Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-04
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New yoRK, FEB. 2s, 1865. C
-. impeachment of the President ana :
-. arising ,heretrom. still furnish the ;
", sensations for this people. what
-. Senate 10y WHAT viii the Presi- q
a,r,do, What viii Ben. Wade do, u Il
.sa hnv will Trade be sffectedi are qnes-
,;oos easi.y AHA frequently asked. Inc /
....,tion ntbogsi full II the deepest m '
:, ,bis Great cit hss yet thus speedi-
= hsen SWEET q ihc hescenets 81 tne e.
...,.sa,. ~ n vas raised on the tristan
.,,.rt II The action Of Congress
cham Is actually getting philosophical.
Tho people in the main Say, what is 10 b
iii b.. and settle down into quite com
mendable acquiescence with facts. There
4, 10 be no revolution here. There ~
some recruiting 70. the service Of the Psssi-
dent. and there was some srrssting Of the
recruiting process By the police people
we're inclined to laugh at both operatiens-
and so The big campaign. SO slsboratsly
planned. ingloriousiy ended. There havs
been mass meetings on either side. o.
course We never could get along without
MACS meetings; taey are rather useful in
their way, a. mcrtal lightning-rod', or
safety valves, or switches, or whatever else
in that line you may call them; and We
shall probably have more Of them Inc
Gold Room, the Stock Exchange, Trade,
everything. Gays, alter all, we shall have .
tolerably quick time.
The great, the appalling question Of the
suppression Of prostitution in this city, 10
again attracting the attention Of the State
Legislature. A bill relsti"g TO this dread
full traffic was presented in the Assembly on
Wednesday 1t was prepared BY the Boards
Of Health and Metropolitan Police, and is
' nearly Identical with the bill which IVES
= defeated lsst winter. The Rrst section Of
: the bill makes il misdeussnor. punishabls
With . hne Of not less than 500 nor more
A. than $500, for the owner oil any building
II ia the district to lease it for any lswd, OBJ
n. scene or indecent purpose, or to permit Il IA
bs 90 used The other sections impose Z
like penalty upon any person who may b
n ia any manner interested in the business o.
.te | keeping su h houses. The man or woman
=. who NAV seem 10 have the caro- or govern
msns OF house Of ili-f,me. shall be deem
cd the real keeper, aud be suffice. to oil tn
oil penalties therefor. The Metropolitan pc
o. ice are to bring oil suits " recover penal
10 ties. aud the ju 1g,Dent VI the court 10 to b
=. considered . lien on the house and iis con
- tents. All leases for such houses shall b.
u' come absolutely void. The police are RI
re quired to keep list Of oil such houses an
,ss their occupants. which list is not 10 b
made public. The ,arj Of Health are /
have supervision over al registered pace
I'D Of prostitution. selecting . hospital for III
as treatment VI any person suffering from vsr
en- ereal diseases; when such person sha b
lis- takon from any house Of prostitution, tn
OF keeper Of such house shall pay all boar
81 aud other expenses. The duties Of III
&C. Board Of Health are similar to those Of III
Il medical authorities o! Paris. IL will easil
- he seen that all this Is, in plain term
SIMPLY . system for tho licensing of prost
ma. luton As such, il i'll meet with the mot
utter opposition, as dad ,he bill Of last " il
:" iei. Too many good ctiz ms feel = loall
- ing OF tn. very thought Of giving the igai
18th TIC evil Of prostitution any defense wha
Ter ever from the Law 10 render probable Il
In, passage Of this b,il-or any similar ill {,
.on years TO come The only apology made II
the proposition to enact any such law. tnu
be that OF III. claimed lessening of physic
disease. The moral diseases of societ
set must be admit, d to be aggravated by SUE
TO legislation. And luueriv, the warnir
-.
pntc, affirm that even in Pari.. where Il
-" Il rnse system has been so long tried, d
ncs ION hsom, disease ensendercd by the 5
ing have not been lessened.
nm. The legislation concerning teneme
\, houses Is having the most ben, iicisl resul,
e'. Landlords are somewhat like every 9th
ny ciass Of men some Of them are good q,
out some Of them are drcadtnlly mean. 7
On, mean ones in this city firm . large socist
and powerful, and these have oil cour
thought II perfectly harmless to viola
ooy every dictate save that of the filthy lucrc
lily Their ofsnse Was rank and smelled
gift heaven. But thanks to the law. they
getting Just the littlest bit Of humanity .,
common sense driven into them. With
.r few days 80 tenement house owners ha
been notified by the Superintendent Of Pu
A"u lie Buildings OF their non compliance vi
an the law in the construction, &C., of The
nth buildings. SO the Superntendents eli
50 IL now daily crowded with delinquen,
whose otfrnses comprise almost every omi
NV SION winch may render house uninha BIZ
IN bic. The Superintendent has ordered Il
ust examination of n number of buildings r
!, A ported 70 be unsafe, aud has directed his il
spectors TO report on the condition Of .
v the places of public amusement. The cit
Ia zen who possesses the smallest drop Of Il
or. milk of human kindness takes of hi. hat
IN superintendent Gregory.
;. One OF that large class, the pickpocket
" who do so infest the cars and public hall
!" &c, and do so annoy our country cousin
ely came to great and expected grief Il
sd other day, N . way the story Of whic
oe must be enjoyable to every body except
~ pickpocket. The precious scoundrsl VI
ne on an 9Th avenue car, and must need
-ue thrust bis hands into someb ody's pock et-
The old instinct would rule. Out Of ii
first pocksts which came along he pulled
gold watch and ei0O. Boz the SCREAM"
~ the little business opersfiun Icy in ths fas
!. that the man who owned the pockets vas
police sergeant in citizens clio hing, and .
=. John Smith W. Walter Brown was speedil
arrested, convicted, and cent to the Stat
n. Prison for four years and nine months.
=, The stock market still continues active
Erie continues the birg element. Th
!. application to remove David Drew from th
- management will come up in the Suprem
81 Court on Monday next. Meantime it i
believed that he has the market all in hi
=, own hands, and that . few Of those VII
:. persist in wrestling with him, will b
-, 'fi'orsd." The down town stock board re
hs Gently prohibited. under penalty Of sxpul
sion, any member from buying or seiiin
IN. gold or stocks up town, and Mr.. Galiaghs
nd has therefore been obliged to see the Wis
a dom Of closing his evening exchange. s.
an stock gambling 10 not to DC coaaideesd III
IN. gen'eel thing after suudowu.
it There is but little change 10 esnsral bus;
'sr, ness out new that ihs impeachment ha
iii been fouad to produce SO little effect in com
nv ,nsrc'al channels. the prophecy AGAIN eoe
ir, 'orh Of greatly increased ac,ivit,rs in tb,
md spring There are many signs Of speed,
aly Improvements, and these arc "snapped Al;
Ill