The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
SCORED THE JUDGES.
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say it as a minister of the Gospel,
and 1 am ready to uphold it as man.
I am accountable for it to any who
may demand an account.
''Shame the Legislature"
Shame on the legislature that
passed such a law; shame on the legis-
lature that let's it stand on the statute
books. The crimes can't be suppressed,
because the pay of the court officials
comes through their continuance. 1t
is more profitable to allow the gamblers
and the immoral houses to continue
their operations, with the imposition
of occasional fines, while the law that
should suppress them and would, if it
were enforced, is calmly ignored, save
when it periodically offers i means for
the fattening of the purses of those
who profit from the payment of the
fines that are imposed.
Zone way to correct these evils is
to vote. Don't let a gang of hirelings
and political healers prevent you from
getting a chance to vote. This is cow
ardly. Before would let such meth
DDS rob me of my vote, l should carry
a Winchester to the polls and fight for
it. The protection of vice by the
courts is a menace to your sons and
daughters. Vice faunts itself every
where in Savannah, and the sentiment
that makes it possible is fathered by
men in high places. If men say it is
necessary for them to SIM, there are
women who will say it is necessary for
them to sin. This is plain talk, but it
is the truth. Those houses
must be maintained so that
the police, the court officers
and others may be paid, though the
happiness of homes must be destroyed
and the recruits must be secured. Lord
| Chesterfield said in the House of
| Lords that vice should be suppressed,
not encouraged, and l have before me
the example of a late judge of the
/ Superior Court, who, when the gam
| blers were brought before him, fined
| them each $1,000. If that policy had
| been continued, the gambling evil
would have been suppressed. If the
| Mayor had carried out promises he
made, it would have been suppressed.
! But the gambling is here, and if you
want to stop it, vote and stamp it out.
Vote for men of moral principles, not
! for those whose principles are known
| to be immoral.
Revolution Wanted.
Some time since 1 was present, with
| other ministers, upon invitation, to
hear the charge of the judge of the
! Superior Court made to the grand jury.
Inc JuuSe lolu the jury tndt ne wanted
nothing revolutionary, but God knows
! that there is a revolution needed in
the moral conditions in Savannah. He
said that it were better to have all the
barrooms in the city open 365 days in
the year tain to nave one gambling
house open a single night. What was
the inference? Why it was that the
grand jury need not trouble about the
violation of the fws relative to the
keeping open of barrooms, but that the
| gamblers should be indicted. 1t was
intimated that the Law and Order
League, which was doing its utmost
for the prosecution of those guilty OF
crime, should discontinue its efforts
and that the members should devote
themselves to their private affairs.
Vote for men for these petitions
who are worthy to fill them 1t is not
necessary that he be a church mem
Der, for, as there are men in the church
who are not Christians, so there are
men out of the church who nave in
tegrity, honesty and worth. All who
know me know that I have no leaning
toward Romanism, but i am told that
some years ago this city had a. Cath
Ollie Mayor who enforced the laws, who
put a stop to gambling and to Sunday
liquor selling. God send that we may
have such another Mayor as he"