Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-01-20
Just think Of i'll Such statements


about the young girlhood of our town
merely to show that the curfew law is
dead as door nail.
Did anyone ever hear of graater
illustration Of making "mountain
out of mole hill?'
If it had not been for the curfew
law then what would it have been?
A sensational preacher must have
something for sensation.
If we had not recently put the "red
lights" and the saloons out of bust
ness, he doubtless would have turned
his heavy artillery on them. But
with them out of the way, he turns
his gatling gun on the poor old cur
few law. Suppose the curfew bell had
solemnly and dolefully tolled every
night, then what would he have done?
Perhaps this valient soldier Of "civic
Righteousness" would have assaulted
the dog tax law, and vehemently in
sisted that the marshal should capture
and impound every measly cur in
town and that every dog that barked
at preacher (meaning me) should
be cremeated here and hereafter.
Our city authorities have the power
Of making and enforcing or repeating
our city laws and if they do not ad-
minister them satisfactorily to our
people, we will probably attend to
them at our next election. Hereto
fore, most of our people have seemed
to think they were pretty good, re-
spectacle, moral and upright men,
and capable of looking after and TAX
ing care of the moral welfare of our
city.
w. w. Brown is our mayor, and
out Of the depths Of our depravity
most of us have thought him pretty
} respectable, decent and moral man,
and not altogether disgrace to our
: town.
S M. Reece Hattebaugh is our city
e attorney and many of us have been so
: lost to a proper sense of moral de-
! cency as to pretend good opinion of
t him.
a Judge Hampton Taylor is our Po-
l lice Judge, and there are those who
$ will not blush to say that even he is
e a pretty decent fellow.
d William Ingram is our Chief of
+ Police and although he is under the
t ban of this preacher, some of our peo-
1 pie still defend him.
Our city council are, of course, a
: bad job lot, all will admit it; they are
u fright; and who would be so mean
=. i as to defend them? But what are we
II going to do about it? They are about
i as good men as we have to choose
from Ga few of us eXcepted). But
& what are we going to do about it? We
are Americans and believe in the
7 principles of self government and
u rather than surrender those principles
Is | think, most of us would prefer tx
II struggle along with what we have
p. bad as it is, rather than turn our cit,
II affairs over to this preacher from
= Canada, though naturalized he may
be.
u Let me quote from him again: "H'
10 (Casady) says he has lived her
y twelve years and has never seen O.
: heard, etc. Perhaps he is not onl,
Oh deaf but blind as well, or is he onl,
IN mad? Others have both seen ant
Y heard" Now he is "magnifying m,
+ statements did not say twelve
g. l said ten. l would like to ask hin
'e who are these, "Others who have botl
seen and heard" these things to whicl
g he has given utterance? Certainl
re Bro. Morgan, the pastor Of this churcl
y did not see or hear them; or if he di
VI why didn't he denounce them from tn
d pulpit? 1t certainly would have bee
le more becoming in local pastor VIII
We saw and heard them than in an evan
10 gelist to whom they were told.
~ ~ l never heard of Bro. Morgan tel
IN ing the parents of these young girls o
. of his complaining to the city counci
" about the curfew law. Can it b
- that he was coward and afraid to
~ it? No, l do not believe this Of Bro
~ Morgan. l believe he has as high
- sense Of civic righteousness as has thi
-, ~ Winston, and if he had known c
- these things he certainly would hav
!, spoken of them, either publicly Q
\ privately. To admit that these thing
,;s are true is direct slap at every othe
:. minister in town. Then, ask, VIII
~ did tell it to him2 Or how did h
- come to find it out9 He says he wi
=; not tell us who those bad girls wer,
: and Idon't blame him, because som
:. Of them might have father OF brotf