The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-06-21

III Il SDCIAL EN l..
II S j. ?. has right to discuss tbs
question so have and will briefly.
understand that Mayor John Wood has
ordered the police force of the city to not
arres! 60 often the inmates Of
our houses OF III fame, be-
csuso in his opinion the frequent
fines imposed upon them are oppressive.
| understand his honor 10 hold that the
evil should be reached by fning tho
owners of tho houses in which
these women ply their ne.
fsrio1s business. ! DO not believe that
Mayor Wood is DESTROYS Of building up
these insiitutions-oi making them So
cure against the operations Of the law I;
but do assert, that IL Mr.. Jack Winter
had been eelected mayor instead Of Mr.
John Wood, and ho had given such an
order to his police force, all the God-aud-
morality people of Cairo, led by the
moral BULLETIS, would have denounced
him az the protector Of the Strange
woman, ss q perver.er Of the virtue of
the city, a. a lioentious aud IN worthy &C.
cupAnt of the executive office Of Cairo.
Blu. Mayor Wood, the mayor Of the
churches, of the moral sinners, OF tho in
telligent colored E4an, OF Mr.. Pope and
of ste Gauss Of high-EOneq puDic virIue,
gives this order and The BULLETIN si1gs
the song Of silence. PaUgh out upon
you ! Why, why BULLETIN, can you not
be bold - Of old? Must
you, when Mayor Wood, or when that
still more exalted potenlato, the Autocrst
Of Cairo, throws up the hat, applaud !
Are you afraid that condemnation Of the
mayor may ibjure your business1 Are
you afraid that condemnation Of the Au-
,ocra. will endsngor your person ss we'll
as injure business
But how | wander
What was | talking about All l
rcmemb Der tho manner in which the
city administration ia handling the socisl
evil question. was saying, do not be.
lieve Mayor Wood wishes to shield the
Strange woman" but / do believe tina,
certain business men who are pAtronized
by the mistresses Of the dens have brough.
to bear upon him pres-
sure, and IN this way have
induced him TO take false step. Even
Christians will wink h. sins IL they bring
into tho Christian pocket money, an
idol that even tho saints adore.
Poor women Aye. poor women, in
deed God knows / would not opprets
them bat because they have been unfor-
tunato and became sinful, shall We in
memory Of their pas. goodness and limo
cencc, encourage them by tolerance Of
their presen. deprsvity and wickedness
Shall they be allowed because they were
once virtuous to now ply the calling Of
the fallen woman-a calling that Leads
untold hosts Of the young men Of tho land
even to tho portals of the damned By
all tina! is virluous, l say, No
But, /! ia said, they do not sin unless at
the same time men also sin. "rrue" /
reply. Then comes the declaration,
" You do not punish the SHINING man, but
you do punish tho SHINING woman this is
unjust" True | reply again, But
because the men whJ sin are not arrested
and punished, shall We therefore also al
low the women to 60 unsrrestel and un
punished II we should do 20, We will
act un wisely. Tne true remedy for tho evil
ia to punish both male and female sinners
Instead of directing tho police |
force to not arrest tho |
bswds so frequently, the mayor should ad.
viso the council to enact an ordinance |
that will authorize the arres. Of tho fire.. |
luenters as we'll as of the inmatcs Of |
houses OF i'll fame, and then no should |
order tho policemen of tho city to arrest
all such persOns-the men and women
sinners-overy day, and have them lined,
tho men into decency and the bawls out
Of their netarious business.