| Show THE OF experience when the iron hon francis armstrong armstron 9 was mayor brayer of this city spurred on by tho the charge of 0 Is judge to the grand lury jury he undertook tho the work of abolishing every house of ill III repute in the city in the lart year of 0 his term tenn la in conversation one day any with a friend ho he used words nords to this effect whatever alse they may say about my acts they may put this down that I 1 have abolished tho the last house of ill III fame fallo in thu the city the friend said bald the deuce you havel I 1 will wager you 0 suit of clothes to a hat that it if you will call in your policemen the majority of at them will agree with me that all you have been ablo able to do with all your work has haa been to scatter ahat hat was localized before and under perfect police control cont iol the next morning the met this gentleman and said go and order your hat not only a in majority of 0 the police bore bora out what you said but it was unanimous tho the houses homes have ben been broken up true enough but the benl tons tire are scattered all over the city that ought to be a lesson to our present officers and they ought to learn to distinguish between what ought to be treatment for or a crime and what ought to bo be treatment for a vice there are certain things that altac attach h to poor humanity manity that will mill not be cured until mankind are differently constituted for such things chich w alch are in their effect simply a calamity to those who participate in them the remedy should bo be to reg regulate ulato find and not to try to suppress to pre acibo limits to proscribe conduct but not no t to try to eradicate the system hero was waa under perfect control a w week eek ago tho the matter had bad been reduced to the least offensive point it was exceedingly bad work under such conditions to make the display that has been made and to cause tho the advertising that lias has been given in the dally daily press the trouble with men Is 13 that they lack moral courage and when officials for tear fear of ks that will bo be made a bout about them shrink from a manifest d autv autv a and fill have not the courage to state to the public whit what the best experience of the world has been anti and to recommend that it be adopted then tho the whole T hole business be becomes coves pitiful then there follows just such scandals as have filled the atmosphere of this city tor for the past three days I 1 |
