They are afraid,
and / have heard enough from Mr..
Citizen and Mr.. Friend, and Mr.. Sym
pathizer to fill a letter cabinet. When
men come to me and tell me what to do
! ask them, why don't you do it? The
answer is always the same. Those who
live in glass houses must not throw
stones. l tell you to get out of your
glass house and when these people
hurl their rocks they will strike your
new house, rebound and crush the life
out of those who threw them"
In referring to the Good Government
League and the sale of liquor Mr.. An
thony mentioned bars on the outskirts
of the city that are patronized solely
by negroes. The proprietors realize
that a jury does not care to convict on
the testimony of a negro, and the law
is being violated as a result. According
to the minister he has a remedy for
that which the league, it is charged,
has been unable to entirely stamp out.
when you hundred men got togeth-
er and helped the man who was beat
en-, and robbed of his clothes, and
thrown in the gutter you did more real
good than you could have done with
your goody goody talk in a century.
The talk is what the other fellows
want, and when you stop talking, and
do something, it makes them mad. Talk
is what that crowd wants. and you've
done more good than all the preaching
that's been done in Savannah from the
pulpit in twenty years. You have shut
up those miserable policy shops that
have been running, and robbing the
poor, and ignorant, for so long. That
act alone was enough to make the An
gels stand at the gates of Heaven and
sing down their blessing upon you.
IF that man who has so much
money, / don't remember his name
now, were to come here and give some
of it away you would hear of 1t for
weeks. You men have done much
more. You have done real good Keep
duly awake and active. You have made
1t so that the law governing the bar
room business is kept as we'll as any
other law on the statute books. The
bars in the business section, in the
have right to be. l understand that
some of the fellows on the outskirts
who sell to negroes are keeping at it..
They know the jury amt agoing to
convict on the testimony of the negro
witness. Every law, even to Gods law,
is broken, but the offenders can be pun
ished.
Those fellows on the outskirts can
be gotten at because the Legislature
meets soon. A law can be passed so
that they can't get license. The peo-
pie will not put up with this lawless-
ness, and will act when il is forced up
on them. The whole sentiment of the
state is against such lawlessness. Il can
be easily arranged to put the bars
where the eyes of every one is upon
them. Put them down down where the
police can watch over them, and where
citizens can see what is going on. We
are getting tired of these violations.
and we are going to see that they
cease. BE alert and keep up the good
work"
Mr.. Anthony took his sermon from
the parable of the good Samaritan and
read Luke x; Is to IS. Which now of
these three, thinkest thou, was neigh
Dor unto him that fell among the
thieves? And he said. he that soweth
mercy on him. Then Jesus said unto
him, go thou and do likewise" Mr..
Anthony used the verses from Luke to
show the strong 4ODDosftfOn 10 Christ "a z