Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-30
THE BEER GARDEN.
How tho Sunday Night Fantastic
was Stopped-No More Sun
day Business.

For some weeks past there has been an
attempt to atop the Sunday night dances
at the beer garden and to close the
saloons on Sunday, but both have seemed
TO be rather difficult tasks. The hotel
men claim that they cannot keep their
bars closed tight on Sunday and satisfy
their transient customers. The saloon
men claim it is not fair play
to compel them to close and let the
hotel men have full swing. The beer
garden proprietor thinks Sunday his best
day, and that while the down town sa.
looms reap their harvest on week days,
he ought TO have his on Sunday. The
chief of police has ordered the saloons
and beer gardens closed on Sunday.
Sunday night one of The BEE men
learning that the beer garden was run.
ming full blast, and CHANGING to meet off.
Ger Hurley on upper Broadway tackled
him about It. The officer seemed sur
prised. why" he said, 81 went up
there a while ago with orders from the
chief for them to shut up, and they
promised to do so at once THE BEE
man and Hurley then went to the beer
garden on a tour OF observation. They
found the dance going on lively, and the
crowd was not the most select in the
world. The police officer reminded
the proprietor pretty sharply Of the or
ders to close up, The latter protested
against obeying. "Why, | might Just as
well shut up entirely as to stop the Sun
day night dance" Officer Hurley did
not know what to do, and doubted wheth-
er his Instructions and authority went far
enough to warrant his arresting the pro.
prietor and his wife, who seemed as much
interested as any one. The officer con
cluded to seek further counsel.
Chief Skinner had gone to bed at Neu-
mayors hotel, and Hurley woke him up.
Skinner said that the beer garden was in
the outskirts of the city, and perhaps it
was Just as we'll to let it run, and if any
body wanted to complain hen the police
make thearrests. With this understand
ing Hurley went back to his beat; and
The BEE man strolling along down the
street, CHANGED to meet Mayor Vaughan.
What are you going to do about the
beer garden, mayor 1t seems to be run.
ming just the same as if orders had not
been issued"
80 officer Towns was Just telling me.
I've been away, you know, and | have
been trying to have the saloon men settle
these questions among themselves. They
say The hotel bars won't close Sunday,
and make that an excuse for keeping
open. ! I'm going 70 issue orders this
week for every bar, hotel and all, to be
closed tight on Sundays. But about this
beer garden and dance-come on, let's
go up and see Skinner.
The little mayor then FASTENED to in
terview Chief Skinner. He told the chief
to take men enough with him up to the
b~eer.garden, and see that the order for
closing was carried out, and the dance
stopped, and if not obeyed, to arrest the
proprietor and his wife. Then the chief of
police, with officers Towns and Hurley,
marched up to the beer.garden. 1t
looked to be business, then, and it was
not long before the music was stopped
and thu lights went out. 1t was none too
soon, for the crowd had got tougher, and
a fight was just starting when the place
was closed. Officer Hurley was left to see
that the place was kept closed,