The Washington times., 1922-01-23
PASTORS HEAD
IN ALEXANDRIA
FlAYSLAWYERS
Continued from First Page.)

tCOntlnueQ from t1rSt faBeD
against this great evil is won now,
we may expect its continuance.
Let US not pursue policy Of
silence" pleaded DR.. jackson, until
It shall be too late to speak. You
and I have just as much right to
speak and act as any. self-constituted
body"
Commending those outside Of Alex
andria for their Interest In aiding
Alexandrians to clean up their city.
Dr. jackson declared that present
deplorable conditions concern those
on the outside because the grist for
the divorce mill comes largely from
the outside."sts-
The Ministerial Association Of
Alexandria. at a special meeting
Saturday afternoon, adopted resolu-
tons demanding a full and complete
prob" Of the divorce evil" and
without fear or favor"
Washington Pastors Protest.
Action of Alexandria ministers in
declaring themselves against the
Alexandria divorce evil was com.
mended today by Washington pastors
who expressed their belief that with
the cooperation Of Alexandria min.
listers, and the best people" they
would succeed in doing their spring
housekeeping, irrespective of any
action Of the Alexandria bar associa
ton.
In commencing the action Of the
Times In exposing the divorce ring
and giving the Little Reno Of the East
pitiless publicity" the international
Reform Bureau, through its head, DR.
Wilbur F. Crafts, declared that 3
distinctive service has been rendered
when rs boys In the fields we
turned over \ flat stone, how the
bugs ran, though nothing had hit them
but light.
"The Washington Times has done a
service some agency should have done
in Alexandria long ago.
Let no one be so shallow as to
say or think 1t is nobody's business
outside Of Alexandria how the divorce
courts run down there. 1t is every
body's business, and whether the best
people Of Alexandra are satisfied or
not. it is the duty. especially Of Wash.
|ingtonians and other nearby towns
to kill the evil.
"It is outside homes that are most.
| ly being broken up-homes in Wash.
ington and other nearby States. 1t
Is as much our business to see that
the Alexandria ring does not break
up our homes as 1t could possibly be.
Nothing, to my mind" declared DIR.
Crafts, could be clearer than the
fact that 1t is the duty Of every
honorable citizen in Washington to
break this thing up.
Everybody's Business.
"It was the business of the whole
country to clean up the Louisiana
lottery and Mormon polygamy, which
were national evils that called for
national remedy. The case of
Alexandria is the same, and, whether
the Moncures, Budweskies or Davises
like 1t or not, our duty is plain, and
the good people of Washington must
act, Irrespective Of any ideas Of the
best people of Alexandria.
DR.. Crafts paid tribute to Alex.
andria ministers for their action on
Saturday of demanding for a full
and complete investigation of the
divorce ring.
"It was through the action Of Al.
exandria preachers, acting together
years ago, which reversed the peti.
ton of their laymen for tolerating
gambling because II was a help TO
business" DIR. Crafts stated.
LET the preachers again strike
together at this greater evil which
makes Alexandria the sewer sink of
the Capital. a national menace.
i When the whole world ~ study.
ing Elijah In the Sunday school les.
sons let us have some up-tO-date
Elijahs who viii smite as faithfully
the modern priests OF Baal and As.
tarte," said DIR. Crafts.