Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-07-07
VICE AS WELL AS
SOME GRAFT IN
City Of BrOtherIy Love and
Former Quaker
Purity.
TWO THOUSAND CAUGHT IN net

Philadelphia, Pa, July Mayor
Weaver's vice raid has shocked Phil
adelphia beyond anything that has
occurred in this city. The ordinary
citizen never even dreamed of the ex-
istence Of such conditions.
That violators OF the law, many OF
them men and women of good stand
ing in the community, to the num-
Der OF 1000 or more, could be round
ed up in a few hours. would have been
regarded as utterly impossible. Wea-
yer did 1t though, and the overflow
ing prisons testified to the shocking
conditions of the under world.
Talk of the evil there has been
a-plenty; 1t has been a part of the
crusade made by the few free news
papers against the ring that has con-
trolled the city. 1t has been discount
ed, however, because of the claim
that it was inspired by political pref
udice.
Now, Weaver has laid bare the
corruption. He has shown that cor
rupt and contented" Philadelphia has
applied MOI only to graft, but to lower
forms of vice. He has proved, what
those on the inside have known for
years, n that Is that Philadelphia
has been the most open city in the
country. Little has been heard OF
vice in the courts, because the GRIM
inals were not molested. They paid
tribute to the police and politicians.
and were given full swing.
The result was a condition of af-
fairs that would not be tolerated In
any other American city. 1t was
more open and fragrant than existed
in New York at the time of the
Parkhurst raids.
To enumerate the evils would be
simply to give a flu. list of the dis
orderly houses, opium joints and
gambling resorts that have ever
thrived in the large cities. All have
for years been running In full blast.
Temptation confronted the young
and the weak on all sides. Weaver's
raid has at last given the reign of
lawlessness a check.
His remedy is a hard one. Homes
have been broken. Men and women
who have stood we'll, will go brand
ed to their graves. To them the
raid has brought a fearful penalty. To
the professionally lawless arrest Is a
less serious matter, simply a check
to business.
Some of the SWEETEST and quietest
fash houses in the town were among
those that yer raided. Men and
women in evening clothes were among
the prisoners, and so far as these
were concerned, diamonds and other
jewels were at a discount.
They had them to burn, but when
II came TO the crucial test there were
few who had the price of a fine or
even money enough to pay for a tele-
phone or telegraph message.
Some OF the scenes when the plain
clothes men ralded the houses, were
almost beyond description. This is
specially true of some of the room
houses in the center and northwest.
ern sections Of the city.
Young girls we're found in various
stages of dishabille and their male
companions were not better of so
far as the quantity OF clothing was
concerned. Some of them were given
opportunity 10 dress for the street,
but there were others who were not
dealt with so lenlently, and disar-
ranged and incomplete toilets were
the rule rather than the exception.
In n instance a man and his com
panion were hustled from one OF the
houses 10 the station. and when they