The citizen., 1902-09-05
tion quite recently.

several charges of savage assaults
committed in public places 1t
will be incumbent upon you to
probe these accusations to the
bottom. If it be aScertained that
a peaceable and reputable citizen
was assaulted with deadly i'm.
plement upon one of the thorough
fares of this city, the guilty party
should be brought to trial with.
out delay. If it he true that sew.
eral individuals were engaged in
violent attack upon another
peaceable and reputable citizen
at the Agricultural Fair Grounds,
promptly indict them. Such fire.
quent outrages as the newspapers
have represented these assaults
to have been must not go un-
whipped of justice. If they
should be found TO be as serious
as reported, they merit exemplary
punishment. Law abiding citi.
zens must not be thus moleSted.
Disturbances of the public peace
must stop. The good order of
the community must not be in
terfered with. Life and limb
must not be put in peril. The
law must be made a terror to the
criminal classes.
"'There are a few places in the
community, and | am glad to say
there are only a few, where, | am
told, men and women of dissolute
habits congregate, and where
brawls and fights are frequent
and where fragrant assaults some
times occur. These are the places
where the seeds of crime are
planted The evils which such
places breed are numerous and
the vice which has its origin
there can scarcely be estimated.
They have largely contributed to
the decentralization of the domestic
service of the town. They en-
courage disregard of morality.
of decency and of law. They are
frequented by the turbulent and
disorderly, and the public thor
oughtareS are often filled at mid
night with their reeling habitues
of both sexes, whose drunken or
gies and obscene language are
shocking and outrageous. These
places come strictly within the
legal definition of disorderly
houses and as such are public
nuisances. This subject-as to
what constitutes a disorderly
house-will be found fully dis
cussed in the case of Beard vs..
the State, INV, Rep. 275.
SUNDAY LAW VIOLATIONS.
"There is a kindred subject that
demands your attention. 1t is
/ probably more serious than the
one just mentioned, because less
open and notorious and because
it affects a better element of the
community. | allude to the dis.
regard of the Sunday laws | am
! informed that the statute that
forbidS the sale of liquor on Sun,
day, and which prohibits dealer
in that article from giving il
away on Sunday, is continually
violated. There are numbers OF
saloon, restaurant and hotel pro
prietors who rigidly obey the law.
Those persons deserve the highest
commendation; but none of the
prescribed penalties are too severe
for the individuals who transgreSs
this salutary statute. There is
no palliatiOn or excuse for the
sale of liquor on Sunday. When
done it is always done deliberately
Nothing can be urged in extenu,
alton of the act. 1t proceeds from
sheer wantonness and cupidity.
The terms of the law prohibiting
the sale of liquor on Sunday are
/ imperative. The law is wise
enactment. 1t is not difficult to
observe, and while it remains on
the statute book, as it ought to
remain, the plain duty of every
citizen is to observe it and to aid
in its rigid enforcement. Its in
fraction largely tends to the
spread of intemperence, especially
among the young, and the down
fall and final ruin of many prom
ising youth may be traced direct
ly to the stealthy and forbidden
sale of liquor on Sunday. The
violation of this law is an offense
doubly reprehensible, for it desc
crates the Lords Day, thus dis.
regarding His command, and il
sets at naught the written law o
the land, thus defying the legis
lative rule. 1t blunts the mora
sense of the buyer and the sellel
alike, and may be aptly styled tn,
training school for crime. STAMP
out this rank offense, and staml
1t out with relentless energy, ant
you will thereby render a lasting
service to the community and tt
the cause of morality, and many
a desolate home and stricken
hearthstone will be gladdened