The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-30
The Rev. N. c. Har,zsII Paints
Black Picture Of Vice 10
Western Metropolis
URGES BETTER CITIZENSHIP
Declares That the Way to Bring About
Reforms is to Work in the City
Hall Through the Votes
Of the People

The Rev. Morton G. Hartzell, pastor
Of the South Park avenue Methodist
church in Chicago, was the guest Of
honor at the meeting of the Men s
League held in the Park avenue M. E.
church on Thursday evening and his
address on "Christian Citizenship
was one Of the strongest addresses ever
delivered in Kenosha. The daring
young minister who has taken up the
cudgel against vice in Chicago in such
a sensational manner in the past few
months, declared chat the time had
come for the Christian citizens of the
country to unite to purge the great
cities of the country and that working
under the banner Of Jesus Christ he
believed that this could be accomplish
ed. He declared that in Kenosha
small body Of men working with de
termination to have clean city could
soon purge the city hall Of all unright-
eousness and make any plague spots
that might be found in the city law
abiding and respectable.
While the address on Christian citi-
zenship was decidedly interesting and
to the point, the most interesting por-
ton of the address Of Mr.. Hartzell was
the sordid picture which he painted of
vice-ridden Chicago. In his brief ad-
dress he gave to the auditors in Keno
sha the secrets Of his Douglas Neigh
borhood club and the revelations prov
ed to be che blacklist picture Of vice
ridden Chicago ever told before Ken
osha audience. Kenosha had heard in
a vague way Of the wickedness Of the
tenderloin, but never had the story Of
the red light district been laid down
as it was given by the young minister
who spoke with authority on account
of the fact that he is now working
on the inside. Mr.. Hartzell declared
bles with the mayor and police of Chi
cago he had no apologies or defense
to make. "The time has not come,'
he said "when Christian ministers are
forced to apologize and defend them
selves for the efforts they make to
make their home towns and the world
better. All there was to that expert
ence was the fact that we had nine
detectives employed to ferret out vice
in Chicago and two Of them sold us
out. Since then the police and the
members of the great political "sys-
tenn" in Chicago, have been attempt
ing to interfere with the work we were
doing, but the interference has only
made the work the easier for us. In
the past three weeks we have closed
up fifteen dens Of vice in the district
and as many more will close before the
first Of May -
Mr.. Hartzell told Of the work that had
been done by his associates in search
ing for evidence against violations
Of the law In his home district and he
declared that these men had unearthed
story Of vice which would prove the
shame Of Chicago. He spoke especial
ly of the "White slave0 traffic in the
tenn was permitting this to be work
ed to it's fullest extent. He declared
that men were regularly employed in
securing women for dance halls and
places of shame and that they had
evidence that these men were receiving
ten dollars for each woman brought
in to the leaders of this work. He de-
clared that in shameless fashion the
levee of Chicago was being extended to
every residence district. He declared
that in the very heart of Chicago the
men working with him had found reg
ular schools Of prostitution from which
graduates were being turned out daily
to open new levees in the best resi-
dence portions of the city.
Mr.. Hartzell stated that the system
for carrying on this business was so
perfectly protected that it would take
years to root the evil out Of Chicago.
He spoke Of the scandal in the water
department in Chicago and of his per-
|sonal efforts to get evidence against
this "band of grafters. He declar-
ed that it mattered not whether the ad-
ministration in Chicago was Republi-
can or Democrat these crimes against
the people went on. Administrations
come and CO." he declared, "but the
graft in the water department. goes on
forever
In concluding Mr.. Hartzel spoke of
the methods that had been employed
and the results attained He declared
that most of the work Of his organiza-
ton had been done by prominent Christ
ian men who went into the work with
out hope Of remuneration and that with
such men there was no trouble in Sc
curing evidence Of the right sort. He
declared that the police were now CO.
operating with him and his aids and
that there was already the sign Of ulti-
mate victory.
Mr.. Hartzell spoke Of the work that
was being done in all the greater
cities Of the country and. said that
from every city came a hopeful sign.
In closing he appealed to the men Of
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