Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-14
F0RCIBLE PROTEST
FROM A SALOON KEEPER AGAINST THE PRES
ENT LAWLESS REIGN.
A Citizen Points Out a Remedy for Those Who Com
plain Of Reimbursement Of the LawS-"Prac-
teal Politics in Wheeling,

Il want to say that the REGISTERS edl
torial of this morning, calling attention tC
the gross violations of law by certain
class of saloon keepers, hit the nail square
IL on the head said gentleman yester-
day who has kept a saloon for many years
in this city, and who has the respect and
esteem of a wide circle of friends. THE
way things have been going" he continued.
lis absolutely disgraceful, and it is high
time halt was called. The warning of
the REGISTER that if the saloon men as a
class do not take this matter up the
people will take it up for them, is
well put. and ought to be acted upon
by tine class referred to- without further
DELAY SUNDAY selling is the least of the
evils of which the people complain. GamD-
! ling is openly carried on in some saloons,
others are the resort for thieves and toughs
Of the worst description, ready at any time
TO rob a man, others furnish headquar-
ters for confidence men, and Stlll otherS'
allow their saloons to be turned into houses
of designation of the worst possible de-
scription. the habitual resort of the most de-
PRAYED women. and at the same time the
! scene of many young girls ruin. IL
seems to be impossible to have any sort OF
police regulation of these places, for the
situation | have depicted has been going on,
generally in several quarters of the city at
once. for wears, and the tendency seems TO
be to grow worse. Now, am not hypo-
critic, nor am finding fault with cthers III
the same business as myself. | run a sa-
/ loon understandable from any reasonable
noint of view. and for one do not propose
| 10 allow my business to be brought into
disrepute. to be pointed out as one OF
class who have no regard Tor Jaw
regard for law, nor have no regard Tor law
nor have placed upon my avocatlon thOSe
restrictions which are cerrain to come at
the hands of an indignant people, IL the
present condition of affairs goes on much
longer. Why, in the name OF common
sense. do not the police, whose business IL
is to see that the laws are enforced tahe
summary measures against the men who
make possible such publications as
we have seen during the past week
have called the attention OF officers
tn things of this sort, and have been told,
in reply. to swear a warrant II things dlun
suit me | have been under the impression
thatit was the business OF the ponce 10
seek ont these violations of law, and pro
cure the warrants themselves Time was
when raids were made, but the practice
seems to have gone out of fashion. There Is,
emphaticallv PROHIBITING the entrance oil
women of ili-repute into saloons, but never
hoard of n case being brought under 1t.
There is also a law prohibiting Sunday
| selling. and another law requiring the Clerk
of the Police Court to report to Council the
name of any saloon keeper twice convicted
of this offense. Why are not these laws
carried out:"
Leaving this gentleman, the reporter
| =. 81 NJ
| there found the following law, passed in
the First Branch of Council April 10, 1856,
and in the Second Branch April 20, 1885,
| "Sec Is And If the keeper
of such ordinary or coffee house shall per
nit any prostitute known to be such by
such keeper, to enter into, drink, lounge or
loiterin an about such ordinary or coftee
house. or In the house in which such conee
house is kept, or the premises Herewith
occupied. he shall be guilty of an offense,
and for such offense shall forfeit and pay 10
the CITY fine of not less than ten nor more
than fifty dollars, with the costs OF prose-
cution. and every such prostitute so doing
or behaving shall also be deemed guilty OF
an offense, and on conviction thereof snail
J be fined not less than one nor more than
twenty dollars and the costs of prosecu-
ton" etc.
} At least one saloon keeper has twice
| been convicted OF SUNDAY sclllus Nithli
the mast two years. but such fact has never
been certified TO Council.
4 REMEDY POINTED OFT.
, During the day gentleman lately elected
bv the people to very responsible office,
, in the course of a conversation upon the
} recent criticisms from the pulpit, regarding
a local matters, said;
s'In a great measure, the trouble about
: municipal politics is the fault of the reputa-
: bic portion of the community. Gentlemen
a having large business and property inter
< ests, or those who are church members, OF
: belong to the general class Of good citi
e zens,' as rule are the men who complain
loudest about abuses, and talk most about
reforms, but they are never seen at the
ward primaries, they do nothing to have
: good candidates nominated, and yet i
: the nominations are not Just what
5 they ought 10 be. or the officials
f when elected. do not carry out the laws
= the gentlemen who hold aloof are the very
y first to complain. The way to remedy this
!, state of affairs is for business men, manu-
: facturers, and generally the classes having
a large interest in the administration Of
!. the city government TO go TO the primaries
4 TO the ward meetings and to the conven
= tons, and take hold of things. Let then
g go TO Council, and from that point Of van