The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-30
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Ellton InlOlllgenccT
The CAM Can Is the topic Of tho day,
and II was certainly suggestive sort oil .
show. While His Honor, the Mayor, and
his yigilant police force have their hris-
tles IN and pointed with fine moral
sense, I desire to suggest that in order to
keep themselves up to the proper tone for
the protection Of the public morals, they
should manifest something OF the same
zeal In the suppression Of Can'Can-ism in
the city, and not bottle up their right
eous indignation in order to empty all
their vials on some travelling troupe
whose presence among MS Is merely the
incident Of night.
Iusc the term Can.Can because Just
now II il the synonym for ilagrant viola
lions Of the city ordinances, Ills Honor,
the Mayor, with sprinkling Of his pO-
lice. attended tho Can.Can on Friday
evening, and stayed, II ! mistake not, I'M.
III tic end OF tie performance, Not, |
supposc, because he enjoyed 1t, but simply
Ike tho boy that insisted on going TO the
circus, that he might see the folly Of It,
Whether IL took him until the final drop
pingofthe curtain tOCOmprChend the char
actor Of 1t, or whether le thought II best
TO allow the company 10 Oil pthe cup Of
their iniduity in Ordertlat tho vindlCa.
ton Of morality, under the forms OF the
municipal court, might bc more ostenta'
liOus, impressive anil complete, mud the
city's excheqncr benefited thereby, ] do
not prcsume to guess. Tho Mayor wRs
nj Tic second exhibition on Saturday
evening lust in time for the Can-CNn,
backed by police force. Well; this was
all right, and shovel u cOnlmCndable
zeal for The preservation Of public morals
and tho enforcement Of penalties for In
fractions Of the City ordinances ! have
said this was well, and now ! would nSk
his Honor, tho Mayor i he does moi
think II would be good deal better for
the morality Of this city II u little more
vigilance was manifested In the suppress
sion Of tic gambling bells and dens Of
prostitution which sit ~ II were on the
very edge OF our most public thorough
fares. IL may be said that the police ut
tend to all such places when made aware
Of their existence and their locality
deny II, or CHIN that II The police iorct
Of ihis city do not know where the inoSl
notorious OF these places are, they are o.
all men the most stupid, and the lens
worthy to Oil the position Of au elllClen
police. II they do not know Of them
what arc their eyes for, what do theiI
wanderings to and fro like birds oil evi
omen amount tO2
The Can't Car WINS immoral and was sup
pressed, or rather was reduced to M ex
ceedinvly mild allairby the spnsm OF yir
tuous vigilance on the part OF the police
The Can.Can is gone, but the Institution
on Twelfth street remains, and promise
10 bo daily md nightly with III. HOY
long did tIut faro den near the corner o
FoIrteenth and Market continue. ate
II was known or might have been know
to the police? might speak ol severn
other we'll known disrepltnble places llin
are we'll known to the police. IT the
claim that they are not known to them
iloy ought to be discharged from th
service, How much attention is pat! L
keeplnr tle most public corners on Mar
ket and Twelfth and Market md -Four
teenth streets clear OF lot OF desplcabl
iSsfers Who hang around these corner
and insult passing ladies by vulgar an'
profanc expressions, or impndently star
Inc them Ii the face scarcely deign Il
move of The sidewalks TO allow then
passing room2 might go on and el'lim
crate many violations OF the ordinance
Of this city which are Of every day occur
rence-slich violations as arc % COtiStan
source Of annoyance 10 good citizens an
are as plain to the police, or otIFht to BE-
IA the noses on their faces. ! do nc
speak Of these things for the purpose Q
malicious fault finding with the Mayor Q
his police officers, but do intend TO en-
attention to tile remissnesS Of the author
tiles in lhesupprcssion Of dcmOrallSln
influences which are doing more injnr
10 lIe young men, and old men too, f.
that matter, than all the exhibitions Of
Can.Can character that lave ever take
place in tic city. FAIR PLAY