The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-10
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
Terre Haute's Law-and-0rder People Be-
gin to See the End of Their Work.
Montgomery County Sunday School Union
Run over by Freight Car and No Bones
Broken-Fired Upon from Ambush.
INDIANA.

and-Order People Win Victory.
tpeciaI to the JndianapoIis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Feb. Git will be a year 10
May since the fight began to redeem the good
name of Terre Hante and remove the condition
of things that had given it the reputation of be-
ing rhe widest-opsn town in the State, and 1T
now looks If by May this year the city will be
much under the rule of Law and order as any
city in the State. The memory of the Oldest in
habitant runnsth not to the contrary when
Terre Haute saloons were open day and night
and Sunday too. Unlike other cities, there have
been no periodical efforts to enforce the law.
Public sentiment has always been very lenient
with the saloons. and so long as there were no
astounding crimes attributable to their wide
open habits the people raised no objection. Last
May, however, the professional gamblers and
the all-night saloon people undertook to capture
the city government by tho reelection Of the
Democratic Mayor and Council that had refused
to respond the mild request TO call
halt the policy that had grown 20 be
a little too wide open. Public gambling
rooms were opened in some of the saloons
and we're operated in equally as public, way IS
was the cigar and bar business of the establish
lishments Young men went and came without
the least effort to keen their going and, coming
from being a matter of public inform atiep. The
faro banks were running night and dsyr and the.
police chiefs stood guard. Clerks were getting
in trouble at their places of employmentssnd at
their boarding houses Men in business were
suffering in business credits by too constant
attendance OF these crowded gambling dsns.
Their losses were matter of street gossip and
their ultimate failure in business predicted on
all sides. The ring carried the election and
that night there pendemonium in iTerre
Haute It was grand drunken jo.lifeation
over the success of money at the polls, and was
frankly claimed to be "wide-opsn" victory.
The Express then began the fight for better
things. The police board refused to act The
heads of the police force openly
in communication with the gamblers,
but gradually the constant reiteration
of the story of the city's disgrace brought an
awakening of public sentime Mt that fore ed the
police board to order the saloons closed at mid
night and gambling to cease. It was the First
time in generation that no open saloon could be
open people were not convinced that change
was coming over Terre Haute. and used their
influence to have the police board removed and
one of their own kind appointed. This board
publicly announced that gambling-rooms conld
be kept open. This was the last straw. The
people liberal people, too, said there must be
mand, turned out this police board and chose
one that is now enforcing the law. About this
time number of substantial citizens got to-
gether and organized a Law and Order League.
They determined that their operations should be
conducted Ia secret. They increased their
membership much as Masonry receives mem
the best mon in the city of both political parties.
They intend that at the coming city election
mono but law -and-or men shall be elected 10
the Council. The latest step in the reactionary
movement was the Introduction in the Council
of ordinance fixing license fee of $100 a
year on retail liquor dealers. and.
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meeting Tuesday night. who sees the
the way the wind is blowing doubts thas it will
be passed in q short time. Terre Haute is the
only city in the State that has no license law.
Montgomery County sunday-schooI Union.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CRAwFoRDsvILLE. Feb. 9-The third annual
convention of the Montgomery County Sunday
school Union convened in the Methodist Church
at Kirkpatrick to-day. all the different denoni-
inatons in the county unite in these meetings.
The convention was opened by devotional exesr
cises conducted by Rev. E. r. johnson, OF this
city. An address was delivered by Rev. Frank
Cones. of Thorntown, upon 1.-THE Wants and
Aims of the Sundsy-school Teacher Addresses
were then made by W. T. Wilmington, of this
city, upon "rhe Influence of Sunday -schoolsp
and by NJ. Plunkett. of this city. on Have We
Attained Our Proper Standard the Sunday
school Work. After the appointment of COM
furnished by the ladies Of Kirkpatrick
The afternoon services were opened with relig
ious exercises conducted by Rev Frank Cones
The following addresses we're then made: Can
the Bible be Taught and the Young Understand
Itl' Fl. NJ. Harter Linden; What the Sunday
schools Doing for Missions" by w. D. Grit
fifth. of this city. Union township has the most
schools and scholars, there being about one
Thousand of the latter. Then comes Franklin
township with nine schools and 694 scholars w.
B. Herod is president of the association r. N \
Myers. secretary, and the vice-presdents are A.
D. Thomas, Eli Myers. VIM. Yount. Geo Sey
bold. T. 3. Ashby, A. M. Scott. T. G. Shanklin
Garrett Snyder, j. A. Mount, w. A. Dice and j.
r. Bryant. OF
Defying Whole Police Force. r+
Special to the indianapolis journal. sod
TERRE HAUTE, Feb. 9.-For six months now
two burglars have been at work In this city
and have entered not less than $50 residences.
They have been seen time and again, and have
been shot at several times by citizens and
policemen. few nights ago they entered
eleven houses In one neieh borhood. They never ]
take ievelry or slvervare their ohiect haino n 4