The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-12-06
SPoKANE'S soLlclTUDE FOR
HOMELESS MEN,"

The Spokesman Review devote
much space to various versions of II
speech recently delivered by w.
Hindley before the Spokane Advertis
ing club. obtained from persons VIII
heard the address and while differing
matters Of detail, the majority opinio
seems TO be that the speaker favore
2 "A more lax enforcement of the law
as a means of promoting better bust
ness 1t is true that the advertiser
club comes to the defense of Dl
Hindley but it's prepared statemen
suggests the argument Of lawyer il
defense of guilty client Perhap
one of the most accurate interpreta
lions Of the Hindley speech was givei
by r. j. Turner. who sums it up il
these words:
Or Hindley did not use the
term open town, but the impress
sion / gained from his remarks
was that more liberal treatment
Of the lumbermen and miners, the
/ $4,000 homeless men. would help
( business. Taking his address as
a whole, l could only interpret
suggestion to make it easier for
them TO get the things they
wanted in the way of entertain
ment To me. this could only
mean easing up on law enforce
ment
in the same line. but giving a more
intimate insight into the meaning of
the speaker, and to the attitude of
Spokane toward these homeless
men," Frank Davies quotes DR.. Hind
ley as follows:
Spokane owes much to the
$4,000 homeless men that have
built her railroads. cut her tim
her and worked in her mines
men who, by the very nature of
things can never hope to have
homes of their own and can not
enjoy the culture and refinement
of those of us who have homes
Because Spokane owes so much
TO these $4,000 homeless men and
because they are Spolane's wards
we should give them some con-
sideration within our doors"
DR.. Hindley is the official spokesman
for the Washington Retailers associ-
alton and it was in that capacity that
he was invited to address the Spokane
club. 1t may therefore be
assumed that his reference to the |
5000 homeless men" who have con-
ributed so much to the material pros
1erity of Spokane. represented the
attitude toward those men of at least /
/ large percentage of his constituency,
While the letter from the advertising
hub must be taken as approval of the
speech by that organization. The
people of northern Idaho have long
,een accustomed to the air of SUI
maintained toward them by
spokane. and its persistent efforts to
ppropriate for advertising purposes
he mining. timber and agriculture
esources as well as pleasure resorts
+ Idaho for the benefit of that pre-
entious city but we do not recall
more amazing example of Spokane
robbery, and we have seen many,
nan that credited to DR.. Hindley in
ne above paragraph and which has
lie sanction of one of Spoxane's chief
poster organizations
We are brazenly told that the men
no work on the railroads, in the
mber and in the mines "can never i,
pc to have homes of their own and =
nnot enjoy the culture and refine @
ent of those of us who have homes" a
At nevertheless Spokane wants the :
oney earned by these unfortunates, :,
ID the city is therefore urged to let ii
wn the bars against the bootlegger ii
d prostitute thus adding insult to u
Jury by the inference that wine '
men and song to use the words r.
the speaker, are the acme OF social ii
oiration for the workers in the p'
nes and forests.
Who was the builder of one of Spo- y,
mes most imposing business blocks?
was one of the $4,000 homeless I'll
n" of few years ago. and he is pc
y one Of countless other home :, -
S men who have built homes and 90
iiness blocks in that city A large wi
centage of the employees Of the pu
les in the Occur d'Alene district
re homes and the great majority -
those who have not are working CT,