Show THE ARMY CASE the sentence of mr booth buoker commander of the salvation army who was wag convicted in now new york city may 29 of keeping a disorder disorderly houses bouse has bee been suspended the un of the 0 urt being that mr tuckers buoker s intention was to obey the ibe law 91 although though the latter was not prepared to make any promise to that effect the same has baa attracted knob at and has baa been commented upon by both secular and religious papers the prosecution was brought in n a account of an all night meeting in the barracks 10 of the army there were about 1500 persons present at 11 I 1 0 the evening refresh menta were had and then came singing music prayer addresses addres nes and conversation in the army style the audience it seems consisted mostly of laboring meo men and women who could but III afford to lose part of a days work and therefore embraced the opportunity of an all night meeting it will probably not ant be disputed that red residents dents in ID the vicinity or of salvation army headquarters as elsewhere elee where have a perfect right to eoj ay iy repose rebate at night even it if they do nut sympathize with the army methods bior can it to be doubted that tue beating of drums the blasts ol of cornets cognets and the 1 I bouts of the abe devoted soldiers are liodal to sleep and rest during the OtI linee lineen of the midnight hour but the conviction of mr tucker on a charge of keeping an ill III governed disorderly house bouse the he same being beai g a ulace of public resort end and in the said house bouse and place of resort great A numbers of persons as well men man as women to 10 the he number of two hundred and upward then more at unreasonable boars baars in and d at late hours baars of the night to be and remain singing shouting playing musical instruments instrument making great noties noises and otherwise misbehaving themselves P to Is rather peculiar never too loss since it 11 evidently places place the meeting house bouse in a category ory with is reputable houses house limply simpli lot lor the be reason that the congregation prayed too lung long end and too load whatever way may be sold aid of we salvation army it to in sona laly unjust to close do its iti balls by virtue of that part of the penal code which prohibits flinde and onus exposure obscene exhibition books and print and bawdy and other disorderly houses bouses and in ul this especial case assis the abe tucker on such snob a charge was rendered particularly curious carious aj by the fact ebat on the same day the prosecution or of the participants participant to in the seeley beeley dinner was dropped this th majesty of the low law must mart not expect to retain a bigit regard for Us its gotty dl it if its ha servants servant ar are permitted to carry out its 1 decrees with no regard for right or wrong bronx the salvation army has been beba doing ing and Is I 1 everywhere trying to do excellent work among the most neg looted daises classes of society it should be helped on and encouraged rather than otherwise by other christian denoff nations Dat loDS and it if la in gualt z they are a little too noisy or to some extent disturb a few persons beadel ive mostly of their own sweet cm rort they mey should be guided right in sooae some other way than by their balla bails as 89 disorderly 1 1 houses which is in 0 so o contrary to fact that the whole pro assumes an aspect of gladio tive five petes persecution cution free america can not affard to lend its institutions institution sW to the ibe furtherance of the alms alma of bigotry and in tolerance intolerance |