The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-03
1T STILL CONTINUES.
This Correspondents Thinks b Aldermen
Know what They AFRO Abeut

Know what They Arc About
10 THx I~NpKrEspENr II ysatsrday's INDIE
PENDENT. under the title els Municipal Gov
srnment Mere Child's Play" appears . son-
munication concerning The city oounoil aAt
the action taken ~ II regarding : petition
presented BY ths w. C.'T. U. Of this sitl
asking for the removal OF the iahAbitanss
Of Clors street. After = careful reading Of
this communication n cannot bus con-
| GLADE that the writer 10 animated mucf
more by personal aninosity than By. . an
cefs desire to plish \ real Rooa,
either in the reformation Of the women oil
Clors street. or the publication OF the cisy'
Our city council 10 composed OF repre-
sentative business men OF the caty: Meh
who in intelligence and libsrality OF shoughs
will not suffer BY comparison with 2 sin,iAns
body in any city, and YET Central ". ~.
rejecting the petitisA for the removal Of
The Clsrs stree women. and p~ronosnoes y
'.childish' aAa absurd" She Gays, III
required No extraordinary acutsnsss OF IN
telloct TO grasp the true ~inwardness OF shls
proceeding" Possibly not. ana Jss
than central ". c. I. pssssssss? 10 II not
barely possible that tho 'trus i~nwardnsss"
of what was done regarding this matter is
TO be found in the fact that She menlbefS OF
tho city council do not entertain the same
ideas ~ to The way this evil should be deai
with as does central W.. q. I. u? And 1t
il not possible too, in spite of her opinion
to the contrary. that the members Of the
council have a right to their opinionaF I'M
unthinking arc too apt 10 considsr mat
those who do not conform to their manner
Of life ana thought have NO warrant or
authority TO exist. but Central ". =. i. "
should remember that to sneor at and ridl-
= -. 49, - Aks-tr NS%f>rnOfiv than aha
does only indicates . narrow mind ana an
intolsrant spirit. He who has any respect
for himself seems to have renowned the
right to think meanly of others.
The social evil has existed long. and
while humanity ROMANS human, will exist.
Is it not better to realize this and act &C.
cordinely than to ignore it e~ntirsly and
give ourselves over TO impracticabIs
If not impossible theories? 10 ii not best
TO accept existing conditions, knowing as
we do that they will always sxist, and BY
proper regulation prevent ~ much a. possl-
BILE the effect of those conditions?
Yes. but Central w. G. I. U. tells us that
'they did not ask for the privilege OF re-
forming these women. but for their re-
moval.' And there il food for thought for
Central W. G. I. U. herself in that short
sentence.
That these women should be removed
from Clore street; that they should be sum-
marily elected from the only place they
can call home; that they should DO east
adrift on the world with one less chance Tor
a better life ssens to Central W. G. IL. U. to
be the Aum total of Christianity. bus If it is
Christianity it is high time We should try
something else-say the religion OF Christ,
for instance.
She tells US further that when some
movement 10 instituted to reform the mon
who frequent these places, she and her as
---:k~1 Ill ~AA Ak1~t ~ vforrn khnao
women. But why promise to do good if
soms one else will set the example? Why
wait for any incentive. il earnest and sin
osre? There is almost unlimited oppor-
tunity, and that the W. G. T.. U. sees fit to
ignore it indicates that their zeal il not
only nisdirectsd, but that they utterly fail
to comprehend that their true work 10 to
lift up the fallen and help the unfortunate
to = better and purer life. II is idle to Jug
gle with words. and worse than lido to deal
in frivolous excuses. Ii the women sonsti-
tuting tho W. G. L. U. of this city earnestly
desire the reformation of the women OF
Clors street they will not wait for others to
begin the good work. "By their rats -
shall now them."
Central ". c. i. U. tells Us that they ask
for the removal Of these m on Clors
street that these dreadful evils may be re-
moved from the path Of the children" and,
abstraotly considered, this 10 commsnds-
bic. We all wish for our children better
things than We ourselves have ever had,
but it il we'll to remember that it 10 not the
virtue which the law ~enjoins that we wish
in our children. Whether or not your son
is pure and manly depends much more upon
the conscientious performance of our duty
toward hin as a mother than upon any
thing by which he may be surrounded.
Perform that duty n your soma and
daughters will DO clean; neglect it to pro-
pose impracticnble remedies for evils which
are in the world and you az we'll a. they
will suffer for it. DETERMINATION.