St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-27
aw has been brought about. The liquor
Openly and FIa"rantly


violate the law under the friendly pro-
lection of the police authorities.
If attempt is made to bring a lawbreaker
to justice-as in the recent Waterman case
the mayor and chief of police are the first to
cOndOle with him and offer him their person
al and official sympathy. When the case is be-
fore the grand Jury the police officials do not
come forward TO protect the dignity of the
law, but rather do all in their power to help
the lawbreakers. And, finally, when the case
is tired before judge and jury, false notion
as TO public sentiment leads the jury 10 rem
der verdict that surprises the judge and
county attorney and the public as well. and
which is directly contrary TO the evidence IN
the case.
solomon was right When the law Is not
enforced people are embroidered to do evil,
and the Athletic club were certainly justified
in expecting the friendly protection Of the
mayor. Yea, more, in expecting him toiJoln
them III conspiracy to violate the law and
to outrage public sentiment The whole pro-
cess Is summed up III our text: Because
sentence against an evil deed is not executed
speedily, therefore the heart of the sons ofmen
Is fully setin them to do evil The prize
fight. the friendly mayor, the Indifferent po-
lice authorities. the sleeping giant OF public
sentiment are the legitimate outcome of such
open ana defiant infraction of law as pre-
walls in our city. This last outrage-the
proposed prize fght-was but final attempt
TO overthrow law and to rape justice
Ii liCdLiIS lLO
Mr.. Butrick said that the officials deny
that
Gambling Is Allowed in st. Paul,
but he had ridden on a train with the
gamblers who had come here to take
part in the prize fight, and he had min
gled with them for the purpose, and he
had been successful. They talked freely
about their gambling exploits, and told
how many gambling houses are in full
operation in st. Paul. One member of
the party had lost 5000, and that man
said the gamblers in st. Paul are the
shrewdest he had ever encountered.
In speaking of the remedy for the eX-
listing evils, MIR. Butrick said:
We have learned how to overthrow the
open conspiracy. The public-the polite
public of st. Anthony hill-wiN wake up
when they see the vast amphitheater under
their very eyes. Extraordinary occasions
demand extraordinary measures. The peo-
pie spoke ana the criminal fed. But we may
not hope to maintain public sentiment at
this white heat. The lawbreakers count
upon this, and are only waiting for the cy
clone to DaSs by. But public sentiment is
powerful even when in less violent mood.
and ii is 10 public sentiment that we must
appeal for the suppression of vice i'll our
city. The giant begins TO feel his strength;
let US train him to bear burdens in times of
It's proposed to take this opportunity to
inauguIate citizens movement in the in
terest of law and order. A law and order
league has been organized, with Judge Mac
MILAN as its president A company of citi
Zens, without regard to party affiliations or
religious belief have banded themselves to-
gether to secure the enforcement of law.
When | told them at the meeting last night
what my politics were the others began to
lecture me- but Insisted that this movement
is greater than party, and they consented to
go on with me. These men do not
propose extreme measures. They pro-
pose to appeal to the sober sense
of all good. law-abiding citizens, and in this
movement they ask your cooperation. Let
us no longer indulge in invective, or at least
until we are again met by organized con-
spirators. Let us keep this movement free
from all partisanship, and US good citizens
insist that our laws shall be enforced. We
may not hope TO transform our city into
veritable paradise, but we may at least hope
to remove it a few degrees further from the
other place. By careful, deliberate, de-
termined and disniied action we can deliver
our beautiful city from the hands of the law
less and from the coptrol of the vicious.