St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-04
Is Being Gently Driven Into
the Portals of Justice
r. at Fargo.
Judge Mcconnell Sizes Him
Up and Gives an Ap-
praisement.
Spies Among the 700 Mem
bers of the Thirsty Cass
County Club.
The Business Sentiment Said
to BeOin Favor of POr-
cine Freedom.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe
FARGO, Aug. 3.-Again the hydra
headed. many tailed ''blind pig" comes
out of his hole and gets nabbed by the
minions of the law. Like the man " no
clawled under the canvas to see the cir
Gus 1T didn't cost cent to get in, but
was mighty expensive getting out.
The past week has been an exciting
one with the ''blind pig'' gentry and the
Law and Order League. A history of
this episode in human events would be
too lengthy. 1t is simply the result of a
determination on the part of the saloon
men to sell in spite of law and an equal
determination Oh the part of the Law
and Order League that liquor
SHALL NOT BE SOLD.
1t is fact that intOXicantS Lave been
sold in this city ever since the local OPP
ton law went into effect, carefully at
tirst,with doors locked and blinds down.
This worked first rate. All was quiet,
and the ladies of the Wet. U. thanked
the Lord that no liquors were obtain
able by their husbands and sons in
Fargo. But Mr.. "Pig'' became more and
more audacious; his customers were
furnished with keys to make the
entrance easier: blinds were not ALWAYS
carefully closed; incomers did not lock
the door every time they came in, and
some would leave their keys. as they
did their money, in their other panta-
looms, and had to be let in, after being
carefully scanned by some person who
whose vision was usually ''beery'' be-
fore night. So it went on from one
opening to another until the doors were
always left open,
TIE BLINDS PULLED OFF
and the pig" stuck his rooter out to
the. fresh air of heaven, and saws:
Come on, boys, the judge won't NEEDLE
with me-"
This course was pursued until about
twenty places were running full blast
Then Judge Mcconnell issued lniunc-
tons enjoining them from further sale.
Contrary to the expectations of the tenn
perance people and the officials, instead
OF having tendency to make the saloon
men more cautious in the distribution
of intOXicantS, the doors were opened
wider and still a larger number engaged
III the business, some with government
licenses and others without, until on
last Monday there were not less than
FIFTY-EIGHT PLACES WHERE LIQUORS
were sold day and night to all who
came. 1t was jolly time sure, but like
every drunk, there must be a SOLDERING
up time, and the officers of the law
thought the proper hour had arrived,
Detectives had been faithfully at work.
and if they tell the truth they must have
been the drunkeSt of the lot. They.
however, procured all the necessary evil
dence and did not fail, eXceptin single
case, OF conviction. Of course they
must swear enough to convict. That
was
WHAT THEY WE'RE PAID FOR.
Warrants were issued, and last Mon
day the deputy sheriffs raked in the now
wide awake ''pigS" and they were prom
enaded before the Judge without regard
to previous condition or color. Neither
long speeches nor witnesses were neces-
sary to conviction. They acknowledged
they had violated the law and expected
to be punished, but for the sake of form
atty there was a little witnessing and
speech-making in few of the cases,
just enough so the attorneys could get
their fees, after which the Judge read
them some wholesome moral advice and
put the price of the majority of the con-
victs at $500 each, in nearly every in
stance. The judge gave them to under
stand, however, that fine alone would
not follow future convictions.
Will the admonitiOnS of Judge Nc
Cornell have tendency to stop the
sale? Does not look like it. No sooner
were the several gentlemen released
from the talons of the law than they
were behind their bars dealing out
spiritual consolation with all the earn
estness and dignity of a Methodist min
lister. This does not arise from a disre-
spect to Judge Mcconnell, but is the
Outgrowth of the sentiment of the bust
ness men of Fargo. The gentlemen en-
gagged in selling liquors know that
large majority of the citizens of this
city are
OPPOSED TO THE LAW
and they are simply making themselves
the mouth-pieceS of this sentiment.
The result must naturally be con-
tinuous war, an unpleasant and ex-
pensive war, attended with enorm Gus
expense to the county and with nothing
but evil resulting therefrom.
More injunctions have been issued by
the court and served upon those who
missed the first round, among which is
the