Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-12-02
Reli~iO-POliticS Again.

iut'dtlol VI t-ac it4t gnu t'IitiId I'll udi
rangue upon driving out the red
light district. in which il VIII be
noted tina, he has shifted to some ex-
tent his former position Instead OF
providing work in garment-making
shops and .aundricS. for unfortunate
outcaStS, he now proposes that the
government provide obligatory
housrs of refuge for the erring At
ley certain probationary steps such
- timing aId imprisonment have
proven ineffective. form Of indeter-
.uiuata Imprisonment in these reform
atory institutions. conducted some
what Gftcr the form of our insane
aNyiums. institutions for the deaf.
dumb. and blind. or those afflicted
with physical imperfrctiOns. as well
A. immortality: the Imprisonment
based upon tn. degree of reforma-
zion. or rather amount OF cure made
by the inmates, who should be re-
garded rs indeed patients.
He did not seem to think that even
ii his admonition to drive out" OBJ
Jectionable people was inaugurated
it would be of any lasting benefit.
He declared that they would come
back by connivance with makers and
administrators of the law; that no.
body elected to the several munich
pal Offices would respect the arbi-
trary means provided by law, unless
indeed he be imbued with the spirit
of modern christianity, an overrul-
ing power that could not be secured
except by sense of duty prescribed
by the bigotry of orthodox rule. II
is not claimed that we quote Mr.. Or
rick's exact words-but that it ex-
presses the meaning conveyed no.
body who heard it can deny.
At the close Of his address, ap-
plauded by his claquers, he said he
would be glad to answer any ques-
tions propOunded and make clear any
position he had assumed as a means
of reform. He seemed quite as
ready to discuss matters as he was
when he challenged a much larger
audience, on a former occasion, and
failed to answer off-hand the first
query submitted by the writer:
WAS it Christlike to condemn
when the Saviour enjoined a Magda.
line to go thy way and sin no more.
with the assurance neither do / con-
denim thee. A similar result fol-
lowed query propounded by Mrs.
Theodore T. Young: "What would
you 10 with the male transgressors,
of equal guilt p Mr.. Orrick fairly
staggered under the unexpected
question. He stammered q moment
or two in lodging and finally de-
clared that the discussion of that
topic would be improper at that time
and place, when somebody in the
rear shouted that the law does now
apply to both sexes, which was read
lily seized by MIR. Orrick as life pre-
server, but he utterly failed to state
any plan for enforcing his asylum
idea of colonization. He appeared
for time just as q man would who
was handling lighted torpedo,
when he finally raised his hands in
benediction and closed the possibility
of any further troublesome questions.
1t would be we'll for any exhorter
who attempts to ape o Matthews or
a BILLY Sunday" to fortify himself.
to a reasonable degree, in defense of
his radical assertions. Common
sense constitutes the pith and mar
row of the law, and the popular will
the vigor of its enforcement. It is
probable that a well-equipped sensa-
tional preacher would have referred
Mrs. Young to the use OF the ballot
now held by women, before precipi-
lately using the Bcnediction as an
extinguisher.
LEO TOlstoi, the eminent Russian