“Itoccurstome，“hesaid，“thatonethingatleastshouldbeimmediatelydone。Thoseresponsibleforthedisgracefulriotoflastevening，andImeanmorethantheactualringleadersintheaffair，shouldbebroughttojustice。“Heproceededtoelaborateupontheenormityofthecrime，thedangertotheStateofmobrule，thenecessityforsternmeasurestopreventtherecurrenceofsuchdisorders。Hesuggestedaspecialcitizens’committeeforthepreservationofpublicorder。
Hiswordsappearedtomeettheapprovalofalargenumberofthosepresent，especiallyoftheyoungermen。
Whilehewasspeaking，theaudienceappearedtobegreatlyrelievedtoseeDr。TempletonandtheReverendMurdoMathesonwalkinandquietlytaketheirseats。Theyremembered，manyofthem，howatarecentsimilargatheringthesegentlemenhadadvisedaprocedurewhich，iffollowed，wouldhaveundoubtedlypreventedthedisastersofthepreviousnight。
Givingabriefaccountoftheproceedingsofthemeetingtothepresentpoint，theMayorsuggestedthatDr。Templetonmightofferthemawordofadvice。
CourteouslythankingtheMayorforhisinvitation，theDoctorsaid: