The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03


1 buildings are LOT the rnilshackn sfnds
1 permitted by their owners to run down 4
I3i,cchusc they soon will be pulled down.
| IN Tie particular territory inspected BY
4 tho Hhnltary force we're ID number OF dis.
orderly houses and ali Of them were ~.
ilporteh to be III such poor sanitary condi.
stonsthat tho report carried vi recoin. I
1 fnendat!o1 to condemn them. ,rhis meant
practicall ito pull them down.
There wardseo many OF such buildings
II That u tlesi.ated 4 bout y p pprovlr,g tie 4
Recommendation and ordered the Police
\ Department. to secureS me Information
4 diving the names OF the owners of the 4
\ houses, the conditions Of the buildings,
1.-The character 6f&stlia tenants, and, IL
4 possible, tile annual rentals paid by the
iitasecs. THAT report made mo place at, &
exceedingly low valuattcn Oh the real
fIhofals character OF ,sottle OF the m best
8,,Gople OF my city, AZ Their names :ap-
Eycarsd opposite street numbers Which In.
lSdltated the location OF tho aorsts DC 3
4 ,Jf dIsordnr'y houses But tho tcnt roll
4 Saf tiic district showed where thu bus!-
ness Instinct had got the better OF moral
4 scrtlplcs. THUS: "A sl.l. rs
35'.1hreo.story frame, seven inmates, s7s !
4 asweck. 4 g H sSs g, ss
S'.Brsck cottage. five rooms. three In
mates, sA5 aSwcek." "a ~ tts5
ss",T,wo-st Dry, English basement frame.
tented by $50 d week ID u
\ And this rent was collected each Mon-
4 day Afternoon, BY agents who did iiot l hes.
i tate to threaten that tho places would
4 lie s'nullcd" IL tho rent was not for tn 4
coming. \. II
rho agents OF tho several pieces OF
Liopelty learned from the tenants that
/ the health and police officers hud paid
official visits inspecting the buildings,
and two OF them called on ne. They
wanted to know tile cause Of the in-
dispositions and frankly admitted that the
buildings were IN poor repair and mot
worth living In ii
i but people do live in them I said,
''nnd they pay rent
\ &"That is true.p5 cheorfully responded one
4 u the agents. niid they are the only
i KIND of people who VIII liyc In sich
! iorolscndowny buildings. But What are YOU
4 GoNg to do--drlve those women into dis
lstrcts where respectable peopia i've; force
i thcnl to take rooms on your stiael?''
i G8"lnfthtsg case u said, those buildings
Il ,yll have to como down. not beca,ises
i they arc n menace to public morals, hut
because they are nperil to public Health"
I - fcw hours later, wDs handed an In
4 Junction. Issued BY a court res raining
me from even condemning the buildings
4 LAWYERS representing the owners of the.
DrOpCTllcS ChllCO }E''NSS
Il unti 1 threatened 70 call the news I,a pcrs
i 70 my aid by publishing the Police De-
4 partmnnt's report Of tho whole matter
Il that this effort BY the property owners
K prevent me from doing my plain duty
4 ceased.
Y r met this kind OF opposition allSthrcugh
n my term OF Office whenever The Police
4 department ran counter TO law-breaklnE
uloon-keepers, gamblers and women Or
4 tile town. 5ssg ie{ S#
4 This antaKonIsm5 was cumulative; it
4 ;lled up until It became formidable An
4 ordinary piece Of police routine was
n sufficient to raise n storm Il of orpoHi.5
4 ton which magnificd n trivial incident.
a almost 10 the Importance OF q municipal
& issue. 1t did not take me long 10 iearn
4 that some tine before was slerted
Il 1,nnyor many men OF Business prominence
u had bought what they believed 10 he an
u insurance policy against the city med
A ding With their private affairs by con-g
4 tnbuting Ia the campaign fund raised
4 IL the committee conducting tho cain-
a Epalgno OF my party IA 'Ss
Il ~ had not solicited n penny from, any
Il imam; my own assessment q ia rye { one.
was paid ont OF my own pocket. 33 ! knew e.,
4 that some OF my personal friends had
sent their checks 10 4 treasurer g y, re-
slEcommlttee. but y knew nothing 8pf tile
A Fother contributions. / secured ~ sts 2
Il the donors, with the amounts q their
1 contributions, and was struck by the
4 fact that many Of the. largest con r1o'i-
Il tors we're men who goWned property rent rent
81 ed for base purposes. Nor was y Pcr-
q mitteIlt 20 forget that they had materially
u shelpad me toward my. election. for wl1efl-s
. ever my official duty brought me N * IN
II flIot with their interests their appeals or
protests Invariably were prefaced WI q
vi maid so much money into carnpaiSn
4 fund. III 5sa!s ~ III
because they had given money into
4 tho campaign treasury of our party trey
y claimed a proprietary interest IN me- tlieS
II seemed to have regarded me IN the na "a
u t,lre OF an Investment, part OF the invest,
ment they had made IN real estate ana y !,
II buildings which gave them an annornnal
IA incomc because of the bases,ises to tphtch
q such property was pnt.& Because re-
q fused to rlew the situation as they ala.
IA they used their business personal a no
political influence to harass me and cIf,-
"A barrass my administrations.
Nov, in the calmnessS which environs
q an ex-Sr yor j can understand why many
"a great earnest and we'll managed re
"A formt' or purity campaigns either haze
failed or IT successful have been swiftly
ii followed by revulsion. 1t Is because
most Of the influential and leading men
a Of large cities prefer. a liberal city adj
4 gmlnistration; one which will not too
. strictly hold to the law. And back OF
n them Is a large and powerful following
. al voters who openly favor = vide
4 open, town COPYRIGHT, 1904. by Joseph
e, Bowles).
North Carolina Sentiment.
3 EVERYTHING tho Democratic convention