Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-15
ADDRESS
ENJOYED BY zoo.
GENERAL EXPLAINS
FRIeHTFUL COST OF CRIME
IN UNITED STATES.
TO BE AIDED
IN THEIR GUARANTEE
Assembly Decides to Put Marshall
County Citizens Association on It's
Feet and to Collect New Money to
Aid the Ministers and to Promote
Law Enforcement.

Aid the Ministers and to Promote
Law Enforcement.
over 200 men listened to as fine an
address Wednesday evening as was
ever delivered to a mems meeting in
this city. The occasion was a ban
quet at the Y. NJ c. a. gymnasium.
When Attorney General George Cosson
delivered an address upon law enforce
ment, or as he STYLED it, Establish
Justice"
Mr.. Cosson left immediately after
9:lS train for Des Moines. Following
him Rev. r. B. Davidson. pastor of the
First Baptist church. spoke a few
minutes about the great struggle iii
Rockford. H.. where saloons were put
out of city OF 5000 inhabitants three
times.
Following Mr. Davidson a business
session was held. at which it was de-
cided to canvass the city for
funds TO release the preachers of
their guarantee OF expenses incurred
in Running bootieggers to justice and TO
pay up all Indebtedness Of the Mar
shall County Citizens Association. II
was announced that the county would
receive $1,000 in fines besides court
expenses from the convictions and
twelve pleas Of guilty.
A statement was made OF the amount
expended by the Marshall County
Citizens Association in three years.
and what the money was used for. and
1t was decided ny the assemblase tina
delinquent stockholders were in duty
bound TO pay the assessments ALREADY
mada and the canvassing committees
are out today collecting these assess
ments along with new contributions 20
the fund guaranteed by the preachers.
The ministers found II necessary TO
guarantee the money used. for detec-
tives because the Citizens Association
had no funds, and had become more or
less disorganizeG. ii is thought oeS.
By the old management to incur no
more expense and make no more as
sessments in this stock until the asso-
citation mas been reorganbzed with. new
blood under new management.
CoSSon's ADDRESS.
Attorney General Cosson. while not
oratorical IN style, mas an enthusiasm
ard earnestness about him which are
very impressive and interesting. He
sa i'd in part:
Our Declaration OF Independence,
with its doctrine of equality, and our
articles of confederation. were insult
ficient upon which TO found a great
nation. The constitution was neces-
sary upon which 10 base nationality,
and the very first object and condition
upon which to build great civilization
and great nation, as stated IN the
preamble OF our constitution, Is the es-
Ia biishment OF justice. we. the people
OF the United States. in order 10 form
more perfect union. establish justice.
etc, that is the basis, the foundation,
the corner stone, upon which 10 build
sovereignty, empire or nationality, ana
all that is implied in the word civili-
cation.
I'VE all agree that 'in order to form
more perfect union. insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common
defense, promote the general welfare
and secure the blessings of liberty TO
ourselves and our posterity we must
establish Justice. and we all a9ree
tina. in order TO establish justice. we
must abolish anarchy. lynch law, and
MOB violence. We know that the in
dvidual can not be secure In his per-
son. MS property, his home:
that we can not promote and protect
the school the church and the state un-
,ess we have respect for law. unless
We enforce the law. We all
dor mr.
propositions in the abstract. but the
trouble is that we propose TO do this
bv the enforcement OF those laws only
which We ourselves are at the time
willing 10 obey. One we violate. IL is
iiia.i;e Pip Van Wrinkles one more drink
it doesn't count
The reduction and abolition Of
crime can only be accomplished by an
intelligent. fearless, systematic, impair
tial enforcement OF the law; that with
justice and without universal justice,
there can be no general prosperity and
well being.
Too Much Crime.
1T is found that for thirty-two
Years the number of lynchings reaches
the astounding total OF 1925; an aver
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one every three days. Only five states
in me union have been wholly free
from this crime during the period
named We admit with shame that
even our own fair state has partici-
pated in at least two or three Of these
Iynching bees. with no proyocation ex-
cept the desire Of a local community
TO rnete out Justice in it's own way
More people are murdered in this
country in a year than are killed on
the railroads. In three years the VIC
tins Of our murder cases total more
;asn the death losses Of the British
srTny in the Boer war.
Now at this time when we arr
( concentrating ourselves upon the
fact that ne are too civilized Z
engage in the awful carnage d
Europe. where human lives arr
being slaughtered as never before
In me history of the world. it is i'm
portant for US to know that while the
American people are opposed To war
opposed 70 the killing of human be
( .ngs az a national science, opposed u
murder. yet that III times Of peace
/ human life finds less protection y. thu
than in any Of the civilized countries
! now engaged in that awful holocaust
This is due almost entirely to the rae
| that in this country we do not nav
/ respect for law and we do not eniofc
the law.
= s.es Crime: Pay National Debt.
I'm Germany, the country wD.'s
war party forms the social caste an
has more influence on the governmen
II than In any other country. s. per cen