El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-02

} right, your right, and the right of your
children to live clean lives under con-
ditions as favorable as you can help to
make them.
Read over again in The Herald Tues
day what that Spokane man said about
conditions there and in Ell Paso. He
was a minister it is true but he is also
a man and what he said had the punch
in it for he was talking facts and not
fancieS conditions and not theories
FL Paso is up against the same prob
lem that Spokane, the FL PasO Of the
northwest, faced. fought and con-
quered to the everlasting elimination
Of the redlight district, politically
pampered and protected, and the race
track with its understanding between
the city authorities and its officers to
protect its outlaWed gamblers from
dozen states and a half hundred cities
FL PaSO Is up against Just Such con-
ditiOn as Spokane faced 50 OraVely and
Overcame as only strong men who do
not fear criticism and dare to do right
must face and fight in order to con-
quer.
1t is too late for theorizing as to
whether or not the redlight district in
its present location is good or bad
ment on that ground. The fact is that
the grand jury has ordered it removed
and has served notice to that effect
Yet it continues its degrading business
trict where hundreds of young Mexican
girls and boys must pass ana repaSS
going to and from their work and
schools. BY whose sanction is this
open and fragrant violation Of the law
being permitted2> Who tipped these
ignorant inmates of the reservation to
in their windows might offer a weak
excuse before the law Since when has
the political ring become the sponsor
for this immoral district, Offering II
shield of lax law enforcement behind
which to hide2 Who told the inmates
that some grand jury in the future
might be more favorable and for them
not to leave town, but TO stick around
and be ready to reopen when the wind
blew over? Who gave them the hunch
to reopen after a. day Of mock COM
pliance with the order of the FL PaSo
county grand jury. the only law en-
forcing institution FL Pasoans have
to brag of at this time2 The Texas
criminal court OF appeals has handed
down a decision that no city has the
right to permit, tolerate or allow a
reservation or restricted district to
exist in violation Of the law The
grand jury has ordered these places
closed. Yet the political ring" in or
der to collect a direct tariff from the
earnings Of fallen women and depraved
men permit them to ply their evil trade
right under the noses of the people of
FL Paso without so much as winking
at the fragrant violations of the law
against liquor selling in these baWdy
houses.
There-yOu fathers and mothers. tax
payers and property owners-is a fine
example of what the ring as polit-
iCal organization stands for. You feed
not go back of that for YOU know that
the red light district exists where Il is
and against the most vigorous protests
of your grand jury. But that is but one
Of the many evils that the ring is di-
rectly responsible fOr in FL Paso. Like
Spokane, FL PasO is and has been SUI
fering from pest of petty thieves,
grafters, pickpockets and dips who fol-
low the races across the river. What
has been done to rid the town Of these
undesirables2 The answer is apparent
nothing. When the race track crowd
who control the outlawed gambling on
the Mexican side notify the powers
that be that a certain tout or gambler
is not coming through he is promptly
vagged and placed on the rock pile or
run out Of town. But what Of those
who stand in2 They are permitted to
gamble in the most prominent places
in the downtown buildings. insult
young girls and women on the streets
and in the plazas. hold their unhOly
intercourse with the inmates Of the
reservation without so much as a pro-
test from the authorities. There is a
connecting link between these three
evils Of the triangle Of civic corruption.
The Ring, the Race Track and the Red
light district They work together for
their selfish and corrupt end and-you.
the decent citizens. stand back and al
low them TO get away with the goods
without so much as a protest
Now IS the time for all good men to