The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-10

.ausas temperance man
Ha. ago there is a breeze. 1t
gr77 '..-t s.uJay and Monday When
so r. #r5ckett, Of Kansas City,
@. -. An who has been prose-
49, -a. dealers and making
a-- NIL. he law. turned loose his
@s .. . 4odgo audiences. On sun
r .-.-. he addressed a great
& . rae big South Park NJ. E.
s vas in fine form, in good
.l. 1t the Jingle of Chicago's
blood. Before he had
g .-. me big audience also felt
' md they wanted to go right
u .hings.
a.~tcd Their MayOr.
.r. ..st.d the mayor of Kansas
Kali. a he rebelied against
.- exclaimed Mr.. Trickett.
-e .Uu Gust the mayor Of Chi
"oaes the statutes. Chicago
a. ...l Ter problem than lawless
~. COG. mad. There are deacons
>su-.. churches who own prop
>-t.. rented for the sale of Ii
d sorts Of church members
yfvr rlticaI towards. You hear
u rn.reh men express fear tina if
st.. the liquor traffic in a city
-4 harm 10 business VIII enSue.
H. your condition in Chicago can't
Dor. than it is because of rum.
ID get lots Of encouragement from
.arI people in this struggle, cut few
m come out in the open. They used
raI me up on the phone and tell
- rrev hoped God you'd bless my
14rts When l asked who they were
.ssr r1ug off.
aWhe. chicago issues a saloon Ii
.srsa IL I-sues q permit for the de-
.sr.h#n- If its citizens for a money
mr-.fe-ttipn. There's coming a day
~ udgmeut for Chicago church peo-
liz who have taken no active hand in
m enforcement of law or the sup
rrssetau rt the rum traffic. When the
lrgnkari's wife and child appear be-
ar4 the throne of God their bitter
curse will be upon those who heard
rt their cries"
The Greet Address Before the Chicago
Ministers.
on Monday morning Nj. Trickett
delivered an address at a union meet
inc If all the Chicago ministers in
Handel Hall. Mr.. Arthur Burrage
FarweL of the Hyde Park Protective
Association presided. The greater part
of this able address follows:
City PeriiS.
CITY gpNeFlIlI4I was always q prop
lem. Eighteen centuries ago, we are
told. When he beheId the city he
went over t." and the world still
weerS over it's cities. Lord Macaulay.
the great historian, said that "City
government is the rock upon which
representative form of government
will 90 to pieces" When this gov
nment was founded, Thomas Jeffer-
son declared cities to be ulcers upon
the body polite" But the situation is
tenf0l3 more alarming now than when
Jefferson made that remark. In JEFF
fsrsOn's day there We're but two cities
in the nation as large as Kansas City,
Kan, is today, and as late as 1910 it
had hut two that were twice as large.
Without one single exception, those
competent to form an opinion declare
the cities of this country to be the
worst governed in the world. Mr..
3ryce. author of THE American Com
monweaIth." and present Ambassador
IF Great Britain at Washington, our
most friendly as we'll as most intelii-
gent foreign critic, declares the cities
If this country to be it's one conspic-
g0us failure.
Andrew White says it was not until
he reached Constantinople that he
found conditions so unfavorable as in
the cities of this nation. Albert Shaw
'-- --NA' / = 60
this question fully endorses the state
ment of Bryce and White.
We will eve have good city gov
ernment until national and municipal
politics are divorced. and until the
merchant. the professional man and
moral citizen, are as faithful in their
political duties as are the frequenters
Of dens of vice, II the law is en-
forced.
law
am informed that you are inaugu-
rating a movement in this city for law
enforcement. Law enforcement means
the Increment of present laws, not
enactment of new laws. Every execu-
tive official of your city and state on
assuming the duties of their office
took an oath to enforce all laws. Are
We 10 understand that you have Off
Gals in this city and state who have
taken that oath with a lie on their
lips?
If YOU have officials of this city
who refuse to enforce existing laws
such offcials are guilty of m~alfeasaHce
n Office, If the officials and citizens
Of the city of Chicago refuse to obey
eAon ii is treason and notification, ano
this city is in rebellion against the
soveTeig., power of this great State
Illinois is not a sovereign state II i
permits notification within its borders
If one class can disregard n law
ah"ther class has the same right tt
disregard some other law, and govern
mert is at an end. Permitting n law
t. r. Violated blunts the public con
science as to all laws. If the eXecu-
tive Ulcers of this city refuse to en-
lore" lily and state laws, then thert
-'rnethipg radically wrong with youl
STAT. government, if they cannot bt
ol-f"l from office.
sunday Closing OF Saloons.
am Informed that for thirty years
.'1 nave had a law upon the statute
h' # this state, fOrbidding saloon
a.. HNpiing shops to remain open or
sunday. and I am further informet
taa+ here is no pretense of ENFORCING
such law. While it is the duty OF CITY
.~-f"l-ls to enforce that law 50 long a
u '~mains upon the statute DOCKS
whether il be a wise or unwise law
. ~-rS to me there can be no CUES
.. @s To the wisdom OF the law anc
me .auafits TO be derived from its en-
i""r..ruent. While there is no Vall(
arg Hant tina can be advanced TO
'- 1.0on upon week days. there ar
reasons why it should not %
'+tt.e3 on the Sabbath.
III act on this OCCASION enter TN
,'" Of the minister a1.G urge SAP
'. u~bservance from a rellglou
Eah#u.iut. Remember the Sabbafi
l5' =" Keep it holy" is d text for tn