Show MAINTAIN LITY the subject of morality among 0 tin the young has been a theme for many a fine drawn lecture and eloquent remarks from the various pulpits of the country but with what effect can easily be seen the increase of crime is apparent to all the eyes of whose understandings are not too much blind od by sympathy for their own confidence is an excellent quality to possess but when that confidence reaches so eo far as to cause the father or mother to wink at the inis demeanors of their childr enby considering them eith either er too pure to commit wrong or too far above it when the genuino genuine facts are that these children do overreach the inar mark k of chastity or love of morality then crime has a cloak thrown about it which strengthens its advocates ve vo cates and shields the doer long and loud must be the sermon that vill penetrate the folds of that cloak and cause causa repentance to J earing gyring up in iii the heart of the avil adner when these things havo have become so BO infatuating to our young man and wo we are torry to say gay some young ladies that they revel in irrespective of the their corn com admonition persuasion and counsel sel of a kind and a loving mother then the strong arm of the law must in and compulsory measures must be adopted to cause a cessation if possible with all our while we grieve fi bends at seeing the inroads crime is making upon many of our youth we can also see the great necessity of law and order being maintained at any risk and at any cost the dens dena of vice tice and corruption in in the midst of the people are ara la fa too numerous and carry far to high a hand they have gone gene t n 4 far now that a spirit of daring dar itic ha ba been by some of the maintainers their manners ar becoming defiant the very laws those safeguards safe guards of peace and liberty that the people have cast about them for protection are overridden and boldly set at naught aught ri 1 As a municipality it is the bounden duty of the city corneil cou acil to watch over and rigorously guard the welfare of the citizens the officer whose duty it is to see the ordinances carried into effect in oar city has manifested his willingness dingness to t do his duty in thin thia mater ter will the council support him ordinances that are a dead letter had bad far better bo ba repealed than by their presence upon the books be a libel upon the government govern mant there are a few clauses of tin the beaver city ordinances as they appear in the officially printed book of ordinances of 1881 we desire to call atter attention tion to as being directly applicable to t this subject of morality see all of chapter VIII 1 and then rise ris an and 4 ap jr egort ort wb what t of that part of our cur city ordinances are not violated we are well avrard that crime crime must be detected but is there no mannerow manner manne of detection out chapter VIII and iso BO on go through the book and what will be left notwithstanding these points and queries raised here we believe we have a city council that compare favorably with any other in any portion of tae country and ive further believe that the present board have done more for the interests of their constituents than any previous board still there is or a 1 more close application of the letter of the law it will not do to allce a half dozen boys and a few men whose professions to say the least aro are not honorable to run cie town their ruinous course should be stopped if it depletes the treasury and requires the citizens to pay taxes to liquidate the interest on city bonds for morality should bo be maintained at any east cost |