South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-28
THE VICE CONSERVING 'FRIENDS OF
FREEDOM AND THE REVEALS.

The expected is always haprening-at least some
times told that giving much space
simultaneous revival campaign in South Bend
and Mishawaka. We publish the complaint but with
hold the name because want TO append our opinion
OF the gentleman without subiecting him TO much
community contempt The bonehead says:
Editor News-Times
What is the matter with The Nevs-Tmes2
Have YOU Joined the ranks of the fanatics and
gone nuts on the subject OF religion Don't
you know Billy Sunday brought ruin
city and that this is only an effort to "cinch"
continuation of that ruin? Away with your two
pages of religious dope every morning and
evening and your cartoons of the devil Give
the regular instead. Cduch of the
balance is unfit TO print
FRIEND OF FREEDOM
ITO hi with you. Mr. Friend of Freedom our
If the cartoons Of the devil hurt YOU take
quick TO abode that is your logical destination
a friend of freedom" but friend license
license with a "ciousness' appendix You're talk
ing through the knot the end of your neck. Not
word of the regular instead" has been left
of The NewsTimes account of these reports of
the revival services We have enlarged reportoral
stair By seventeen TO cover these meetings. The
stan doing regular is all
going into print The. reports of the revival
Elemental and not substitute The trouble with
"riend Of Freedom" is that ALFRED conscience
smitten that fear eemens his exclusively upon
the cartoons and revival reports that exciting him,
that he nothing else u : psychological
effect and nothing
We do need hold a brief for this simultaneous
campaign in order report its services We are pub
lishing a newspaper. and publishing a newspaper we
decline the role of organ the liquor
other vice interests for corrupt pot
clans Here thirty churches holding services every
night They attended by an average OF 200 people
each--a very conservative average.-whch means not
than 5000 people. Aside from all religious con-
sideratons newspaper that is alive-can AFFORD
ignore these meetings which interest OF 5000
people is conferred. though be but for the
moment. They Interested in seeing report OF
the meeting where they were and as well in keeping
tab on what happened at the other churches. We
wouldn't be publishing newspaper if didn't give
them the news And. big thing i'm South Bend
OF the present hour.
Does our vice conserving friend think for an instant
that the saloons south Beud-thirty OF them
we're 10 put special campaign i'm their resorts
to continue three weeks would report them
Most assuredly would, only the special campaign
that they would put would probably 10 rapine
murder knifings- robbery and brawls, and could not
be reported SO very approvingly. They would prob
ably get bigger headlines and space thar the
churches are settng-but their special campaign is
constant and the echoes OF being heard i'm the
police court every morning on yes We're PRINTING
regular news about vice conserving friends
freedom" printing day along the other
regular news" but sometimes wish there were les.
ofit.
same il hey were political meetings-beer soaked
or otherwise wouldn't overlook thirty portisa
meetings in South Bend held a single night if ",
could possibly make them. Possibly OF the re
ports would prove very complimentary but W,
would try tell what happened We would try To lie
those present az some OF them. know what happened
the for The News-Times tries 10 be a news
paper rather than ORGAN of suppression. and Ger
taniy rather than orsan Of suppression such al
would tend o promote the game vice and corruption
We obsessed vith idea not for an instant