St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-19
THOSE NAUGHTY BILLS.
Sudden Moral ReyulsiOm--The Min
listers DemONnce Them--The
Poster Arrested.

Poster Arrested.
This city is undergoing all the throes OF
moral reform, the latest and most con-
spicuous symptom being the retching oc-
casioned by the Rentz-Santley vaudeville
bills posted thickly about town. First the
newspapers pitched upon them, then the
ministers attacked them and finally mem
Der OF the clergy had the bill poster and the
show proprietor arrested. They are GER
talnly very naughty bills. For the most
part they represent remarkably well-devel-
oped maldens in Scanty costume, the latter
generally consisting of short skirt split TO
the waist. They are very Salacious PFC
lures and the objections are all well founded.
The only fact in connection with the obJec-
ton that is at all singular is that the moral
nausea should have begun so suddenly. The
bills of the AIcCaull comic opera were quite
as bad and were just as frequent, yet IT
never occurred to anybody to find fault Win
them. The chorus in Prince Methusalem"
or ''Falka' is quite as airily clad as is posi-
BILE and offered just as convenient
material for an anatomical object les
son as could be devised, but there
was not a voice raised against it. There
fore, while it is perfectly proper to protest
against these loud bills, it is matter OF
some little wonderment why the objection
struck in so suddenly.
THE MINISTER'S RESOLVE.
Yesterday mornings meeting OF the city
pastors was devoted to this matter. the
ministers uniting i'll denouncing the vie
bills. DIS. Stryler, Wagner. TOuey and
Thomas were eloquent in their righteous
denmciation of the obscenity. The follow
ing resolution was adopted, and copy OF
dered sent to the council:
Resolved, That we, members of the Minis
terial association OF Minneapolis, respectfully
call the attention of the city authorities to
the fact that our community have lately been
shocked with the public exhibition of indie
cent pictures, advertisements OF traYehng
shows, and we ask that such pictures IN the
future be suppressed. We understand that
there is a society in our city for the suppress
sion of such evils. but it is our privilege first
to appeal to the city authorities, and this we
now do in the name of of our moral citizens
asking for protection.
COMMENTING THE LECTURE.
On motion of Rev. Mr.. Wells the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That we hereby extend our
hearty thanks to the mayor of our city and to
the chief Of police for the charge given to the
officers under their direction respecting the
maintenance OF the city ordnance feldIlVo
to public games on the Lords day, and other
forms of injury to the morals OF the people
Resolved, That we assure our mayor and
chief OF police of our hearty moral support
and of our willingness to render such aid to
the maintenance Of those ordinances as may
be in our power.
OPPOSING THE DEAD LINE EXTENSION.
On motion of Rev. D. Morgan, the fol-
lowing was adopted:
Resolved, That we, as members of the Min
isterial association of Minneapolis, do pro-
test against any extension of the territory in
which saloons may be opened, called the pa
troll limit, in our city.
THE BILL-POSTER ARRESTED.
It was Father James McGOlrick of the
Church Of the Immaculate Conception that
took the initiative step toward testing the
legal purport of the bill relative to obscene
posters, and swore out a warrant for the
arrest of NJ. Breslaurer the city bill-poster,
for hanging on his bulletin or bill-boards
the cuts representing the fairies in the bur-
lesque opera of Orpheus and Eurydice dur
ing the present week in Pence Opera house.
Mr.. Breslaurer was arraigned in the munic-
ipal court yesterday afternoon and his trial
was continued until Friday morning at 9
o'clock