Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-24
CLUBwOMEN INDIGNANT
OVER ACTION on COUNCIL

The news that the city council had
repealed the ordinances covering vnT-
ranCy and the social evil. Was receive
ed with Indignation iu many quarters
this morning Prominent members ~
the womau's club minced no words ln
chnraCtcriz.ug the action uf the couu-
cil as disgrace to the city
Laws are the milcstones of human
progress" said one member OF the
club this morning Their character
mirfors the degree OF civilization uf II
people. aud their enforcement or lack
Of enforcement reveals tho state OF
ciyil honesty and courage.
Law and order reach their highest
purpose in the preservation of human
life and the protection of the home.
Social vice and crime constitute the
greatest menace to hGman lifr and the
home. therefore laws dealing with the
social evil are of vital importance.
cities everywhere are mixing mp
this question and tide of Indignation
ana disgust Is fast sweeping segregated
vice districts out OF existence People
are becoming awakened 90 the horrors
OF the traifC in human lives and VIII
no longer tolerate 1he lOathsomc bur
den of dctth and disease wNich newt
ubts in the wake ~ the s8lout
and the thci
Albuquerque, until last night had
good ordinances. which, bad they
been enforced. might well have been
copied by other cities confronted win
this problem. Their enforcement
would have resulted in clean city
which would have attracted % class OF
people with money 60 invest and child
rem to raise These ordinances. howe
ever. were not enforced. and our city
had allowed itself 90 become known ~
q place whore vice was tolerated if not
actually encouraged
we have paid dear f'r the few
dollars wrunE from the uufnrWuatrs
of the restricted district and their pa.
irons People who otherwise would
have settled boz Albuquerque have gone
elsewhere Go cities which could and
dld provide e clcuu moral atmosphere
In which 90 bring up their yhiidrcn.
'Now conditions here threaten 60
become even worse Not content
with nun-cnf0rcemcut OF the ordi-
nances governing the underworld. the
cuy council last nisut went 20 Ear as
20 wipe them on the books.
Just think ot IT, city of fifteen
thousand people with no yagrancy
laws, no law covering drunkenness or
social disorder This published
abroad, as IL must inevitably bee. holds
us up TO the scorn of the nation.
Are we the citizens of Albuqucr-
que. To- sit tamoly by ana see our ale
dormeu defy coi0mun sense and dee
concy2 Are We going 10 allow our
cts fathers Go play with the law as
though civilization were az MS dawn
other cities are forging ahead. Let
MS awaken present united front and
demand the rC-euuctmtut of the urdi-
nHnccs repealed last night ana when
ro-enuoted. their most rigid enforce
meBt"
o. is nkely that the womens cub
viii appoint e committee Go take up
tho question OF the social evil 10 Be-
recognized by the cIub that the guess
ton is one which must finally ee dealt
with on educational Illness hut mean
Wh.e the club b. said Co Dee almost o.
unit for the re-euBctmcnt ana enforce.
mcnt ot tho ordinances which existed
prior Go the action of the city council
lJfi night
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