The daily sentinel., 1903-03-18
LAW AND
ORDER LEAGUE
Holds An Interesting Meeting
at Congregational Church.


A regular meeting of the Law and
Order League was held at the Congre-
gational church last night. In the
absence of the president. DR.. F. r.
Smith. Rev. Mr.. Becker was made
chairman protein. The report of the
committee consisting of A. l.. Gcurley,
E. NJ. Slocomb and Walter Mulkey
was then heard. This committee had
been appointed at the last meeting to
present for the consideration of the
several political parties at their con-
ventions the names of the men which
the League recommended as we'll quail
fed to fill the various city offices. The
committee reported that they had
presented the League names at the
conventions of the Republican party
and the Municipal League but not at
the Democratic convention. 1t was as
serted that the last named party was
neglected through an oversight. This
report was accepted after some dis
play of opposition and the commit
tee on motion were asked to hold
themselves in readiness for other par
ties that might spring up.
A vice president for the League was
here chosen. E. M. Slocomb received
the honor Also an executive board,
composed of the following members of
the League: DR.. f. r. Smith. Rev.
Mr. Becker, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, p.
A. Rice and j. H. Hill. 1t was moved
by E. M. Slocomb that the executive
board be instructed to investigate tie
standing of all the nominees on all the
tickets and learn their position with
reference to the rigid enforcement of
the law. and then at the next meeting
of the League report the name of one
| good nominee for each office. regard
less of his party. for the consideration
of the League. Many arguments pro
and con were heard. The members of
the executive board felt that this was
asking them to do an unpleansant sort
of detective work. However. the mo-
| tion was carried.
There wereall kinds of speeches
made, some warm. some merry and
| some showing trace of bitterness.
| The league had made grave mistakes
in the past. according to some of the
members; one of these mistakes be-
ing its failure to place in the field a
ticket of its own. The republicans in
| the League were charged with having
| urged the league to recommend cut
and dried republican ticket and that
no wonder the republican party saw
fit at it's convention to nominate so
many of the men which the commit
tee of the league above mentioned
presented to it. This was of course
| denied
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith made splen-
did talk in which she said that in her
opinion the best thing the Law
| and Order League could do would be
| to see that five of the members of the
| aldermanic board were law enforcing
men and especially that they should
be men who would vote against Ii
cense. She further said that she
knew of five aldermanic nominees who
| would enforce the law and lso turn
down license. Rev. Mr.. Becker
thought that the primal object of
the League was to have it generally
known that they would watch the ac-
tions of the office holders after they
were elected and that if any one was
found neglecting his duty that officer
would soon hear from the Ceague. H.
- pf
City Attorn ~ made speech near the
close of the meeting in which he said
that if elected he would enforce the
law, that he had been an active mem
ber of Law and Order League in Del
ia. The meeting adjourned to meet
again next Tuesday night.