The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-26
To Keep Offending Party From
Another Marriage.
HOTSHOTFROM STUBS
Treatment of Women Disgrace
to Civilization.
Chaplain Would Lessen Crime
by Improving Conditions.

MO-, at the morning session of the
Kansas Christian Citizenship conven-
ton. In the home, and in the church
this instruction should be given. Let
the abused wife or husband be granted
a legal separation from the brutal
partner, but give no divorce to the
riage and the perpetuation of his
Species
This citizenship convention which op-
ened Tuesday evening and will close to-
| night is something different in con-
Vent1ons. 1t is nonsectarian and the
questions discussed are of general in
terest. 1t is being held under the aus
pices Of the National Reform associa-
ton.
The topic, THE Marriage and Divorce
Problem" discussed this morning was
| a fair sample Of the manner Of subjects
considered.
THE causes of divorce" said DIR.
| Wylie, in his address, may be CLASH
| fed and they will number about %,
| but judges will tell you that such dis
erection is permitted that persons may
obtain divorces for any cause for which
| they may apply. The character of the
| judge may even modify the number
permitted by the statutes, and in many
cases the causes are multiplied. Yet we
| are told by those who consider them
| selves students of society that each
new ground for divorce, in effect gives
| expression to a new idea of moral fit
ness of social justice, of conjugal
rights
Thus increasing statutory grounds
| of divorce are interpreted to mean
| rising social ideals We are told that
| progress cannot be won by clinging
| stubbornly to tradition in social ques-
tions.' yet the same class of progress
sive' students candidly admit that
| American society is actually moving
| wedlock at the will of the contracting
parties
Divide Burdens. Says Governor.
eff the ladies instead of having pink
| R. Stubs, at the Auditorium Tuesday
| night in the course of an address on
1.-The Supremacy of the Moral Interests
of the State would get down to bus
| mess and find the women who are
| working longer hours than they should
| and be the means of lessening their
load, it would be an excellent idea. 1t
| is a disgrace to civilization that wo-
men should be left to struggle-put the
bill I'D to the men, Conditions would
be happier if the burden of rearing
children were divided little bit
IT believe that this Republic is de-
pendent upon the foundation of men
who believe in the Christian religion for
STOCK in those who are pious on Sunday
| and do not live up to what they pro
| fess at other times. man who pro-
| fesses Christianity and does not live up
to it IS a disgrace.
There are some mighty practical
| things to be done in this city and
state. People are neglecting their duty
by the wholesale, and don't want to
get mixed up in dirty politics. The
people who believe in vice get out to
| the polls while you stay at home. You
might take this home to your neigh
| bors. or smoke it in your pipes"
| At this point the speaker was dis
| turbed by the noise a number OF boys
i kI,,,e odC g
ing the youngsters said: Now boys I've
got the floor, and 1 hope you'll keep
| still about five minutes and then II
you want to you can speak. There is
| nothing finer than bOyS-unleSS 1t s
girls. 1 like this red-headed boy. L
used to be a red-headed boy"
| EVERY decent citizen should set his
| face like steel against institutions OF
vice which are permitted to run IN
cities all over the country he con-
timed. Those institutions are as dan
J gerous, poisonous and loathsome as
| leprosy. This idea of segregating vice
and thus advertising its location TO
| every one is SO loathsome that L Will
not speak of it.
| I'VE should pass a bill in Kansas that
| would send men and women to the pen
| itentiary who engage in those things.
1 You want to get down to work and
don't want any kid gloves on. If you Will
| furnish me with the evidence l will see
i
| sent where he belongs. Every man or
woman who is a good citizen will keep
watch on his own block and at once
| inform the officers of the law when 1t
is found that transactions in l1quor are
| being made"
Stop Crime by Changing Conditions.
J. T. Houston, chaplain of the Kan
sas state penitentiary at Lansing, de-
clared that in order to prevent crime It
is necessary to eradicate the conditions
which tend towards crime. In this con-
nection he gave some facts relative to
the crimes committed by the last 232
prisoners to be received at the institu-
ton.
| "Of the 232 prisoners last received"
he said, go wer led to their crimes
through drink, and some of them were
also addicted to drugs; 70 per cent of
ali 11sed LIQUOR. and it was doubtless
Il contributing cause in the cases of a
4 majority; 81 of them fell through sexual
Il passions and evil women; 80 of them
Il trace their trouble to bad company and
vagrancy; 80 of them to sickness and
lack of employment, many of them be-
u ing unframed for any kind of work; 13
Il of them fell through uncontrolled
tempers; II seem to have been natural
II " dishonest; of them traced their
trouble to gambling. In connection
with these there are some other Stats
tics: Ffty-three per cent were single
men, with no fixed home; II per cent
were divorced men: per cent were
widowers; leaving only % per cent who
were married and living with their
wives and a part of these trace their
downfall to unfaithful wives or family
troubles. Again. per cent were illit-
crate; so per cent had only primary
education; rs per cent of them have not
finished common school training.
Kansas Must Set Example.
''You have a clean state and a good
err,x ~ ant so T &
tional field secretary of the National
Reform association, but your duty
has Just begun. Other states are
asleep and Kansas must set an ex-
| an1nle which will tend to awaken