St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-24

vice that surrounded us on every side. The
crime of drunkenness is growing to an
alarming extent. Every saloon is gambl-
ing house in defiance of the law and prohi-
bition. There are $50 gambling houses in
Minneapolis if there is that number of sa-
looms. 1t is said by some one that there
are fourteen saloons on Washing ton
avenue. one hundred and fifty woul
be more correct. The words of the text
meant great deal when they were written
but they mean a great deal now. There are
twenty-five gambling houses and five hun
dred schools of infamy and crime in this
city. The gambling saloons and brothels
are fostereI by law. From the first that this
city obtained a charter up to the present
time these have not been closed by the CITY
administration, except for few weeks when
there was a relaxation and matters then
went on in the same old way and have so
continued to the present time under both
Republican and Democratic rule. The price
of woman's virtue has been taken by the city
government and put into the Golfers of the
city.
A blow must be struck at the
root of this infamous transaction. When
men have conscience enough to do what
is right without compromising these princi-
pies with the devil, then will this state of
things cease to exist. They must go to work
on broad, deep and endurable foundation
to abolish these crimes. s'Make a chain to
bind the people, to stand side by side in this
contest against wrong. Let there be no rot
ten links in the chain. Drinking in moder-
alton is rotten link.
Mr. Satterly here recounted the misfor
tunes and distinctions thatfell upon nations
and overwhelmed them in ruin in ancient
times because of the crime of drunkenness.
Persons suggest many hooks for the chain
in order to check the growth of the vice of
intemperance. Some suggest a moral
suasion hook and a high Ii
cense hook and some recommend
chain with a whisky hook at one end and a
temperance hook at the other with a Glenn
swivel in the middle, to suit the interested
parties Two hooks are indispensably need
ed. One is moral suasion for the individual
and the other prohibition for the dealer. The
chain with these attachments will prove
effectual and no other. As activity increases
in crime and criminals of all sorts congre-
gate in the large cities in preference to the
smaller ones. Crush the life out of the
saloons and close them up. High license is
Independent and wrong, and its advocates
dare not make it an issue in this
campaign Their cry is law and order, and
not high license-for the latter is impracti-
cable.
The reverend gentleman then referred to
an extract from the salaciouS editor of the
Evening Journal which reflected upon him
(the speaker by classifying him with thugs,
pimps and gamblers. He took it as an in
suit, not only to himself but to the entire
party which he represents. He challenged
any man in the city to say if he is not the
peer of any man in Minneapolis in moral be-
havior. Sweep out the paper that stands to-
day as the organ and representative
of Pillsbury. Offense after offense
in the grossest billingsgate has been
printed in that sheet against him. He was
misrepresentsd as giving his support to Ames
at the last election, and he called upon Shaw
to name the place or circumstance in which
he gave any support, and he could not give
any. No man of principle ought to support
the Republican nominee after the
perfidous act of his party in throwing
aside a non partisan man and going back on
their promises. He was in favor of taking
some action to resent the insult.
Here many in the audience stood up and
proclaimed they would boycott the paper
from this time forth.
Inc Hon. CnaS. Evans Holt MADE q ring
ing speech,l and created great laughter by
speaking of the respectable" saloon keep
ers who are in favor of Pillsbury
DR.. Emery also spoke in indignant terms
against the Journal, and presented the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted:
'ResO1yed, That this assembly now in at
tendance at this meeting of Prohibitionists
at Market hall denounce the statement of
the Eeeeing Journal as false and villianous,
and proves the paper unworthy of the sup
port of any honest citizen, and we do request
the publication of this resolution in the other
newspapers of this city,