New-York tribune., 1901-03-18
lIO-UEN DENOUNCE VICE.
VIGOROUSLY PROTEST AGAINST IMPos-
ING FINES ON IMMORAL WOMEN AND
AGAINST OFFICIAL BLACKM,1I

H'dSS meeting was held IN Carnegie Hall YES
'eIuay afternoon that had been called nv. ,,o, : 4,
this city who objec, to the existence hor, 'l.' u
''S'eo wee The purpose OF the meeting vras a.
o"' ~ Ine speakers expressed IT, TO arouse the
p"'pe oi Ne"-i oTk 70 put their feet on the ,.fnr
prostitution now and forever 4 co,or,,t.o /.
over one hundred women. representing so,,o e.,
societies. OF which Mrs. Ella \ BooIa ,r,s 81
Vnaifthan had issued the call FOR the r,eeti,c
me audience was mainly made up Of vro,,a,
''te ana mere man Resolutions were
a'op'eu oy " rising vote Of the assembIage These
low In part: i"ey fo'-
d, Ihat We protest not only against tho ,rao.,
,gsi,5.hE oi vice IS official backmai but aIsa
Nl'!ou" conduct because this 4, IN re,iit lor
ibc15.tS tbc1izS Lnder both systems offenders are sn
-, w., i .te ralr rfnt Of money compensation and
against rnoraI,,h mat ootH systems are outrage
TIA, W. VIII use effort 20 arouse rare,.s 90
taiiGns and dangers which are forse !" nm tnT 'tmp
not oy "{ - 'he present conditions and exhort them
more carefully: bat awalto from thdIr niierer
be cbanpeJ' NC 'S c'''zens demand that such conditions
fol% That we women Of New-Yor express our pro-
t"LiI IlHIthaton against those who have bv tbeIr
and contnuanSe Of thcsa ey,is ap the growth
protest and ,r,..,r - ''hu We unite In
to use their nrerorntive destroy the eviIG end ~
That we urge unon the Ccrntttec "f Fiffes2 the
% III %. nrir task IN order that they may uncover
.ne GLtinat9 source of he evils ana disclose the
shall assist them IN this % @r,ons onS 10 9 IEen who
heartfelt thanks OF ths women OF New-York ''''
MrS Charles Russell Lowell was chairman OF the
meeting. Mrs. Boole. Mrs. Isabella c. Davis. Mrs
Catt' the Rev. Or r. Heber Newton. j. s Crosby
ana Jacob \. Iiis the speakers
a moral emergency confronts the CITY of Ner-
1oik' said Mrs. Roole, I'm opening the meeting
aue 10 the protection OF vice and TO official COM
plc''y with the forces Of evil Thousands of I'm
moIaI women live here protected I'm their lives or
immortality IN consideration Of a regular faeinq. So,
TEN. including many grades of officials Men of
apparent respectabiity use the side door of The
saloon sometimes with the addition Of knockout
drons. without fear Of detection
NO effort is made resist the fn,,1oro, mo-,
who are as bad the immoral women-(anDI,,,s
and outnCmber them five to one II Is NOT a cues
ton oi the righteousness OF the law A man sworn
TO enforce the law perJures himself IL he docs NO,
do 1t or make known the reasons At election TIM
let the voice of the people reIegate to private uf
every suspected guilty official and let the laws he
invoked to punish every criminal"
Mrs Isabella c. Davis urged parents 10 look
carefully after the kind OF literature their chin
dren were reading. and spoke strongly against the
small policy shops in the OF cigar stores and
elsewhere. whose patrons, she said were made nm
largely OF the young -
Protect your children from the parks that the
munitcence Of the city has established and from,
the recreation piers she added. Il am not sneak
ing OF the play grounds with proper guardians but
these big public places safe places for chill
dren without protectors"
Mrs Catt protested against the position that
prostitution was necessary for the safety Of So
ciety, Any woman in New-York she said who
WouIu accept her purity at the price of anothers
shame was not worthy OF the name
Dr- Newton suggested that II would he n aood
luea Tor the women To start a committee Of dftaan
or iheir own To work along parallel lines and in CO.
OperdtI,n Win the one now existing He smoke ~
the traIlc IN women through the cadet" system
ana told now women brought 10 This cit;- fron,
Europe or from the West under deceitfuI nrornisas
moral houses W recruit iul-
nat We want Is regime I'm this city
continued the speaker. with a man like Roosa
ven at me head of the police. is not a nIIeston
OF hepubhcans or Democrats. but of TURNING ont
present time. 'i'e Si'y dt the
WHAT can we expect" said DR. Newton turr
ing 10 the economic question when sbOp Girls are
oiIered 81 week 10 live on. with the devii always
behind them To double their Il,
of dividends for stockholders ana bebi,d
the question of rent. The demand Is rS,nn sli s y
saner ana more christian economic order which
shall make vice unnecessary 'ii'i WHICH
Mr.. Riis commented on the fact tha, tho .o,.
ment house system In New York had eiven a. ne
name of the homeless city" He aftscron th .he
official discretion clauses I'm the tenennant h vle
and other laws. He said that he wanted 70 snnSIc
for the police their friend. He baay,ad ~
corruption of the force among the b,sha-
ficias. and predicted that majority Of ~ -, III
and file of the police would 10 oIIst th ia'I
regime a the coming election ~ f'NSeHN