Gunnison news-champion., 1910-03-04
70 IT rlaE
Ataum inicstson

Nf ftfsHHHttG ! W90fiHt
evening to the Town ouucil. ssr the
/ closing of the plaee~ 81 evil rt~ert.
neither known ny the names uf
their proprietresscs or by the nanse
81 hotel wa. signed by over ep.
hundred " omen eli t,uasi-sp. and nv
themselves Ia pcreoa laid bespre the
town fathers A large aud thorough
ly representative ts'dy of tsunnias,n =
women gathered st eight at the houe
od gse ef their 1uni,er and moved in
ssiienpn processiun to the town
bail. here they We're colrtcously re-
rsINcd sN the Counci. and the audi
euee cbsauitssr W as filled ne II seldom
r. al the monthly meetings ior town
business. u was not an easy nor an
agreeable thing for the women of
tiunni-on to do. hut they did it. for
as they made ciear To the Coancil
they were--and thoroughly
reused to the wieieuvrsad ap.i blight
ing effects Of organized immortality
in cur town. They ctued the Law
making IL a crime To maintain the
places referred to. and universally
known To exist. and also & he law ex-
pressly empowering the Council to
close and abolish such places aud
they asked the Council 10 act under
this Law. IN the disckarGe of their
duty for the protection ~ Guanison
from this criminal business. After
useless snd tedious Iegsl sdvies ~ To
what they (the woWeRl could do for
the eWeOrceuseUt III the In ". by ~ ear
ing out . legal complaint and form
ally prs0enting iRformAtiou, where
upos the City Attorney = office would
begia due pruceoe at law-etter this
elight delay and diversion from the
point ~ the l@tition. the COuncil
getting no light s,eyoBd the express
proyisioWs ~ the law itoelf as 10
what they tthe Oouncil) could do,
took prompt aud waaRimews action
IN secOrdsRce with the pplea af the
~ omen tf tiunRtospR. aDa uW<l<r the
law cited. The roll wao calIsd and
every vote Waa ave - the usOtieps
That the Mayer iWstruct the mar
shsl To clsos. houses ~ vi fanse" THE
vote was eatsred IN the unjnutea, the
order Was issusd. and the women re-
tired from the eOUnctl chaml,er satis-
ned OF NJ least hoSssgWl.
| This card h issusa for the pur,n,ae
of Publishing the facts above given,
wbech ere VI sach vital coneern
To every citisea and h0ase maker of
GUsnisoa. aod mr. the iwrther pur-
p0se ~ publiciy thankiog the usena-
her a the COuncil who moved the
acttoa, sRd the 0ther~ who swSJpOrted
VI, eDr NseettAg their psstititsa eqUope-
ly asd prOaaPtly vottnG to ovsDsr the
cltns1nG Of ppl0csu ~ insm0sOl tra0lk.
TIE WeRseR ~ Gunsisou are truly
grateful eOr thts re~powse from the
city sAussNistra tioa. They Ao not
psssptse To take over the bwrsDeDs of
law essSOsv-e1seat-Dsitlser u the Law
cited aGaiast eriminal tranRe, NOR
aRy othsr bow made Tor the psotec-
ttoa of ssrtety-aBd they Do not he
HIVE tbe Wsea ~ GWHRtson wish them
To dO ~, sF again To have To visit
the Council To eek that laws oypeDly
and AOtOriouoly and Continuously
violated shall he eRSOrced The men
o. well % the women ~ Gunnison
are. we believe, glad that We have a
town Board that now kHows its
power and it's duty as regards en-
forcing law, and are reeolved to have
from now On Board of THE sort
The power to close these places and
the duty to close them. 10 at the
same time the power and duty to
close them again ii necessary and to
keep them closed.
| In the name then Of the women
dnu-Rt W. 6uu-tHt 0fti OI tfl0-
nison. We thank the Mayor and
Council of Gunnison for their action
Tuesday night. and we wish to say
to the many other women whose
nance were not appended to the pe-
tition. but who have expressed their
~gret that they did not have the
opportunity Of signing. that the fail
are to secure their Bame~ came from
difficulty and delay involved In max
ing complete convsss of the
town. And the Woman's Christian
| Temperance Union wish to have ID
uatbe4vtOtpd also that the Istition.
and the movement IL repreuents, in
no os1ae tpelo0Ga tn their eretlit as an
ureu unisAtbsya. u We strictly a pop-
ular Ysetittspa and moveueat of Gun
niasp0's arovaed womonhOuA usjng
the ~ c. T.C. Organisation only in
citlentally and for convenience.
The women who made petition.
and Who urged lite r~qUest uv,on the
CoWWcil nv tkeir lyreeence and by
theif epOkeA WsprSsa. did not fail to
expreO their tbeoire To do anythins
nate sis4efs 10 . true life and IN honor
49, means Of livelihsed. snA tleir
re0diDeD 20 rive eAem syMpaehy and
prsceical help in sny sueh eAorf that
oy q tAen nay be disPssed - make.
AnA ~ ksPe tAst tsis expression snd
- S9ef may meet tbe ewes u SOME
q tAsse csscesDsA. sssd may hsing them
EVAN. BLACKsTpCK,
hpsiar1&.
MARY q. HUssARD.
Seeretay.
Cunnisen, MarcA Z lSao.
y. B. CosS;ss. Il DcsIe~lle, he'd