The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-27
LAWS ARE VIOLATED
IN CITY'S SUBURBS,
SAYS EDITOR FARLEY
OF the New Mexico Issue Makes
an Appeal for Law Enforcement
in County City Commission
Favors p opposed Betterment.

IN Tue lNi h'NWllIa '.lllINN 'I INV WV
Mexico Issue, the spokesman oi the Ncw
MrNiro unti.,nluuu lcUguc. Editor RIOS.
We'll T.. Farley has the follow ing editor
iol, which largely speaks for itself. u
beaded: "Wtsi l. the Matter With
Bcrnnlillo Courty'''
90 Patience has ceased Co hc 70 virtue
in the matter of the rcdlight district IN
the vicinity OF Albuquerque. NJ the
last general election the people ct Al
buquorquc aud Bcrnalillo county we're
promised . clean up. For O. rcstud ot 70
few weeks uu apparent attempt wac
made to close ZAP the gambling and I'm.
moral house. 10 Rarrlus. Old Town and
the NuWmill district. No citizen ct this
community needs 10 be reminded that
previous 20 the establishment ot the
military cnntoumout this c,il had 70.
turned and thcsy joints were running
full blast.
"Ncithcr b. ~ necessary to remind
thc business men ni the city ut the
| fact that because OF these immoral com
! ditious We came very near losing tho
national guard contoumcni and that
this was probably the most important
deciding factor In our failure 10 be- al
lottcd the federal -cuutpumcut. Neither
Is u necessary 90 refresh the memory ut
the public with "a recital ut the long
d@rNwn.uui controversy and constant
p~todding from both federal u"d city 600,
th"rijics and philunthropir Interests
that wa required 90 i'd this city and ~
suburbs ut vice conditions during The
, period OF the ug'iuual guurd cueamp
mcut.
Albuquerque now faces the oppor.
tunity ui having the vacated military
lcaHtonmCut made into q recreation camp
for sick and cuuvalrscout soldiers Do
think that we dare IRISH the coming of
an investigation committee toe this Iur.
pose with moral conditions %. they ..r
at the present moment The only ODD.
ference our investigator have h,rr u...
10 find between roudt ru- H. they u"v
obtain and conditions pryyi"u- '4 RIO
coming Of the soldiers Is the vi,m.ua'.. r
of music.
"Will the official, responsible for the
| enforcement 81 the law kindly explain
so strange uu Interpretation Of iac N'N
Mexico staiutrs a. would prohibit ma.
I sic but tolerate the public maintenance
of these immoral vices. that the power
of the United States government b. be.
ing used 20 prohibit wherever the mil.
ituty interests ut the government nrr ~
stake. Ntc Wc Co believe that the elm.
linution ui music is the resorts h. for the
purpose of Keeping the public 100 ignof
uucr as 20 the conditions, The Anti -u-
loon league ot New Mexico voices iu
thi, drm4ul the federated aud organ.
lied voice ol the churches and moral or,
ganizutious.
mir. ruhIir OMcial. election duy is
no. far away. ", not only expect uu
explanation but in the name of dcccnoy
and for the protection Of our youths. We
demand the enforcement ~ the law The
United States has made 70 success of tho
Establishment of these conditions udiN.
cent 10 military cucumpmcuts, as the APP
pended dcclufntiou of Raymond D. Eos
dick. chairman of the commission of
Training camp activities. states.
cat the time uf the clean. up for tho
national guard eucumument u prominent
deputy rouuty official stated iu our
presence that the suppression of these
, places would result in scuttcrhtluu
Mr. Fosdick, in the appended dcclufu.
tiOn. states that 'scattcratiou' hus been
comparatively easy 20 suppress. No per.
, ,un in this enlightened day durrs insist
] that these evils are necessary. II great
cities like the national capital md even
us siu.stccpcd city as Cincinnati, has
been able 90 suppress these conditions
II j. ridiculous for anybody to contend
that these matters prr either necessary
or uncomfortable in o city the size 81
Albuquerque.
I'VE ARE assured boy tho city govern
b mcnt that every cs0ur,c Of the city l'
{ bring employed ~ ptuhibit these roudi
tious within the city limits. Who is re-
sponsihlc for their federation in the sub
, urhs' BY all means protect uur soldiers
, but We insist with equal y,lcmcucc OF
the protection oi our youths who hay,
. not yet reached the age Of military o.
! quiremcni.
Respectable homes on the Norrl
] Fourth street rand are continually dis
turhed and pot 10 shame 10y tn" tolern
tiuu pt one of these resorts. Rrpcute,
{ efforts ut the adjoining property owner
for Icliri have been barren 81 results
Nj. ohiciul will yuu kindly explain Ub,
is responsible for this condition. go
Dur ut the members OF the A~lbuqucr
que city commission confirms Eiitu.
] Farley = statement that every resource
> ed the city rs being employed 40 pruhih
: 10 these conditions within the rit,
q limits.
Continuing, this commissioner said
essay 20 the public, through The Her
! uld. that che commissioner ave Idtho.
y lpTuui ~ the city = efficient police ser
y vice. We have % corps OF ,,g,laut, sohr.
officers, whose ruling desire Is 90 Co.,
. force the law and protect 10. .II. y
every way possible.
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