The morning call., 1892-05-22

they were ruined, and, mind you, they
were very young.
Katharine was only Is, and Pauline II.
One Of them lived with Ned Nestel, no.
toriOus character, VINO frequented the Gre
mnTne Tor years"
sad case. indeed, is that, but it is only
one of hundreds.
The Cremorue is a big net Of nastiness
into which thousands OF girls, now happy in
school and home, viii be caught unless it IS
DESTROYED
1t is the duty Of our lawmakers TO see to
il that u decenCy-defyiDg men shall not
have their say iu this matter.
Those y men who sign for the CTemoTne
are directly responsible for the ruin Of these
girls. Those Il say, in effect: What do
we care if 500 or 1000 innocent young girls,
now happy in their parents homes, are
caught in the arms OF the CTemOrne and
dragged down to lives Of shame2 What Is
it to Us If this girl debauchery goes on, so
long as cur own girls remain pure? What
do we care for Otner peoples girls? or
course, theI fathers and mothers may love
them as much as We love our children.
These girls may be the playmates aud
friends Of our own daughters, but what Of
that? Let them go down in sin and shame
It's all right Well support our friends
Hallnau & Homan, and let them ruin as
many girls as they please"
If the ." law Of twelve" is 10 prevail
~ y
which each signer for the CremoTne should
be required 10 furnish a document signed
by II pTOperty-owneTs, licensing him to
remain a resident of the city. Those
CremOTne signerS who could not show this
document, duly signed, ought not TO be per-
mitted TO remain here. Their presence Is
vastly more harmful than that of the
Chinese.
No matter what San Francisco may have
been in the old mining days, this is an age
of decency. The city must be puTged Of
these crime hateheres.
The CALL is no more against the Gre
mOrne than II IS against any other dive IN
this city.
1t has simply taken the Cremorne as an
example, aud has focused a strong, clear
light upon 1t, showing the people what a
representative San Francisco dive is like.
As for Mailman q HOmau, they are no
worse than Mike Dunn, Annie Brooks, Pete
| Dorsey, Andregg Il Stodler, n. r. Holmquist
| or Ned Foster. The CALL wishes TO see
| all these persons moro closely regarded by
! the police.
Certainly no better example than tho
| CremOrne could be chosen. The same clear
| light that has shone upon that dark place
| for the last seven weeks will continue to
| shine until something shall be done toward
| closing it.
The public is aroused. and 1t demands
| that the fight shall continue.
| II demands a full knowledge Of the facts
! concerning the signing for the CremOrne.
| 1t wants to know who the signers are. 1t
shall know. If public wrath should prove
| too strong for those deluded persons, they
have only themselves to thank They have
| brought il all upon themselves.
They should reflect before it is too late.
| They can yet withdraw their names, and
| thus withdraw themselves fIom public
! scOrn.
No man who signs for such vile place
| can be reached by an appeal TO his con-
! science or 20 his sense of decency.
| The CALL therefore asks those whose
names are to be handed in to the Police
| Commissioners TO consider the matter from
| a business standpoint.
Ii you twelve" knew what THE CALL
| knows about the future Of this dive fight
| you would not let your names 60 in. II
would not pay you to do so.
Come, now; you regard business in a
| more sacred light than you do a woman S
honor or the suppression OF crime, don't
| you?
Then ask yourself before you let your
| name go in: "Will it pay?"
One of the individuals who has put his
name to this petition to permit this den OF
| crime, infamy any worse than death to re-
| main open is the father Of five girls.
Does he reflect that in signing his name
to the petition he is asking that the auihor-
ities allow to remain open trap into which
one or all OF his daughters may be drawn