The morning times., 1896-03-16
SAY 1T MUST MOVE
Continued from First Page.

/ different parts or the city, ana no effort
Is made To force them into the locality
| set apart by common consent for their
| purposes. The houses are already scat
/ tered, as we are Informed. aud the same
| false sentiment which protects them in
| THE Division" protects them elsewhere.
As well set apart smallpox section in the
! heart or the city with Eirw Of confirming
! the disease there, as 70 attempt 20 CDnIfnc
| social evil to Il Specifled place. The evil
/ Is conta gious, and II alIO wed 10 prevail in
! one place. it is bound to spread.
Tn the other hand iT paced under the
| l'an OF the Ia " its power and attrdcftVCnesS
| are diminished, ana the fear OF discovery
! must inevitably minimize the evil. We nave
! already given careful consideration TO the
/ question of caring fCr tie inmates or these
| HOUSES Some or them are wealthy and
| can easily care for themselves; others Oc-
/ cupy the position OF dOmcstiCS in these
| houses, and can probably secure other
| places. Some can be sent TO tEeir homes
\ ia other cities; the remainder can be cared
| Tor IN Institutions Wulct eNlstICr the rescue
or fallen women Thus the inmates can
! ali bc cared for without entdiling great suf-
fCrinE.
| There IS ample law for the suppression
! or these houses. as Will BE- seen from the
| following, taken from the complied statutes
/ now in force tn the District OF Columbia
relative TO the police force.
| section 10 II any member Of the police
| force, or 1f any two or more hOusch Olders
| shall report IN writing, under his or their
| signature to the major 0f police that the e
| are good gTOunGs, stating the same for
/ believing any house. room or premises
] WtlitH titt ilDIltF IiSfElCt To- t- ht'Iit Ok
used Tor any Of the following purposes.
| namely, o. as COEimOn gaTnin. house.
| common gan'.lg room, or common gaming
/ premises, or therein playing for wa gers OF
| money, or at any game or chance; - IS
| bawdy house or as a house or prostitution
! or for purposes or prJst a On- or ( 81 Tor
| ieWd or obscene public amusement or enter
| talnment, or IA for the deposit or sale or
/ lottery tickets or lottery policies, it shall
/ he lawful for the major or police To au-
| tEOriZe any member or members OF the
/ police force to enter the same, who shall
/ forthwith arrest all persons there found
| Offending against l8w, and seize all I'M
! piements or gaming, All lottery tickets or
! .Otter policies, and convey any person so
! arrested before the proper court. and bring
| the articles so seized 10 the office OF the
! Commissioners. ~
We appeal 10 the public TO ioln US In urg-
/ ing the speedy execution OF the law for
| the suppression or these houses or iii rcIute.
! Public sentiment, which has count eDdnced
the present situation. ana oIiicial opinion,
/ which has ignored the laws on the subject
are alike at fault. aud we ask pulpit ana
! perSS and Ill good people to unite IN a
combined effort to correct the fault and
rd our city OF this foul blot. Such q move
Z meut in this city. n characterized Iy
loty sentiments or righteousness and by
| wisdom IN Its details. cEnnOt IdH 70 IIake
an impression on other cities whlcu wlh go
/ raT toward checking the present tendency
10 Increased INN Ord!lty which Is every
/ where = apparent. our Savior was very kind
I and fOrgiying 10 the woman taken III the
! great TauIt. but lie did not ran TO say,
or forgiveness We ask that the mandate 20
. rOrth which shall as IdT is possible PTOuIbiJ
Z the continuance or this horrible evil o
1.-THE accOmpli5hIE ent or this result We de- sir.
10 dedicate our best efforts. and we ask al
( good people to make their influence felt
( TO achieve q complete triumph or the cause.
STIRRING SPEECHES MADE.
After the reading of the address aIr.
Bruan made q few remarks, emphasizing
the good effect that this meeting would
have on the public ana its influence for
good.
7 MI Bruea was followed by the Rev. E.
D. Bailey. who made 4 stirring speech, in
which he referred first 10 the magnitude
and difficulty OF the undertaking There
! was a problem In it, but one that should
call forth the best efforts OF all who pro-
posed 10 engage in it. He advised against
haste. He favored systematic work AID
work that would, when done, be OF lasting
! aud material benefit
! one part Of the speech was devoted TO
showing that when the Commissioners
would be called on by the public TO enforce
the law the officers would nave hard
undertaking. They would be met by OppO-
SitiOn ard b. the property Influences or
the Division. of which he gave several in
stances in his own experience, in which
the owners had tried to prevent the pres
euce OF the mission IN the Division. for The
| reason that a destruction Of the Division
would be the destruction OF property
values as now obtained from the improper
use of these houses.
The present duty Of the association was to
advise the public of the enormty Of the evil.
He summed up his position in two prop
ositions. First, that the Commissioners
should be asked to issue an edtCt closing
these places, and second. that the inmates
should be taken care of when they came out.
That was. he said. the law and the Gospel.
Mr.. Bailey spoke with great effect and
pledged himself TO the prosecution Of the
work as far a he could.
MRS. .BARRETT'S REMARKS.
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett was the next
speaker, she having come over from Baiti-
more where she is now engag ged on some
pressing busines. Mrs. Barrett handled two
OF the phases of-the question with great
force and Clearness. Her argument was
that no door should be closed unless one
should be opened.
The Home and Help Mission stood ready,
and, if all the other Institutions failed
there was twenty-eight other missions in
the United States that could be depended
| on to see To IT that no woman would suffer
from leaving her present life. She made
a strong argument as 10 what public SEN
! timeut enlightened could do. as in New
York and Pennsylvania, in both political
and moral reforms. 1t was a shame, she
declared, that under the guise of proteC-
| ton 500 and more women OF Washington
were placed in an actual condition of
| slavery.
She comhatted the fallacy of the pO-
| sition that isolation was civil or moral
| law, and also attacked strenuOuSly the
position that the women should be pla Ced
under the surveillance of the police and
the care of public physicians This latter
makeShift, she said. was equivalent to say
ing that there was no such thing as moral
or intellectual prostitution, so long as the
physical conditions were Objectionable.
AGAINST VILE LITERATURE.
Mrs. Barrett touched again on the vile
publications which have sale in the cit
for the exploitation of the Division, and
said that not long ago fifteen hundred
young men of the city had engag ged in a
voting contest IS to which was the most
popular house in those precincts. She
closed with an eloquent and impassiOned
appeal to the men and women of the city
to assist in the cause in which the asso-
ciation had enlisted.
The chairman then put the following
resolution, which was unanimously car
| ried
Resolved, That we heartily indorse the
| proposition TO suppress all houses Of i'll
repute IN this city especially in the section
known as The Division and that wa
pledge to the District Commissioners our
cordial support in their efforts to enforce
the laws against this social evil.
The audience was dismissed with the
benediction by the Rev f. d. Bailey
The association distributed cards yes
terday for an organization which shall be
Incorporated at as early day as practi-
cable. AS the matter now stands the as
sociation will wait to see what action the
Commissioners will take in the premises.