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148ru-of•ill or, h«-at »!». Jp-VI i :i ice tor a ill. r»iin.to:bern[i0-f ahidireleuat-lreknown eloquence :unl fearless dis|ksi-ti »?i will insure lirr an extensive au«li-tki!lt;•••• There wems to lie tit legist one pulpit In the lt;»ly that is outsjMiken for morality and pMi governnfent. Thisv\;ilt; in evidence somr time a;ro vIk*ii, in win through tho tan-** of “trying” a ca • of public nuisance in the district court. tin* t«#st of prcmptorilv challenging jnr»r was hase I upon membership or aililiation with that church. A shyster lawyer from Seattle wan defending the ca*e. :mlt;i his first question to each juror and u if;ilt; :nlt;beatlt; lt;! tin* trendof»the testimony. The Aiunshas ne\*-r advlt;Vated attempting to banish the social evil from rlt;rt Townsend entirelv, because it le-lieves that is imp«*ssibie; hut it has re-jieatedly asserted that tlu* jieople had arij'ht to ex|«ert the authorities to drive tin* infamous business awav from our nmst frequented thoroughfares—that the virtuous wifehood and motherhood of tlie city lui^lit U* in a measure protected from insult; that the hoys and jjirls might In* K*lt;s suhjeeted to temptation and contamination. We lx?lievo this assertion to l*e reasonable; we )elieve that any citizen who objects tothisjio-sitton is not ‘well disj»osed as to the good order and happinessof the people,” jis sot forth in the t«*st oath for naturalization under. I'. S. laws. We believe that Port Townsend cannot afford to lt;lo other wist* than check immoral tendencies. The most desirable acquisitions to our i*o]mlation will I*; reiiellcd unless we can maintain a higher standard.From MoJMav’n Dally.T. P. Luker’s wife rod daughter wentKarlv«rI hirlul It liai Franc tionah form.’TheElldU!deletf.iI’erritTw,Indiaieveniithe MOwi tbo citOD, tleel toAn
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Port Townsend Weekly Argus
Port Townsend, Washington, US
Thu, Sep 13, 1888
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