The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-01

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TaS11 Hxv, IS fsor ii ynsuln3 :
<fN "a 1&cGrAd the practically
M $8kS ~ Conxf&1a px.
c{sf<z3 that ihe met fcren1
1GH ~ had se>a 4noyed th&t
@D kfris were needed ykariy e
~ lhs horrible demand; that
y men and women LIVED upon
Ye6r victims whom thay tsppca
1hexe are over 1s0.0a0 women
E S4rlx IN me Limited states who
&S sc1d insc this awful bDndags 81
||5 Prevention II object
y TIE nfsstrt of this Law was to pre-
NH thy exssfsnsye OF the evil because
~ itrinix u-oui1 not agree 20 enforce
~ y I'M. SEGREGATION was insisted
Sfix6SB ~ many as tfe proper roautiofs.
4iys1f seEr azatson was absolutely wrong
a1& ptsnefpie, and esil in its results.
Snfeeaxion put the stamp OF official
s&6pFoxesnens upon immoral and Illegal
Saffuff III a man or woman IN the
s&ftv&ex az 4 hcuse committed any sort
I'M nm. ii was q private, personal Sin
Nil IL fh@ state or city set apart GER
tain districts and allowed itamcrai
5a3sseticeS TO he perpetratcd there. the
3ihs state vaY responsible for the evil
33Neas ssnnaniitiad. nr. Cannon pleaded
xneff~iiv far the country hoys, whom
NJ 81 iii "a M. 10 sites where the seRre-
,Extpd districts we're maintained. know
Efnx Ia advance where to ind houses
0f xfee snsi being assured tnas tney
aSpxld NOS be snuessed is violation OF
The IL IL liz also emphasized the re-
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&s,fxerea because IT these houses Pure
$rospex became tainted with disease
|Nisissreu we're born blind. deforned.
sdixMAseti Stld ma one could tell how
sfAr the eYil extended He then stated
that ne would net discuss the matter
xNffher. nniexs Ii MAS evident that
lxbers was opposition 10 the bill.
Chief Werner, Of the Richmond
A03srss force was called and stated
skhWt ruTsrf frtuHE III fs1rnTuunf nat trn=-
Hssoved very greatly, fully SO per cent
H75d perhsp s more sinre the segregated
sdiEtrics was abolished lie said that
there we're probably not more than
fifty women left in the city or those
WHO formerly lived ia the segregated
Aietrist that he believed this bill
wnnld saeip stili more IN the suppress
sion Of vice He said that il is trne
s1nt they have caught couples In hotels
s&irre the segregated district was abol-
1thei. but that they caught equally -
naany before the segregated district
saE abolished. aud that before The
EsIisfrFet was abolished women from the
district went ons Of the district TO
hotels ard boarding houses upon call.
"a There being no opposition to the bill.
II was reported favofably,
The Senate committee then con-
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Nil and went on record unanimously
HI favnr Of the bill.
granted that she would not he drawn
|diatc the naaeistrom. But six months
arc was merely the beginning OF the
struggle Another year has been add
ed and now no man can peDtentiy
xay whether the United States will
hN drawn into the struggle or not.
Therefore, ii lis absolutely necessary
that we take counsel together as 10
what In necessary that we should do
~ m has been assumed throughout
Tits struggle that the great principles
snf international law and international
comfy iiad not been suspended, and
the Tinted States as the greatest and
most powerful OF the disengaged ma
ssnnx has been looked to 10 hold high
IHsae standards which should govern the
4eaattons1lsp or nations to each other
Cruel sIIsjudgment of America.
4 ~ know that on The Aother side o.
sathe water there has been great dea
III rraaei sais5ndgmant with regard x
fiss reasons why America has re-
II analnfd neutral. Those whose looA
! ut iii from distance, my feiiow-citi
4 xegx. don't fsel the strong pulses o.
ideal principles that are In us The,
A. 4n< ifka s,nrxsi~ffgr3 fsf An1erips
tl1at her mission Is q mission of peace
hnd that Righteousness cannot b
Y maintained az d standard in the mids
sssf MfSsla TREY d@srsf realize tfia7
back ct ali our energy. by which W.
G haze built mp great material wealth
& and created great material power. WI
ne body of idealists, much NOR.
really 10 lay down our lives for I
4 thnatEtit than for dollar.
II suppose soxne of them think
that we are holding on because
We can make money while others
nFr dying--fI1e most cruel mis-
understanding that any milton
Is has eser had IN face. so wrong
s that II seams almost useless 10
sry 10 correct IL. because II shows
that the very fundamentals OF
our life arc not cunprehentfed
nnd understood.
sa Trustees OF Moral Judgment.
~ need not tell my feIiow-citizenl
that we have not hcfd of from thi
1 nfrnkgle from motives OF self-interest
unlNsx Il he considered self-interes
te maintain our position as the trus
tees ~ the moral judgments OF tn
q wrfid We have believed. end ] be
\ 1aese that we can serve even the ma
I. Mons ~ war better by remaining a
ssraeace and holding off from this con
4xS4 than we could possibly serve then
sxjSg Mny OF her way. Your interests
Z vonr sympashles, your affections, ma
! 6IS ngaged on the one side or I'M
&St37Rx. bus no matter which side the.
w. engae ed on your duty ~ your al
{Srf3uns III that matter Is 70 stand OF
ma not let rntE nation be drawn int
e15e war,
4 sssomehetlY must iseep the grea'
Il - bfe foundations Of life OF nations
SNt1Aaa he'd and nnsiisturbed; snmsbodI
\ xpaf keep the great economic rc'
fysnxeS OF the world of business alive
SSbIneboiy must see tn II that we stand
& 3Ady to repair The enormous damhgs
Nh the ineslenlable losses which VIII
Y xfsxue from this war. and which II u
n 6&r1ly rtedibe could he repaired Il
SxNry great nation in the world were
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