St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-06
CHANGE IN POLICY.
A Sudden Shift From the Broad to the
Narrow Guage.
The Gambling Houses Closed up Tight by
Mayor Ames.
Who Says the People Have Demonstrate
Their Wishes at the Polls.
The Saloons also lIust Close up at II
O'Clock Each Night.

Yesterday Mayor Ames issued the follow
| ing orders to the chief OF police:
CLOSE GAMBLING HOUSES.
CHEF OF Police
Sir: You are hereby directed to make
careful inspection of the city to ascertain all
places where gambling is carried on, and the
names Of the keepers of the roons kept for
that purposes.
You will on Saturday, the 9Th inst, notify
all such keepers to close their places forth
with, and should any refuse to do so, you will
arrest and arraign them before the municipal
court for punishment.
CLOSE THE SALOONS.
SR-The voice of the people, as expressed
in the recent election, being for law and
order and the rigid enforcement OF the state
laws and city ordinances, l hereby order you
to notify every saloon keeper in the city to
close his saloon at IL O'Clock at night in ac-
cordance with the state law; also to keep his
saloon closed on Sunday. Hotels are allowed
to keep their saloons open until midnight on
week days.
You will instruct the officers and men of
your office to rigidly enforce this order until
it shall be countermanded or modified from
the mayors office, and you are directed to
post bulletin in each police station to this
effect.
A GLOBE representative waited upon his
honor the mayor, and asked for statement
of reasons for suddenly changing the policy
of his administration from liberal to a con-
servative government. Mayor Ames replied
laconically:
II know that the majority pitted up against
me was purchased with hard cash, still as an
official | am not allowed to go back of the
returns which upon the cry raised are for law
and order, and rigid enforcement of them
against thugs, which prevail under similar
circumstances or laws in all the great cities
of the country, | believe in following the
dictates of the people as expressed in the
ballot box"
''What will be your action respecting the
residences of the densi-mondeS, doctors"
queried the newspaper man.
II have cleaned my information in regard
to the houses of ill-repute solely from the
columns of the Minneapolis papers. In my
opinion the sensational writers of those
sheets are habitues of such places, else they
would not assume to be so thoroughly posted
as to their location, condition, operations
and influences, and | think | will refer my
successor to the editors of the Minneapolis
dailies He can, without doubt, get all the
information he may need from that source
respecting these houses, and shape his action
Understandings"
THEY OBEYED THE ORDER.
The gambling houses without exception
closed their doors at four O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, and the saloons closed promptly
at eleven O'Clock. They are getting ready
for the strict Pillsbury regime.
The boys all declare that they will call
upon Col. Allen in st. Paul to-day for con-
ISOLATION. There is some kicking, but all
agree that Mayor Ames is acting in accord
ance with the expressed wishes of two-thirds
of our citizens, as demonstrated by the re-
suit Of Tuesdays election.