Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-04

The order was in the following terms;
That the General Superintendent
of Police be directed to enforce the or
dinances against gambling, which is
now openly carried on in this city in
defiance of law and good morals"
The gamblers friends tried to laugh
down the order. Even the Mayor in
dulged in sneer. Alderman Whelan
moved the reference of the order to
the Committee on Police Alderman
Pond promptly moved a suspension of
the rules, and the motion was carried
by the following vote:
Yeas-Dixon. Vierling. Summerneld. Cor
ton. Dixon Third Hepburn. Madden
Oehmen. Love, Murphy, Dvorak. Bunker
BidwlI Wallner, McEnerney, Pond. Kent
Campbell, Mills, Landon, Lyke, Weinhardt
Jackson Fowler Ryan, Kowalski, Mulvi-
hill. Horner, Harris, Powers, Page. Long
Ernst. Burke Muelhoefer, Mccormick,
OBrien Twenty third. III demann, Dun
ham. Chapman Keck, Haynes, Weber,
Fonda, Conway Kelly, Pauley. Noble, Kerr,
Kinney. Chasey. Neill-52
Nays-Whelan, OBrien lFlth) Cullerton,
McGillen, Gahan. Noonan, Kenny. Lucas,
Gorman-9.
DISCUSSING THE ORDER.
The order was then put on its pas
sage.
Aid. McGillen began speech in
opposition with a question; Is not this
an Indictment against the administra-
tion and the Police Department ?"
at isl" responded Pond and his col
league, Aid Kent.
Mr.. McGillen wished to know what
evidence there was that gambling was
carried on in the city.
Read the CHICAGO EAGLE" was
the response of his colleague, Aid.
Ernst.
"The Inspector of Police, went on
McGillen, is charged especially with
suppressing gambling. What means
have we Of finding out that the news
paper statements are true?"
You know they are true" an Alder
man remarked. McGillen sat down.
Aid. Cullerton said that it was dis
courtesy to the new Superintendent of
Police to pass the order He ought to
be given a chance to enforce the or
dinance before the Council issued di-
rections to him. "And what kind of
gambling places do you want sup
pressed?" asked the Ninth Ward
statesman in his deepest tones; "the
Board of Trade 2" Then he sat down.
Said Alderman Pond IF the Board
of Trade is a gambling institution, 1
want it suppressed as well as other
gambling institutions No discourtesy
is meant to the new Chief of Police.
The passage of the order will only be
an instruction to him, and he will see
in it an expression of the sentiment of
the municipal legislature. 1t is no.
torious that there are several Infamous
gambling houses running at full blast
in this city. Foolish, but in the main
honest, people are robbed in them of
their earnings. They are a disgrace,
a scandal, and menace to the city.
1t is time some action was taken on
them ! am in favor of including In
spector Ebersold in the order of in
struction."
The gallery applauded Mr. Pond.
HOW THE VOTE STOOD.
A vote on the passage of the order
was then taken. 1t was passed, So to
;. The nays were Whelan, Cullerton,
w. J. O'Brien, Noonan, and Lucas.
The Mayor showed by his manner
that he felt rebuked. Several of the
Aldermen tried 10 dodge the question,
but Pond insisted on calling the alb
sentees, and all who were present
weie put on record
! Cregier worked himself into fine
rage after the meeting, and insulted
the Calumet, Union, Union League,
and other decent clubs by his remarks.
81 don't know" said Mayor Cregier,
after adjournment. in an informal talk,
what Alderman Pond means by sup
pressing gambling Now, there is un-
doubtedly good deal of gambling go
ing on in the very best clubs Of the
city but how is the Police Department
going to reach that? If the Alderman
had said public gambling there might
be something accomplished 10y the res
olution.