St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-05
FLOUR CITY EVENTS.
Minneapolis Ministers Will Go
Easy About Enforcing Sun
day Observance.
Bonds Will Be Ordered Sold
for the Fire Depart
ment's Needs.
Westminster's Congregation
Holds Its Annual Meeting
and Election.
Single Tax and the CONNER
eial Congress--County
Commissioners.

Yesterday morning the Minneapolis
ministers held an undenominational
meeting. The Sunday theater question
was, of course, the issue of the hour
with them. But there were other mat
tiers to be settled first. Rev. NJ. +. Gjert-
SEN chairman of the citizens commit
tee reported on the patrol limits extern
sion. He thought the work of the min
listers and the citizens committee had
been we'll done, since there had been no
extension. Then he presented a plan
Tor the handling of this question in the
future III a non-partiSan manner. He
suggested that a mass meeting of citl-
ZenS be called. At that meeting a COM
mlttee of fifty or sixty staunch
ana true men should be Sc
lected. TO them should Hoe in
trusted the protection of the patrol
limits as they now exist; they to form a
multl-headed CerberuS, as it were. He
suggested that committee Of ten, to
De composed of some three of the minis
tiers present, one Catholic, one liberal
and five laymen,b be appointed to arrange
Tor the mass meeting. Way land Hoyt,
III. Ii. French and ID. J. Burrell were
appointed. The meeting will probably
be called for some evening next week.
Then came the Sunday theater and
saloon question, for which every one
mad boon waiting. But the explosion
was not so tremendous after all. Rev.
u. II. Wells called up the matter. He
SAID that the administration of the city
mad, unfortunately. weakened in regard
to the sale of liquor on the Lords day.
On Sunday the saloon men now open
ana mad been almost since the first
or the Observation-Disclosures at least
at the back doors. and the sale
OF liquor was not restricted. The po-
lice had not been instructed to close
the places. Witnesses had made a care
ful investigation of the situation; front
doors were open in the morning, and
Kegs OF beer were delivered and others
carried away by laboring men. 1t had
been observed that there was more
drunkenness on Sunday than previous
ly, and drunken men had been observed
about the saloons. The Grand opera
mouse, place of amusement, held in
such pride because of its beauty, and
one which, by the firmness of its recent
manager, had been kept closed on Sun
day, was now with the other theaters
open on Sunday. Rev. j. w. Dungee
was the only one who spoke on the
matter, The others merely looked
determined and kept quiet. The fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted;
That a committee be appointed consisting
OF one minister from each denomination
represented in this association. with power
10 add corresponding number of laymen,
with instructions
flrst--To present petition to the MAYOR of
this city and TO his administration that the
alquor saloons be closed on Sunday, accord
ing to law.
Second-To devise ways and means for
enforcing said law, in case the MAYOR and
his administration refuse to grant this pc
tition.
Third-To devise ways and means for en-
forcing forthwith the law against Sunday
theaters.
Fourth-That the committee be empow
cred to proceed as they may deem advisable
ends in view.
The following committee was APP
pointed:
Rev. D. E. Welles and c. P. Thompson.
Presbyterian; Rev. S. L. 3. Speare and ID. c. |
xell Congregational; Rev. ". X. Marshall
and II. G. barrow. Methodist: Rev. G.. L.
Morrill and E. X. Pratt, Baptist; Rev. NJ
Falk Gjertsen and Prof. William Peterson.
Scandinavian Lutheran; Rev. w. X. WilKin-
son. EplScopalian; Rev. j. w. Dunjee and
casper Gibbs, Colored Baptist; Rev w. j.
Hobbs and c. W. Clark, Second Advent; Rev
r. l.. Hayes and j. ". Mauck, Free Baptist
Rev. G. IL. Trabert and A. Holt English Luz
theran; Rev. j. p. PinEham and DR.. j H.
Stuart, Friends: Rev. W. j. Lhamon and A.
b. Choate, Christian; Rev. Joseph Roberts
and John Morris, WEIGH
Revs. Wayland Hoyt, d. E. Welles
and w. K. Marshall were appointed a
committee to draft farewell address to
Rev. ID. }. Burrell, 1t was voted to
hold July meeting before the summer
vacation.