The sun., 1897-01-26
SEELEY DINNER CENSURED
INDICTMENT OF THOSE At IT
C1LLED ron.

D,.erdrr,y House. C..-e. Hin TO ne De-
cisred D-morniizea by Chspus.'s Trisi
at the Psrity Alliances ftpsi Meeons.
Addresses on social purity were made last
nigh. in the assembly room of the United
Charities building at the concluding session of
the Twenty-f first annual meeting OF the Ameri-
can Purity Alliance. President Aaron NJ.
Powell was the FIRST speaker.
1T is noteworthy and significant" he said.
" as Indicating tho continued need OF the work
Of the alliance in this direction. that yet an
other attempt Is at this time threatened TO se-
cure the passage by the Legislature now in res-
sion at Albany OF Q measure to license houses Of
ill.fame in New YORK. with police and medical
supervision of their female inmates. and that
one OF the latest well-known men to publicly
declare himself in favor OF localizing and legal
izing vice in the metropolis Is Mr.. Commissioner
-. a.. ~, =, ps,,a. T. -. :, o,.
Grant OF tno noaf" o' roloe' IN ono oi our
newspapers he was recently reported as saying:
1.-The disorderIy houses should bo strictly
.,,.,ss .na ..a,u., 90 a.. a,s,r,,, In 81.
Iekusvu ,rs anu ., "a ~ ", =, , ,., - nv -,
legal licon.ine and localizine. giving these peo-
.,s -. "a hai,,n, ,h.n, 80 acconn,, ~.
PIC rkn's ~nu ho'u'"s tne' W o.
Of tho stat. would not consent to a system
~ ,Ic.n,Ins d,.ordorlv houses, He was also
quoted as saying In the declaration In favor
OF licensing vice; L was talking about what
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thooght ought 10 oe' ana not "nAt eNpee. can
be. II I were member OF the Legislature
I would not introduce such a bill, because |
wouid Know such Dill couiu not DO psssea.
commend this declaration to tho thoughtful
consideration Of those members OF the Leslala' sa
'uio "ho may w. 'ney n"'V ~, NO. ,s.
asked to INTRODUCES and pass bill to license and
: aan,ori.s snoh ,..i.,.,or. ,ha, who.vsr
sdmoni'h such iesisintors that whoever
for such bill will certainly be blacklisted as
,as,.s 80 ;. as.nn, ,..,.,s,,vs ..,,
thus dishonored.
at is much TO be deplored that q personally
worthy gentleman. as believe Police Commis.
sioner Grant to be. occupying an important aud
resnonsibl, official position. sbould allov him.
self 70 go on record a. the propogandlst ot
g,, legs,intvc me,nod % Oh ae.ne MIN io, VICE. inno;
dependant women and girls. and unutterably
l., IL may possibly DC que 10 ms moral CONFUSION
IN presdlng recently ~ one OF tne most SCAN
dalous and shocklng pollcc trials which has ever
been known In New YORK"
TO allude to as an ominous indication OF a de-
That group OF men who call themselves gen
tlemen could consent to be present a. quests on
% an occasion, & the Indecent details 81 which ,s as
police trial th.t followed and through the
press shocked Rev YORK and the country at
large rs never eetore. Is indeed astounding.
The chief actors In III" affair are clearly
amenAble TO the Penal Code. ana should be
promptly and vigorously dealt with by the
District Attorney and the courts. such social
occasions. as PArisian importauons. reflect and
stimulate on this aide of the Atlantic the sen
suous and sensual life or the French capital.
ITSELF largely dominated and controlled BY the
low moral sentiment created by and insepa-
rable from State-sanctioned vice"
Mr.. Powell road resolutions which had been
adopted at tho day session. Tho hrst said
that chasle and pure life In thought aud con-
duct Is obligatory for men and women, The
and legalze vice In New York as is done in Eu-
rope. The third also condemned the proposed
-"rival In England OF tho Contagious Diseases
.l
.uc fourth said that the prevalent tendency
70 sensuous and sensual appeal and indecent
display IN connection with dramatic enter.
tatnmentA OF n certain tyre. as well ~ through
the sensational press and vulgarly suggestive
literature, should be discouraged by all good
ciuzens. The nfth was:
=" Rosoir,d, That the outrageous disregard OF
decency and the Penal Code At recent dinner
In this city, which has since become publicly
and shamefully notorious, calls for foil in
yest;9aton by the proprr authorities, and snch
legal punishment OF the chief agents In the dis.