The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-18
MAKE ROME HOWL
LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE HAS IN
FORMATION TO DO 1T.
so REV. B. ANTHONY SAYS
DECLARES spy SYSTEM Is WAY TO
REACH LAW-BREAKERS.


Help Expected From the AuthOri-
ties-The Tale of a Policeman Re-
Iated-The Spy Systems Limita-
lions.
Rev. Bascom Anthony discussed the
Law and Order League last night at
Trinity Church. His talk was scathing
denunciation of the conditions of the
city that made the organization of such
a league necessary, and of the officers Of
the city whose duty it is TO suppress
evils, but who through supineness or self
interest, take no steps to do so.
His text was taken from Nehemiah
xiii: 15-23: I'm those days saw in Judah
some treading winepresses on the Sab
bath, and bringing in sheaves, and lad
ing asses; as also wine, grapes and figs,
and all manner of burdens which they
brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath
day: and l testified against them in the
day wherein they sold victuals."
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein,
which brought fish and all manner of
ware, and sold on the Sabbath unto the
children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
Then l contended with the mobiles of
Judah, and said unto them, What evil
thing is that that ye do, and profane the
Sabbath day?
Did not your fathers thus, and did not
our God bring all this evil upon us, and
upon this city? Yet We bring more wrath
upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath"
Mr.. Anthony, when he had concluded
the reading of the text, stated that it was
q little ancient history. but that hts
counterpart was to be found in Savannah.
1t sets forth an evil, and a remedy; a
remedy that worked then and will work
now. The pastor said:
There is no use arguing the question
of the Sunday observance. Any man that
| believes Gods word, be he Jew or Cen
| tile, knows that he has been commanded
| to Remember the Sabbath day to keep
! it holy To the believer this is sum-
Gent to the unbeliever there is the law
of the state, that he shall not desecrate
| the Sabbath
This is one of the two laws that have
| always been; the other is the marriage
law. They were instituted before the
Jews were a nation; even before Adam
| had sinned
This country. from the bounds of Can
ada to Frederick, was settled by a Chris
tan people on religious basis Our IA
| theirs came for a land of liberty and not,
as some seem to think, for land of lib
ertinism- They said. and said correc tly
| We will not let man interpret the word of
| God for us and coming with that spirit,
| they engrafted in their earliest laws a
| deep and sincere regard for the Sabbath.
THE state has no right to legislate in
the interest of the church, but the state
| is morally bound 10 legislate in the inter-
est of the mora.s of it's peop.e. God has
spoken sufficiently for the church, and
the state has spoken sufficiently for law
abiding men.
Jerusalem of the time of Nehemiah
was an open town. as is Savannah of to-
day. Nehemiah gives the reason why
| Jerusalem became open; men from Tyre
| were there, men that were not Jews, not
of the religion of the Jews, and not in
sympathy with the religion of the Jews.
Also, there were other foreigners, an in
fluX of people not in sympathy and not
| in touch with the people of Jerusalem.
This country opens its doors and right
| ly, to every person that swears allegi-
ance and to uphold the laws. l am not
running for an office, don't hope for one,
don't want one, and SO can speak what I
think.
IF immigrants come over here merely
TO reap the pecuniary benefits and,
though having sworn fealty to the laws
prostitute them, then they are a very
poor class of citizens, and have only two
courses open to them; they can go back
where they came from, or they can come
| out like white men and make a fight for
the repeal of the Objectionable law. These
two courses are honest and no other is.
unfortunately, in this country votes
have a market value, and particularly SO
| in Savannah, where often they bring $25
to $50 a price that many a man is more
willing to get than to retain his man.
| hood
In the whole country, especially the
seaport towns, municipal government is
| becoming the greatest question for the
| consideration of the people Honest. self
respecting men have stood idly by ana
have allowed the thugs, the roughs and
the spoilsmen to get their hands on the
throat of the body polite, and in many
| cases to have themselves elected to Of
flee. This was the trouble in Jerusalem
| and such things can be found also in
| Savannah. In Jerusalem a few determin-
| ed men, knowing themselves to be in the
right, resolved to. and did, set things
| straight and that's what's going to hap
| pen in Savannah.
I'm glad you've some men that will do
! the work. Some are too busy, some are
| 100 cOWdIulN, anu OlnefS uOu lulnh II
their business, until with these and kind
red excuses you have to let the Sabbath
go to the bad.
ITO remedy this state of affairs, many
| of the men of the town are hard at ii
| to-day. They need not look for any help
| from the rulers, for they are not going to
! get it; nevertheless, they will accomplish
more than the ru ers and all the police
mem and they have enough, for which
you are paying taxes to supporD, have
| accomplished i'm all these years These
men have worked with viii, and well
and have succeeded in getting Informal
tion that l think will make a howl in
| Rome a little later.
"a barkeeper, under the state law
can't even open his door on Sunday. not
even an inch, without laying himself la
! BILE to the loss of his license. ] think
/ that shortly some of these gentry will go
| out of business in Savannah.
"As to the men that are doing this
work ia the interest of the observance
of the Sabbath II is not for me to make
any apologies; nor for you to need them
1t is the right thing. and it is your bust
ness to stand by them and to abet the
work. The talk of spies is made for
! political purposes. l have no respect for
\ that maudlin sentimeutality which de-
mands that you mustn't spy upon a law
! breaker. How else are you 10 get the
! evidence to convict him? Do you expect
a man that intends breaking the Jaw to
| comes out in the street in broad daylight
and tell you about It., or to ring a gong