St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-18
ONE MORE TICKET
PROHIBPTIONISTS PLACE REV.
GEORGE s. INNS IN THE FIELD
FOR MAYOR.
OTHER CANDIDATES SEEN
CLINED TO MOUNT A PROHIBI-
TION PLATFORM.
A FEW RoAsTs FOR DoRAN.
Rev. Innis, Who Is a Hamline Pro-
fessor, Accepts the NcminatiOn
for Mayor.

Both nominees for mayor have been in
terviewed by the local Prohibition leaders,
and the report made to the city convention
idea of where Messrs. Cullen and Doran
stand on the liquor question. 1t is as fol-
lows:
MR.. CULLEN SEEN.
The undersigned, charged by the city Pro-
hibition committee with the duty of inter-
viewing the several candidates of the other
parties regarding their position upon the
question OF the enforcement of the law, here
with present our report.
The committee called Mr.. Cullen's attention
which declares that ''all laws and ordinances
tending to the maintaining of morality and
good order should be enforced" We asked
him whether he understood the enactments
therein referred to include the liquor laws.
He replied that when he consented to make
the for the mayoralty he determined
that If elected he would enter upon the du
ties of his office bound by no pledges. He
said that when he accepted the nomination
he had not read the platform, nor had he yet
read it through. He reminded that the
Democratic party contained many Liberal
minded" men, as he denominated them. The
committee explained % Mr.. Cullen that we
did not propose to ask candidates to make
pledges additional to those contained in the
platforms of their parties, but simply to con-
strue the platforms upon which they stood,
and again asked him how he understood the
considered that an answer to that question
! would involve a pledge and that, therefore,
| he could give no further answer. He men
| toned his personal habits, remarking that he
| to the use of liquor. Being asked Whether
| he desired the Endorsement of the Prohibi-
ton party in case his position should .a prove rove
he thought it would do him more harm tnan
| good. a >,
| no
| stood that the Republican platform pledged
| it's candidates to the enforcement of all the
| laws, including the liquor laws. asked the
| members Of the committee If we favored a
| strict enforcement of all the laws, including
| Ordinance No. TO- for example. Being re-
| minded that the special object OF our visit
ment of the laws regulating the saloon, he
brought up the Sunday saloon question. He
| stated that he would not agree to close the
saloons during the entire Day, as out tna1 @ ne ne
he could without producing worse state OF
| things than under non-enforcement. he spoke
| OF the cosmopolitan character of our people,
and declared that on that account it was i'm
| practicable to enforce some state laws In a
| city of the size of st. Paul. Because of this
| fact ne expressed himself as strongly in favor
| of home rule. Being reminded of the success
| of Sunday closing in New York city, and of
| the remarkable and immediate decrease of
| crime upon that day consequent thereupon,
he declared that in his judgment the policy
there inaugurated would set bac lathe cause
of Republicanism and good government ten
years. One argument presented by Mr.. Doran
| in favor of liberal policy was that travelling
men would not spend their Sundays in the
city if they could not be served with liquors
| at the hotels and that no discrimination
should be made in the liquor selling privil-
eges between these hotels and the saloons.
| Being asked whether he desired the indorse-
ment of the Prohibition party, Mr.. Doran re-
| piled that he thought that it would not help
- Charles A. Fouble.
| George F. Wells,
| w. A. Powers.
In this position the drys could hardly in