The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-04-02
LIMITLESS LICENSE.

Do the republicans of Kalispell in
tend to acknowledge the unwritten
article of the platform of principles
which is now circulated on the quiet
by the Logan heelers where it will
do the most good, viz, that in the
event of Logans election as mayor
the monthly fines assessed against
the fallen women in the red-light dis
trict will be remitted?
Such a low bid for votes is as
shameful as the method of livelihood
of the pitiful creatures of the row.
This is no idle talk or campaign
racket but is one of the arguments
which the Logan vote getters are
using in the district most affected,
in the hope that the secretaries of
these unfortunates may be induced
to remember at the polls on April z,
that their women will have five or
tenner more to stake them to if Lo-
gan is elected.
Now it is a fact the nominal fine
for keeping or habiting these disor-
derby houses is a source of revenue
to the city, expended in the main
for the maintenance of order in those
districts and taking care of the
f41sir1 ot.irr ,oIc, soI, -,
presence engenders. Their occupa-
ton is an unlawful one, but is tacitly
permitted by the authorities under
existing conditions and the fines i'm
posed are looked upon by the parties
as license to carry on their question
able business, securing them immuni-
ty for an uncertain period They are
troublesome to the police, and their
houses no doubt breed crime and dis
orders, but if they keep open their
dives they should be amenable to the
law and not be privileged, as Mr.. Lo-
gan and his supporters propose Some
respectable citizens would doubt
less abandon their intention to vote
for Mr.. Griffin and support Mr.. Logan
were he to announce that his policy
would be to enforce the law as it now
stands and force this class of women
and their hangers-on to leave the con.
n q 0itu ptrf hon thnxy
promised liberty and license to ply
their nefarious trade, protected by
the police and the municipal head, il
is time to call a halt.
AS we have above stated, fines are
collected monthly to partially REIN
burse the city for the trouble and ex
pense these houses of ill-fame create
and it is in measure a salutary sys
tenn, as when any house or inmate
becomes more than usually obnox
ious the official hold is frightened ant
the woman is aware that upon hel
better behavior depends the length o.
time she will be permitted to stay il
the city.
We were about to add, try Mr.. Lo
gan's plan for a while and see how
obnoxious these fallen women will
become, but for the sake of the
younger generation in Kalispell ant
the dignity of the wives and mothers
take no such terrible risk.
The political forces of this city arr
pretty equally divided and fifty vote.
more or less may swing the election
Mr.. Logan's following in the red
light district may amount to fifty pitt
full parasites, who will vote as theil
girls" suggest, and if there be any
lukewarmness in support of the can
didate whose previous record has
been one of law and order, Mr.. Logar
with his filthy fifty may win the day
Surely, citizens of Kalispell, it will
not be to your credit to permit the
city election to be gained by the vote