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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
SOUP HOUSES 0 HARD HUES
Jmdgm &? StMllag- ! no Crime Plle
Court 8ee
Cincinnati, Jan. 10, 1904 At the
Vine Street Congregational chuich
htia evening the pastor, Herbert S.
Bigelow, discussed the return of hard
times, taking for his text scenes in
the local police court. He said in
part:
Hard times and free soup houses
are with us again. Every day for
months has brought -us reports of
factories closed and wages reduced.
Despite the demagogue,s: assurance
of continued prosperity, ' the depres
sion which has bee,h predicted is here.
The ugly facts cannot be . concealed,
even by the papers, which have been
preaching for so long that hard times
is a democratic malady. -LIKE
ROME'S, HISTORY- ,
Our daily papers are beginning to
read like the , history of ancient
Rome. The hungry mob clamors for
bread and the political, bosses , vie
with each other in their ostentations
charities. Here, for instance, is , a
news item: r
"Councilman Michael Mullen, of the
Eighth ward, Wednesday morning es
tablished a free soup house at ,435
E. Front street ' It was .instantly
crowded by povefty-stricken people
with ' baskets, broken-spout , coffee
pots, bottles and tin cans to carry
away solid provisions, soup, and tot
fee." - , ., . . . .
The condition of the . unemployed
has become so desperate and-thieving
fio epidemic that our machinery of
justice, which is usually so relentless
in the prosecution , of .little criminals,
has broken down. In our police icpurt
we have had the remarkable spectacle
of the callous sleuth of the law plead
ing for the accused and the judge,
grown mercifiii, dismissing acknowl
edged thieves whose hunger '. drove
them to crime. '. , .
Here is a scene in this court. A
man is on the stand who was caught
with stolen bread. The officer who
arrested him is called as the prosecut
ing witness. He addresses the judge
But, behold, this Javert abandons his
role of sleuth. He speaks as a man
and a brother. Listen:
"Judge, there are nearly two hun
dred people down there who are starv
ing. This man Jones is a working
man and not a thief. He was going
to share what he stole with the oth
ers. 'To prevent worse crimes, such
as burglary, we must arrest these
men. They are out from 3 o'clock in
the . morning for what they can find
to eat. A loin of pork was stolen
Monday morning and the grocer told
us not to look for it. 'Lord knows,
they need it,' he told us. In the
buildings at 318, 320 and 322 there are
many who have not a cent and who
have nothing to eat."
What is the judge's reply to this
policeman's , plea for mercy? The
judge is not a preacher. Perhaps he
is not a church member. He is a
politician. He is a member of the
"gang." Possibly, he is worse than
many he sends to prison. But he is
not without heart and this is his vtT-
, diet:
"The stealing of bread under such
circumstances is no offense."
Another prisoner is airaigned. This
is Charles Stevens, a white man. The
night before he had gone to the jail
said he was out of work and hungry
and begged to be locked up. What
crime has he committed? None. He
is here to ask the judge ior the priv
ilege of being treated like a criminal
The judge says:
"You may go to jail, and when the
sun begins to shine wann enough, go
to the jailer and tell him yen wish to
be released. I will docket you as
committed for $50 and costs at your
own request." . ,
Later the judge addressed a body cf
city ofihiah before whom he defcntl
ed these strange decisions. "Why,'
said he, "nearly every morning at one
and two o'clock, policemen on their
heats find the men picking potato
peeliuga out cf ash barrels. Why
gentlemen, even I would not hesitate
to fracture one of the tn command
inents if placed In this position."
A PMJACltHK'S CONFK3S10N.
And now listen to the word of a
preacher who visited the politlrlau
hotip hoii.se: "It la a Bad picture,
have been studying thU problem
human misery U my life, ami am no
nearer a Muullon than when I be
gan. 1 pivMuuo ha noon as they eat
their bread and inol.utM' wvy win I
thoroughly contented and would no
work aiuin until they are hungry.
That I the preacher of It. In a
comfortable fctudy, he La been h k
lug f,r a duthM nil ! Ufc An.
the ripe fruit of nil lb. research I
the tutknytv pre-uiinplhm that po
ertv tnut be duo to l:utno.
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