The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-29
HON. A. D. WARNER
TALKS At '. N. c. A.
Noted Attorney and Lecturer
pIcases an Immense
Gathering.
MODERN CITY LIFE is
SUBJECT OF ADDRESS
Reference Also Is Made TO
the JetfrieS -.jOhDScE
Contest.

characterized by III carECSLNcSS which
compelled attention aud carried ronvie.
tion to thc majority OF those wltG|n
The hearing Of his voice, the llon. Adam
Dixon Warner Of Los Angeles, and
known along the Pacific coast as ISL
vcr Dick - delivered an address on
'.The Modern city at the y. NJ. {.
i, Sunday afternoon. beginning at l:%O
. clock ard lasting urtil alIGGSt {.
clock. Filled TO overfowipe was thc
large reading room, the crowd extending
into the LOBBY ard growing constantly
llrsc. hy the addition OF those who,
caught bY the bcll.ilkc tones OF the
orators voice, paused in moncut Of
curiosity and finally remained to lIStcn
"a The forensic cloqueucc OF the speaker.
Amid the intense quiet whIch fol
lowed fhc spontaneous burst ut ap-
p!;lusc tina; greeted his entrance, the
speaker SAID:
,'lc takes strong. rcsolutc, detcr.
miued men 10 make and keep I Iaodcru
city clcau. y city viii he good aHd
cican and eroHi, lust as lis men and
women. its society, IS good and clean
and great i}v society | mean each and
every individual 0uit. il is you and
Il * I.
.>Hcurv Ward Beccher said than tbe
thrre great elements which enter Iuto
The career of II great citizen ore. that
which his ancestry gives. that which
opportunity gives and that which his
will develops. SO il buman character
j. the camera OF human development,
thcn civic virtue will be lust what the
genius and the viii OF the people de-
Ncicp.
''Tbe proper solution Of thc many
complex problems of modern city life
is the solution of The greatest GpcstIous
of the century, They arc rs many and
as varied rs the vices and virtues OF
mankind.
To Govern Modern City.
ITO govern modern city Is Il very
different thing from governing the
cities of the old. They were mere con
gcries. or provinces, With frugal popu-
lation scattered over great areas, with
diversified occupations ard 6ved places
If abode. while our great cities arc the
dumping ground Of the Slay, the Hindu,
Italian and liddish paupcr labor
brought into This country by the steam
ship lines owned and dominated nv the
Interests in contrast 10 tho splendid
tyne OF scandinavian, Irish or German
who, Il few wears ago, came 10 acquire
homes on the soil. The cities Of today
dominate the country. For the first
time in the history of the country, the
next census will show majority Of the
populaiin III The cities In them arc
all Of the newspapers. the colleges. the
schools of art aud science, the great
teachers and preachers. the theaters Of
action and inacton. The places oT
amusemcnt and instruction and the
places of degradation and destruction
And they are ali dominated by one great
force that steals through SPECIAL
privileges and returns through college,
university and civic control Disguise
il as we may, such is the character of
our cities OF today.
II make the bold statement that
there is not city in the United States
that is free from graft in its civic
government. The promotion Of over
'ionS is graft.
Public Ownership.
The speaker then took up the theory
Of public ownership of public utilities
and discussed it al length, Along these
fDos he said:
"Thc court records of orr cities dis
close not only the necessity of abso-
]utc control Of public utilities. but dis
close the necessity OF some control over
the ordinary business transactions ot
,ncu, 10 insure honesty and square deal
ing. Some men say that you cannot
make Il man honest by law That may
be literally true, but you can prevent
him from being zoo dishonest. You eau
scare dishonesty into honesty by law.
80 say 10 yor that YOU might as
well try to dam MP Niagara without
stopping the supply Of water as To
ston graft without changing thc con
difions II the city is rotten, then tIc
majority of lis citizens are rotten, oi
your government is u living lie.
8 Until you remove the saloon from
YOUR best business corners and bos,
business streets. whore yonr sons and
daughters are forced 10 run The gauut
let Of mora deepraIity. and diSpIacc
them with moral influences; until yog
stop putting 80 or 100 gin mills on
your best business thoroughfares. unit
E0u stop mas9ucrdGIng as Christian
gentlcmau Oh Sunday and voting fol
that increased rcrt from the bawdy
house on Monday; until you remove th,
death houses from the streets aud pu
Il few Doture places and healthy place!
Of pleasant recreation and amusement
for the young men and young womeI
ju their stead: until YOU change tha
poker room or bridge room info = quic
devotional room. where you cau talk,
that boy or girl and SIT down by hj
Or her side like II brother; until vo,
quit ringing up that telephone and asi;
Ing Jack, or Tom or Billy TO bring vi
n flask in thc afternoon before the oil
1llan comes bone, YOU will have rottel
cit!e5 aDd rotten government and ro.tcl
homes.
''The rottcnucss OF New Norl;. Chi
c3gD, San Francisco and i hundred 9th
n cities Of America is 50 appalling 70
isv that 1T is Il wonder that the in
duigence and mercy OF an Almight.
Eod has rot beeu Withdrawn long age
Advice &c Young Men.
Some Of YOU Young men are now
pnd within Il very few years al OF vo
viii bc Shaping the destiny Of not .onl
civic but national, government, an
thc destiny OF this republic is in yol
Keeping. II is Il tInisni OF history tia
eivic virtue aud national citizcnshi
Is TO better nor higher than the ind
vidual citizenship OF the co,umunit,
OF as cacl: unit of society is high Q
low.
''I see by your press that uumbl
OF your business men are rcplIied /
have raised $l00,DG0 10 gel a big dot
.be.iisred nl2gcr and Ii buriy, bruisin
boilcrmakcr to give an exhibition {
what they call science To advertise yor
cifV II. is such tniups that have 4,