Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-06-11
Baldwin made pacific temperance ad-
dresses. Rev. Wm. Ewing who followed


law in jamestown. He SAID he did not
propose to play the detective: that we
had officers who are sworn to enforce
and support the law and 1t was their
duty to bring the violators to Justice.
The applause that greeted that declara-
tion seemed to mark it as tie sentiment
of the meeting. Rev. VIM. Gibb, beng
called out, raised pertinent query in
his first sentence. "WhO called this
meeting?" he asked, Where are your
people? Where is your mass meeting?
Why are these chairs vacant?" He then
gave the audience some advice about get
ting up mass meeting and commended
to them the example OF Strong IL Chase.
He thought, in order to get crowd out,
it was necessary to print dodgers and
leave one at every house. He had fore
gone his bicycle exercise to attend the
meeting anG intlmated that the law Of
cost and compensation was not holding
its proper equilibrium in this instance.
Mr.. Glbb declared himself heartily in
favor of enforcing the law and just as
heartily declared that 1t the law could
not be enforced it should be repealed.
Chairman Williams interpolated few
breezy remarks at the close of Mr.. Gibbs
address. He said he did not believe in
mass meetings. As president OF the en-.
forcement league, he declared that that
organization was not responsible for the
calling Of the meeting. He had had no
time for mass meetings since two months
ago when mass meeting was called
for the court house and properly
advertised and only Is people came out
to attend it. Mr.. Williams thought the
officers of the law were only making a
pretense to enforce 1t. He said he was
informed that no liquors were found in
the place searched yesterday, but was
told that a case of beer was under the
bar, where 1t might easily have been seen.
with district attorney who is with
u.s." SAID he II could close up every
saloon in this city, in AZ hours" Rev. J..
D. Whitelaw criticised Judge Rose. He
tho1ght injunctiOEs should be issued
against the buildings in which liquors
are sold, rs we'll as against the persons
selling, and claimed the judge would not
do this. I. g. Wade arose to defend
States Attorney Conklin and Judge Rose
He was in a position to know, and said
both gentlemen we're doing their full
duty. He said the failure to enforce the
law was not due to the officers, hut to the
''pusillanimous tOwardice of the temper
snce people," He had asked so temper.
ance people 20 join him in an affidavit as
to the reputation of certain places for
selling liquors, but none would do so. L.
g. declared that he was now in possession
of enough evidence to close up all the
saloons-and that they must 60. "Yes-
terday," he said, 'three saloon men came
to me and begged like good fellows to be
let alone, promising to leave town." He
declared thot he felt no ill-will against
them and WIS willing they should get
out of town. This sentiment aroused
the puritan in Mr.. Whitelaw who arose
long enough to declare that saloon men
we're law breakers and should be sent to
jail-not turned loose upon another com.
munlty.
On motion Of Rev. VIM. Ewing the
meeting lndorsed what Mr.. Wade had
done, and on motion of Mr.. Baldwin a
committee was appointed to arrange for
another mass meeting.
The meeting continued until 10
o'clock. Music was sandwiched in be-
tween the addresses by choir consisting
of Mrs. Ewing, Mrs. Adams, Mesers.
Karcher, Adams and Holgste. Towards
the close of the meeting the musicians
grew tired and qnietly stole away.