El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05
CLEAN UP FOR
5 PUBLIC'S SAKE
This Is Opinion Expressed
at the University Club
Lunch. bY Officials.

Why FL Paso should clean I'D moral
~ and how this end could be accom-
plished were the subjects Of a dis
cussion at the weekly meeting OF the
University club tt day noon. The
answer to these 81 lions. as taken
from the average opinion expressed.
was that the city should clean up for
the sake OF its own people and for
cIeanup's sake, but that the accom-
plishment of this end is fraught with
great difficulty. for the reason that
q certain amount OF prostitution will
always exist
Milton shedd opened the discussion
by asking If the club desired to place
itself on record with some expression
as TO the cleanup officers Of the city
and county are attempting. Mr.
Shedd was in favor OF doing every
thing the war department demanded,
but he favored cleaning up for the
sake Of the city itself
Can't Do All Asked.
7 favor cleanup and believe we
are doing all we can to cleanup, but
It is impossible to do everything
Washington asks" said city attorney
J. H. McBrOom- '"Fc do that we would
have to change the Texas constitu-
tion, our organic law, and the law Of
the country. When we are asked &c
amend our city laws so that we can
Jail prostitutes instead Of filming them,
we are asked something we cannot d.
under the constitution. Personally. L
favor a cleanup for the sake Of the
town itself Then, II soldiers are put
here, well and good, and If they are
not. it is all right"
L don't know how we can make a
cleanup perfect said Dr. Howard
Thompson. who regarded a certain
amount Of prostitution as inevitable,
but thought nevertheless that the
county commissioners were making a
mistake IN granting saloon licenses
to negroes.
says Disease Is Problem.
Victor Moore discussed the problem
= ( length He said that If prostitutes
were arrested until one occupied every
cell in every jail in Texas, prostitution
would still go on The problem in
hand is not prostitution itself, but dis
ease, he thought. To control disease.
he thought line" was the best plan.
and he believed that since the lines"
were closed IN Fl Paso, disease has
increased. Mr.. Moore suggested that
the army take care Of its men and DO
something TO keep them from diseased
women. He thought soldiers ought to
be forbidden from going south Of
Overland street
Publication of the names Of owners
of property in watch prostitution is
found, and Of the names OF men found
in raids was one means combating
the evil, Mr.. Moore thought He also
urged good citizens not to shtrk jury
duty. He concluded by saying that FL
Paso was a good town before soldiers
came here and will always be q good
town He thought the city's efforts
should be concentrated on things Of
permanent good such as the high line
Clean Up For Peoples Sake.
County attorney " H Fryer said I
that officials always appreciated ex- |
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operate with him. I don't mind say
ing" he said, that IN future no Of ]
ficial act Of nine VIII be done with q I
-ieW Of pleasing anyone except the !
people OF this city" He added that I
he and other officials were cleaning /
I'D before a cantonment was sug-
gested, and their efforts would be con-
tinued, but solely for the sake Of Fl I
Paso and her people.
U. s. Goen said "the insinuations Of
certain bureaucrats against some Of
our officials should be resented by the 4
citizenship Of this town"
Club Not in Politics.
c. B. Stevens, one Of the guests Of /
fheh club, said that on April Z, three /
new school trustees would be elected /
and he thought some young men. re-
Gently out OF university, should I
make the race He asked that the /
University club decide on one Of its
members for the race, but he was in
formed by president Norman Walker
that the club could not engage in
politics.
Royal Flyer a Guest.
Lieut.. H W Denton, Of the Royal
Flying corps, on a visit to FL RasO
from Fort Worth, where he is sta
toned teaching American student
aViat0rs, was a guest Of the club he
was introduced, but made no talk,
talking being out of his line, he said
It was announced that the meeting
next week would be held on Wednes-
day Among other guests Of the club
were r. B. Green. of Hayden, Ariz.
and DR.. S L Terrell, recently Of I
DaIlas and rn-r Of Fl Paso.