The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-07-17
"Dcprn,ily of ,In,Inu

"Dcpravity OF Marion.
AZ the SUNDAY morning service uf
the First presDytcr5a cnurch. Hov
q. ~. hUurNc tuUK for ms gi,h,pc,
''fhu leprIvity vi Marion. 1ns M
eiiieitnt Authorizes. and some lapen.
crate Cltlzens. 1hc sermon v.a
founded upon the znd verse OF the If
,hdptcr "a Lzecns.l, 'Sun ui man
thesc are the men thlt devise ms
chIel, and ciye wicked cOuncu an ans
,ty. i,eN. liourke rtgan his dis-
course by saying; II un tu 1an,, a.,
!od inns mrnins on tue DeDr.,,t,, Il,
-herion, tne inenvicncy oi tn, nu-
thViitit ana some Dcgcntiato cu-
z.hs Ana ior any one 10 ueny tnat
Marion mas been outraged .nt de-
b'oued, as Dut 70 brunu ninseil as
uetascd ana lost l. ah cons, ,snc,.
II the officials arc fsnorant 81 an.
eohu,dUhs nh Mef.Ju. can me- nr.
iiot mt TO hold 1ncc. II un.y nu
tqcy lstcpme tfaitOra 40 urif b mo-,
ca Il tncy arc impntucd al I'M, u..
scneracy thcy become crminais u
iaiueipouns IN tnat Wluch Is con-
u1iy 10 the pledges ,dpy made.
scarcs some Citizens.
There are Il IeW s.-,anet leadinp
citizens Ol Marion, Nuoss uh.y sivsan
is, bc Il bOoster DO. huii IA. in.,
IS Il sps-ndId slogan, said tne speaN-
er, but their Irrevcrencu lor maj
Mlllch ~ hC.s prove nuIr DarticIpu-
tlon IN that when ls degruung. invy
are mere boosters OF iulquty. men uf
no respect and devoid ot nuhor, tncy
tOmmerclalllc every mstlnct ana mcr-
chandisc every semlldnce o. virtue.
ANA "A few lVN-miuuct men la our
city, dictat5 to tnOs1 IN aucnorily.
'incy are vampires or humaii mcsn,
lost to all rcspect for Virtue,mn IN
suit 70 every nIpfy nome, anens 10
every virtuous WOpnn ana igr0iga l..
olSry cause of IJtsua Christ. b say
~ yOu tnat when Jucn ioW-inindcu
mell call upon MaIiol men to .tuJst,
lnoy, thrutt an instilt into tner iacs,
by saying boost, ~ "a cityf that they
nays, ict sink " Nae aeptns ul a
Babylon. ls1N
ChoGdh,n Associates
But this Is ii9thjng, Men and
women ha,l been given cnenc 10
see on the streets ot the clty what
is secretly fostered here In other
words, The business mon anu baseball
outlaws have only giYcn an Invitation
t. horlot lie and their gambGng
fricnds to be their chosen ana mu-
tual guests Tor thc space II IL week
They haVs permitted you and me 20
scu the type. customs, dress tor want
Ui dress) OF their chosen friends for
siX days. Don't thinK this WIS done
in corner, 1t was merely an op-
rurtunity for the corruption which
has l-en in &anon. 10 come To
head like "A boil or carbunclc. unui
Marion county undertakes 10 c,-un
out this NTH, which is degredJtion
ashin to that of hell, murder rape,
cmbezzlemeut, etc, eau easily he done
and forgotten. When | say that pros
tltution is known 10 exist and nothing
done to cNtcrminatc IL. when ! say
that the brewery daily viol tcs tLr
laws. saloons are rIrning, decent glrls
are outraged and Very little mention
made OF It, girls ~ 10 years of age
ma Ia places OF lame. gambling IS
fostercd In the hcart OF the city and
these so-ca.iod icading men invite
these Uff-scourngs TO appear In mud
ity before little children, call upon
God in heaven to peak to the ! tharg-
ic city In behalf of the boys ana girls.
Where Flame Rests.
said in the bcginning, II the au-
thurltics are Ignorant of these condi-
ticns, let them acknowledge it and |
retire. but If they know. then they |
are traitors. and if they are impli-
Gated, they are ruscals. A policeman
on the fore told loca minister that |
he knew where q saloon was running |
but the reason why he dldnt act |
was because hc had no orders from
headquarters II is understood that !
a hci. of c;.izens met |
met and had a mu-
tual agreement to he Gumb 10 all |
made last week. When !
that exhibition came here last week |
they dumped some of their filth ON
the German NJ. r. church lawn, and |
some over here, went 10 the mayor
or the city and asked for its removal |
The wagon was removed and then Mr..
Wol'orwebcr stepped IN and said;
Leave II there. II won't hurt the
setter Calls Pastor Liar.
went To the mayor about the mat
ter again, and was told ] must have
a written request from my trustees
/ returrad with the request and was
then asked tu bring the trustees In
person. This refused 10 do, The
mayor told me to wait to give them
time" | told him then that he was
merely putting me Off, that he did
not want to see the wagons removed
file said "lf YOU say that, you are a
air" told him he was gentle
man" In all my life, he has the
honor of being the first man to call
ne liar
Men and women. | bring this ap-
peal to you this morning for support,
ask you in view Of the city elections
get ready now. Put your stamp ON
very man of questionable character