The sun., 1912-07-07
P|HSBURC IN THROES
Of REAL MORAL WAVE
Voters League and City Fathers
Lending n Hand in the
Clcannp.
TENDERLOIN ON THE RUN
Director NORM in Hot Water
and Accused Of Nal.
feaSancC.

pirrsBuRG. July q Never in its history
has Pittsburg been so agtaied over its
moral status a. AZ present. and never not
even in the ruling days of Mayor George
W, Guthrie has the city experienced such
cleaning up IA is going on. The ten
derloin il aghast and many of its denizens
are seeking other ports.
Stern police discipline. exercised quiet ly
and almost secretly. is discouraginG those
whose vocationS are not measured by
legitimate standards Without making
public announcement of their intentions
the police within the last ten days have
done things that have made Pitsburg
probably the tightest big city in the
United States. And the work has Just be
gun.
There will be no compromise with the
sinful The ancient forms of vice that
have lived since the dawn OF time are not
to he regulated. they must be banished
utterly II il to toe n clean JOB
That IL the plan. But th" several forces
at work to accomplish this are already
pulling in dinerne, directions. The
church p ope-and Pittsburg has an I'M
usually large churchgoing population -
are demanding absolute abolition Of the
vices that are part of all big cities, The
influence Of this element is powerful and
has impressed the police department so
potentially that campaign Of elimina-
tion is on II this is continued rigidly il
is almost certain that regulated vice will
have no place in PittsburG
Rut the morals efficiency commission
recently appointed by Mayor Magee. has
caused an uproar bv issuing a bulletin in
which II is declared vice should be rpgu-
lated That word was like ma ch thrown
into a keg Of powder and il promises TO
disrupt some Of the ministerial associa-
tions. Rabbi Rudolph ! Coffee Is MEM
her Of the commission. He saws that
regulation Is the only solution of the prob
lem.
In this he is supported hv minority Of
tho clergy in III" various denominations
Yet AT a general ministerial meeting last
Monday resolution was adopted scoring
the commission for its confession thar
Vice. traditi ,nally rooted. cannot be- wiped
out hut mist be tolerat IL
The City Council. desiring 10 rease
the greatest number il rprforce inclined
toward the anninilatiou of wicked things
and yet IL cannot with good grace repu-
diate the Morals Commission that il ere
ated by ordinance.
But the Council spurrod by public sent-
Netlt. mas cTtleTPu tndr Putllr safety
Director John NJ. Morin be tried for NAL
feaeance in Office because the Voters
League charges he has permitted vice
and immortality To grow and flourish
Tn" public speaks through the Voters
League and naturally the Council il not
insen-ih,e tn the call
If Chief of Police McOuado continues
enforcing the orders ne ha promulgated
II il going II break up vice syndicate
that has fourished and gown fat for
years in Pitt-hurg. IL IL a tight corpora
tion that has put the men in IL on the road
10 wealth and placed them in mansions
and automobiles. Many Of the biggest
resorts and gambling houses are owned
by this clique
Whether McQuade is doing all this
because public sentiment demands
II or whether il is 10 cause the ultimate
defeat Of the Voters Leaglie attack on
Public Safety Director John NJ NORM
ia question that is causing the league
some concern.
Whatever NAV be the motive Of the
Police Superintendent Pittsburg is un-
Questionahly getting "A cleaning up such
as il never had before The big business
men and professional men who are behind
the Industrial Development Commission
and the Voters League say the cleaning
process will be kept up that the police
VIII not be permitted to relax their ac-
tivlty ard that within another year Pitts
burg's moral tone Will be considerably
above that ordinarily found in a great
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