The herald., 1895-07-25
A New Resolution by the Minis
teriaI Union
THAT OD0ROUS FENCE AGAIN
The Ministers Held a Special Meeting
Yesterday
Information Wanted as to " hy the Social Evil
Still Ihrives on Alameda Street.-The
Resolution Filed Yesterday

The end of the fence is not yet; the
men. bers of the board of police commits
sioners will probably be surprised to
learn when they each pick up their sew
eral Heralds at breakfast time this morn
ing. The Ministerial union of the city
has dug out that famous paper sent by
the board to the city council upon the
subject some three weeks ago, from its
hiding place. and brand new chapter to
the story is about to be added.
The following very pointed document
was yesterday filed with the city clerk.
the same to be acted upon on Monday
morning.:
LOS ANGELES, Cal. July 90. 1895.
To the honorable, the members of the
city council of the city OF Los Angeles:
Gentlemen AT a meeting of the City
Ministerial union of Los Angeles. Cali
fornia, held in the Y. NJ. C. A. parloIs on
Monday. July %, 1895. at 10 80 a. M. the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted and ordered transmitted to your
honorable body:
Resolved. That the city council is res
pectIully requested to proceed to enforce
their order ror tho removal o. the social
evil from Alameda street.
Inc aDONc is SlRueu ny >. ". DlanCD-
ard. the secretary of the Ministerial
union, and was filed with the city clerk
by w. j. Barber, the Broadway real
estate dealer, who has hitherto taken
leading part in the social evil crusade. He
is the most active lay member of the
Ministerial union.
Several OF the councilmcn were inter.
viewed upon the matter yesterday alter
noon and all of them preferred not to dis
cusS their probable action when the reso-
luton comes up for action. 1t can, how
ever be stated with fair degree of GER
tainty that the resolution above will pre-
sent the opportunity several of the indi-
vidual members OF the council have bee n
longing for, OF answering the communi-
cation filed by the police commissioners
some three weeks ago, in which the
board practically accused the councilmen
of moral cowardice and intimated that
they had better attend to their own busi-
ness. This answer will not. it is said. be
in effect that the members of the board
must either do their duty or resign their
positions.
1t Is now stated that the pronuncia-
mento filed three weeks ago by the board,
was written by an attorney. none of the
commissioners having apparently been
equal to the occasion.
Commissioner Guy Barham was absent
at San Francisco all the time that the
fence I'M broglio was pending, so that he
must be excused from the latter imputa-
ton. That is one of the reasons why the
mem bers of the council were so 10th to
accept Barham's resignation recently
rendered. 1t is known, also, that the
fence communication as originally
drafted, was a great deal more to the
point from the com mmissioners' stand
point in the controversy, than the paper
which was filed. 10 the mayor belongs
the credit OF having drawn the teeth
from the paper, to use figure O: speech
before he would permit it to become of
record.
The resignation of Police:Com missioner
George Webber will. it is stated, bs filed
before the end of the present week.
The resolutions above were adopted by
the Ministerial union at a meeting called
especially for the purpose. The memb bers
the council meeting on Monday.