La Junta tribune., 1900-11-03

I tsaerafion and OPen allioneo e peagts
ciaAo with vieA Ths ween-og1 ezea,
turo0 that have ooea1vad thAlr uonful.
nase - Q source Of revenue turn - eee.
Tain hoDes bsfore they 60 TO ps1faEsl
AolA, 0nd the stories they te0 Wo01d
make q blacknaI.inx politician @ -
hce o10eiRl vince II they were 6DWn
fully. Go - the Salvat3en ADya
homo Of this kind. Its Atnat10A IN
town u kept secret. - name 10 On ~
dose. its work II hiddea from the sight
Of the curious, but its rooms are crowd
ed, and tn victims that come there In
The shelter Of darkness are flaming
dgns Of the results Of . w36e
open town There are stories
inside the walls Of that house.
and beautiful home Il IL and In Q Ane
lseatien-that would melt tho heart Of
the NEST scornful The babies that are
there. and the children Of twelve and
thirteen, victims to worse than bFufali-
y. that may be found there sometimes.
are eloquent witnesses to the policy Of
infsmy that enjeys . money pro0t eut
Of toleration Of vice. cannot 90 hAo
further particulars regarding These
homes, partly because Of the revolving
character Of the subject and partly be-
embarrassment through political hestil-
ity to the work In which the managers
are engaged.
TIE POOR ON the East Side ars the
greatest sufferers In this scheme Of
preat-sharing In vice. The Italians
and the Russian Jews are the chief VIC
tins The Rev. DIR. ArrighI, an italian
who fer twenty Year, has been engaged
in religious work In the Italian cc3ony
OF New York. told me the ether day
that he had never seen such - perni-
cious condition" Of Affairs among the
Italians here. He said that ten years
ago it was almost impossible to md Q
place among the abodes OF his country
men in this city where there IVES traf-
De In vice. Year by year the means Of
income OF the padroni have been cut
OF In this country. Five years ago
there were signs that the padr0ni were
importing perBons for the purpose Of
open tradlc In vice. Within two years
this trafiic has grown to enormous Dro-
portions. DR.. Alright has had Gem
plalnt after complaint sent to the po-
lice authorities, he says, and there has
been no response. The politicians and
the padronl have formed . union. II
was thinking" said DR.. Alright 70 me
Tie ether day, ''of writing letter to
Chiaf Deveey, but have not done 80.
II would peobably receive the same
canntdegAfion that - given - hun-
dreas of other letters. There ID nokh-
ing to be done. fear, but to e1dure.i
Hew wish some one would rise 10 Fe-
veal the enormity OF the terrible con-
dit1ens among the people Of my ma
dive country and at least save the child
rea and some Of the young womenT
And now who wants Q wide-opeD
townf Everywhere You win hear It
said that the people want II, and that II
peeple, indeedf Certainly not the hun
dreds Of thousands of parents on the
East Side whose children are exposed
T. terrible things. Certainly mot the
vast BODY Of good and sensible men
and women who are the mainstay Of
every community, the plain people"
Certainly not the business interests
that really count, the commercial in
tersstS Of manufacture and trade. The
politicians who profit by II, the liquor
dealers to some extent, the shameless
trA0ckerH In vice, the gamblers. and
the criminals-all these want a wide
open town. And Mayor Van wyck also
Apparently wants II, for he is willing
that the laws shall be violated because
New York IL not so bad in certain
phases Of shameless vice - London or
Paris.
Now, this il not question of the sup
preston or even regulation of the social
evil II II pertains to that II IL merely
question as TO whether that evil shall
be hidden from sight. 1t Is a question,
however. whether police, or other pub
lie encials, or politicians shall profit BY
It pecuniarily, and whether on the
strength Of II they shall have an undue
lnnuence In the Affairs of the nation
Upon foundation of traffic in shame |
ana vice. upon blackmail and open cor
ruption, Tammany Halls foundations
are seen TO rest nowadays. Upon its
escutcheon is the stain OF an Increased |
death rate. the debauchery ef the
young. the ruin Of children, the hver- |
tog OF the conditions Of decency on all
eades. And on the strength Of this con-
0tion Its leaders are enabled to de- .
mAnd foremost place In national af-
taars II Mr. Bryan is elected he must
deAl with these men. They must have
voice In the selection Of ambassadors
ana ministers to other countries that
come from New York state. 1t In an
open secret that the national patrona9e
mas already been promised to Tan
many Hall Witness the great actiyifv
OF Iammany Hall nowadays compared
with 16D6, and ask what II means. The
question for the people of this country
% lace and answer is whether these
men whose pockets are fat with the
d1ppangs OF vice and whose earments
are spotted shall sit in the hixh conn
clis O. party or nation. What q epec-
tacie would be to see that state nens.
TOT who collects the tribute from nooI
rooma, or that police oflicial who reveIs
u tne tolls wrung from the brothe3s-
one man IN every ten In New YORK can
ame snem both ofr-hand- sitting as
ncnored guests at the White Home
sabse! II Mr. Bryan h elected viii ~