Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1905-11-21
Social Evil Petition Does Not
Make q Hill With City Dads
"WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO
Do" ANxl0USLY ASKS MAYOR
Another Councilman Wants to Know
How Else We Are to Support
the Public School System
FINALLY REFERRED TO
INVESTIGATING" COMMITTEE
Alderman HanIey's Somewhat Novel
Views on Question Greeted BY
Kisses From the Audience.

At last nights meeting OF the city
council a committee was appointed
consisting OF Aldermen Harrison.
Walker and Ilfeld to receive COM
plants and suggestions and report to
the city council on what action to
take toward the regulation or suppress
sion of the social evil In Albuquerque.
The action was taken as a result OF
petition presented To the council on
behalf of the people of Albuquerque
by Attorney A. b, McMillen, asking
that the council immediatelye exercise
the power conferred upon 1t by a ter
rtoral statute and take steps TO
ameliorate the disgraceful conditions
now prevailing In the city.
The action was taken after a rather
warm session following the regular
business of the council Mr.. McMillen
president OF the organization recently
formed to start a campaign against
vice. asked leave to address the coun-
ell and made an earnest but sensible
and buslness-llke talk, In which he in-
formed the council that 1t was the
unanimous sentiment of the better
class of citizens In Albuquerque that
the council at once take some steps
either toward regulating prostitution
~ ehibNANNA HeN VI RAthaRANAib ~ aANb~
gether.
Mr. McMillen said that he had Pc
tition signed by 369 OF the leading citi-
zens of Albuquerque. exclusive of adj
ditional communications signed by
members of the w. C. T. U. and the
Womans club, asking the council TO
act.
There is no need to tell any MEM
ber Of this council the location OF the
breeding place of this vice." said Mr.,
McMillen in the course of his remark
The very center of our city is noto-
rlous and Is avoided by all decent peo-
pie as pestilence. It's residents
Haunt their vice up and down the
main streets of the city, on the side
walk and In carriages, monopolize the
highways and public places and make
1t unsafe for a decent woman to walk
through the business part of the city.
The mothers. sisters and wives of the
members of this council shun the To-
cality / mention as n fostering place.
THE time has come when the city
of Albuquerque cannot afford to toll
crate this thing any longer.
"The council has full power to act
In the matter. and the demand of the
people is that they do so.
MY remarks are not made In the
spirit of criticism. l know through
experience, well the difficulties that
confront the council in matters like
this. | also learned while In the coun-
Gil that the city marshal Is a faithful
and conscientious officer, and always
respected his views on this question as
well as others. But everyone must
realize that the time has come when
something must be done
L. Mcmillan aha Nlnr
81 of the territorial laws OF 1901. In
which the city authorities are given
power to deal with the question OF
prostitution. The law IN question abb
somtely prohibits the running OF
house of ill-fame within 700 feet of u
school. church or public meeting place
and provides a fine and penalty, each
day 10 constitute a separate offense
after notice has been given. Outside
the 700-fOOt limit. the law provides
that tire regulation % prohibition of
such places shall he entirely under
municipal supervision. Thus the
council has absolute power to say
whether such places shall be abolished
altogether or may regulate them as It
sees ft.
WlIkers0n Don't See why.
After Mr. McMIllen thanked the
council for their indulgence and took
his seat Alderman Wilkerson arose
to Inquire why Mr.. McMillen had not
agitated the matter at the time he was
a member of the council.
II make no excuses" said MT. Nc
Millen. 1T should have been done
then, though the question was not
brought up. But conditions have been
constantly growing worse. and now
that action has been demanded by the
people Of Albuquerque Il Is time to
act. and besides. said the attorney "T
hope We have a better council now
than we did then"
what would become of the $4,000
or $4,000 revenue from such houses
that now goes 20 the school fund.-"
asked Mr. Wllkorson.
Il would not advocate the running
of houses Of ill-fame as means OF
raising revenue to support the
schools, said Mr.. MeMilien.
'You have only 160 names sout OF
IL 900 people" said Mr. Wllkeraon.
"ff the council thinks Il necessary