The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-28
BRINGING THEM To TIME
The Eject Of the New Ordnance on tho
Dens OF Galena Street.
II Provokes Considerable ll Feeling
in Certain QuarterS-Chief OF
Police Carroll Proposes to
Do His Duty.

over thu ordinance recently passed. ny THE
city council for tho purposes OF rcRuiat-
ing and controlling houses of i'll fame. In
It's rc~-orRanizcd state the city police force
is engaged in "a virgorosis effort tai control
the denizens OF G1lena street anu Keep
and chief Of police tn compel. keepers
ncr less offensive tai public dcccncy than |
i'm the past. Tho now ordinance was de-
viscd for tn. purpose not OF Prosecuting
these places, btt tn prevent the location
ar maintenance of such houses i'm places
spectabie rrsid nts. The cry is now
raised b. the (salcna street element that
the new law was PLANNED in the interests
power to- levy blackmail upon the habit
ncs and Keepers of these places. But
nance, il they contluct themselves quiz
city, these people will not bc prosecuted.
Formerly complaints were daily made to
the police hat men were obbe,i and
rolled i'm the dives of this city. and il was
found impossible in almost all such
quilts parties. as the occuranis Of such
houses would of course deny the charges.
and to obtain proof of their guilt was
wcll-nigh impossible. But under the new
law, III complaints are made to the police
against certain houses. these places
may bc pulled every II hours until they
AS to the cry that under the new law
the police will have power to levy black
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new ordinance gives them no more power
to do so than formerly. The ordinance
victed these women Sef"rc. If any at
tempt should he made d tiic present
arrangement ON the part OF any officer
to levy blackmah upon these people Il
complaint made To the city attorney
against such officer will be promptly taken
Orders have been issued to the city mar.
shall and chief of police that no arrests
are tn he made under this ordinance cN-
--.a 1900. -. v.tH .u.. a.t f fIn
police court after complaint has been
filed. The city attorney will draw the
only he made after proper i"iibera,iom.
No police officer will have the right under
this law to make an arrest without having
person charged with the offence. This
restraint. i'm connection with the fact that
the city attorney will receive no fees for
of the powers of the police.
In fact the new regulations in this city
in Helena and many OF the large eastern
cities for the purpose. of controlling and
regulating as far as possible houses of
1t Is a we'll known fact that i'm tho past
Butte has permitted tisc people of loose
that Butte has reached u size and impor-
lance which cntitlc il to- bc regarded as
Intention Of the auihSritics /" place some
sort Of check upon the actions Of the
Sa%H'er~ m. an" pros Sfs%in:u.. ni'''s .n%
! Ibt pIe " "hts
men who are regarded as rcspcc-
table citizens have lived upon
by prostitutes. IL is true iha, there is an
ordinance on the statue books of this city
which expressly prohibits any person
such purpose. The ordinance is 10. "A
and was passed on June II, 1884. Section,
From and after aSr ,ssssagr Of this oraimanc,
it shall he unlawfnl for any person or person,
and willfully Ia rent, or to grant. ar To establish
or @,r to keep ;s9 or, o. maintain %,paas,s any % n%Ss,i;n r1s% =" anal aIa r,
such houses, rooms or apartments are hereby
Notwithstanding this %rslinan has ncvc,
been rcpealed Its provisions have never
bc.n smiorSed anu now arises n SE"a,
tho new law, which in so FAR as this mat
ter is concerned is merely a re-enactmcn
houses ON Gaiena street which are occm
pied exclusively by fallen women, claim IL,
.isW ~ COUNCIL nciiR has dcssrnyei ,hci'
, get even. when election day come,
other city officials who have been Spoken
to about the matter disclaim, any inten
, tercsts of any citizen. but they say tina
the time has come for Butte as tho bust
ness and educational center of Montan;
To place IL ban upon vice. and il IL can
be banished from the city to al least re-
. strict it. One gentleman said to "A STAND
! While it is not possible to sonda;
. within is four walls. yet /
may at least he made ira exterior bear
able to- the public. l believe that i'm u Cit
like Butte houses of this kind are u neccs
, sary evil, hut il is our duty to- grant th,
= keepers and occupants of these place
D fewer privileges than they have cnjoye'
3 in the past. Butte is to-day the creates
mining camp Oh earth, but She is none tia
8 less IA great city. and public decs.ncy de
"a mauds n change i'm these Matters"
= Aproros to this question the fac
. may bc mentioned that tn
= rigorous crusade of City Marsha
4 Macarthur and Chief of Police Carroll RI
. Gently inaugurated against dissolutc me
and women and Migrants. has aroused n
: intense feeling against the officials. Il
4 the bad Lands" Chief Carroll was ncve
. popular with the criminal classes. but hi
: actions since he became chief hav
caused them tn detest him more hearth
than ever. The fearless manner i'm whic
> Carroll performs his duty i'm treating n
classes of criminals alike, regardless a
their color or nationality, has incitc
, some of the leaders of Galcn
street society who claim to have some in
fiuencc election days to warn Carroll ths
@ IL he does not let up on certain people u
will not hold his Office long. But thcs
a threats have no effect upon Chief Caro-
% and he il doing a work i'm which nc will I
endorsed by every right thinking pcf>o
q i'm Butte.
a Net Quite Ready.