The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-27
WHAT INFLUENCE
IS TO PREVAIL?
MINISTER PUTS PERTINENT
QUESTIONS TO AN EDITOR.
DIR. Hubbard Of Andrew Presbyterian
& Church Takes Issue With Statement
+ THAT Clark Ordinance Has Been
'sSlain in the House of It's Friends
Wants Mayor Left Alone. r

The congregation Of Andrew Presby- |
terian church Sunday morning passed
strong resolutions against the repeal Of
the Clark ordinance, and indorsing the
This action was taken after a spirited
address by the pastor, Rev. G. +. Hub |
bard, ID, which was largely reply |
TO an editorial in the Tribune, referring
TO law enforcement workers as ga pack
of cranks.' The congregation voted
to ask that copy of the address be
FURNISHED the newspapers for publica-
Etion.
DR.. Hubbard based his remarks on
the text: "The weapons of our war
fare are not carnal,' and said in part:
One strictly up-to-date weapon of car
nal warfare is what is known as "infu-
ence.' 1t is a great weapon. One is
often dazzled by the daring and brill
tant feats that are accomplished by its
/ repeal OF an ordinance that is working
J too effectively for some people in con-
4 serving the moral health and peace of
the city and shielding the young and
the weak-willed from temptation is not
a circumstance to what "influence
can do when it really sets to work It
is not altogether surprising, considering
the interests involved and the tradi-
stional character of the average city al
derman, that some should be found who
confidently predict repeal, indeed as
sumo it as foregone conclusion, and as
it were invite the "public' in to view
the remains of noble ordinance-slain
in the house Of it's friends! But for
sone I declare my confidence that this
voice of yesterday morning is mistaken
in it's reckoning.
eff this remarkable editorial has
been misinterpreted, and there is no
suggestion intended of the use Of any
undue or unworthy influence and if
1T shall appear that no such attempt
as made to influence municipal legis-
lation, it will, am sure, afford us all
+ the greatest satisfaction. But it is
/ difficult, except the term as here used
ibe understood in the colloquial and
! technical modern sense, to understand
:, why the brewing interests of the city
should be supposed to be able to die
/ tate or control the honorable council IS
action on a most important subject Of
general and urgent public concern.
True, their financial interests are in
VOWED; but the most sacred and vital
moral and personal interests of
much larger public outside the circle
of brewing interests are also involved.
Why should it be taken for granted,
by a public journal that does not mean
4 to slur the board of aldermen, that
lfhey will legislate in behalf of the first
Ramed interests rather than the latter
-Ieg1slate to render an existing law
a dead letter rather than to maintain
its, enforcement, especially when it's
judicious enforcement has been in ex-
perience SO manifestly benefcent and
to the satisfaction Of the 'public'2
Let me further say in this con-
neetion nee;i that l believe thoroly in the
the officials of the city government to
determine their own course of official
conduct without dictation or suggestion,
in the light of their own intelligence
and IN obedience to their own sense of
res??onslb1,ltyf rs?oanaat y The & tine t9 take ap-
duct, unless of such character as to
warrant impeac chment, is near the close
of his official term, when Judgment
should be sure and unswerving. The
question Of law enforcement and of
measures to be taken in the interest of
; to be decided entirely by the city gov
ernment. The success of measures tax
en- to this end upon individual initia-
tive in the present instance, where the
moderate and :iudicious activity of the
league and their allies has exposed them
rangement of epitaphs, is significant in
its bearing on this point. Therefore let
us leave the mayor alone, meanwhile
Strusting him, so far as his duties are
concerned. But meanwhile, also, let us
Is use our own liberty of action wisely
and, we trust, will continue to do.
"And, in conclusion, let me say, US
+ Ang more pertinently the murder figure
employed in the title Of this editorial
| that if ever the Clark ordinance Is
/ Idone to death, as here predicted, it will
not be- case Of slain in the house Of
II Its friends, nor, as one might say
.ef suicide, tho doubtless the real muir
iderers will seek to create such an i'm
pression-as when suspicion is sought
/ ito be diverted by, laying corpse upor
an innocent man g premises or by pla
knife naer IN tIg tba h4Rd OF the yfta
81 str1lction,