Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
PASTOR OUTLINES ISSUES TO
BE SETTLED TUESDAY
DR.. C. {. LOCKE EXPLAINS WHAT
GAN OPEN TOWN" MEANS
"Find Out Which Way the Brewers,
Dive Keepers and Gamblers Will
Vote, and Vote the Other
Way" He Says

City Beautiful In mind, cast your vote the
other way. IL the election of "a man to the
Office of mayor means an "Open town" then
in the name of the moral and material pros
perity of Los Angeles, chat man ought t.
be defeated.
These were the expressions of DR..
Charles Edward Locke, pastor of the
/ First Methodist church, who spoke last
night on 1T Takes a Man to Make a
| Soldier" DR.. Locke spoke in no un-
certain terms on the coming election.
and urged the voters to do their duty
at the polls Tuesday. DR.. Locke said
There is a boldness which is ego
! tistical and offensive. In a woman 1t
is masculine and coarse; in a man IL
is boastful and boorish. But there is
holy boldness which is moral cour-
age. 1t is the quintessence of true
bravery and herosm. 1t takes man
to make a soldier because moral
character is the source of moral cour-
age. 1t Is the man behind the gun
which makes the gun.
"In the war with Spain at Santiago
| the guns were of equal caliber, but
victory was won by the man behind
the guns. Recall how Captain Bob
Evans, after the victory, said: Re
move your caps and silently thank
God for the victory And remember
how Captain John Phillips cried out,
Don't cheer, boys; the poor fellows
are dying Young Hobson, who by
his courage bottled up the fleet of the
enemy in Santiago harbor, was seri-
Gus, courteous, Christian young man.
His prayers helped him in that peril
Gus midnight adventure.
Ideals Are Realities
Holy boldness helps men to follow
their convictions. Convictions are the
response when God touches the harp
strings Of the soul of an honest man.
Fpochs of history cluster about great
ideals and the men who defend them.
Some names stand for great chapters
of history; Wilberforce, GaIleo'
Franklin, Wesley. Washington.
"Holy boldness resists evil. EVIL
sinks before a courageous man back
into the black forest of fiends incar-
nate. 1t helps men to go where duty
calls. 1t enabled the village draymar
in Wisconsin last Thursday to save
the life of an imperiled woman
though he himself was crushed pc
meath the wheels of the oncoming To-
comotive. 1t makes a man profitable
INTO Cod and humanity. God works
out all of his plans through human
instrumentality. The world waits for
brave men!
Next Tuesday Los Angeles expects
every man to do his duty Partisan
ship should not enter into the contest
at the coming election. Those VINO
shall vote for the highest moral prin-
ciples will cast a ballot for the pros
perity of our city. The enemies OF
good order are asking for what they
call AN open town. by which they
mean the running of places of vice and
questionable amusement without po-
lice interference. Los Angeles was an
open town before the recall election,
when men high in authority were
known to be frequenters of evil re-
sorts, and when these dens of iniquity
were permitted to operate without
hindrance.
IAN open town means an open
saloon, an open brothel, an open
gambling den.
What an "open Town" Means
"An open town means an insidious
and dlabolical attack upon the home.
the schoolhouse and the church.
"An open town means crowded
prisons. crowded courts, crowded hos
pitfalls, crowded asylums and an empty
city treasury.
IF the election of a man to the
office of mayor means an open town,
then in the name of the moral and
material prosperity of Los Angeles,
that man ought to be defeated!
Find out which way the brewers
and dive keepers and gamblers are
going to vote, and then, fellow citizens,
if you have the real prosperity of this
CITY Beautiful in your mind, cast your
vote the other way. During the last
few months the licenses have been re-
Voked from several notorious places OF
vice. To these dive keepers an open
town means an assurance of re-
newal of their disreputable licenses.
There are certain cities in this
country that have become notorious
as wide open towns Such cities are
not inviting capital MS an investment;
they are not attracting home-builders;
and in such cities it is deplorable to
notice the condition of the churches
and the lifelessness of moral reform.
Would Harness Vice
I'm the name of the irrevocable
commandments of Mt. Sinai; in the
name of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence: in the name of the cross which
stands for mercy and the flag which
is a token of freedom, let us vote
against an open town. and take our
stand for such a surveillance and reg
ulation of vice as shall gradually re-
duce it's virulence and steadily move
forward to the triumphant hour when
all fOfnS Oh VICE Sllttll NC plolliptbSN,
by law and our City Beautiful shall
be redeemed from any thralldom OF
evil forces.
"Every citizen who has the interests
of his town on his heart will vote
strongly for the ordinance which viii
prevent gambling at the cigar STANDS
of the city. The dice-throwing games
are profitable for the dealers because
the buyer becomes fascinated with the
game and buys and smokes more
cigars. The device is insldlous ana
hurtful because it fosters the gambling
spirit.
"Of course we shall be sorry to have
clerks thrown out of employment, but
to have them separated from tnese
gambling games is mercy TO tnese
clerks in the end, and will result IN
their finding work in wholesome ana
legitimate avenues of trade. In behalt
of the young manhood of our city we
must vote for the ordinance anu
against these character-disintegratlng
games."
&#*s*.. ~ ss'F
wounds, wrap his own cloak about me-
wind his arms around me to lift me
up, while he says to the commerciallsm
of the world, Take care, good care OF
him: I'll pay you.' Unity of the
churches? l don't care for the nalne' !
bless God for the fact"
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If ysu want to go east. G. Haydock, Agt.
Illinois Central r. r.. i1s W. Sixth street.