Show SYMPTOMS OK of SOCIAL DEITH DEATH the be famous seeley dinner some seme of the crin principal cipal participants of which have now been indicted is in lo 10 locked ked upon D poo by a now new york paper the pepie as aa an ind indication lostion that than our boob social system to ie about to go down it Is ie dying out at the top the paper says a fact that Datu naturally rally urges the 41 prole atanat I to put an end to the plague it will be remembered that clinton burton bartoo seeley a respectable 1 manufacturer gave a banquet in which his big brother about to be participated the affair seems to have ioen been arranged or the purpose of giving the latter an opportunity to blu farewell to single life and the incidents new significance on that account there were over tweety invited guests gueste all from rom the favored strata of society eo clety and there among the flowing champagne champagn 10 were we the spectator ie of various performances for mances of women too low fol foi description avon in the columns ot 01 now new yorks least sensitive jour nair naif there seems to be ressor fur for apprehension that the system Is commencing to idle die at the top ruled a mighty empire but when he be instead of employing nie his energy fur for the maintenance of morality gave himself up 0 o revelry hla his judgment was sealed a and ud the nation went want down with him in ruins perhaps the most discouraging feature ot the incident to Is the tact fact that it is not universally condemned by the public press A brooklyn paper tor for instance takes the vew that the me police officer overstepped over stepped stopped his bis authority when raiding we the place and that hat the liberty of the people to is in danger it argues if the police can raid a private supper party parly because the host entertains his guests with dancing and a variety show afterward then are our homes and clubs in the same danger that pherrys Sher rys stood in and again if the police are to be judges fudges of what in ia permissible in entertainments ii will be a sore trial to the beliet belief and the dignity of the people to have hare to submit the plans of their to the blue bluecoats coats there is in a suspicion that the police have about as much power as it Is safe to give them already and as to their esthetic qualifications in such judgments there is at least room for debate it is by no means the purpose put pose of this paper to uphold anything that is gross or offensive to the morals yet as between the oppression that dictates dictate what shall be done or said or sung sang in a home a family a club or private gathering and the coarseness that may be indulged in the absence ot of such oppression we unhesitatingly declare for liberty when police or other 01 her officers arrogate to themselves what shall be done in a theater or other place to which the general public has admission they have a large measure of public support and public respect providing they show themselves capable of intelligent discrimination but their right to 10 invade a private gathering not on information but on allegation alienation and treat all present as if they were habitual offenders against the law is in most roundly disputed it it has come to this that not the offending MOD meo stid and women but bat the officers that endeavored to prevent the offense are to be denounced publicly oly a as a menace to the peoples liberty then reform and a general return to the me paths path of virtue seem to be cus cue oft off the besey dinner and numerous simi lal lar episodes also must be taken as an indication of what perhaps a near torture has in store |