The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-06

no special privilege. bg' have Ice,
compelled 80 Mke TIC m1mo fn.t1
cine. eat the same fc1I ana live /.
the same place az tho most lrnpsy.
erlEhed unfortunate
Complaint has been made h.
caune % many have been lnearoe,.
ated. The complaint should be tb.,
~ many are still NJ large. nav
no sympathy whatever with the a..
eaHed man or woman who Infect.
others with their plague. brlngls-
insanity. poverty. Horrow. sufferlnz
and death 10 many Thousands an.
times 10 people innocent II AM
wrong. No diseased individual M.
der quarantine during my term ),
office will ever gain his or her FREE.
dom. with my sanction. untn they
are safe 10 be al large.
let those who viii gyrnpathl,.
with the diseased women ana thos.
men who live of their earnings.
let those lawyers. lost to an
sense Of honor and shame. ooltee,
from them. az attorneys. the pries
Of their vice and shame. in thsir
endeayor 90 turn loose creatures "a
prey on the public more dangerous
than any other class Of criminals
whatsoever. ! will save my aymDa
thlea for those more worthy.
State Problem
This problem. however. IL a STATE
one. and the city government Of W.
atue should use It's best efforts in
having the legislature enact ln;o
law an act which viii conflne habit.
um immoral women in the sam.
manner az insane persons. and we
should support the measure now be.
Ing submitted 10 the legislature. al
n result of the vice congress called
by myself last July. whereby a sta;s
institution win be built which viii
take care Of this menace IN a large.
way than has heretofore been boa.
sible. This institution will cost the
state some money. but II win Be-
worth 10 the state "a thousand times
It's cost. whatever Il may be. A
for the men who live Off the earn.
ings OF these women. / would ~
enact ule dcAth penalty.
Asks New Hospital
Hospital facilities in this city are
entirely inadequate 10 properly care
for the sick and injured. and sosns
concerted action. such as has been
recommended by DR. Mcbride for
the past four years. should be taken
Immediately towards the erection o,
a large. up.to date institution. c4rz,
bic Of accommodating. In addition 10
private cases. all city and county
indigenis. Our present emergency
hospital should be retained as a first.
aid station only. During the pas,
year this has been very heavily
oyertaxed. and at times we were
forced 20 fiii the Railways with beds
on account Of our having 10 accep,
cases which properly belonged IN
private hospitals.
Now that the war Is over. we
must build our hospital for tubcreu-
losis cases Sixty thousand dollars
was voted by the people for this ad.
dluon. and IL should be completed
within this amount in order 70 keep
faith with the voters and ia1pay.
erN OF this city.
During the last few months the
health department was confronted
with the worldwide influenza cpl
demic. This was handled IN a very
successful manner b. our health de-
par;mcnt. with the rcSul; tina, on,
death rate from this epidemic was
one.haif the average death rate thu:
prevailed in the ten leading cite.
having the lowest death rate In the
United States.
Il desire 10 thank DR. J. s. Nc
Bride FOR hts untiring efforts TO per
form his duty. for his honesty q
purpose. for his courage and fer his
ability and industry. Night and
day. rain or shine. Sundays or Mon
days, he has been on the Job. Stern
In the performance Of his duty and
n man OF uncompromislnE conyie-
tons. yet have found him as sym.
pathetic with suffering as n woman.
] shall stand by him and
every other city employe who is DO
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