| Show tf rH 1 I WHAT WIlli THEY DO nO great jl to we called nt at atI I j j in our last issue has hn como come to 4 the tl he e front In the shape ot of nn an object los lea lesson lealion Ji son lion that cannot annot tl hl hie e Ignored The ar or arrest arrest orrest I rest of ot a girl and two youths In ii S one ode of the tho many rooming houses forces tor attention to the condition of or at af afI I fairs In this city f i Much discussion occurs over oer the best beat means m al s or of correcting the wrong Some Pome of t tile the police think that messenger boys are the principal offenders and that c they begin their vile Tile career by carry carrying jug ing gea lo to and Anti rpm from the residents resident 4 and ot of lewd houses anti the proposition Is III that messengers t be employed who ate are under age ageL L nut Hilt hl appear to ly cutting 4 away nar a 11 few of ot the tI without get gel getting geltin iiIi t ting tin nt nl the trunk of ot the evil elI The axe oxe I must m lt be laid at the root of or th the tree or orthe orI I the effort will be In vain alII It Is II not only t boys IGI who vl visIt It thoe tho e I places pl s with young oung girls 1111 Other onier youths and men of oC mature years tu are engaged I In the sumo game Jle for the destruction of virtue Arresting Ar tIM one or two or orv v half bait n a dozen offenders will accomplish very nry little In I Ir the sought lou ht 1 The 1 J Mayor Police can soon noon sup lUp suppress press tIlls this evil U or reduce It to ver or o small 4 i proportion prop if due diligence Is II exercised t V Hut Hie he impression lon prevails and K I forced toft d upon UM the people p l by b the th e i I h ot of the defenders dett ot the tbt c i I t J n n I 1 IM I mp it rr lawless IJ this this Is II a n VIM wId open 1 it find that r of t the tha city i pf certain vices Iceo wore not nt made to Pa ho be I ot d This fall fail to havu a n hall bad effect Ott ct upon the morals of or the town Why WhyS not strike at lit the root ot of the evil ovll by hy enforcing the ordinances against houses hou of find the offence of oC resorting thereto The that I Ith th kw of those IJ places haces do tb not know who the he that are arc rented by tl or tho the hour Is III altogether top too to thin for anybody who lifts hins eyes and anda n a brain If lf the tho ordinances an aid not sufficient 9 to require licensed lodging hou keep keCil cm ers to keep a 4 record of their roomers conduct c their places sO BO as no n to be respectable and an free ft e from the evils now complained of ot tho the proper commit committee committe tee t te of ot the City Council would no tie doubt receive suggestions from the executive e department nod supply the tho deficiency The fhe whole question turns on the Us ills position po of the tho authorities of or tho the city to stem Ilem the tide of ot Vice Ice that has hl set eel In III If JC they th y want a 1 wide open town with nil alt the tho term Implies and value alue the goodwill of the this p who are oro finan financially daily Interested In Its Ita continuance rather titan than the till respect and support of ofIlia I Ithe the Ilia adVocates ot law anti and order ot of course courle thoro thoo will till hil bo be no ito reform nut Hut the condition c of ot affairs here Is serious and antl Bom K practical must be done to meet and remedy the wrong Will the Mayor and tile the Police l Uel do anything lhing In the lie matter or will lIy continue supine am anti lot Ice riot I until there thoro Is b a t public uprising II I I |
