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F one were looking around for a
text for this subject he could not
do better than to turn to the
Fourth Commandment, which is
usually interpreted to mean an
,. injunction against working on one day of
the seven. But the Commandment begins,
"Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy
work." That is the important six-sevenths
o! it. The man who works seven days a
week is looked
upon as a social s i n n e r,
and rightly so,
but the man
who · does not
work at all
is six times
as much of a
social sinner.
We
have
many la.ws
and organizations compelling people to
refrain
from
working
one
day of
the
seven.
It
•ould be very much better to have laws to
· allow people to work six days of the seven.
(Applause.)
· · Ancient peoples for the most part contldered work an affliction. The Jews hon~red work abo ve all other nations, but even
• •th them we find ·instances of this attihide. as in the curse laid upon Adam on his
Upulsion from the Garden of Eden. It
laarks back to the old idea that work is a
~ : to be despised and hated. Aristotle
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ous. and that some men are born to
•Ia,·es; but we say that all men · were
to_ be free. and that everybody ought
~ Ork. So far from its being impossible
- ; w~rkin g man to live the life of virla~ e is t?e only man who does.
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with his hands. This revolutionizes the
whole idea of education. And it_ explains
why it is that many a boy borp. in the backwoods, doing a little of everything on the
farm, with only t wo months a year of
schooling, nevertheless comes • to the city
and walks directly over the heads of boys
who have had every possible advantage.
The boy from the bac~ oods has been the
educated one. Thomas vVentworth Higginson told me that when he was compiling a
book of examples of American literature
he could find nothing eqm,., ,~ the Gettysburg address of Lincoln and .John Brown's
speech from the gallows. Both those men
were backwoods trained.
Now, if eYeryone has a right to work.
then it is right that everyone sh ould work.
We hear a great deal about this right 'in a
time like this, when a great ma ny people
are out of work and cannot find work. A
man cannot have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness without work. I wonder
how long it is going to be before we discover that it is very much cheaper to grant
tha t demand than it is to deny it.. We
realize that it is cheaper to build schoolhouses than reformatories, but somehow
scciety has never realized that we have
to support all our people-the tramps and
jailbirds and thugs and thieves and hoboes
just as much as the law-abiding and industrious. We may grant this right to work
or deny it, but to deny it is very costly, because- we then have to hire policemen and
judges and juries and jails : it would be
very much cheaper to board these workless
men at the Parker- House! (Laughter and
applause.)
There is nothing more terrible than to be
·out of work. It is worse than it is to be
overworked, and that is bad enough. Let
me remind you of Edwin Markham's ,;The
Man Under the Stone."
That is awful
enough. But ·t here is something worse, and
that is for the man to lose his grip-his job

-to go tramping up and down looking for
a chance to work, and seeing his wife and
children grow haggard for want of the necessities of life. That is the man-oecause
he asks for the privilege of exchanging the
toil of his hands for the necessities of life,
feeling like a dog stealing bones out of an
ash-barrel. that is the man who has lost his
hold and has been crushed by the stone
abo ve.
There is nothing more demoralizing than
to be out of work. We expect that even the
son of a rich man will become a rake unless
he is gi ven some regular employment, and
the same is true at the other end of the
scale. There are thousands of people today who. if they g et their jobs. will become
or remain good American citizens; but if ·
they do not-if they are driven to municipal !edging houses, park benches and boxcars-then we may expect them to become
anything but good citizens. These people
are just t1.J.e same kind as the rest of us.
I know , because I have been chummin-s
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with them fo~
ks , and I know they are
folks-just the 'Mme as you and I-and I
know if I were out of work for weeks, I
would look a nd act and talk and smell just
like these fellows. (Applause.)
For several weeks the good old Irish janitor at mv church has had coffee and bread
and a fire ready for any fellow who came
in for them . (Applause.) And in the evenings I have been down getting acquainted
with those fellow s. Some of them, if they
find their jobs, are going up, and some of
them, if they don't are going down, just as
you and I would do under similar circum·stances. (The speaker then told of two
ty pical cases : one of two young men who
had been out of work in Chicago, and had
seen in a ne wspaper that there was snowsho velling to be had in New York, beating
their wa y East in the freight trains and being dri ven out of town a fter town on their
wa y ; the other of an old man who had been
pa rtiallv pa ral yz ed while working in a

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refrain
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seven.
It
be very much better to have laws to
people to work six days of the seven.
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· cient peoples for the most part con. work an affliction. The Jews honwork above all other nations, but even
them we find ·instances of this attiin the curse laid upon Adam on his
ion from the Garden of Eden. It
back to the old idea that work is a
~ ·to be despis_ed and hated. _ Aristotle
·lli'.l4 ft was impossible for an artisan to be
.srtuous, and that some men are born to
. . slaves; but we say that all men were
be free , and that everybody ought
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So far from its being impossible
rar a :working man to live the life of virbe. ''he is the only man who does.
(Applause:) Every man ought to work, even
If lie has inherited wealth from his ancestan. · We see this plainly enough if we renee it to a small scale. Suppose a family
r tather and ·sons Jived on an island. and
when the father died one son inherited the
Ql!ly spring of fresh water. He then might
,ti;y, ';"I have what they all need; so my
brothers must till my fields for me." Enlarge the idea, and conceive the island to
be the earth, and it makes no difference in
tlie ·proposition itself, whether the spring be
o[,water, or oil, or coal, or gold. (Applause.)
We ~
are all like so many people on a raft,
'With a limited supply of rations, and the only
thing to do is to push the raft on toward
further · supplies. What shall we think of
the people .who not only will not row, but
demand a double supply of rations, and
th~ look ~ith scorn at those who ·push
pie raft?
.A. man cannot be a full-grown man unless
be~does work. That is a revelation which
has been made to us by physiological psy- ·
~ology. It is impossible for a man to defelop all that is in him unless he works

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On every hand we see nature at
work, in mountain and stream, in
bush and tree, in the heavens and
under the waters.
And this work
goes on ,without cessation. We rejoice, 0 God, that we, th y children,
have been granted the capacity, the
desire, and the occasion to work. We
delight in the health, happiness, and
achievement that come through work.
H~
s to see that every one must
sh~,·e in this blessing. Save us from
ruining the children of privilege by
giving them an · overabundance ·of the
fruits of toif without requiring them
to undergo · its discipline. Save us
again from robbing some of our fellowmen of. the opportunity to work
while at the same time we crush
other men and children with the
double burden of work. Help us, we
pray, to see to it that every one has
work to do and that every one gets
the fruit of his work. Amen.

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suit of happiness without work. I wonder
how long it is going to be before we discover that it is very much cheaper to grant
that demand than it is to deny it. We
realize that it is cheaper to build schoolhouses than reformatories, but somehow
scciety has never realized that we have
to support all our people-the tramps and
jailbirds and thugs and thieves and hoboes
just as much as the law-abiding and industrious. We may grant this right to work
or deny it, but to deny it is very costly, because- we then have to hire policemen and
judges and juries and ;ails: it would be
very much cheaper to board these workless
men at the Parker. House! (Laughter and
applause.)
There is nothing more terrible than to be
out of work. It is worse than it is to be
overworked, and that is bad enough. Let
me remind you of Edwin Markham' s "The
Man Under the Stone."
That ·is awful
enough. But ·there is something worse, and
that is for the man to lose his grip-his job

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are just t'he same kind as the rest of us.
I know , because I have been chumming
with them for weeks. and I know they are
folks-just the same as you and I-and I
know if I were out of work for weeks, I
would look and act and talk and smell just
like these fellows. (Applause.)
For several weeks the good old Irish janitor at m y church has had coffee and bread
aud a fire ready for any fellow who came
in for them. (Applause.) And in the evenings I have been down getting acquainted
with those fellows. Some of them, if they
find their jobs, are going up, and some of
them, if they don 't are going down, just as
you and I would do under similar circumstances. (The speaker then told of two
typical cases: one of two young men who
had been out of work in Chicago, and had
seen in a newspaper that there was snowshovelling to be had in New York, beating
their way East 1n the freight trains and being driven out of t own after town on their
way; the other of an old man who had been
partially paralyzed while working in, a
foundry, and was unable to do work that
exposed him to cold or wet.)
If those
young fellows had entered a church to ask
for a place to sleep and had been sent to
Blackwell's Island in cons Jquence, they
would have come out Anarchists. .t>..:.:__ :iey
would have been good ones, and would have
made society pay, and pay, and pay! When
are we going to understand that that isn't
an economical way of treating God's children? To have sent some of those boys to
jail was the worst possible thing that could
have happened to them and to society itself. (The speaker told of one judge who
s.e nt a boy of 19 to the Island when he had
simply joined the throng that entered - the
church out of curiosity and had tried to get
out when h e learned that they were a
"rough crowd." The judge said to this,
"You were in bad company: ten days."
There was the makings of a good boy
ruined by a foolish judge.
If we were wise, what would we do with
these cases, which are typical, even if they
do not explain all of these men out of work?
Would we wait for them to get 'in such a
situation that they could not think straight
but could only feel crooked, or would we
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Q (Miss Meltzer): Isn't the only solution
for the problem on the Socialistic basis ?
(Applause.)
A: If you want to call Socialism employment by the city or State or nation, yes.
I am not a Socialist, but I believe the city
or State or nation ought to find work for
these men.
Q: It is all right to talk about the right
to work, but how are we going to obtain it?
A: The ballot is in the hands of every
American citizen.
Q: If you were out of work, would your
Christian conscience let you enlist in the
army or navy?
A: I haven't worked that out. I believe
in peace.
Q : Would Higginson have added to his
examples of American literature President
Wilson 's speech en the repeal of the Canal
tolls?
A: I share with you your admiration for
the mastery of the English language of
President Wilson.
Q : Have the New York newspapers reported these affairs of the unemployed honestly?
A: Absolutely, they do nol It is a shame
that the capitalistic press cannot be fair to
the working man.
Q: When the peace movement gets rid of
the army and navy, what shall we do with
the unemployed soldiers and sailors ?
A: We might find another Panama Canal
to dig.
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Q (Miss Rogolsky):
Why have all the
nations turned from agricultural into industrial counties?
A: Because manufacturing produces more
wealth. Besides, a man cannot afford to live
on what is paid nowadays for farm work.
Q (Mrs. Blanchard):
Why doesn't the
city do something in regard to the housing
problem of these men?
A: We citizens clamor to have the taxes
kept down, and then we blame the officials
for not building municipal lodging houses.
Q (Miss deFord): Isn't a great deal of unemployment due to the holding of land by
speculators. and won·t this be remedied by
the Single Tax?
A: I wish I could believe so, but my experience is against it.
Q (Miss Crawford): We have had only
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ha ve uron unemployment; and what proportion of the unjjllployed are foreigners?
A : There are ·no adequate statistics on
the subject.
Q: Would it not be better for America;
in establishing a government employment
bureau, first to abolish the present employ11'.ent bureaus which exploit the poor?
A : That would come about automatically. They could not compete.
Q : Would not workmen 's compensation,
governrr.ent insurance, and the English
Board of Trade labor improve conditions?
A: The English system ought to be
adopted, with certain limitations, in the
United States.
Q: Are not the conditions in Germany
that you mentioned due to the great number of Social Democrats th·ere?
A : I think you are right. (Applause.)
Q: Don't you think that these periods
of panic and depression are lessons sent to
teach the people that the God of the
churches is always on the side of the biggest thief?
A: I should not draw that inference myself. (Laughter.)
Q: How can we · expect to have things
right unless life is put above property, and
how are we going to educate people to see
that?
A: You are right, but I don't know how
to teach it except by keeping everlastingly
at it.
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Q : If the Socialist system should be in
operation. would there not be a great deal
less of unemployment?
A : Undoubtedly, when we all work for
the government, there would of necessity
be a job for everyone; but the condition in
my mind would be infinitely worse.
Q: Would not a national law regulating
the hours of employment help?
A: Exactly so.
That is another thing
we must keep everlastingly at.
Q: What is the name of the church that
arrested the people that came in to sleep?
A: I guess I won 't tell you.
Q (Mr. Weitzner):
Doesn't the development of efficiency add to the problem of unemployment?
A: Yes. but we ought to make people
more and more efficient. But as fast as we
do, their wages ought to be increased to the
fnllPst. extent of rhPir

Yes, but it is not all in the churches.

Q : Isn't the liquor traffic responsible to a

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these men are in?
a standing comrr
a select committ<
A: Undoubtedly a great many people are
and a subject maJ
poor because they drink, and a great many
committee or· to ar
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ure of the Town i\
Q: Isn't it ironical that the big millionMotl
aires will give ten million dollars . for a
33. A motion t,
library, and nothing for this situation?
be received: but n·
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A: I don 't know how much they are d~
ing. I suppose they are privileged to spend
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their money as they please, even if I would
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or a bill shall onli
spend it differently.
Q (Mr. London): How much of the prob- \. before the Town M
lem of unemployment is due to the competi:
Parlia
35. Cushing's M
tion of women with men in industry?
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ble, and in which
some of it.
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Q: What good is it going to do to raise
Debate on l:fotions
he wages of the working man when the
36. Debate upon
o! any of the rules
cust of living goes up at the same time? ..c
utes, and no citizen
A: There are lots of things that I don'.t
minutes.
know. That is one of them.
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Q: Would ·not unemployment be cured
those present shal
by stopping over-production, which is thP.
Suspensions, ;
cause of it?
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A: Possibly.
with, altered or r
Q : Do you mean to say there are no nnthe citizens preseD
rule and rule twen1
employed men in Germany?
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unless by unanim,
A: I understand that the enemployment
p_resent.
problem in Germany practicaly does not exist?
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Q: You have not yet given us a real reiil·
edy. What is it?
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A: I have nothing to add to what I have
ferred to committe
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said.
Order No. !. m
Q: Instead of blaming that judge for
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sending the man to jail, aren't the workl.nf.
RPP<·rted unravorab
Bill No. 4. to giv
men to blame for electing a judge like that!
ferred to committe
A: The ultimate responsibility rests
or:iblY. On order
with us as citizens, but we can't always te.Jl
Bili' No. 5, to i:
!erred to committtE
beforehand.
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Q : Is it possible for every man to have
committee on liquo:
a job while our immigration gates are keJJt
Bill No. i , to give
J>O"ndence. refe rred,
wide open?
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Reported fa.-orably
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be some sort of regulation.
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Order No. 5, mur
Q: Don't you think too much moneY Is
referred to commltt
being spent in building churches,
ported un!aYorably;
couldn't half of it be used to the advanta#
Bill No. 10, OCC1
"'entx. referred to
of the unemployed? (Applause.)
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committee.
A: I think so. I think there are a g . e
Bill No. 15, trai
many superfluous churches. but I hope m
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isn't regarded as one. (Laughter.)
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Bill No. 16. sale I
Q: If the cause that the first larnb wa5
•l><>tb~arles. rP!err,
sickly is not removed, does it do any g~
la.-,._ Reported !av
• Bill ~o. 18. remo,
to take a way that one lamb from the floe~
to committees on r1
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co1nm1ttee.
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A: 1 share with you your admiration for
the mastery of the English language of
President Wilson.
Q: Have the New York newspapers reported these affairs of the unemployed honestly?
• A: Absolutely, they do not. It is a shame
that the capitalistic press cannot be fair to
the working man.
Q: When the peace movement gets rid of
tlae army and navy, what shall we do with
the unemployed soldiers and sailors?
A: We might find another Panama Canal
to dig.
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Q (Miss Rogolsky): Why have all the
nations turned from agricultural into industrial counties?
A: Because manufacturing produces more
wealth. Besides, a man cannot afford to live
on what is paid nowadays for farm work.
Q (Mrs. Blanchard): Why doesn't the
city do something in regard to the housing
problem of these men?
A: We citizens clamor to have the taxes
kept down, and then we blame the officials
for not building municipal lodging houses.
Q (Miss deFord) : Isn't a great deal of unemployment due to the holding of land by
speculators, and won't this be remedied by
the Single Tax?
A: I wish I could believe so, but my experience is against it.
Q (Miss Crawford): We have had only
one woman in our bread-line .here. Do women come to the bread-lines in New York?
A: The women's department of the municipal lodging house is almost empty. God
only knows where the women are who ~re
out of employment.
Q (Mrs. Whittle): Germany, which has
all these economic improvements, has the
highest suicide rate. Do you consider suicide criminal or sensible?
A: I should hate to encourage anybody to
the cowardce of suicide. But there are circumstan~es in which I believe God would
forgive a man for do"ing that dreadful thing.
Q: Is not our industrial system generating the unfit, and, if so, what is the way out?
A: Absolutely. The way out is to stop
and ·fight that iniquity to the last ditch. We
should see that children at least are protected against the encroachments of greed.
Q: Are not the manufacturers and capitalists responsible for the present unemployment in seeking to overawe the workers
in industry?
A: I don't think we can put it up to the
manufacturers. We are all the victims of
tremendous economic changes.
Q (Miss P<lfl',y): If the immigration bill
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of panic and depression are lessons sent to
teach the people that the God of the
churches is always on the side of the biggest thief?
A : I should not draw that inference myself. (Laughter.)
Q: How can we · expect to have things
right unless life is put above property, and
how are we going to educate people to see
that?
A: You are right, but I don't know how
to teach it except by keeping everlastingly
at it.
Q: If the Socialist system should be in
operation, would there not be a great deal
less of unemployment?
A: Undoubtedly, when we all work for
the government, there would of necessity
be a job for everyone; but the condition in
my mind would be infinitely worse.
Q: Would not a national law regulating
the hours of employment help?
A: Exactly so. That is another thing
we must keep everlastingly at.
Q : What is the name of the church that
arrested the people that came in to sleep?
A: I guess I won't tell you.
Q (Mr. Weitzner) : Doesn't the develop,ment of efficiency add to the problem of unemployment?
A : Yes, but we ought to make people
more and more efficient. But as fast as we
do, their wages ought to be increased to the
fullest extent of their added efficiency.
Q: lsn't making the wages equal to the
output the whole explanation of Socialism?
A : If that is all there is to Socialism I
will shake hands with you and join the Socialists.
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Q: How long do you think it will be
before such doctrines as you have given
tonight can be preached in the pulpits of all
Christian churches?
A: Hundreds of ministers are preaching
them today.
Q: What are you going to do about the
employment of the man whom you said
could not be · employed?
A : I said it was impossible to canvass
all the situation in one address, but that
here were some things that were successful in other places. There are a good many
things we must do, too.
Q (Mrs. Barr) : Hasn't the new tariff law
a good deal to do with the curtailment of
industry?
A : Kot very much, but I think a good
many people ha~e been frightened by it.
Q : In view of the fact that the '-undamental of religion is brotherhood and that
~o many do not practise brotherhood, isn't
there a good deal of hypocrisy around?

A:

Possibly.
Do you mean to say there are r
employed men in Germany?
.;i ' A: I understand that the enemploy .
problem in Germany practicaly does no~"&
ist?
ti.
Q : You have not yet given us a real reia,
edy. What is it?
•
A: I have nothing to add to what I hall
said.
Q : Instead of blaming that iudge r
sending the man to jail, aren't the worki:
men to blame for electing a judge like thari
A: The ultimate responsibility resii
with us as citizens, but we can't always ltl
beforehand.
Q : Is. it poss~ble ~or ~very man to ha,,
a job while our 1mm1grat10n gates are keJll
wide open?
A: l agree with you that there ought to
be some sort of regulation.
Q: Don't you think too much money k
being spent in building churches, 3.114
couldn't half of it be used to the advan~
of the unemployed? (Applause.)
A: I think so. I think there are a goo!
many superfluous chul'.ches, but I hope mint
isn't regarded as one. (Laughter.)
Q: If the cause that the first lamb was
sickly is not removed, does it do any goocl
to take away that one lamb from the flock!
A : A great many of the sickly lambs
are the result of Nature's habit of experimentation.
Q : Would not government ownership of
railroads, telegraph and telephone. and a.JI
eight-hour s ystem making it a crime for a
,nan to work more than eight hours, accomplish much good?
A: I believe in the eight-hour day, but I
don't know whether I would make it a criminal act for a man to work more than eight
hours. I am afraid it would get me.
(Laughter.)
Q :- Doesn't the efficiency of the capita~
istic mode of production depend upon an
unemployment problem?
A : I don't think it does.
Q: If the government can put had men
to work in prisons. why can 't it put good
men to work in a factory?
A: I think it can, but I should have 10
take time to say how.
Q (Mr. Cosgrove): How can a working
man adjust himself to a system that gNe:
one man in the community an income of a
hundred millions a year? ·
A: I am sure that is dead wrong.
Q: Haven't the Socialists of New Yort
done a great deal for the unemployed ?
A: They have helped the men, but I mi~
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,;otblng In these rules shall he disper

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municipal_ lodging:_ houses,
~ to committee on city plannmg. In c,
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No. 4. municipal auditori?~ in "
..,._ referred to committee on mumcipal atl'a

-rtrd unfnvornbly. On order of day.
~ No. 4. to i:-lve notice of unemployment,
frrr'NI to c,ommltteP on la bor. Reported un1
_.blT-· On order of day .
B01 No. 5, to lnYestig:ate nnemployll?ent,
frffNS to commlttte on l:1bor. In committee.
BUI No. 6, lndl.-idual license act,. referred
~ mtttee on liquor l!!WS. In committee.
BtJl No. i , to i:-ive <>ffect to J?eclnration_ of_ I_
n
~es,ce, refe rred to committee on Judicir.
~rted f:t.-ora hly . On order of day.
BUI No. s. lights in tenement hon_
ses. refer
•• committee on housing:. In committee.
Order No. 5, municipal hatb-bouse in Ward
referred to committee on municipal ntl'airs.
ported un!nvorahly. On order of day.
Bill No. 10, occupancy o! cellars and ha
aeot&. referred to committee on housing.
tommittee.
Bill :So. 15, transporta tion and d elivery
'uquors. referred to committee on liquor laws.
ported ra.-orably. On order of d a y.
BUI No. 16, sale o! liquors by dru g-gists r.
a pothecaries, r eferred to committee on liq ,
)a-.-11. Reported favorably . On order of day.
BUI No. 18. removal of bats by ladies, refer:
10 committees on rules and courtesies jointly.
committee.
Blll No. 19, "tin plate law," introduced by co
m.Jttee on publicity. On order of d:ty.
• Order No. 6, condemning: Ward S munici
lmlldln;::-. referred to committee on municipal
!:air"- In committee.
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B111 :So. 21, publication of weekly by )fassacl
Rtts towns. r eferred to committee on judicia
lleported unfa vorably. R ecommittE>d .
BUI No. 22, recreation evening: in public sclto<
ttferred to _c<?mmittees on education and pl:\y a
"""re,nion Jomtly. In committee.
·. Rill No. 23. open air concerts, r eferrej to co
mlttee on play _nd recreation . In committee.
Bill Ko. 24, insurance commission. referred
N>m_
mittee on judici:1 ry. In committee.
B,11 _No. 25, State recreation hoa rd. refe rred
N>m_m•tt~ on play and recr eation . In committ
Bill !so. 29. system t o p:1y public jehts.
ferr,>rl I? c~mmittee on judiciary. · In committ
Bill 1'o. ~o, s ummer outings. referre <l to co
mlttee on courtesies In committee.
Bill :So. 31, American and other flag s. I
fern-rl ro couumttee on labor. In committee.
,,. Bill :So. :t!. c·o -oper,lt ion with P o stm:1 s te r GE
r:11. llefnrerl t o committee on tr:1nsportatif
In eom111ittPe.

Committees.
CoarteNi~"~l r~. E . D . Foster . Chairman.
~Ir ..T:imes r . r..ohPrts. 141 Milk Street.
Y••hna L. Eme rson, S'.! Lin~oln StrePt.

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Qlents, If any, in their regular order, and then
upon the main question.
l\lotion to Commit.

{es, but it is not all in the churches.
m't the liquor traffic responsible to a
,ctent for the. condition that some or
ten are in?
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Jndoubtedly a great many people are
cause they drink, and a great many
~cause they ai;e poor. (Applause.)
sn't it ironical that the big million.
·m give ten million dollars for a
and nothing for this situation?
don't know how much they are do;uppose they are privileged to spend
mey as they please, even if I would
: differently.
·. London): How much of the pro!).
tnemployment is due to the comp~
;vomen with men in industry?
don't know how much, but I think
it.
J'hat good is it going to do to raise
;es of the working man when the
living goes up at the same time!
'here are lots of things that I don't
That is one of them.
J'ould ·not unemployment be cured
ping over-production, which is th~
. it?

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ossibly.
'O you mean to say there are no 1111d men in Germany?
understand that the enemployment
in Germany practicaly does not exou have not yet given us a real remhat is it?
··;.have nothing to add to what I ~Tt
istead of blaming that judge for•
the man to jail, aren't the work1D&
ilame for electing a judge like ~ !
he ultimate responsibility rests
as citizens, but we can't always tel
.nd.
. it possible for every man to ban
tile our immigration gates are kefl
3n?

agree with you that there ought It
sort of regulation.
on't you think too much moner
pent in building churches,
haif of it be used to the advan
nemployed? (Applause.)
·
think so. I think there are a
perfluous churches, but I hope
nded as one. (Laughter.)
the cause that the first lamb
not removed, does it do anY
,way that one lamb from the tl.1
great many of the sickly I.a
result of Nature's habit of
n.
ould not government ownershl/
. telegraph and te!ephon:· llllfof
r s ystem making it a crime
1 ork more than eight hours, a
ch good?
ielieve in the eio-ht-hour daY, ,w whether I wo~ld make it a
'or a man to work more than

:::!. ,v11eu a motion is made to commit, and
,liffcrent committees are proposed, the question
sha ll he taken in the following order:
a standing committee of the Town Meeting,
a select committee of the Town :.reeting,
:ind a subject may be recommitted to the same
committee or to another committee at the pleasure of the Town ;;reeting.
Motions to Amend.

33. A motion to a-mend an amendment maY.
he received; but no amendment in the third de;;ree s hall be allowed.

:;4_ A motion to strike out the enacting clause

ol :t bill shall only be received when the bill is
1..-core the Town Meeting for enactment.
Parliamentary Practice.

;;.,. Cusbing's Manual shall govern the Town
)leeting in all cases to which they are applicaule. and in which they are not inconsistent . with
these rules.

D~bate on Motions .for the Suspension of Rules.
::6. Debate upon a motion for the s uspension
ol any of the rules s hall be limited to fifteen min-

utes, and no citizen shall occupy more than three
minutes.
::i. Unless otherwise stat ed a majority ,ote of
those present shall decide any question.
Suspensions, Amendment and Repeal.

38. Nothing in these rules shall be dispensed
witb, altered or repealed, unless two tbirjs of
the citizens present consent thereto ;
but this

rule and rule twenty-one shall not be s uspended,
onless lly unanimous consent of the citizens
p;esen t.

Order ::S-o. 1, municipal lodging houses, referred to committee on city planning. In com-

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No. 4, municipal auditorium in W_est
· End. referred to committee on municipal afl:airs .
Rt>J)( -rted unfavorably. On order of day.
Blll ::S-o. 4. to give notice of unemployment, refer,...d to committee on labor. R<'ported untavor:ibh·. On order of day.
Bill° No. 5, to investigate unemployn:ient, re&rred to committte on labor. In committee.
Bill ::\'o. 6, individual licen se act, referred to
eommlttee on liquor laws. In committee.
Bill ::\'o. i . to give C'fl:ect to Declara tion of Indept'ndence. referred to committee ou judiciary.
Jle1><>rted ea,·orallly. Ou order of day .
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•BUI ::\'o. S. lights in tenement houses. referred
... rommlttee on housing. In committee.
Order- No. 5, municip al bath-house in Ward S.
l'lfttred to committee on municipa l afl:airs.
Re)le·rtect onta.-oralll,. On order of day.
Bill No. 10, occupancy of cellars and basellellta,. referred to committee on housing.
In
-.ntttee.
llUl :So. 15, transportation and delivery of
.. aon. relerrE'd to committee on liquor laws. Re~ ~nornbly. On order of day.
No. 16. snle of liquors by druggists anJ
~
rles. rE'!erred to committee on liquor
-.--. Reported tarnrably. On order of clay.
am ~o. 18. removal of hats hy ladies, referred
~ m lttees 011 rules and courtesies jointly. In

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~:So.

19, " tin plate l,1w," introduced by com~ on _Publicity. Ou orrler or day.
:So. 6, conrlemnini: Ward S municipal

r. n>!errE'rl to committee on municipa l af-

l_n committee.
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publica tion of weekly b y :lfassachulowns. rPfE'rre,1 to committee on judiciary.
lb:ii,~ nnrn,-ora hlr. P..ecommitted.
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So. :!:!. recr eartnn evenin g- in puhlic school s.

~ t o com1nltt~Ps on {'(lncatiou and play :11td
:Sn }_!!lntlr. In committee.
•A" .-.1- . .o ru• n air f•<,nr•f\1'"'-= '""'" " ... "
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:\Ir. Geor;;e E. ltith-out, 4G ?.lilk St reet , Boston. Ch:tir1uau .
:llr. ,vi!Iiam " ' bite, 1437 Eastern Avenue,
Lind en.
:\!rs. Anna M. Cullim:rn, 3 Fairlee Street, ,v.
Somenill<'.
:\Ir. .Tona h Rabiuow. 9!l :\I yrtle Street.
:llr. E. H. :l!cintoslJ , :!47 Beale Street, W olla sto n.
Budget a.nd Approriations.
?-Ir. R . G. l\!cKerrall, 41 )larie .-I.venue, Ever-

ett, Cha irman.

,v. Coleman, lii W . Brookline
Street. Boston.
)Iiss Eliza beth Hunter, 36 H ancock Str eet ,
Boston.

)Ii ss F r eda Rogo lsky, &37 Cllnrles St.
:llr. D. l~. Laclcl . ::S-o. 617. Y. :II. C. A.

:lfr. .T. J. Sullfran, Weld Street, ,vest Roxb nry .
:\Ir. J. S. L ond on, Y. M. C. A ., Bost9n.
)lunicipal Aff'airs.

:llr. Art hur
Chairman.

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T ay lor, Box 850i , Boston ,

?.fr. W. C. Ewing, !)Si Washington St.
i\lr. :\I. T. Rush. ;; Bowdoin Street .
)Ir. John H . Gnt terso u, P. 0. Box 1::4.
City Planning.

:llr. George B. Ga llup, i:!S Commonwe:ilth ·
Avenue, Bost on , Cha irman.
:l!rs. E . D. Foster. H Huntington Ave.
)Ii ss l◄ reda Ro;;olsky, 35i Charles St.
:IIr. Henry S. Victorso n. 1G Court Sq.
?.Ir. D . .I,'. Ladd , ::So. 6li. Y. i.'.I. C. A .
:llrs. L . B . Noyes, H6 :\!:tssach usetts Avenue.
Bosto n.
Mr. R. G. i.'.lcKerrall, 41 :llarie A.,enue, Everett.
Immigration.

CALENDAR.

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Littnor Laws.

)lr. George

Enacting Cause.

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:l!rs. Eva Hofl:man, 125 L everett Street.
:llr. Henry Schnittkind, l:!l L owell Street,
Boston.

i.'.lr. Henry S. Vict orson, 1G Court Sq., Boston,
Cha irman.
?,Ir. Lee i\leltzer, 13 Williams Street, Chel sea.
:\Ir. )faurice Cas per, 3!) No. Russell St.
:llr. Julius J . Shapiro. llil Salem Street.
)liss Ida Goldberg, 1D Au burn Str eet.
:llr. Frank Holiver, S:l Chambers Street.
l\!r. George E. Ro,-er, Jr. , 451 W:1lnut .-1,xenue, Roxbury.
Education.

?.Iiss :lliriam Allen deFor<l , !)8 Tyler St.
1'1iss Helen Veasey, 2S Shafter Street, Gro,e
:l!r. !sane I saacs, :;6 Allen Street.
Hall, Dorchester.
:l!r. Louis Simons. 164 Union Street, Everett.
?.Ir. H. L. Greene, 10-! Bel vi<lere Street.'
:llrs: Jno . .T. Sullivan, Weld Street , W. Roxbury.
Housing.

)lr. William C. T erry, P . 0 . Box 3::4i, Boston, Chairman .
:llrs. Car:•ie G. Barr, 15 Joy Street. . ·
·:-.rrs. Eva Hofl:ma n, 125 Leverett St.
:llrs. E: D. Foster. 41 Huntington Ave.
:llr. Geo rge B. Gallup, 728 Commonwealth
Avenue. Boston.
Mrs. A. L. Rie nzi, lil Everett Street, Allston .
Health.

:llr. Elmer Eldri ;Jge, H Har,ard Place, Broo kline, Chairman.
:\liss Gertrude S. Cohen, 44:1 Joy Street.
·:-.rr. David Simp so n, 3 Fairlee Street, W.
Somerville.
)Ir. Samuel Segall. 1:i Blos~om Street.
:\liss Anna V. Elrlrecl , 4 Kearsnrge Avenue, .
Roxbury.
Piny and Recrt>-ation.
:\Ir..T. S. L ondon , Y. :II. C. .-\.., Boston, Chair1nnn.

1liss Illa S. R . Goldberg-, 1D .\ub.irn Street,
Boston.
:\li :-iS Anna Y.

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l\Ir. Irving L . Hofl:man . ca re of B. U. Law
School, 11 A.shburton Place, Boston.
i.'.lr. L ouis Chandler, 28 School Street.
Tr:,nsportation.

?-Ir. Clarence •Mar hie, l!)i nuc Street, E verett. Chairma n.
:llr. D. l•'. L :1 dd, No. 6 li, Y. 11. C. A •.
:l!r. H. L . Greene, 104 Belvidere Aven ue.
:\Ir. Samuel P . L evenberg, 23 Brownin g ..\Ye. 1
Dorchester.
:\Ir. ,J. S. Ballou, 53 State Street.
To Im·estigate Credit Unions.

(Speciai)

:llr. L eon a rd i\fartin, Chairman, Anti-S:1loon
League, 344 Tremont Blclg.
)Ir. Leo B. K agan , :!4 Tra,erse Street.
:\Ir. K . I-'. :\L Lind b la<!: 6i Sudbury St.
\Vays and l\leans.

Mr . .Tames P . R obert s, 141 ?.:lilk Street.
:\Ir. .J. S. Ballon, 5:l State Street.
:\Ir. Leo B. Ka ga n, 2i Trave r se Street.
:llr. Georg-e B. G,tll up, i'.!S Common we:i lth
A,·enue, Bos ton.
)Ir. D . F . La cie!. No. 6li. Y. :II. C. A •
:.\Ir. S:1n1uel P . Leveu berg, 23 B rowning Axen ue. Dor chester .
Dr . .Taco b T. Pollocl,, ~12 Cbes tn,1t St., Chelsea.
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Publicity.

:\!rs. Geo rire B. Gallup, i:!S Commonwe:1lth
Avenu<', Boston. Cha irma n.
:\Ir. Geor;;-e W. Co lemnn , lii W. Brooklin e
Street, Boston.
:\Ir..T. S. L ondo n, Y. :II. C. A. , Bos ton.
:\Ir. A. D. Skeldi ng, Boston Post.
)Ir. Wm. V. Bottom. e1 St. Stephen St.
-:lliss Freda Rogo lsk y, Pe:tbody House.

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Citizenship.
)Ir. U . L. Greene, 104 Belvidere Street, Boston.

Chairman.

.\Ir. Ueorge Weitzner, 100 Brighton St.

Miss Turner.
:llr. Frank Holi,er, 83 Chambers Street.
To Investigate Unemployment.

:\Ir. Arthur 0.
Chairman.

T ,tv lor,
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(Special)

Box 350i, Boston,

LAST WEEK'S TOWN MEETING.

vVe are on the "home stretch" of the soup
kitchen. One big effort now is to get positions for as many of our guests as possible.
Many of the Ford Hall audience are helping
us in this way and by direct donations for
the expenses of gas and electricity. Here is
an interesting specimen note which l\lr. London received the other day: "Please forward this little mite to the
A very street 'cafe,' and oolige,
"A FORD HALL 'BUG' .''
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Mr. Browne, our colored friend of the Sunday night meetings, has become the first
Town Meeting citizen of his race. We are
glad to welcome him, and hope his debates ,
here will be as pertinent as are his questions '..___,"'of the Ford Hall lecturers.
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One of the pleasantest things about the
Town Meeting is the family groups it brings
together. We have two groups of father,
mother and son ; one of mother and daughter; and I think six husbands and wives .
Are there any other candidates who 1.}~vP
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F.od. referred to committee on municipal atl'airs.
jtf' -nt>d uufayorably. On order of day.
J.':11 ]So. -1. to :;:-!Ye notice of unemployment, reff'r~ to counnitte<' on J:ibor . R t> ported unfav-

On ordt>r of da~·Blll. No. r;, to 1m·estigate unemploy~ent, reft>rttd t,;, committte on labor. In committee.
Blll No. 6, indiYidual license act,_ referred to
~mlttee on liquor Jaws. In committee.
Bill l(o. ,. to :::-IYe Pffect to Decl:1r:1tion_ of_ lndept'Ddeoce. rt>fe rred to committee on Judiciary.
Rf'POrted fu..-oru bly. On order of da y.
-Bill No-. S. lig hts in tenement houses, referred
Ut committee on housing. In committee.
Order No. 5, municipal bat~-bouse ·in_ Ward S,
referred to committee on mumcipal afl'airs.
Re-,ortrd unfa..-orubJy. On order of day.
Btll No. 10, occupancy of cella r s and base . ments. referred to committee on hou sing.
In
orablY-

::lliss I<l a Go lcl·i,eri;-, 1!J Auburn Street.
::llr. Frank HoJi,-er, s:; Chambers Street.
.Mr. George E . Rower, .Jr., 451 " ' alnnt AYenn·e, Roxbury .
Education.

llfiss ::lliriam Allen deFo rd , !JS Tyler St.
llliss Helen Ve:isey. 28 Shafter Str eet, Grove
Mr. !sane I saacs. 36 Allen Street.
Hall, Dorchester.
)Ir. Loui s Simons, 16,1 Union Street, Everett.
lllr. I-I. L . Greene, 10,1 Belvidere Street.
Mrs. Jno . J . Sullivnn, " ' eld St r eet, W . Roxbury.
Hous ing.

::llr. William C. Terry, P . 0. Box 33,li, Boston, Chairman .
)lrs. Car~ie G. Barr, 15 Jo y Street.
l\Irs. Eva Hotl'man , 125 L eYer ett St.
)!rs. E . D. Foster, 41 Huntin g-ton Ave.
Mr. George B . Gallnp, 728 Common wealth
Avenue. Boston.
hlrs. A. L . Rienzi, lil Everett Street, Allston.

f'O)mmlttee.

Bill No. 15, transportation and delivery of
Jl(laors. referred t o committee on liquor Jaws. Reported ra..-orably. On order of d a y.
Bill No. 16, sale of liquors by drugg:ist.s anj

• pottieearies. r eferred to committee on liquor
laWL Reported f a vorably. On order of day.
,. BID No. 18. removal of bats by ladies, referred
10 committees on rules and co_ rtesies jointly. In
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Ht>alth.

lllr. Elmer EldriJg:e, 14 I-Iarrn rd Place, Brookline, Chairman.
i\ liss Gertrude S. Cohen , 4-1:1 .Joy Street.
·1rr. D:n-id Simpson, ;; Fairlee Street, W.
Somerville.
lllr. Sam uel Seg:nll. Ui Bl ossom Street.
::IIi ss Anna Y. Elrlred , -I cKearsarg:e Avenue,.
Roxbury.

committee.

Bill No. 19, "tin plate J:1w," ·introduced b y committee on publicity. On order of dn)· .
Order No. 6, condemning: Ward 8 municipal
bulldlnit. re!errt>d to committee on municipal af(Jllrs. In committee.
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,_ -Bill No. 21, publica tion of weekly by l\Iassacbu■-!tta towns. r eferred t o com mittee on judiciary.
ltf'J)Orted unfn..-orably. R ecommitte d.
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BUI No. 22, recreation evening: in public sch ools.
ttferred to committees on education and pl:1..- an d
r,,c,reatlon joint!..-. In committee.
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:0 Rill No. 23. open air con certs, r eferre j to com)lllttee on _
piny _nd recreation . In committee.
~ Bill No. 2-1, ins urance commission. referred to
('Ommlttee on judiciary. In committee .
~:Blll No. 25, State r ecreation board. referred to
N1mmittee on play an d recreation. In commit t ee.
"< BUI No. 29. system to pny public jebts. r e fl'?TNI t!) committee on judiciary. · In committee.
, Bill No. 30, summer outings. r eferred to committee on courtesies In committee.
; Blll No. 31, :American and other tla g:s. Re;·tn-red to comimttee on labor . In committee
BUI No. :>.::!. co-oper ation with Postmaster Gen • ffSL Heft>rred to committee on tra 11spo rt:1tion.
,,,. la commltt.-e.

Pln:r and Recr~ation.
i\lr . .T. S. L ondon , Y. l\1. C. A. , Bo s ton, Chair-

man .
)li ss Ida S. R. Goldberg:, 1!J Auburn Street,
Bos ton.
i\li ss Anna Y. Eldred, 4 Kea rsarg-e Avenue,
Roxbury.
::IIrs. .T. J. Sulliv:rn, Weld Street, W. Roxbury.
::II r s. A. L . ~ -i~n_zi, lil EYe re tt Street, All ston.
Labor.

l\Ii ss L ouise .·\. Grout, 15-l Newhnry Street,
Boston. Chairman.
::llr. Peter E. Timbley.
i\lr. Simon Robinson. ~4 Tt>mple Street.
)I r . K. F. Lindblad . 6i S ndhnry Street..
Law School. 14 Ashburton Place.
::IIr. G. G. l\Iills. P . O. Box ;'.i.':I. Watertown.
::llr. George E. Powe r, Jr., 451 ,v a lnut AYenue,
I:oxbur,y .
l\lr. Clarence i\I:lrhle, li!) Yin e Street. EYerett,

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GJ~·nu. 30 Cou r t Street. Boston. Cha irman .
::ll r . .r. J . FreeJman, l OG Un ion P a rk Street,
Bos ton.
::lliss Bessie Ki slot'I'. ca re of B. U . Lnw School.
11 Ash hnrto n Pla ce, Bost on.

Committees.

llr~. E . D . Foster, Chairman.
llr. .fames r . I:.ohnts. 141 l\Iilk Street.

:\·,.1mn L. Emerson, 82 Lin coln StrPet .

LAST WEEK'S TOWN MEETING.

We are on the .. home stretch" of the soup
kitchen. One big effort now is to get positions for as many of our guests as possible.
Many of the Ford Hall audience are helping
us in this way and by direct donations for
the expenses of gas and electricity. Here is
an interesting specimen note which l\lr. London received the other day :" Please forward this little mite to the
A very street 'cafe,' and oolige,
"A FORD HALL 'BUG'.''

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Mr. Browne, our colored frien i f the Sunday night meetings, has becom , ~ the first
Town Meeting citizen of his rac
We are
glad to welcome him, and hope li1s debates
here will be as pertinent as are his questions
of the Ford Hall lecturers.

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One of the pleasantest things about the
Town Meeting is the family groups it brings
together. We have two groups of father,
mother and son; one of mother and daughter; and I think six husbands and wives.
Are there any other candidates who have
been overlooked in the counting?

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Another real event this week has been the .
first speech ·made by Citizen Bodfish. Mr.
Bodfish, who is one of our three blind citizens, is a student in the Boston University
Law School, and judging from the calmness
and clarity of his argument, he is going to
make a first-class lawyer, in spite ,of an affliction which most people would consider insuperable.
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It is worth while sometimes to •gain a reputation for espousing unpopular causes. Mr.
Victorson is proud of that reputation, and no
cause need lack a champion when he is
present.

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RULES
Jurisdiction.

1.

Tile F o rd Hall Town l\Ieeting llns :ill tile

le;;islatiYe powers possessed

by a u y

legi s lative

hudy within and includin;;:- tlle Commonwealth of
:ll:1ss:1ch11setts. Every bill introduced into said
.Town 1leeting sha ll begi n with languu;;e appropriate to the bo dy which is s uppe>•~c. : u be considering- the same.
)lembershi1>.
'.?. Ko t est of race. creed , se x. or property shall
he applied i n determining citizenship in the Ford
ll all Town Meeting-. Any person signin;; the roll
and subscri bing to the following- dec laration shall
there upon l>e regarded as a citizen
Declaration.

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:t I do solem nly declare that I wi! l stri',e to
:ulrnuce the common ;;ood and tile Common wealth of Ford Hall by all means in my po"·er.
Officers .
4. Tile elective officers of tile Town Meeting
shall be a :llorlernto r . Clerk, and a Sergeant-atArms who s hall be elected by Preferential Ballot
at the second regular meeting of each season. A
majority or all the votes cast sha ll be necessary
to a cho ice.
5. The 1lode rator may appoint a citizen to perform the tluties of the chair for sue;, period durin g- his term of offi ce as be may elect .
r.. In case of a vacanc y in the office of i\Ioderator. or in ca se the :IIoderator or the citizen
n amed by him in accordance with the precedin;,;
rule. is absent at the hour to which the Town
:lleeting- stands adjourned. the clerk shall call
th e Town :lleeting- to or der and shall proceed
until t he :IIoderntor appear or a temporary . or a
rr.~ular moderator be elected wh ich sha ll be the
n1;s t business in order.
The :IIoderator is ex-officio member of all committees.
. Clerk.
i . The Cieri, may appoint such assistants as
Ile lll'-'Y desire and shall
A. K eep the record of . the proceeding-s of
the Town Meeting.
B. Enter a t large in the .Journa l every question of order with the decision thereon.
C. Prepare and ca u se to be listed on one
~beet for reference a calendar of· matters
for consideration at the next session of the
Town Meeting. Such list shall be regarded
as the Order of the Day for the conside ration of the '.rown Meeting at its next sessio n and the matters noted thereon shall
he con sidered in their due order unless othPrwise specially voted by the Town :lleetin;:-. Any o bjection to the c:1 lenja r s hall be
marlp and disposed of before the Town
:l[Pet in;:- votes to procPed to the consideration of the Orders of the Day.
D. Pre pare anti ca use to be liste :l on one
sheet a list of matters l~•ing on the table.
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Sergeant nt Arms.
The Sf.. r!!"e:1 11 t :it ..\rm~ :-: h :111 hP 1·P~no11:-:ib l ~

K .. A Committee on City Planning, to con sist of seven members.
A Committee on Immigration and Xaturalization , to consist of seven mew bers.
All of sai d committees s hall he nominated by a
n otninating- commi ttee consisting- of seven citizens
elected by the Town :lleeting. The i\loderator of
the Town :lleeti11g shall !le:;ig-nate one member
of eac h of said committees to net as chairman
t he r eof.
10. The :lloderator sha ll appoint a committee
of five to be known ,1s the Committee on ,vays
and 1leans, w ho sllnll prepare for the eonsicleration of the Committee on Budget and .-\.ppropriations an estimate of the probable expense of the
T own Meeting- for the current season.
When
such estimate bas l>een considered a nd ordered by
the said Committee on Budget and Appropri.1tions , the saitl ·wa ys and Means Committee shall
extend the taxes necessary to meet said budget
o,er the Town Meeting and a ppoint all otficr rs
necessary to co llect. care for ,11i:l disl>urse the
same in orderly and regular fashion.
11. B efore said Committee on Budget' and Appropriation s shall finally appropriate any sum
fo r the support of the Town :lleetin;; in its various f unctions it sha ll r epo rt its estim a te to the
full Town i\leeting, and no s uch repor1 shall he
adopted unless appro,·ed by a vote of two-thir1ls
of the members present at a reg-ular Town Meet0.

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12. All mea sures intended for presentation by
any citizen shall be presented to the Clerk on
paper furnished by the Cler ic The Clerk sha ll
read a ll measures by title a nd the :)!oJerator shall
theu refer them to their appropri,1te committees.
hPfore the order of the day has been co nsidered
at each T own Meeting.
They shall be ;;iven· a
consecuti ve number by the Clerk and shall" thereafter be referred to by number. title and by the
name of the Pitizen introducing the sa me.
The
co mmittees to whom said mea sures are refe rreq
sha ll con sider the same as promptly as may be
and may in said consideration call before them
the original s ponsor of such measure or any citizen who i s in favor · of or opposed to said measure. In addition thereto said committees may, if
they sha ll so elec t , call before thPm any person,
"·hether a citizen of the Town Meeting or not.
n·bose e,iden ce or ar~umen ts might. in their
jud;;:-ment. he valuable to the committee or to the
Town :lleetlng in their deliberations on the partic ula r mP:isure unde r consideratio n.
Sairl Committeps shall. as speed ily a s possible,
rPport to the Town ;\feeting-. their conclu sion s
upon the m:1tters referred to them. giving in con cise form the reasons upon which said conclusions are based.
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COURSE

OF PROCEEDINGS.

Petitiont1, t>tc., and Reports of Committees.

,~. r e tition:-:. lllt!rnorial~. re mon st r a n ces and
p:tpers of :t like naturP. and reports of committePs shall be present~•! hefore the Town ;\leeting
proceeds to the ro ns l,!eration of the Order of the
Day. anti tlle :llo<lerator sb:tll c:1 11 for such

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1S. .-\.fter en tering npon the consideration ot tile Orders of the Day, the Town :IIeeting shall ~
proceed with them in regular course us follows:
l\Iatters not giving- rise to a niotion or debate
s hall be fi r st disposed of in the order in which \
they stand in the calenJar; aftPr which the mat- ,•
tPrs that were passed over s hall -be considered in
like order and disposed or.
rn. When the Town :lleetiug does not finish
the consideration of the Orders o! the Day. those .
which bad not been acted npou shall be the
Orders of the next anti each s ucceeding day
until disposed of, and s ha ll be ente!!li,1 in the
ca lenda r. without cban;:-e- in their ord~'f'. to precede matters added under rules 15 a nd 16 and li.
The uufi'llished business i n whic h the Town Meeting was engaged at the time of adjournment shall
ha Ye the prefer ence in the Orde1:s of the next day, .
after motions to reconsitle red .
S1,ecial Rules Aff'ecting- the Course of Proceedings.

'.?O. Ko matter wuich has been duly placed in
tue Orders of the D:ty sila ll be di schar;;ed therefrou1, or cousitlered out of t he re;-ular courre.
This rule s hall not he rescinded. or revoked or
s uspended excep t l>y a YOte of four-fifths of the
members prese nt a nd \'Oting-, thereon.
21. If, under the operation of the previous
question . or otherwise, a n amenll1nent is made •
at the second , or third reatling of a bill substantially c bang-ing tile ;;re:1 ter part of such bill, the
question s ball not l>e put forthwith on ordering
the bill to a third reading, but the hill, as amend·
t•d, s ha ll be placed in the Orders of the next sessio n after that on which the amendment is made,
:ind s hall then he open to further amendment be· ,
fore such f[uestion is put. In like manner, when,
under the operation of the previous question o
otherwise, a u amendment is made in a ny propo
sition of such a nature as to chan ge its charac·
te r. as from a bill to an ordet: or the like, the
proposition as ameuded s hall be . placed in the
Orders of the next session after that on which
the amendment was made.
Reconsideration.
22. When a motion for reconsideration · is decitied , that decision shall not be reconsUered, and
no question shall be twice reconsidered; nor,
s ha ll any vote be reconsitlered upon either of t.be
following motions:
tc adjourn,
to lay on the table,
to take from the table; or,
for the previous question.
~- Debate or mo tion s to reconsider s ball
limited to twenty minutes, and no citizen sll3
occupy more than five minutes; but on a motl_
o~
to reconsider a \'Ote upon any subsidiary or 1011
dcle utal question, debate s hall be limited to
minntes. and no citizen shall occupy more t
three minutes.

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Ever since the us:
eth Century, and ev
have been looking fc
~f re vivalism such i
try· at different tiII
Jonathan Edwards'
era of Moody and S
general disappointm
wide-sweeping spir:
surate with present
tions. The Torrey a
man, the Billy Sun
Religion movements
tive apparently, b 1
short of what has
what is felt is gri
I wonder if -it is r
right now in the mi
itual awakening, so ·
new expressions of :
selves every day? '
big business in ad:
able government re~
innumerable evidenc
force.
The entirely new
erence to graft anc
former muckrakers
fr another indicatio
this new spiritual f
good man right abc
see things that he
The widespread i.J
churches in the soc
another fruitage I
awakening.
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The extraordinary
standards and idea
men or the country,
through their orgar
finest evidences of
animating man. o·
without limit to nan
Uons or the new da
1 do not think th-a
Ing to express itself
conspicuous form. e
or in our eYery-day
la a pen·asive thing
atitutlon of our tim
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In case of n Yac:rncy iu the office of l\Ioderator. or in case the Moderator or the citizen
named J.,y him in nccordance with the preceding
rule. i s :11Jsent at the hour to which the Town
lllt'eting stands atljourned. tbe clerk sball call
tllP Town :.\1eeting to order and shall proeeetl
until the ~loderator . appear or n temporary or a
re::ulnr moderator Ile elected which shall be the
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fi1:~t bu~iness in order.

The Motlerator is ex-officio memlJe r of all committees.
Clerk.

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!Jc 1u:1y desire and shall
A . Keep · the record of the proceedings of
tlJe Town Meetin;::.
B. Enter at large fo the J'ournal every question of order with the decision thereon.
C. Prepare and cause to be listed on one
sheet for reference a calendar of· matters
for consideration at the next session of the
'l'o"·n Meeting. Such list shall be regarded
ns the Order of the Day for the co.nsideration of the Town Meeting at its next session and the matters noted thereon shall
he considered in their due order unless otherwise specially Yoted by the Town Meeting-. Any objection to the calenJar shall be
made and disposed of before the Town
~Ieetin:; votes to proceed to the consideration of the Orders of the Day.
D. Prepare and cause to be listej on one
sbeet a list of matters lying on the table.
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Sergeant at Arms. ·

The Sergeant at Arms shall be responsible
for the pre~ervation of the order and decorum of
the Town l\Ieeting. He mny select · such assist:rnts, doorkeep_
ers, and other officers as he may
df'em necessary. He shall execute the orders of
the l\Ioderator or the Town Meeting and shall
have the custody of the property of the To;wn
l\Ieeting other than the records properly in the
custody of the clerk.
Committees.
fl. The following standing committees shall be
<'lf'ctPCl hy ballot from tbe citizens of the 'l'own
llleeting:
A. A Committee on Rules. to consist of six
mem hers and the llloderator of the Town
l\Ieeting, who shall be ex-officio chairman
of said committee.
n. A Committee on Education, to consist of
seYen mem hers.
C. A Committee on .Housing, to consist of
seven members.
D. A Committee on Health, to con,ist of five
membei•s.
E. A Committee on Play and necreation , to
con sist of five members.
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F. A Committee on La ~ , to consist of
seven 1nem bers.
G. A Committee on J'udiciary, to consist of
fi,e memllers.
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II. A C'ommitt<'e ·on Transportation, to consist of f ,..·e members.
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. I. A Ctf...umittee on l\Iercantile Affairs, to
consist ·or fi,e members. •
.T. A Committee on Courtesies, to consist of
fiyp members.
K . A Committee on Liquor Laws, to consist
of fivP members.
L A Committee on Budget and Approprla~ ~ •ns. to consist of se,en members.
M. A Committee on Municipal Affairs, to
consist of five membe.r s.
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All me:1snres intended for prescntntion hy
nn~· citi:zen shall be presented to the Clerk on
pnper furnishf' d b;r tJ,e Clerk. The Clerk shall
read all measures by title and the ll:loJerator shnll
then refn them to their appropriate committees.
hefore tbf' order of the day has been considered
nt each To"·n Meeting.
They shall be given· a
c-onsecntive number by the Clerk and shafftherenfter be referred to by n um her, title and by the
name of the citizen introducing the same.
The
c-ommittees · to whom snid measures are referred
shall consider the same as promptly as may be
:111d may in said consideration call before them
the original sponsor of such measure or any citizen who is in favor · of or opposed to said measure. In addition thereto snid committees may, if
they shall so elect, call before them any person,
whether n citizen of the Town Meeting or not,
whose eYidence or arguments might, jn their
judgment. he valuable to the committee or to the
Town llleeting in their deliberations on the particulnr measure under consideration.
Said Committf'f'S shall. as speedily as possible,
rf'port to the Town Meeting. their conclusions
upon the matters referred to them. giving in concise form the reasons upon which said conclusions are based.
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OF PROCEEDINGS.

Petitions, etc., and Reports of Committees.

13. Petitions. memorials. remonstrances and
papers of a like nature. and reports of committees shall be presented hefore the Town Meeting
• proceeds to the consideration of the Order of the
Day, and the Moderator shall call for such .
papers.
Papers

Addressed

to the Town Meeting
Petitions.

Not

Papers addressed to the Town l\leetin;:-. other
than petitions, memorials and remonstrances.
ma;r he presf'ntcd l,y tbP llfo<lerator. or by a citizen in his ;,lace, and shall be read. unless it is
specificnll;r ordered that the reading be dispe nsed with.
14. No bill shall be :1cted upon hy the Town
l\Ieeting until it bas been reportej by the committee to which lt bas bePn referred: provided.
however. that the Moderator may call upon any
committee to report a bill before it. if · in bis
judgment said report is unduly delayed.
No
hill shall he put to a final vote without haYing
heen rend three several times.
Orders of the Day.
Bills fa,orably reported to the Town J\Ief'ting- by committees. and bills the question of the
rejection of which is negatived, shall be plnced in
the Orders for the next session. and . if thPy have
li:i.

hp~n rPn <lhut once, shall go to a se~o~ j rending

,Yithont question. · Resolutions reportf'n in the
To"·n l\Ieetin~ h;r committees shall. after they
ore rend, be pla ced in the Orders of tbe Day for
the next session .
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16. Reports of committees not bv bill or resoh·p shnll be placed in the Orders of the next
session after ·thnt on which they are made to the
Town l\Ieetin;:-: provided. that the report of a
c·ommittf'e askin~ to he discharged from the further ronsideration of n subject and recommencling that it he referrf'd to nnotber committee shall
he immediately considered.
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lT. Bills orclf'red to n tbird reading shall be
pl:iced in the Orders of the next session for such
reajing1

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. 2'.!. When a . ~otion for reconsideration · is d •
c1ded, tbat dec1s10n shall not be reconsUered
no question shall be twice reconsidered• ' n
shall any vote be reconsidered upon either 'or
following ·motions:
to adjourn,
to lay on the table,
to take from the table; or,
for the previous question.
'.?3. Debate or motions to reconsider shnl! be
limited to twenty minutes, and no citizen shall
occupy more than five minutes; but on a motioq
to reconsicler a Yote upon any subsidiary or incidental question, debate shall be limited to ten
minutes. and no citizen shall occupy more thu
three minutes.

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Debate.

24. Ko citizen shall speak more than once to
the preren tion of those who hn ve not spoken and
desire to speak on the same question.
25. Ko citizen shall speak more than five min'
utes upon any measure.
26. The proponent Of tiny measure may speak
for ten minutes.
2i. upon unanimous consent of all voting citizens present. :my speaker may have the pri,ilege of such further time as the said voting citizens present may de.;ignflte.
28. Every motion shnl! be red need to writin:;.
if the 111oderator so directs.
29. When a question is before the '.fown 1Ieeting. until it is ·disposed of. the llfoJerator shall
re,·eire no motion that does not relate to the
s:nne, except the motion to adjourn, or some
other motion that bas precedence either by exprf'ss rt.le of the Town l\le~ting or because It Is
priYi!f'ged in its nature; :md he shall receive no
motion relating to the same, except:
to lay on the table,
for the J)revious question,
to close the debate at a specified time,
to postpone to a time certain,
to commit (or recommit),
to amend,
\Yhich se,eral motions shall have precedence In
the order in wbich they are arranged in this rule.
Pre,·ious Question.

30. All questions of order arising after a mo·
tion is made for the previous question shall be
decided without df'bate, excepting on appeal;
and on such nppeal, no citizen shall speak except the appellant and the Moderator.
31. The adoption of the previous question sbaII .
put an end to all debate and brini: the ToWD
Meeting to a direct vote ·npon pending amend·

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at the second. or third reading: of ·t 1,ill 1 ' Ina~
ti:illy ch:in;;ilig tl1e ;;re:iter part of such
ques tion shall not IJe put fortlnrith 011 0 'u • the.
the bill to :1 third reading. IJut the hill ·is :, t·r1nc
rd, shall he placed iu the Orders of t~c· ~,:x~en4_
sion after that on which the amend111ent i~ I n ~
:ind shall then be open to further mnendtnen •~
fore. snch question is put. In like manner "\
nuder the operation of the previous q uestio e-,
otherwise, an amendment is made in any ,n or
0
xition of such a nature as to change its
Pl>ter. as from a bill to an order. or the like rac.
proposition as amended . shall be . placed in ~
Orders of the next session after tba t on Whl..t..
the amendment was made.
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tonUIDerable e\·idences of this new spn

· rce. entirely new pomt o f view w1
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dais new spiritual force has turned ev
cood man right about face and made
Mf/ things that he_ never saw ?e_fore.
Tbe widespread mterest of mm1sterE
churches in the social un~est of the ~:
another fruitage of this new spll

a..-akening.
The extraordinary development of et
ata.Ddards and ideals by the advert
men o! the country, now being workec
through their organizations, is one o1
Jinest evidences of the new spirit th
animating roan. One could go on al
without limit to name other striking in
tions of the new day that has set in.
1 do not think that this new revival i
ing to express itself in any concentratE
conspicuous form, either ·in our churcIor in our every-day life. In other wort
ls a pervasive thing that touches ever
stitution of our times, and not an indi
alistic thing that reconstructs isolate
di\·iduals. It is not going to bring
marked rejuvenation of church life,
rather, will greatly elevate our whole s
ard of every-day living.

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Recall for a moment the theological
fessors who have brought to us tr,
dously stimulating social messages,-]
chenbusch, Hall, Ward, Ryan, Vedder,
nani. This is a symptom entirely unk
to the days of 'ndividual evangelism.
not possible that the spirit of God is
erfully at work on the hearts of the p
in ways that the average church men
cannot comprehend? May it not be
other leaders, hitherto unknown, are
chosen to show the way into the pro1
land of social reconstruction? And ju
in the days of rampant evangelism i
values were not altogether neglecte1
~ow in th~ new era of the Gospel, ac
m~ to society, individual regeneration
still be urged and accepted. It is OJ
change of emphasis. Great social cru:
are likely to overshadow the lesser I
ments in behalf of personal salvation
other words, thousands who have
saved according to all the various forr
are now more eager to serve society
they are to consider personal salv:
either for themselves or for others.

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E ver since the ushering in of the Twentieth Century, and even before, the churches
ham been looking for a renewal of the days
of revivalism such as have swept the country at diffe1·cnt times from the period of
Jona than Edwards' activities down to the
era of Moody and Sankey. There has been
general disappointment over the lack of any
wide-sweeping spiritual revival commensurate with present-day needs and conditions. The Torrey and Alexander, the Chapman, the Billy Sunday, and the Man and
Religion movements have all been very effective apparently, but tlhl:!Y fall very :far
short of what has been expected and of
what is felt is greatly needed.
I wonder if it is not true that we ·are not
right now in the midst of a wonderful spiritual awakening, so virile and pervasrve that
new expressions of it are m anifesting themseh·es every day? The present attitude of
big business in adapting itself to reasonable government requirements is one of the
Innumerable evidences of this new spiritual
force.
The entirely new point of v iew with reference to graft and corruption taken by
former muckrakers like Lincoln Steffens
fr another indication of the way in which
this new spiritual force has turned even a
good man right about face and made him
see things that he never saw before.
The widespread interest of ministers and
churches in the social unrest of the day is
another fruitage of this new spiritual

and each succeeding da,-

of, an<l shall he eutereJ ill the
, ut chan;::e- in their order. to l)retldetl under rules 10 and 16 and li. ,
business in which the Town 1feet~d at t he time of ad journment shall
,euce in tile Orders of the next dav
to recon silleret.l.

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:er which has been duly placed In
t he Day shall be discharged there:idere<l OQt of the regu,ar course.
1 not he rescinded. or revoked or
l"pt hy a vote of four-fifths of the
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and voting thereon.

ir the 01 tion of t he previous
>era
::> tl1 e rwi:-;e, an am e ut.lment is made ·

or tlli1·d readiu;; of :1 L,ill substa11;; the ;;re:iter part of such bill, the
uot be put forthwith on orderi11r
Jird reading, but th e hill, as ame11d1,.cetl in the Ord ers of the next se•c 0 11 which the amendment is made,
, he open to furth er amendment bestion is put. Iu like manner, when,
ir acion of the previous question or,
amendment is made in any propo, a nature as to chan;;-e its chanea bill to an order. or the like, the
s amended shall be . placed in the
i next session after that on whl,;)
ut was made.
Reconsideration.

awakening.

a motion for reconsideration · is dee
,cision shall not be reconsilered, .shall be twice reconsidered; ~~
e be reconsidered upon either of ,_
tions:
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m the table,

from the table; or,
previous question.
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or motions to reconsid~r. sball~
, ency minutes, and no c1t1zen stlfl
than fi ve minutes ; but on a mo Illa Yote upon auy sub~id)arY or t,I
,tion, debate sllall be Jim1ted to~
no citizen sball occupy more
s.
Rules or Debate.

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izen shall speak more th:m 00 ~ a-'

,n of those who bave u_ot spol<ell
·ak on the same question.
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standards and ideals by the advertising
men or the country, now being worked out
through their organizations is one of the
Jlnest evidences of t he ne~ spirit t hat is
animating man. One could go on almost
'rllhout limit to name other striking indications or the new day that has set in.
I do not think t hat this new revival is 0
o-olng t~ express itself in any concentrated or
conspicuous form. either ·in our church life
or In our every-day life. In other words, it
i. a pervasive thing that touches every in~ ~.tlon of our times and not an individuauauc th mg that reconstructs isolated in·
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ntl h er. Will greatly ele vate our whole 'stand'.
ans. or every-day livin o-

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By GEORGE W. COLEMAN, Director of the Ford Hall Meetings

tering upon the consideration or
t he Day, the Town :lleeting shall
i1em in regular course as follow s:
xiui; rise to a mo tion or debate
lisposed of in the order in which
:be calenJar; after which the mat- ·.
passed over shall be considered in '"
tlisposed of.
1e Town :lleetiug tloes not finish
r> n of the Orders of the Da y, those
t been acted upon shall be the

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All day Thursday, a week ago, I spent
in Buffalo, N. Y., with the pastors and
workers of the
Calvary
Presbyterian
Church. reviewing the results of their experiment w ith a Sunday evening open
forum and planning the program for next
winter. They have followed our methods
in e very essential · and they are more than
gratified with the results. The attendance
has increased from fifty or seventy-five to
o ver se ven hundred, the capacity of their
auditorium. The newspapers are giving the
church in all its departments more publicity than all the other churches together are
rece1vmg. The whole city is keenly interested in the forum meetings and people of
every faith and of no faith are attending
them.
The Socialists are amazed and
pleased to find a church so big and broad
and human in its friendliness to all kinds of
people.
Rev. John W . Ross, the pastor, is just the
man to lead in this great work. He is
backed up by an able and loyal body of
hel pers and has the respect and confidence
of a great many of the ablest men in Buffalo. He has consented t o speak for us
next season.

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Our Tow n Meeting Moderator, Mr. Foster,
is very much in demand just now. At the
Twentieth Century Club last Saturday he
described the work that is being done at
the Avery street soup kitchen. It was an
admirable presentation of the whole matter. The School for Social Science and the
Ford Hall Meetings can well be proud of
their representative. It was a kind providence that sent us Miss Crawford at the
beginning of our second season, and we
were equally blessed in the arrival of Mr.
and Mrs. Foster upon the scene a year
ago.

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OTHER MEETINGS.

School of Social Science, Lorimer Hall, ·
Ylonday, March 31, at 7.3 0 P . M.
The
Power of the Purse and the Power of the
Spirit, by Algernon S. Crapsey. 10c.
Sunday Commons, Huntington Chambers
Hall, Sunday, April 5, at 3.30 P. M. Dr.
Charles Fleischer, leader.
Public Library, Thursday, April 2, at 8
P. M. Nooks and Corners of the Old Bay
State, by John Ritchie, Jr. Sunday, April
5, at 3.30 P . M., Meunier and Stevens·: the
Artist of Labor and the Artist of " Fashion,"
by Melbourne Greene.
Lowell Institute, Huntington Hall, Monday, March 30, and Thursday, April 2, at
8 P. M., Scientific Method in Philosophy, by
Bertrand Russell.
Kingsley Hall, Thursday, April 2, at 7.45
P. M., Ford Hall Town Meeting.
Faneuil Hall, Saturday evening, April 4,
8 P . M. Lecture and stereopticon charts,
showing wage conditions in N. Y. C., under
the W age Protocol by N . I. Stone, Chief
Statistician for the Wage Scale Board.
Auspices Consumers' League and Women 's
Trade Union League.
OUR

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Boston's best concert to be give n by "The
People's Choral Union" of 400 voices. April 26..
assisted by the "Bos ton Symphony Orchestra"
(hest in t he world). Please buy your tickets50 cts .. ,;; ct s., and $1.00-of '\V. Q. Browne, at
the F ord H all :IIeetin;;-s, or write him _a t
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One of the easiest and commonest things
in the world toda y is our habit of blaming
the press for whatever seems wrong. Murders are committed, divorces multiply, and
crimes of every sort increase, we tell each
other, because the newspapers print lurid
accounts of these things. And when we ·are ·
not blaming the ne wspapers for what they · ·
do print, we are assailing them for what
they don't print. Anyone of us thinks he
could run a newspaper better than it is
run, failing utterly to realize what an immensely complicated and specialized business this of newspaper publishing is. After
A. J. Philpott of the Boston Globe and
George Perry Morris of the Christian ·
Science Monitor have presented the newspaper situation from the reportorial a'nd
editorial sides, respectively, we shall all be
clearer-headed and considerably less bumptious about this matter, however.
They
speak for us here next Sunday.

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By W. Q . Browne.

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On a recent Sunday night during t he period of questions, the Ford Hall audience
had a very hearty laugh over the wit and .
humor display ed by our chairman and a
cunning questioner.
The gentleman asked one question and received a reply which, in his mind, was not
satisfactory. Determined to get satisfaction,
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Lhis new spiritual force has turned even_ a
good man right about face and made him
see things that he never saw ~e_fore.
The widespread interest of mm1sters and
churches in the social un~est of the ~3:Y is
another fruitage of this new spiritual
awakening.
The e.xtraordinary development of ethical
tandards and ideals by the advertising
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men or the country, now being worked out
through their organizations, is one of the
ftnest evidences of the new spirit that is
animating man. One could go on almost
without limit to name other striking indicaUons of the new day that has set in.
I do not think that this new revival is golng to express itself in any concentrated or
conspicuous form , either ·in our church life
or in our every-day life. In other words, it
·is a pervasive thing that touches every institution of our times, and not an individualistic thing that reconstructs isolated indh·iduals. It is not going to bring any
marked rejuvenation of church life, but,
rather, will greatly elevate our whole standard of every-day living.
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. Recall for a moment the theological professors who have brought to us tremendously stimulating social rriessages,-Rauschenbusch, Hall, Ward, Ryan, Vedder, Fagnani. This is a symptom entirely unknown
to the days of .;ndividual evangelism. Is it
not possible that the spirit of God is pow. erfully at work on the hearts of the people
in ways that the average church members
cannot comprehend? May it not be that
other leaders, hitherto unknown, are being
chosen to show the way into the promised
land of social reconstruction? And just as
in the days of rampant evangelism social
values were not altogether neglected, so
• ~ow in th~ new era of the Gospel, accordmg to society, indivi dual regeneration will
still be urged and accepted. It is only a
chang\ of emphasis. Great social crusades
are likel y to overshadow the lesser move~ - a ments
in behalf of personal salvation. •In
other words, thousands who have been
· saved according to all the various formulas
are now more eager to serve society than
they are to consider personal salvation
either for themselves or for others.
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Our Town Meeting Moderator, Mr. Foster,
is very much in demand just now. At the
Twentieth Century Club last Saturday he
described the work that is being done at
the Avery street soup kitchen. It was an
admirable presentation of the whole matter. The School for Social Science and the
Ford Hall Meetings can well be proud of
their representative. It was a kind providence that sent us Miss Crawford at the
beginning of our second season, and we
were equall y blessed in the arrival of Mr.
and Mrs. Foster upon the scene a year
ago.

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OUR

HERO

CONCERT
Boston 's best concert to

be

given

by

"The

P eo ple's Choral Union" of 400 voices, April 26,
nss isted by the "Boston Symphony Orchestra"

(hest in the world) . Please buy your ticl,etsi:iO ct s .. 7i:i t t s., and $LOO-of ·w. Q . Browne, at
the Ford Hall Meetings, or write him at
309 Columbus Ave., Bos t.on, l\Inss.

Ford Hall Folks
Edited by Thomas Dreier.
UBLISHED weekly by the Ford
Hall Associates, whose work
is to create, assemble, and
'listribute ideas that will help
men and institutions grow more
helpful in serving society, and which
will promote "peace on earth, good
will toward men." It is the official
publication of the Ford Hall Meetings, which are held, under the direction of George W. Coleman, every
Sunday e,ening during the months of
October to May, in Ford Hall, Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts.
All bufiness communications should
be sent to Miss Mary C. Crawford,
Treasurer Ford Building, Boston,
and all comm uni ~ations intended for
the editor to The Thomas Dreier Service, Univ~ ty Press, Cambrid-ge.

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by Melbourne Greene.
Lowell Institute, Huntington Hall, Monday, March 30, and Thursday, April 2, at
8 P . M. , Scientific Method in Philosophy, by
Bertrand Russell.
Kingsley Hall, Thursday, April 2, at 7.45
P. M., Ford Hall Town Meeting.
Faneuil Hall, Saturday evening, April 4,
8 P . M. Lecture and stereopticon charts,
showing wage conditions in N. Y. C., under
the Wage Protocol by N . I. Stone, Chief
Statistician for the Wage Scale Board.
Auspices Consumers' League and Women's
Trade Union League.
FOILS DESPERATE
MOND.
By W. Q . Browne.

DES-

On a recent .Sunday night during the period of questions, the Ford Hall audience
had a very hearty laugh over the wit and .
humor display ed - y our chairman and a
b
cunning questioner.
The gentleman asked one question and received a reply - hich, in his mind, was not
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satisfactory. Determined to get satisfaction,
he slightly changed the construction of his
sentences, went to a different part of the
house, and ask the question a second time.
This showed shrewdness on the part of the
questioner, but our chairman certainly went
him one better when he recognized him as
the same enemy firing from a different
angle.
The audience was wide awake to the alertness of Mr. Coleman .and gave him tremendous applause when he foiled the foxy
usurper.
All enjoyed the incident, but I doubt if
they detected and appreciated the extraordinary sagacity shown by the chairman in
recognizing one face out of a thousand.

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A space of this size-one inch high and
two and one-half inches wide-can be had
for advertising purposes for one dollar per
issue. For information regarding advertis,
· ing apply to Jacob London, Room 707, Ford
Building, Boston, Mass.

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By Mary C. Crawford. ·

To no one person, save Mr. Coleman, are
the Ford Hall meetings more indebted than
to James P . Roberts, the courteous gentleman who has served us, almost from the
first, as head usher, and who is, also, vitally
interested in the Folks gatherings and in
the Town Meetings. At the outset of his
career Mr. Roberts was a professional social
worker; · he held the important position of
social secretary at the Young Men's Christian Association for a number of years before the Ford Hall Meetings had ever been
thought of. Then he took the social workers' course at the Boston School, which
trains along this line, and began to relate
his Y. M. C. A: work to the whole problem
of need in cur city.
All this time his
church home was the. Ruggles Street Baptist Church, an institution in which Mr. Ford
was ever deeply interested, and which benefits very largely today from the Ford money.
Then, quite to the surprise of some of his
friends , :.vrr. Roberts went into business and,
for a number of years was connected with
the Old Colony Trust Company. His simple
explanaticn of this step was that, henceforth , he would make social work his avocation and earn his living as a business man.
Mrnnwhile he was studying law at the Y.
M. C. A. law school in the evenings; and
in the midst of his course he got married,
"the girl of his choice being the daughter
of a Baptist minist er who had herself been ·
a sccial worker. Thus . in tastes and interests these young people are wonderfully well
matched; their sons. Paul and Philip, ought
to grow up very social-minded men.
Mr. Roberts is now a full-fledged attorney
but he continues to earn his living in business-though he is no longer with the Old
Colony Trust Company-treating his law as
a form of social work. Many a poor girl
suing a corporation for injuries sustained
has .to thank him for interest and effective
service. and in one of the struggles which
the Christian Work Committee has had concerning the interpretation of Mr. Ford's will
Mr. Roberts did yeoman service by reason
of his lucid and convincing presentation as
a member of the committee of the case for
the Ford Hall :.\1eetings.
In politics Mr. Roberts is a Progressive;
but he is exceedingly interested in the
literature of Socialism, and he believes very
strongly that the Jaw should be the same
for the rich and for the poor. In his home
town of Quincy he personally interested himself. recently. to see that inasmuch as three
Armenians had been a rrested fer pla ying
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undertake to exert ourselves with all of our
might to see to it that these people get the
opportunity which they crave, the right to
work and earn their own bread? I am not
justifying these people who broke into
churches and demanded that they should
have the privilege of sleeping In them, and
yet where else should they have gone? To
the saloon? Those were about the -only two
places that were open to them. From the
time that the first Christian said He had
come to preach good tid1ngs to the poor, all
down through the centuries · the church has
been the refuge of those in trouble. Has
the time come for the church to repudiate
that privilege? I, for one, trust not. When
these people come and knock at the door of
the church, how are we fulfilling this splendid perogative, if we cannot do better than
telephone for the police to club them and
shut them out? I am not at all anxious
that the church should be made a place for
sleeping : that is easy enough at the present
time. ( Laughter.) I do not believe in
churches establishing bread -lines, except in
emergencies like the present. But I do believe that it is up to the church to face the
situation and try to find some solution for
the difficulty. I am inclined to think that
we shall find more and more people out of
work every year. It is the business of religious people to see that the solution is
found.
I can't go into the cause of the present
situation, because it would tan:e too long. I
should have to remind you of the multiplication of labor-saving machinery; of the exhaustion of the frontier .and the government
free land; of the transformation of the
United States from an agricultural to a
manufacturing nation, having· to compete
with all of Europe and with Japan and
China. The way out is ali::o a long and difficult question, but we co1.ud at least do in
America what has been found to work successfully in other parts of the world.
Suppose these two young men had found
themselves out of work in Berlin instead of
in Chicago. · They would have gone to the
employment labor exchange, under the supervision of the national government. and
there they could have found the record of
all the employers who wanted employees.
and by night they would have been on their
way. perhaps to Frankfort. with employment secured before they left Berlin. And
what could ha,·e been done with the old
man incapable of doing a whole day·s work?
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is that for some generations all the power
of science in the human race has been exerted in helping the unfit to survive. I
want the unfit to survive, but I want it te,
stop right ther:e. (Applause.) The human
race is phy·i::ically on the down-grade. In
the name or the future generations, let us
see that these people are not the .progeni-- ,:
tors of the Anierican citizens that are to ·be!
(Applause.)
The worst of this whole situation is that
it is once more bringing work into contempt.
So I want to bring you back again to first •
principles. All work is honorable, however
dirty or drudging, and the man who does
the meanest menial labor on. tiarth is better than the richest idler on earth. Wnile
we sing the praises of the captains of industry, let us hold in our love and our honor
the laborers, who make the captains of industry possible.

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trust that they have encouraged the
content so as to get more votes.
Q: Do you believe in the recall ·of"
judges, and would it not be well to apply ,
it to the judge who sent these inen to
prison?
A : I do believe in it, but r don' t dare say ,·.
any more for fear of contempt of court.
Q (Mr. Margolis): How can we compute·
the full value of a man's labor under the So- ·
cialist campaign or any other?
A : That is quite impossible, of course.
Q: Which would be better for tl:..e prog- _
ress of the world: getting employment for
the unemployed, or abolishing the labor-sav- .
ing machines which put them out of work?
A: We must not destroy the labor-saving
machines.
Q (Mr. Berak): How do you account for
such men a~ Irvine and Lunn's being thrown
out of their churches for preaching these
doctrines7
A: They were not
enough.
Q: What would you do for or with
man who won 't work ?
A : I should make him work, and at the
same time educate him to want to work.

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·'I tell you," said an editor to Mr. Cole·
man not long ago, " your Ford Hall meetings
are sure to grow into something much big·
ger. The time will come, if I am any sort
of a prophet. when the whole Ford Building
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situation, because it would ta.n:e too long. l
matched; their sons, Paul and Philip, ought
should have to remind you of the multiplito grow 'Up very social-minded men.
cation of labor-saving machinery; of the exMr. Roberts is now a full-fledged attorney
haustion of the frontier and the government
but he continues to earn his living in busi- free land; of the transformation of the
ness-though he is no longer with the Old
United States from an agricultural to a
Colony Trnst Company-treating his law as
manufacturing nation, having to compete
a form of social work. Many a poor girl
with all of Europe and with Japan and
suing a corporation for injuries sustained
China. The way out is al~o a Jong and diffihas .to thank him for interest and effective
cult question, but we cou1d at least do in
service, and in one of the ·struggles which
America what has been found to work sucthe Christian Work Committee has had con- cessfully in other parts of the world.
cerning the interpretation of Mr. Ford's will
Suppose these two young men had found
Mr. Roberts did yeoman service by reason
themselves out of work in Berlin instead of
of his lucid and convincing presentation as . in Chicago. They would have gone to the
a member of the committee of the case for
employment labor exchange, under the suthe Ford Hall Meetings.
pervision of the· national government, and
In politics Mr. Roberts is a Progressive;
there they could have found the record of
but he is exceedingly interested in the all the employers who wanted employees,
literature of Socialism, and he believes very and by night they would have been on their
strongly that the law should be the same
way, perhaps to Frankfort, with employfor the rich and for the poor. In his home
ment secured before they left Berlin. And
town of Quincy he personally interested him- what could have been done with the old
self, recently, to see that inasmuch as three man incapable of doing a whole day's work?
Armenians had been arrested for playing In Germany he would have gone to the
dominoes on Sunday in the house of one State farm, and could have left whenever
of their number, the Quincy Tennis Club, he found other work. Aii.ci with regard to
made up of the town's young aristocrats,
the people who pretend to want work but
should not play tennis on Sunday, right in do not want 'it, they would have been comthe face and eyes of the police. James P.
pelled to work on another State farm in orRoberts is the kind of man of which this der to supply their own wants. Just as soon
country has need today!
as the men and women of the Christian
churches in the United States wake up to
the necessity of doing something of this
WALT WHITMAN IN TABLOID.
kind, it will be done also in the United
· Ford Hall folks who are not yet ac- States.
·quainted with Walt Whitman, and who did
I want to say a few words in regard to the
not find what they wanted in that splendid unemployable.
There is more to it than
appreciation of him by Mr. Zueblin which simply saying that. these people do not want ·
was printed in this magazine, can find no work. Perhaps half of the 325,000 people
better introduction to the Good Grey Poet out of work in New York City today _
would ·
than Roland D. Sawyer's "Walt Whitman, run away from work if they saw it; but
the Prophet-Poet," published by Richard
that does not answer their problem. How
Badger, Boston. If there is any poet who does •it happen that they exist? There is a
may be caned the poet of that democracy certain. number of people in this • country
for which Ford Hall stands, Walt Whitman who are , born tired, and they are not ali
is that one. His "Leaves of Grass' contain poor, .b}- any means. Most of these people
countless Ford Hall talks pressed into few
are physically and mentally twisted. Where
words. If the editor of this magazine could
do they come from , these twists, these dishave but one book of poems, that book would torted people?· (The speaker then gave as
be "Leaves of Grass."
an analogy the case of a sickly Jamb which
should be saved and allowed to rejoin the
flock. Soon all the fine flock would become
Satisfaction is the profit the customer
sickly and distorted, and everyone would
makes on even successful purchase.

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A. FORD HALL PROPHECY.

"I tell you," said an editor to Mr. Coleman not long ago, "your Ford Hall meetings
are sure to grow into something much bigger. The time will come, if I am any sort
of a prophet, when the whole Ford Building
will be known from coast to coast as a great
social centre-a centre like, for want ot a ·
better comparison, that of Jenkin Lloyd
Jones' in Chicago. It will become a radiant
centre of goodwill. There will be classes
of many kinds. Your town meetings and .
your sessions of Ford Hall Folks are the
seed from which the others will spring.:
The Ford Hall moyement, as I see it, is in
its infancy. You have here something bigger than . you yourself realize. I believe that .
-in time other men with money will come
forward and ask you to establish similar.
centres throughout New England. If both
capital and labor could unite in meetings
of this kind. both of them would benefit .
greatly and business would become more
stable. Mark what I say. You are only
starting your work."
FRIENDS WHO ARE COMING.
April 5-Symposium, on "Journalism."
A. J. Philpott of the Boston Globe an
George Perry Morris of . The Christia
Science Monitor.

April 12-Dr. Thomas C. Hall ·or Ne
York, "Religion and Social Revolution."
April 19-Prof. Walter Rauschenbusch,
"Is the Woman Movement Going to Save
Society?"

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ress of the world: getting employment for
the unemployed, or abolishing the labor-say.
ing machines which put them out of work•
A : . We must not destroy the labor-saYing
machmes.
Q (Mr. Berak): How do you account for
such men a~· Irvine and Lunn's being thrown
out of their churches for preaching these
doctrines?
A: They were not tactful and discreet
enough.
Q: What would you do for or with the
man who won't work?
A : I should make him work, and at the ·
same time educate him to want to work. ·

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