The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-09

en- TO Barney MeKeary. But after
all thss will only be the preliminary
hearing and tho Anal deciGeon q
the only court where juetice b nm
derstood will be given later. '"Che
last word rs not the people. 4 n
Gods; men have mvoA to say, Bat
the Almighty closes the argument"
know nothing more of these men
than the account given by the press.
but | know they were once two tn
nocent babes that cooed and laughed
in their mothers arms Just as any
wee one does. regardless of sur
roundings. I know nothing Of their
early training. but I know they fell
prey to the alluring temptations
placed in their pathway. IF they
fell in this city or some other, I
know not, but when they came
among us the destiny of two more
souls was added to our responsible
ity. What our mistakes have been
in permitting conditions to exist
among us that aided or caused this
wreckage we are fully awake too
and by this God will Judge US
There will be no arrests made Of
the saloon men who sold the whis-
key to either of these men because
as city we wanted all the money
the poor old tramp could beg and
all the laborer could earn.
To knock them down and rob
them would be considered a crime
and we want to be thought re-
spectacle community, so we employ
a system we call politics The
whiskey ring composed of the sa-
loon men. gamblers and pool room
operators. knowing they are serving
Jas agents to do the dirty work of
these very respectful BILE men and wo-
men, are slowly assuming control of
our city and men are crying out I'VE
dare not oppose them; it will ruin
business. After all. will it be JUS
tice that will hang Barney McKeary
by the neck until he is dead or place
him in prison for the rest Of his
life, when we were willing another
man should sell him something to
make him crazy in order that we
might have more money to beautify
our city? Is that justice? Not in
the court of Almighty God. A writer
tells US the greatest defence these
rooted evils have is because men and
women do not want to have their
gains their pleasures, their politics
or their religion interfered with and
80 corrupt politics. corporate cruelty,
greedy vice and the infamous wills
key business cry out, Let us alone
while the man or woman who de-
claims against these evils is called
all manner of names" Who can tell
what crimes are being fostered in the
hell holes of North Yakima. We do
not know whose boy or girl will be
the next to commit some terrible
crime. | do not know if the moth
ers Of VIM. O'Neil or Barney Me-
Keary are living or not, but whether
they be living or dead, I call on the
women of this city to rally to their
womanhood to lay aside any foolish
notions about the use of the ballot
and come out in full strength for a
better, cleaner, purer North Yakima.
Remember that hobo was HER
boy and that man in our Jail was
dear to some woman as her little boy
Just as our little ones are dear to
us
do not wish to attempt to arouse
a maudlin sympathy for criminal
but | want to stir up a deep manly
and womanly sympathy for the boys
and girls who are being lured to
their ruin by unprincipled men and
women in this city. Every man and
woman should be keenly awake to
their responsibility. There may be a
difference of wealth and social stand
ing. but before God we women are
all sisters to the mothers of these
two men. Their grief has come from
our midst if they are living and
if so let our expression of ympathy
to them be to see that this city be
made purer and better. IF they are
dead then let their action be a
tribute of woman's love for woman.
DTTT, Gle.