Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-10
DR.. LOCKE FLAYS MEN
WHO WAR ON SOCIETY
First Methodist Church Pastor
Says Nation Requires More
Stringent Laws

"There are no words that can be
found that are sufficient to denounce
and deprecate the terrible Times
calamity. The perpetrators Of this foul
deed are human demons. In all prob
ability they are notorious criminals.
The diabolical crime will not be laid
at the door of honest organized labor.
1t is to be earnestly hoped that these
miscreants will soon be oVertaken and
swiftly punished. These fiends incar-
nate are arch-traitors to liberty and
| life. No home. or institution is safe
while these red-handed villains are at
liberty"
These were the forceful words of Dr.
Charles Edward Locks of the First
Methodist church last evening. He
preached to congregation which
crowded the building on the subject
1.-The Tragedy of the Dynamite Bomb,
or Lessons of the Hour for Patriots"
DIR. Locke's text was Judges 81, 25: In
those days there was no king in Israel;
every man did that which was right in
his own eyes" He said in part:
ARCH-ENENnEs OF SOCIETY
"There was great moral confusion
among the children of Israel in those
days when there was no moral stand
ards. Disgraceful atrocities were COM
mitted and submerging evils cursed
the people, Good order and high ideals
require that moral standards should be
set UP and diligently regarded and
protected That man is an arch-enemy
of society whose hand is raised against
law and authority.
II was absent from home when there
came the shocking intelligence of the
terrific explosion which hurled score
of industrious men into eternity and
destroyed the Los Angeles Times build
ing In behalf of this great congrega-
ton ] wish tc extend assurances OF
tenderest sympathy to those who have
been SO suddenly and cruelty berett
by this awful tragedy and also TO as
sure the owners of the Times Of our
sincere regrets because of the Immense
losses they have sustained.
THE leaders and teachers of anarchy
are responsible for this frightful
tragedy. This is a part of the harvest
which is being gathered after years of
sowing. Anarchy has led to these un-
utterable depths of depraVity, and has
inspired this deed of violence which not
only destroyed property, but sacrlhced
a score Of useful lives, and has sent
pillows Of tumultuous sorrow over
many happy homes in this community
SEVERE LAWS ARE NEEDED
"As a nation we are learning a sad
and bitter lesson. We have been too
tardy and lenient in our efforts to
suppress dangerous public utterances
in this land of free speech. The VI
Cious acts of these murderers is the
logical sequence of the incendiary and
reasonable TRADES of lOud-mOuthed an
archists. If a man sets fire to your
home, he is arrested and imprisoned
for arson. IF the man or woman who,
by intlammatory utterances, arouses an
excited audience into the belief that all
rulers and property should be de-
strOyed, any less a criminal? He is far
more dangerous. This winter should
see proper laws passed in our state
against the holding of public or private
meetings by these bloody enemies of
the republic. Our watchword mast be,
| The determination of anarchists and
anarchy They are greater dangers
! than the bubonic plague, and every
suspect should be arrested and quar-
antincd Eternal vigilance is the price
| Of liberty
DR.. Locke referred with much feeling
to the hope Of immortality. He also
emphasized the necessity of each per-
| son living every day so as to be ready
to go suddenly into the presence of his
| Maker, He discussed, also, the punish
ment of criminals and favored the in
| determinate sentence. He said when a
man became a criminal he should be
| kept in prison for months, or years,
until he had given evidence that he
was wholly reformed.
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