Show DRESSED TO S GOOD elderkin emphasizes two main points enforce the ex or demand their immediate repeal evil in the city directly or indirectly affects AIL after an introduction dealing with an ancient hebrew law which held the city nearest to the body of an unknown murdered man responsible for tho murder and which compelled it to expiate tho crime mr elderkjn Elderk ln went on to say I 1 have refrained and purposely so from discussing tho problem that now confronts us and every american city where law breaking Is police protected from what might be called the moral point of view I 1 have not attempted to prove that the vices which wo protect and tolerate and shield teed upon life you know they de mand life and I 1 have precious little patience with the argument supposed to be clinching that you may go through the low saloons and the gambling houses and the alleys and never see the face of an ogdan man or woman I 1 confess to the partial truth of this statement I 1 have been through these places and can openly state that I 1 saw very few familiar faces but tell me does that justify them what kind of an idea of brotherhood have we got in ogden it it Is so narrow and constricted that it has to have a man la belled ogden before it will help him and save him then lets never again beule the worlds holy word by taking it upon our mocking lips I 1 go into these places and I 1 see men and women god knows they have human souls just the same aa the og deu raised product and these men and women belong to some one if we care no whit about them that is no sign that nobody does and if we let the vice purveyors suck their blood because it our blood how can we men in the face tomorrow suppose denver said we dont care what goes on in our tenderloin district because its not colorado life which is being throttled out we wont stand for that but as long as most of the people who frequent the resorts com efrom utah itai alright how does that strike you for christian brotherhood and yet it Is precisely that argument we use in bogde n and if there Is any brotherhood and fraternity in that I 1 want some one to jump right up now and explain where it comes in the reason I 1 say anything about such a perniciously heartless argument Is because only yesterday one of the best men in the city used it in arguing with me I 1 dont care where the men and the boys and the girls and the women come from that the question they are human beings with human souls I 1 find no word falling from christs lips which helps us in arriving at the conclusion that only ogden life is worth saving let me tell you the story of my friend the best friend of my boyhood and young manhood we grew up together beni everywhere were inseparable we saved up our pennies together until they rolled into quarters and then we rode to the west side ball grounds and sat op the bleachers together and gazed in rapturous delight upon all the ancient that gathered about the peerless anson we read george ados fables together when they first appeared years ago life was sweet to us and we knew that nothing on earth could ever separate ais I 1 went off to college and each summer returned to renew the happy association anen ill health drove me west ho stood by and cheered me when the doctor said that I 1 should live but another year he said the other word when health came back to me ne rejoiced then one day I 1 saw him off to europe the dreams of his younger days had been realized he was to have two years in paris studying music I 1 have never seen him since but qt me tell the story paris saw him said ah heres a lad from chicago and he has a bit of money paris went after him and got him you say he was weak to make no fight against the gaudy glitter perhaps perhaps but then that docs not ease the blow paris said we may suck his life blood aiu no one will care ho does not belong to us he comes from across the sea paris sucked and sucked the young wife he had left on this side grow desperate she came to me should she go over to him to save him and I 1 sald go and when ho learned of her purpose he sent bade the stinging words dont you dare then in time he came back to us no not he for paris had robbed him of civery shred of manhood and the one whom I 1 loved as damon loved pythias was gone gone forever shall I 1 add the other word the one who lavod him as ruth loved boaz who would go any whither with him because her heart was his saw that she had lost her well beloved and her heart was crushed and her lifes hope shattered one night they watched her toss in unutterable agony hour after hour and tho sombre gray streaked alie eastern sky a smile flashed across the troubled face and then quiet and peace beside the bed they found a bottle empty I 1 said her heart was crushed oh god thou that her heart was crushed now look me in the eye you who say and say if aa a boast that you saw no ogden man going to hell in ogden look me in the eye and toll me what matters it whether my friends life was stolen in paris or in ogden the men and the women who deal in human souls the world over are tho same it my friend had come to ogden they would have robbed him of his manhood hero today we aro saying that such a difo may bo safely wrecked in ogden Is this the only wife who has suffered so am I 1 the only friend who has suffered so thata why I 1 aiato these things why I 1 fight them with tho strength 1 have dont dare to tell me that they would refuse th men and young women who have held up my hands here and whom I 1 love take anything they can get and mar it and stain it and cast it on the rubbish heap to them that Is what all life is tor no matter how sweet the girlhood no matter how boblo the boyhood A good many have left this church because as they put it and as jackson Jack sou of tho journal used to put it I 1 he smirched smirch ed tho pulpit with tho filth af tho gutters let me say to you who have left this church because of my message that I 1 have not lugged those clatters into tho pulpit because I 1 loved the filth of tho getiers gu tiers but because I 1 loved tho life which these gutters would gladly cover with filth we have wandered far and yet not BO very tan I 1 said a moment ago that I 1 had purposely refrained from discussing cus sing our problems from the point of view of its effect upon manhood and womanhood perhaps that was to show the blighting and devastating effects upon human life ami character of the evils which we allow the police to protect might have been the strongest appeal it Is the supreme appeal and ought to be to those who have christs name upon their hearts but I 1 could reach comparatively ively few by that means and so I 1 have appealed to your sense of justice and fairness by way of the impartial enforcement of law if I 1 say to you that these tolerated and protected evils arc gnawing at the hearts of american manhood and womanhood you reply that Is a truism it cant be helped the weak must go under leathem Let them go only the fit morally and spiritually as well as physically ought to survive bu t it I 1 say to you that this question concerns the foundation of democracy you reply this must be looked into we must study the relation between the toleration of law breaking and anarchy this question does concern the foundation of democracy it is futile to argue that one class in the community may fracture any law they please and as often as they please for a measly pittance each month without its creating in others a question whether any law Is meant to bo observed the road to anarchy the genius of anarchy Is defiance of law yes the heart of anarchy is defiance of law one kind of anarchy parades with a lagand hisses and shouts this kind of anarchy want any law but it fears the law that now Is I 1 dont think we have any of this brand in ogden there Is another kind of anarchist though and we are blessed with a fair assortment here in our city he tear the law or the authorities he just defies the law sets it at naught with a few dollars he insists that no law shall interfere with his business and it the people do pass laws which encroach upon his ground he slaps the police on the back and the police understand and those whom we pay to enforce the law proceed to throw the protection of a perfectly organized policing system around men whom they know are open brn ars of the lav the red procession is far loss harmful be chabi men do not waste any sympathy on this class auf debeni people in ogden would go through a aery fernace before they would offend the so called respectable breakers of law so we come at the heart of tho problem we have been drawing measuring lines from the cites cesspool to the nearest responsible party and when the line measures to some official he does not say my hands have not shed this blood neither have m eyes seen it or the more appropriate paraphrase 1 I have no authority to do anything the creators and maln of the cesspool pay for the right to maintain the nuisance I 1 can not disturb them but he simply says public opinion would not uphold me in enforcing the law the good people of the city are not interested do you remember thomas casts famous cartoon at the time of his fight upon tweeds tammany the city was asking who was responsible for the huge lings A large group of those who might be held accountable was standing in a circle and as the question came to each he pointed his thumb outward over toward the next man here of course one could arrive at no conclusion for each man accused bis neighbor but the circle of officials which we address with our presumptuous question regarding tho toleration of law breaking has this samo disease of the thumb only in the center of his circle stands a meek harmless unobtrusive little chap with a card around his neck bearing the ancient and suffering legend public opinion and when you timidly ask your question watch those thumbs point toward our friend in the center he Is cespon elble for everything so then we are confidently decided upon one thing the officials of the city are not responsible and must not be held responsible for the violation of law we do not pay them to prevent law breaking law breakers pay them for tho privilege of breaking the law the situation is a trifle confusing but if is tolerably interesting out of the tangled skein you may find ono thread for the purpose of measurement and it measures the shortest line to public opinion I 1 assume it may be a foolish assumption that tho good people of ogden no matter wha their creed or lack of creed have some share in creating public opinion instead of pointing the thumb out leta turn it in and acknowledge our responsibility according to the statement of the officials we may have anything we demand apparently they have taken an oath to enforce public opinion it public opinion only demands free street car rides the officers who bend so readily to public opinion will seo that we have them the law does not matter what they say when ono asks that the laws concerning brothels gambling houses and saloons be enforced the fact that there aro laws on the beoka of utah does not enter into consideration you understand the man that intimates the presence of law Is apt to be tarred and feathered by an angry oell clary this then Is our business I 1 said I 1 should address the good people of ogden perhaps it would have been better to say the people who by their lives show they believe in the supremacy of the law two alternatives present themselves to us wo may demand that no ono hall be protected by the police in the breaking of law we shall give the police to understand that tholan must be enforced or that well sweep the station clean we shall tell them we want no protected and privileged classes that we will back them up aa they enforce the law fearlessly and honestly or we may next tall elect men to the legislature instructed to work for the repeal of the laws concerning saloons gambling and the social ehll we ahall demand their repeal they cant be enforced because any man or woman with money may break them and it we win and gambling Is legal 1 iced and the social evil la protected and shielded not by the police but by the law we may appear as a degenerate citizenship to the nation but we ahall be honest with ourselves if wjk believe in these evils make them legal if it Is our honest opinion that they are necessary tor the business life of the city as many of you have told me alright go ahead and dematay i the laws which they need it they are such splendid things for a progressive city dont check them but encourage them I 1 admire the facile honesty of nevada it says we fancy the gambling houses and proceeds to put upon its books denning the rights of gamblers and incidentally fixing the charges it says have as many devices as you will but pay us a month for a roulette wheel 75 for a faro bank 50 for a crap table 50 for a poker game now a manly and business way to deal with the proposition many because its out arid out its hon est businesslike because they get a fair return gambling Is made too cheap in ogden our beloved institutions pay a month when according LO ano nevada basis they ought to be paying or but if the court should say some morning to the assembled brethren well make it this month the brethren would have the court impeached for malfeasance in office for gross overcharge or for injustice to the commercial heart of the community the thing is too cheap in ogdan if we are after the revenue this is the peoples affair plato has it that the punishment which the wise suffer ano refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of worse men it is this too which the good people of a community suffer the constant thrusting the blame for civic injustice at the doors of the decent element Is I 1 begin to think just tho dealer in wickedness is interested in his trade he bob with the officials perhaps elects them he seeks to muzzle the press so that no word which will stir up adverse criticism Is admitted to circulation but the man who believes in righteousness cats his breakfast tends to the days business comes homo and hopes that alls well with the government he command the officials of the city for a righteous stand nor does ho speak his word of cheer to ane press that is fearless biow many of you have made mayor brewer feel that he has your support you say h must snow he has not ai all that is one place where the good people may serve the higher interests of ogden As long as good men fear the bad we may hope for little you are not to be silenced or insulted or in timi jated the bribe which protected evil pays to the city is not to shut your mouth when you begin to protect the ear which is ever close to the ground will hear the rumbling I 1 plead with you who consider yourselves tolerably respectable to see that ultimately you musi assume the responsibility for civic shiftlessness be brave then to meet it the officers to whom and of whom we speak sharply are men like ourselves they make mistakes some or us do they do splendid things aney need a word of encouragement perhaps two words every step they take forward Is in the face of bitter opposition from the lover elements ano are sure to let the rulers know what they like and what they dislike no wonder the officers conclude that this clamorous jabbering is public opinion they never hear any other opinion expressed most of the opinion anich you glod people have is delightfully private and you are determined you will keep it so it can do but little good there I 1 should like to put in a kind word for the standard it has printed those addresses of mine in of protest some of tho liquor interests have withdrawn their advertisements to show their disgust these did not protest because I 1 labeled libeled any well meaning soul other ways are open for redress along that allne they protested because beneath the feeble utterance there was truth which they did not wish the people to 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