, 1879-08-15
State Street Saloons on the Ram"
page Again.
The Revolving Of Sons More 1isenoea
Called For.
Confidence Operators Run Ta..Soms Moro Sale
Durglars...Sat tia luttndlar!.
4 Shoplifter Uaught---JusticoB nnd Their
Visitors.
STATE STREET.

WHY poN'r THEY REFORM ri
1t would secm TINT Chicago contains class
OF pcoplc who arc superior to tho lav,-civi1,
criminal. and ecclesiastical. For these persons
tho tawa and ordinances nra but mvth; the
pollcc forco deluston md n suare For them
ia reserved tho right to conduct n ncfAr,ous aud
souldestrovtnR business in the heart OF tho eitv,
md under license from the municipal authorl.
tirs. To-day III Chicago, notwithstanding the
exnosuEcs which have boon made and the 1ncss
which havc been presented. tho miserable
hounds who preside over tho vile
buer.rardons OF Ssate street practice
their unhallowed trado with an openncas
and abandon which would entitte them to m
election as Aldermen for the City Of solom or
Representatives In the Local Legislature from
Tile District Of Gomorrah. ..-.
Months ago TnE TRIBUNE showed the Mayor
and police authorttcs what the condition Of
things OIL this great thorougl,fare roally was.
It vas stated t!,,t the street for more than
mile was n,nde M OF beer.gRrdcns, "retrente."
"rcsor.s," "Itallan" restaurants, md houses
Of prostitution. No attempt was ever made to
tnpnRn t1lo veracity OF the reports, for no
den1a. Of the, facts could posstblv be
otroretl. The Executive, shamed at ls:t ls
Naroun.al- -Raachid trtos through tho .lnns. and
decided TINT he would close up some OF the
worst Of the dens. It'll
TIME nn WENT on ANOTHER EXCURSION.
Last evening reporter tonk walk alonr the
ill-tavorcd street. The Eag1e Garden, abutting
on t,c Jones School, was III full blast. Jerry
M0nroefs old n1aco was largely patronlzed. A
new ranch had arisen to dispute The palm for
fifth md vu1gnritY with these, aud 1t crowded
them close In cnch Ut these holes thu sn,ace
old wore enacted Via whisky and Rtalc beer
were dispensed to the votarfes Of Venus mn!
their attendants and hangers-on. The tables
woso crowded bv prostitutes mud pimps, thieves,
thugs, md the general refuse Of hnn,nnity.-ttG
foul scum Of great cits. The ''daro-shops"
were doing big business last night, a,,l were
ti!onged all ths evening. long @ l!ne Of these esq
extends from Monroe to- TO- T"Sltt an slrsas a ~
difficult to signal out any ono as
specially deserving repsobaston. Dirty, low
down, miserable. prostitutes from -. the
"farnfshcd rooms :" abaye formed one-half TIC tie
| bccr.gar1ens, while Us for tho mnlc half Of the
! attenlanca the lcHs satd the better.
A few weeks ago. IN spasm Of vtrtuot1a In
| dignatlon, probably snporindured by continual
newspaper promptlngs Us to h'h duty Alf. har-
| rIson
REVOKED THE 11cEssrs
OF two or three Of the mnst prominent offend
cra against law aud deccncy.. For 4 week or
two the ranches were closed, but laat nirht theT
were all In full aw!nE once more. The psoprie~
tors hal nl obtatncd new licenses OF were running
Without them, US the case might be. Tile same
| old crowd sat around the xretched tables. half
| hidden from public view by the faded ever
vrerus, mud p,nde nirht htleols With their
| t!lthy stories md obscene laughter. They had
been stoned for week or two, but cum
! plntsant administration had onco moro given
them permission to enticG young men to the
devil, and they were bnsEfy eneaEed fulfilling
their contraeta. In each Of the beer.Eardcns
there was music, Of ktnd. A hroken.down
plano. = cornct In an advanced state OF
| ylnous f1hilaration, md IN occasional hnrp 0!
iute With plenty Of whisky on noartit furnished
tie csthct[c emil OF t!lc entertainment 10 eact
! Of tllrsc p!arcs. At two OF thetn male "sng.
/ ers" cha.,tcd rfbaid songs for tho amusement
| Of their patrons. There waa no fighting In an7
Of the plnrcs for tho night was young md the
trtoxicants had not vet dcyelopcd their full
power. But tho rooms wcre filled With mot
calleu-foru'ed majority. These womet
very bad Que. Their male co1npantoni
were OF the usual type, and we're dtYIt!nt
Into two c1asscs: p!mps and Erccntorns
Tho whoia thing ran on entirely undisturGet
by pDy police officer or other Representative O.
law usd order. Not that the police arc unaware
Of the existence Of these places. hut they arr
tied han.l md foot by the action OF the muntet
pn,ity. Whore the city issuos licenses freely II
such lcns nj tntauity It would be folly to OK
pcct subordinate police oillsert to suppress a a
their own rtRK tho nuisanccs for which permits
have been issued. IalB only remedy for th
state OF things Is Tor tho Mayor to euIninatilJ
pancoT ths itcensc Of nny place, be 1t saloon o
alleged treatuMrant,h Wlero women III Hire
pute form lialf tho nnmbor OF customers a,lt
indulge unrestratnad In tho praGtIce 0T thek
vocation.