The morning times., 1895-11-20
YIELDING TO SENTIMENT
First Official Support Of The
Times Attack on the Division.
NOTICES TO VACATE GIVEN
Police Dernrtment Commences to
Clean Out the Disreputable Square
Behind the New City Po>tOffice.
No Further Colo oniZntion to Be Per-
mittcd-Lieut. Amiss' Efforts.

A percmptory order issued by the super
intendent of the police yesterday that Ger
tain disrepuiahe women shall within a
specified time yacate premises occupied
by them in tile pursuit OF their
calling is 8 vinCiCat ton of the policy or
The Times and its attitude toward the
Infamous precincts known as The Divi-
sion.'
In the opinion of the officers OF the First
precinct this order is only the handwriting
on the wall. which in due time will efface
every trace of the traffic from within the
city limits.
The decent, law-a biding, self-respectiDg
people of Washington are aware of the
agitation of this question, which has been
continued editorially and otherwise by
The Times for the accomplishment or the
result which has had such hagoodeNampnfica-
ton by the superintendent of police. They
viii also be quick to assign the credit where
il belongs.
Public sentiment has been, in many cases,
created by The Times in its warfare; and,
in others. II has emboldened the tmid TO
speak out plainly, having been furnished
with au organ free from repressive al
liza uces.
TINES EFFORTS CROWNED
The Times In addition 10 its desire that
heprcscut should bcconsidered, looked into
the future, when the new postoffice would
De int CtultE VI anu 'oi
the whole city population, and when the
precincts around the market would be
doubtful places to visit if the existing
order of things then prevailed Both OF
these present and future conditions were
in the mind OF the police officials when the
recent order was promulgated.
The first skirmish toward complete
victory has therefore, been won.
Lieut. Amiss has served notice on tue
keepers OF three houses Oh Tenth street,
between Louisiana avenue and street
north west that they must vacate their
premises and cease their business.
Two of these resorts are kept by white
women and one by a colored woman. In
the case OF the Bronson woman, she has set
up the claim that she owns the property
and will resist the order Of removal, but
she ha 5 been notified that should she remain
she cannot conduct her business by reason
of ownership or any other reason The
other two must CO.
BARRED FROM MANY STREETS.
There is q very significant clause in the
| order to the effect that when these women
move they cannot locate on Twelfth, Four
| ,penth or Fifteenth streets. This shows
| that while no specific order has been issued
| as TO the places west OF Tweirth street, tine
police Will not permit any further colonial
| tiouo that section by such characters
| Lieat. Aniiss was asked for his authority
! for the proceeding. He said that as Tentn
street was largely used as thoroughfare
| TO the market aud Smithsonian grounds, II
| needed a " cleaning out, and he made that
suggestion to the superintendent OF police
| Consequently he received instructions to
! proceed, which he promptly did, with the
result a bove stated.
The inmates OF these houses have been
given thirty days 10 comply with the ordef
I or to suffer arrest. trial and punishment.
of the order to the whole area infested by
these OH biectionabie people, to which he re-
piled:
II have no orders to that effect, but
| presurne that after while the whole thing
| will be moved out
VIEWS OF THE POLICE
Lieut.. Amiss has his own views on the
question Of the expedency OF this move
1nent He does not believe that 1t viii
remedy the evil. He thinks that scattering
the denizens of these places Will only urge
them to move into other places in the city
where they may remain for long perlou'
without the knuv Hedge of the police. He Is
however, executing orders suggested by him
self in a bold and effective manner which, II
the Judgment of other people, III kept up
will remove the red spot from the city map
Commissioner Powell was asked yesteI
dav afternoon what he knew about the al
! icgel dCtlOn ~ Tue tbihiiiINSi'Ai'i . ~
order executed by Lieut.. Amiss. MaJo
Powell said that So far as he knew there nae
been TO action taken by the Commissioners
1t was n matter that came within the pur
view of the duties of the Police Contnls
sjoner, but he had nnt heard That even MI
Trues!eIl had given such Instructions
The duties of the Commissioners are 81
divided that it is no doubt the case ina
some times the right hand does not know
what the left hand is doing.
Lieut. Amiss, however, explained IN
matter fully by saying that he suggested
it TO the superint of police and TIT
superintendcnt of police directed him 10 g
ahead and he went
LEFT TO THEIR DISCRETION
Another point appears to be settled D.
this proceeding, and that is that whereye
the police officers in their judgment be
lieye that the women can be moved on a
they have to do is to say so. II is yer
certoin that this depa rture has been Ia kel
without any concerted action of the Com
missloners according TO the statement o
the Eugin eer Commissioner. The ON.
proceeding necessary for complete dt
popuiation of the Division, according 7
) the statement made yesterday by the OIL
cars in authority. is that the order be issue
and that the officer charged with eSecutih
it performs his duty as well as did Lieu
Aniss. :,
The people of the city, and especial IL
those organizations of good women WI
have indnrsed The Times in this agltation
Will doubtless watch further Development