Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-20

FOR A MORAL CLEANUP OF
BROWNSVILLE.
re YOU for moral cleanliness!

Are YOU for moral cleanliness.
Or do you believe in allowing people to
wallow in filth, to live 4 life of shame and
sin, and d~egredation IN your midst unre-
huledl
Every right-minded man and
must declare for moral cleanliness. There
fore every risht-minded citizen of Browns
vile must attend the mass meeting 10 he
held at the Federal court room this even
ing at eight o'clock for the purpose of TAX
ing steps 10 clean M Brownsville.
DO not deceive yourself by saving that
it i someone else'- place to 10 the clean
ing up. II j, your place. No citizen can
conscientiouslv side-Step this duty.
The appeal j. first of MI To Your con
science. because every right thinking resi-
dent Of Brownsville j. bound to be in SYM
patty with a movement which has for IL
object a better Brownsville. a cleaner
Brownsville. Every clean-minded man and
woman Is bound to realize tnat il i their
duty to aid in removing the terrible moral
hazards that surround the Young men Of
this town under the. tolerance of vice that
exists here today.
- 1s tohthe clean minded citizens to
net now. All Of the women clubs IF the
city and al of the churches If the city
recently ieined in an appeal to the state
and county authorities 10 remove the vile
red-lieht district. the low liquor Joints and
other vice resorts from the town. This APP
peal was presented to the district iudee
upon the opening Of the district court. The
grand Jury has adjourned without find
ing n single indictment against people who
are keeping those vile resorts. without N
single Indictment against the owners of
property that il used for such purposes.
The Judge urged action. but there was no
action.
Thus the state and county authorities
have failed to clean up the town for n.
Now it * up to the people of the town it
self. 1t can be done.
But you can do nothing unless YOU are
willing TO exert yourself. The only sort
Of citizen that amounts 10 ANYTHING j. the
one who i willing To ~ his part. There
fore every citizen who ~ worthy Of the
name, every citizen who wants u See
Brownsville cleaned up j. in duty bound tn
attend the mass meeting at the Federal
court room this evening.
There * a secondary consideration
which may appeal to some of our people
To those who may be- too selfish. too dead
ened a. To moral responsibility. too inert
10 move for the sake of moral cleanliness.
The government. through the war depart
mcnt. demands that the town where an
army post or garrison are maintained
shall guarantee moral cleanliness. The
war department viii not longer counter
ance such di-araceful conditions ~ have
been permitted to exist around the outside
Of Fort Brown and in other parts Of this
town. The government will not expose the
Young men who nave enlisted in the army
to be exposed TO such moral filth any long
CT.
San Antonio was given notice that she
must clean up. or else she could not hope
to have the big training camps. And san
Antonio has cleaned up.
Citizens Of Brownsville. ~ YOU know
that 4 certain prominent army commander
who. has lone duty NJ Brownsville declare
this IS one Of the rottenc-t towns III the
United Statesl Does that hurt your feel
Then clean mp the town. Don't
permit these vile conditions to exist any
longer. If YOU do, You may wake up some
fine morning and find that Uncle Sam has
moved every vestige Of an army clear.
naay from the poison atmosphere that
this town has been tolerating for ~ long.
The state and county officer have failed
IL.
The citizens must take matters into their.
own hands now.
Come ont to the mass meeting AT the
Federal court room tonight and put vour-
self squarely on the side of moral %cleanll-
mess. Help to set a movement going which