Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-04
BEGINS
CAMPAIGN IN
new MEXICO
Prominent Advocate of Social
Purity Speaks to Two Large
Audiences in Presbyterian
Church Sunday.

The opening gun In the statewide
campaign for social purity In Now
Mexico was fired last night In this
city when John h. Hammond. the
man responsible for the successful
similar campaign IN his home state.
Iowa. and the much-talked bout
cleanup In the city Of Des Moines
addressed an audience Of more than
zoe hundred citizens I'm the Presby-
terrain church.
Last nights meeting marks the be-
ginning Of a movement 90 place New
Mexico az the head OF all the United
states In the matter OF legislation ia
vorabie to the national purity move
ment. Arrangements have been
made By local men Interested In the
cause go have AIR. Hammond tour the
entire state and finally appear before
the state legislature when the time
IL deemed proper TO secure legislation
that win not only DO away with the
red tight districts In all OF the cities
In the state but viii also make Il pos
sible, " the desired action on the In
| junction law now operating so sue
cessfuliy In Iowa IL secured. TO close
ali OF the houses OF bad repute that
are always scattered all over a city
subsequent to the closing OF the regu-
| lar red light district. Mr.. lannon's
expenses and salary have been guar
anteed by plan Of having a hundred
/ citizens pledge five dollars each. and
a tour Of the entire state, including
practically every city and town. IL as
sured. II ~ calculated that such a
wave OF public sentiment viii have
been produced by the time the propo-
sition Is placed before the Legislature
that the desired legislation will be Sc
cured.
II was announced last night by Rev.
II. r. williams, chairman OF the
committee directing the work, that
I this campaign will not be one merely
OF agitation but that Il will be pushed
4 until results have been secured. re-
suits that will be apparent to every
one in the betterment of social condi-
tions throughout New Mexico. Mt.
| Hammond has a national reputation
/ as being one Of the most earnest, sim
cere and hard working men IN the
fight against the white slave traffic
today and, as Indicated by his talk
last night, he is not a thcorlst He
has been through similar fights and
has come out victorious, and Il II
confidently expected by his friends
that his efforts IN New Mexico VIII
1 be equally productive.
Mr.. Hammond Is a plain, forceful
speaker. so equipped with Facts re-
gnrdinR the white slave traffic In all
OF It's phases as 70 convince the most
skeptlcal that II Is the greatest mem
ace OF the world today. by news
paper clippings, by his own eNper-
fences. Mr.. Hammond revealed 60 the
I large audience the horrible coHdi-
= tlons prevailing. not only In the large
alt!es. but In every city where the
white slave traffic Is allowed to Sc
cure n foothold.
The injunction law, which Mr..
Hammond really considers the solu-
ton Of the white slave traffic ana
red Hight problems, is now In opera
ton In Iowa. The working OF that
4 law has attracted attention all over
the country and commissions have
been sent 10 Des Moines from several
OF the cities taking the lead In the
fight for social purity to ascertain
with Just what success Il Is meeting.
In each case the committee returned
10 report that the injunction law was
doing even more than had been claim
ed for II by the men Instrumental IN
securing SIS passage In Iowa. By the
I working OF the injunction law MIR.
! Hammond explained that the usual
3 argument against closing the red light
district on the ground that a worse
condition IA certain 10 follow, houses
OF ill rCpute being scattered all over
the city. r. answered. After a red
light district has been closed the In
junction law Is enforced against all
| houses OF bad reputation.
one citizen Is all that Is required
, to have the Injunction issued, and n
, Il "a proved that the house h one Of
( bad repute Il Is closed by the sheriff,
never TO be occupied again for any
purpose whatever. n deemed advia-
able time limit after which the
house would be released could be In
serted. but by the Iowa law, when a
house IL once closed Il Ia closed for
all time, an instance being cited
whore property owner was fined
S200 for entering a house that had
been closed by 10 sheriff