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The.*Midal I'vilfAirs. iy is to ptertlt; iittai fhlt; fcoriaf, i. :i! th»* M. I'., church tomorrow evening This i probably induced by a il.uuiiiu' invitation to a !»irtInlay ojieniM^ j jiarty by one* «f tin* women of easy virtu^*—: i}»!lt;; 1*1 which were mailed to wjv* era' p:;*n,'nei*' «*»fi/.ea.s, anil even to one , mini -ter of the gos|x\ The ‘‘parry? is am; •jiihv«1 to take place this evening, ai the late residence «lt;i 1' M. Hammond, Sr., w Itich seems to have lieen soM for iuiMioral purposes. It is rej*orted that o;n* or 1 mj 11 • »i tin* houses of ill lame on «*iti»«• r sile of the .:\sz,vi steps will be vacate.!, rented for a m *re decent pur-I' se. • • old. If thi- In* true, the change ton !, - »nm.'pieuous location will at 1,-a-t *•’ -it ;i**|»roveiM• *»it. 1 hit tin* fart that bawdy houses ntu.iip’v :trd *!niir-ish riiiht under the noses of our eitv of-liccrs, and tlaunt their shame in the fare ot ilr- re|N«tal-l* |K*oj»le of tin* eitv,with a **heIp-yoursi*lves-if-yoii-can’‘ air of defiance, is anything but complimentary tooiirfair eitv. It is not :i verv at-* * + tra -live recommendation for the ineom* iti_r j- «j»ula'ion. Mrs. Mnlloy’s well known eloquence and fearless disposi-t i a w ill insure her an extensive audience. There seems to he at least one pulpii in the . i 'ty that is outsjmken for morality ami g«M»l government. This i\.i in evidence some time ago when, in »inthrough the farce of “trying” a ea • of public nuisance in the district court, the test of premptorilv challenging jurors was hast* I tq*o:i membership or alliliation with that ehureli. A shyster lawyer from Seattle was defending the ca*e. au«l his first question to eaeh juror am! wifnt indlcat* lt;1 the trend of,the tcs-tim *nv. The Alters has nc\« r advocated attempting to hanish the social evil from l\»rt Townsend entirelv, heeause it Ik»-lievea that is imjossible; but it has re-jwatedly asserted that the jteople had a right to e\{K*et tlu* authorities to drive tin* infamous business away from our most frequented thoroughfares—that the virtuous wifehood and motherhood of the eitv might be in a measure protected from insult; that the boys and girls might 11.* lelt;s subjected to temptation and contamination. We believe this assertion i«* Ik? reason able; we believe iii it :111v . Ifizeii who obieets to this no-
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Port Townsend Weekly Argus
Port Townsend, Washington, US
Thu, Sep 13, 1888
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