The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-12

condemned by the code. and thus making them
selves liable to arrest for msdemeanor? Let
them make their favorable report OF the
N3Inphla, as they are alleged to have pre-
posed, but will stand them in the dock as
we did the notorious directors Of the TwinklinZ
Star company, and we viii pillory them before
the public as the promoters ard incubators Of
shameful and sckening immoralites.
This Grand Jury has gone far beyond the
sphere OF its duties. Its duty is TO take cog
nizance Of the violations of the law and to
call the attention Of the court to these yio-
lations. But instead Of discharging their
bounden duty they abettng and further
Ing the violation of the law, and they are In
already in two of our Superior Courts In the
name name OF justice. Of law and of morality I ask
these men and TO render them powerless for
evil.
The Jurors are represented as having unani-
mously declared that the revolving Nymphia is
"a necessary evil" They might as well de-
cIale mat burglary garroting and murder are
necessary eVils and the law makes dtstinc-
ton between these crimes and those committed
IN the Nymphia, except in degree. Prostitu-
Lon Is condemned by section of the code, It
mas been condemned by the decisions of the
Supreme Court, and as a consequence no con-
tract mace with the managers and inmates OF
houses of ill-fame. such, is valid If the
Nymphia be necessary, how have New York
Boston and the cities and towns Of this repub-
nc existed without similar cesspools? Chief Of
Police Byrne of New York was hurled from
Office few years ago, because he was said to
wink at the existence of the ordinary houses Of
III fame, and the Chief of the Detective DEPART
ment of a certain Eastern city who visited
san Francisco lately, exclaimed in anazement
when he saw the Nymphia: IT'S 1t possible that
San FRANCISCO can tolerate and stand for such
a place.
According to the press report the Jurors are
TO invite number Of business men and liberal
clergy to cooperate with them" in their faith
erly care for the Nymphia. The fetid den has
been already unanimously condemned in court
oy jury OF upright business men who brought
In verdict of guilty against its directors; it
has been declared a nuisance by the Board OF
supervisors and it has been denounced by every
pure and moral man and woman in San Fran
erate: degraded and Vittated. indeed, must
be the clergyman that would approve OF the re-
voting Nymphia- \ loud cry of indignation
mas been raised against It by the clergymen Of
every creed and color in this section of the cty
| ana a louder and broader cry would have been
Ialse9 had IL not been generally believed that
the stckening den were sooner to be closed
t PuI Lne Jurors VIII reccommend that the
city levy tax on the Nymphias business and
insist upon the resort being conducted under
rules framed by the authorities" That is, they
Will Recommend the legalizing and licensing Of
crime and will court impeac eminent We will
calmly and fearlessly await their action.
And now, Mr. Editor, let me re-state some
OF my reasons and those Of my brother clergy
men Of all denominations for the crusade
against the Nymphia- Firstly this ahonina-
ticn exists in violation of the laws of God and
OF the state, 1t is disgrace TO civilization and
IN It's gigantic form is running morality in this
city had II not been checked in its infancy
Z would be now treble its present size for S
P. Blumenberg declared when selling stock that
fallen women of San Francisco To deceive the
public the loathsome resort has been called a
IlOtSi' anu On I0e business cards that
freely distributed. beside the words 'Tlymphia
HoteI, Is a red cross on the left upper corner.
showing that the managers have stolen the
livery of heaven to serve the devil in! I saw
that the unwary and innocent will be deceived
and entrapped by this lying card and led into
ruin. 1900
Secondly. the Nymphia is situated at the
junction OF the two principal thoroughfares of
this section of the city, and its hideousness
and rottenness must be encountered by the in
habitants who travel from north to south or
east to west, or vice versa. 1t is passed morn
Ing and evening by the little children attending
che Day Home on Powell street by our bows
and girls who attend the day and night schools
and children of tender years are allowed 70
enter It and gaze upon its CHASTITY horrors.
Thirdly, as fOreseen. this neighborhood has
become uninhabitable for pure. decent men and
women BY reason Of the Nymphia It has be-
come the rendezvous of hundreds of drunken
and lecherous soldiers and sailors who are
attracted to the Nymphia as turkey buzzards
to carcass
Finally. Mr. Editor I have no doubt about
the near and permanent closing of the Nymphia
Morality. religion. decency and self-respect are
too strong in the community to permit much
longer its existence. the present and incoming
officials regard il with horror and the corrupt
power that has kept It so long open will soon
disappear and dissolve. T. CARAHER
November H. 1899.