The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-25
JURIST GL0R|ES
IN CRUMbL|nG
OF THRONE
Revolution in Portugal Indication Of
the Spread of Democratic Prin-
ciples, Judge Murphy De-
clares at Union Service.
Rev. J. Percival Huget Contributes
Splendid, Scholarly Address
Bishop Williams Speaks.

With pleasant weather conditions a
large audience attended the citizens
union INSTRUMENTATION Thanksgiv.
ing services, in the Detroit opera
house, Thursday morning. A true
note OF thanksgiving rang throughout
the services from the words OF invo
cation by the Rev. John Britain Clark
TO the closing benediction OF the Rev.
John McCarroll.
The music was Of the best and Sc
lected with special reference to the
fitness or the occasion, the singing or
the First Congregational church quar-
tet, and a chorus OF men and women
filling the theater with sweetest, sa-
cred melody. The addresses, though
brief, were OF excellent import, and
were short talks straight from the
shoulder by the Rev Eugene X. Snip
pen the Rev. Leo NJ. Franklin. the
Rev. j. Percival Huget, Judge Alfred
j. Murphy, and Eugene Foster. Inc
Rev. Lee S. McCollester presided. and
the stage was filed with representa-.
tive clergy and laymen. The general
topic of the addresses was The uni
versal struggle upward
In the Central Nj. Z. church, union
Methodist service was largely at
tended. and an interdenominational
service in Westminster Presbyterian
filed that edifice to the doors. Inc
First Presbyterian service, under the
direction OF the Mems club, was par
ticularly bright and inspiring, wh'le
in Christ Episcopal church, Bishop
Williams preached one OF his strong
virile sermons TO a large congrega'
ton. Throughout the city. the Roman
Catholic churches held Thanksgiving
masses. while the Episcopal churches
observed holy communion and morn
ing prayer.
JUDGE Murphy's Address.
In his address in the Detroit opera
house Judge Murphy said:
"In the few minutes allotted me.
want to ask your consideration oil
the upward struggle for civic better
ment. Let us take inventory OF some
results already attained. we VIII
find ample reason in them TO bow TO-
day in grateful. reverent acknowi'
edgment. The light let in on con
temporary conditions by recent legls'
lative investigations may have blind
ed us. We may still be smarting
under the disclosures, with which the
periodicals of the time have barred
in letters of shame some phases OF
contemporary life.
The probe and the knife have
been needed II showed intelligence
and high conception of duty TO use
them, fearlessly. BY so much as the
civic disease was serious and SIMS
ter, by so much greater is the credit
for the skill and capacity which barred
IL TO a clinic OF the American pub
lie. The determination TO discover
and expose the conditions has been
an evidence of healthy vigor In the
body polite.
This work. however. has been es'
sentially destructive. II has been the
useful, the necessary work of criti-
cism. The critical and constructive
faculties seldom unite in the one per-
SON. The civic critics OF the time
have not only barred the truth 10
view, but they have made mems per-
ceptions keener. They have quick
ened the public conscience. They
have made the people eager TO enter
further struggle which, leaving
yesterdays revelations to the past,
will move forward TO the work OF
upbuilding better civic structure
Cor today. Ii is the constructive,
rather than the critical faculty. which
is now needed
Steady Forward Movement.
The preparations for constructive
work are already many There has
been no retreat. There has been no
standing still. There has been a
steady, forward movement If the
public has been determined to dis
cover the pitfalls in its path, IL has
been no less relentless in its purpose
to move forward.
you may we'll ask for some pa
tent proofs OF this. Let me cite some
of the distinct and notable advances
gained, There is now freer and more
direct participation by the people
in the selection of public servants, In
the shaping of public policies, and
in the exercise OF self-government.
The insistent. popular demand which
has brought about this change is evil
dence OF an alertness and sense
of responsibility which are qualities
among the most essential for free
people. Let no one be Of faltering
spirit, because in the adjustment 20
tho naW nrdar Hfocnnra OF attn.