St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-20

policy. They peppered and pasted him
right and left, until his ears must have
tingled. AS Rev. &. l.. Morrill,. the
mayors alliterative friend, would say,
they denounced his diplomacy, and
sneered at his sophistry. and punctured
his policy. 1t was noticeable that
those who did not measure swords
with the mayor when his honor was
present gave him the most savage
thrusts from their pulpits.
some of the ministers talked logically.
They condemned the mayors policy,
but they remembered that the mayor
could not be held accountable for the
existence of the saloon, and ended by
eXculpating him. Rev. II. II. French,
of the Wesley NJ. E. church, was one of
these. Mr.. French spoke earnestly.
There could be no doubt of his SINGER
ity. lie took the mayor to task for his
saloon policy, criticised him severely
for attempting to make distinction be-
tween saloons, and maintained
that the Sunday saloon was
grelvous iniquity, but Mr..
French absolved the mayor in his per-
GRAFTON, and arralgned his congregation
and the people of Minnesota for voting
for men who permit saloons to exist.
In short, Mr.. French's discourse turned
out to be q temperance lecture, and a
strong one. too. but its closing sentences
withdrew the Opprobrium which the
opening ones implanted in the chief
executive of city of Minneapolis. Here
are some OF Rev. Mr.. French'S asser-
tons:
This classification of saloons into re-
spectacle and not respectable is fai-
lacy. L submit 10 this audience that
there is no such thing as a respectable
saloon"
The saloon, no matter under what
classification it comes, is Gamnable and
helliSh from one end 10 the other. 1t is
under the curse of God Almightyr
You've got to make these saloon fell
lows pretty good folks to make the
mayors administration consistent"
LAS between the respectable saloons
and the low dives. the difference is in
favor of the dives"
The Saloonkeeper who believes in
drinking AMI admits ii, is not one-half
SO bad as the saloonkeeper who goes to
church and trains with So-called re-
spectacle people"
Referring to the discrimination eXer-
cised by the mayor in enforcing the re-
strictive features of the license law,
Mr.. French said:
ut is not much less than a crime that
man should discriminate between
those features and say 'I'll enforce one
and not the other.'"
''lf the mayors policy is good as to
restrictions concerning minors, why is it
not good as to that concerning Sunday
saloons?
The policy of Mayor Eustis is the
policy of folly"
LII conclusion Mr.. French repudIated
the assertion of the mayor that the
ministers were not minding their own
business.
1--WE are minding our own business
exclaimed the preacher, with the accent
on the are
Finally Mr.. French ceased rebuking
the mayor, and arraigned his congrega-
ton and the people in general for allow
ng the saloon to exist.
Mayor EustiS is not to blame,' said
| Mr.. French. You, you are responsible
for the existence Of this great wrong,
which you ought to prohibit"
The sermon closed with an eXhorta-
ton to the congregation to eXterminate
the saloon.
HOYT ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
In his sermon on the Sunday saloon
Wayland Hoyt, of the First Baptist
church, last night started in by eulogiz-
ing Mayor Eustis, and he then proceed
ed to scold him for not adhering to the
strict letter of the law.
PERSONALLY" said he, 81 have the
highest admiration and regard for his
honor. the mayor, and l think he has
made an admirable executive in all re-
spects but one-his policy toward
tile Sunday saloon, which he
has put On its good behavior.
l heartily and gladly believe him when
he says that If a saloonkeeper sells to a
minor or drunken man it is equivalent
to a revocation of his license, and con-
graduate him Oh having such an able
and efficient police force"
He then alluded to the conference
between the mayor and the ministers,
saying it was magnanimous on the part
| OF the former for him to answer the
was a healthful and hopeful con.
ference in all respects but Just
one - the refusal to close I'D the
Sunday saloon. Reference was then
made TO the visit of a committee to tue
mayors Office and to the efforts that
had been made to insure an enforce
! ment of the law.
'The policy Of the mayor in this re-
spect, and his evasiveness," he con-
tinued, reminds me of the man who
went duck-hunting. When asked why
he did not bring home any
| ducks he replied that the ducks flew
nh @I1t
| were going zig ana when he shot zig
| way with the mayor at the conference.
He is first zig and then gag.
| The mayors position is confessedly
weak, and it has been shattered. and l
am sorry that such an able and good
man in all other ways should consent to
a violation of the law"
| He then read the law regarding Sun
day closing, saying that it was the one
powerful and cyclonic argument
against the mayors position. He
had taken his oath to execute
remained, said he, but one thing to do,
and that is for public sentiment to in
| ssJ upon the execution of the law and
the suppression of the Sunday saloon.
at is," said he, 1.-The mayors func-
| ton to execute the law, and not for him
to say whether it is wise or not, and he
goes out OF his way to arrogate legisla-
tive functions. bis position is indie
feasible, and clearly it is a case Of the
| most StupendOus non-SeQuitur."
An attack was here made against all
saloons per Sc. and the mayors failure
to execute the law, he said, would en-
| bolden the criminal element, for they
would think if he failed to execute
one law he would another. The cru
sader, lie said, was exercising the high
est and truest patriotism, and was en-
titled to all honor. In conclusion, he
advocated public sentiment that would
compel the enforcement Of the saloon
ordinance.