Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24

mentary on our modern city govern
ment that Is fearful and makes men
uneasy. Faith in men is necessary and
to lose faith in the city officials Is a
loss beyond measure"
"I regard any such move as that as
fraught with great danger" said Very
Rev. DR.. J. ]. wilkins, dean and rector
of st. PauFs pro-cathedral The Mu-
nicipal league Is clearly within its
right and should have the moral and
material support of all right thinking
men"
Rev. Baker p. Lee. rector Of Christ
church, regarding the subject, said:
THE council has let down the bars
too freely and should be condemned
by the citizens. But we shall hope
that the new mayor and council VIII
right the wrong"
I'm the first place. II is not the un-
biased opinion of the men," said Rev.
Frank Dewitt Talmage, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church. IF Ascot
park were a poor concern II would
never be allowed to run. There Is a
'nigger' I'm the woodpile somewhere.
As far as we can see the council de-
liberately granted the licenses. Well,
Il is a good thing to remember them
by. l have the highest opinion of
Mayor-elect Harper and shall be thank
them are dead and their epitaphs
written"
ut has been a constant fight for the
moral tone of the city" said Rev. WI
liam Horace Day, pastor of the First
Congregational church. THE council
has opened the wholesale concerns and
placed q saloon almost at every corner.
The tactics of the councilmen in grant
ing this show conclusively that they
knew 1t was not right"
II am very much opposed to the
action" said Rev. Hugh X. Walker,
pastor of the Emmanuel Presbyterian
church. Il am for all the things the
| Municipal league stands for"
THE saloons should not be allowed
in the residence districts" was the
opinion of Rev. Juan Caballeria, pastor
of the Plaza church. 1.-THE saloons
should be kept out of the reach of the
homes and especially the poorer work
ing classes, and should be regulated
as to closing early. There are enough
| licenses and the people should persuade
the council not to have them increased
The fewer the saloons the better, ever
to not having any"
Rev. w. Clatworthy said:
"I am bitterly opposed to the sa-
looms, especially in the residence dis
| tricts. Yet, it is a great temptation
to the business men in the business dis
tricts. The liquor traffic is a hare
problem to solve. l am a Prohibition
list and am against the saloon under
every condition. 1t was stated at the
Temple Baptist Sunday school this
morning that the entombment of the
miner, Hicks, and the death of five
men was all caused by the half-drunk.
en- condition of the foreman, who was
| killed in the caVe-in."
At the First Christian church the
council was handled without gloves
and the following resolutions were
| passed.
Whereas, one of the chief tenets OF
the political code of the American peo-
pie is that governments derive their
just powers from the consent of the
| governed; and
Whereas, the present city council
has been weighed in the balance and
found wanting and bound has been
set to it's power by the people of the
city of Los Angeles; and
Whereas. it would be the part OF
common .deceny for said council to
recognize this fact and cease to ex-
erclse arbitrary power, at least; and
Whereas, the said council is using its
moribund powers to open the flood
gates of wickedness, permitting race