Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-09-03

THE CERITo BAwDY TRoUrE.- Our city
was on Saturday last, the scene of the
most remarkable, and IN some respects
most disgraceful, excitement ever known
in its history Early in the week the
advance agent of the Ida Cerito Can Can
Troupe put in IN appearance, and, by con
cealing the real character of the company,
obtained city license, and made the other
usual arrangements for an exhibition, to
be given on Saturday evening 1t was,
! however, very soon discovered that the
performances of the troupe were not OF Il
reputable character, and Mayor Holdrdge
very properly decided to use all his au-
thority to prevent an exhibition. He re-
voked the license, which, through an
inadvertancc OF the Deputy City Clerk,
had been illegally issued, without the
Mayors knowledge or conse Mt his APP
proval being necessary to give it validity
: and tclcgraphed the troupe, then at Du
buque, not to come. In reply, they OK
pressed their determination to come at all
hazards; and with their compliments ac
compancd their response with II printed
circular, which seemed to concentrate in
page all the vilest obscenity Of the most
degraded purlieus OF nastincss in the
country. The troupe arrived on Saturday,
aud annourar NV ncrt,in IF o.,r r;tiyor
who, let us charltably infer, were deceived
as TO their real character, decided to show
and risk the consequences. Satisfied,
upon careful examination, that he could
not estop the performance until an overt
act had been committed, the Mayor in
structed The police to be present and arrest
the performers the moment they should
ovcrstep the bounds of decency. The
troupe uere dardre Of these instructions,
and carefully avoided those indcccncies
which had made their performances a
scandal in other places. AT the close of
the performance, the manager was arrested
and fined ten dollars for exhibiting with
out license.
We most heartily congratulate our May
OF upon his success i'll practically accom-
plishing his purpose to thwart the designs
of II band of strolling pimps and courte
Zans to give Il bawdy house show in indie
pendence. We have no desire to mince
words. There is no question whatever as
to the character of the troupe. Their per-
formances i'll other places, their obscene
response to the Mayor, and their language
and conduct at the hotel in this city,
where, before their departure, one of the
women was knocked down in a quarrel
by one of the men, all accord with our
characterization.
No man in our city was found shame
less enough to urge his wife or daughter
to be present on Saturday night.
Every father who wishes to protect his
son from the baleful influences of the
brothcl, every young man who prefers an
atmosphere Of purity to one of vice, every
citizen who desires to preserve our city as
free as possible from the social evils that
demoralzc, degrade and send to perdtion
so many thousands of all c. es in the
larger cities in our land, and cv> woman
with woman's true heart, in Oh midst,
will most heartily applaud and s, 1T
Mayor Holdrdgc in his earnest and prac-
tically successful efforts to preserve the
good name and conserve the highest inter
ests and welfare Of the city Of which he
is the executive head.