The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-04-01
Just SUGGESTIONS.

u NO. ~ NA~~ " = "a . Nh
] with respect to the regulation g 9
houses of i'll fame which amounted
M a license; that is, the inmate:
were PERMITTED to come forward al
otated iute, walls, deposit a sum o.
money and 90 abou: their business
We are infor rmed that this same
practice has been permitted under
AT K Little's administration.
Whether the truth is as reported,
we are not in position at this
moment to determine, aud it makes
now very little difference. That
way of regulating those unfortu-
nate institutions has prevailed
more or less in ali towns in this
country where legal licenses were
not granted, and common prosti-
tutes liable to punishment by fine.
We do not believe in subterfuge Of
that kind. We believe it would be
better to openly grant licenses or
remove all restrictions than for
sworn officers to Systematically
ronnive at violations of law.
Nevertheless, we must all recog-
uize the difficulties which confront
civil officers when they come to
dealing with sexual sin. Prosti-
tuiou is not a new thing. 1t is
not peculiar TO any age, country or
civilization. 1t has always flourish
ed in the hig hest social circles as
we'll as In the lowest. 1t has been
the degradation Of men and women
and also matter Of civic glory and
religious gain. It led the Children
Of Israel into the Groves" and
behind the ."Pillars," and inspired
Roman ladies of the imperial purple
to enroll themselves as common pros
titutes. Statesmen, Churchmen,
physicians and philanthropists have
been warriug against this vice for
ages, Hundreds of remedies have
been discovered, applied and failed;
yet, out of the muck of sexual i'm
purity, humanity, at large, isgradu-
ally emerging into a purer and
better life.
We understand that the suppor-
eers Of the church ticket allege that,
II successful, they will drive prosti-
tutes from this town. They will
say to those unhappy girls, Zone
train goes west at midnight another
goes east at break of day. They
are both for you. Take your choice
and git" Now that seems to be
a generous and virtuous thing to
do' 1t is Puritanism of the first
water But, pray, good, kind,
CHRISTIAN friends, where can those
poor unfortunate creatures go to?
VIII driving those girls out of town
lesSen the sum of prostitution?
Ooes scattering a diesease among
Otner communities do any good
worthy christian ambition? Will
'als driving out process redeem a
single fallen woman to a life of
virtue. Will it reclaim a single
one OF their male partners in vice2
Al II does not reclaim these, do they
no' remain to seduce other women
70 take the place of those yeu have
driven away! The driving out of
prostitutes and the closing aid
ueStroylng of disorderly houses has
Oeen tried. 1t did not accomplish
any good. Con6ning the traffic
S0'ctly within prescribed districts
aaS been tried and abandoned as
'Otlle. Lax divorce laws and
stringent divorce laws have been
Is4PerImented with without avail,
Is there, then, no cure? Oh, yes,
~ .a0eed' The remedy Is largely in
'ne hands of women themselves and
u0S' be applied as they alone can
apply it. They demanded and
secured equal suffrage. Let them
~" demand an equal standard of
SSAual TS. morality for men and women.
women can be firm TO the point of
cruelty against their fallen sisters.
81 'hem demean themselves simi.
.A''y towards impure men. 1t was