The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-10
MRS. ROOT is CRITICISED
NO THOUGHT SHOWN FOR THE
FEELINGS OF OTHERS
Her Exploiting of the Names of the
Girls Whom She Saw at GrifHn's
Causes n Good Deal of Comment
Accused of Making Several
isstatements.

The report of Mrs. Root to the w. c.
T. u. published in The Globe of
Tuesday. has caused favorable and I'M
favorable comment by the general pub
lie.
The general impression among those
who discussed the matter yesterday
was that Mrs. Root had gone out of
her way in bringing before the public
the names of the women whom she
claims were watched by her and the
representatives of the organization
which conducted the investigation
A gentleman who Is interested in the
family to which the young women be-
long said last evening that the course
taken by Mrs. Root in the publicity
giving the names Of the girls was as
cruel and un-Christian like as any
thing he had ever known.
Il have investigated the statements
made by Mrs. Root" said the gentle
man, 'and I find that some of them are
untrue. The mother of the young
women, who has the same feeling for
her children as any mother has, in
forms me that her daughter doesn't
wear dress which opens in front, and
consequently the statement made by
Mrs. Root that the front of the dress
of one Of the women was unfastened
was untrue.
Again Mrs. Root states that there Is
an electric bell connecting the rooms
over the saloon with the bar-room.
this. [ see, is also said to be untrue &C
cording to a statement in tonight's pa
per. and I imagine if Mrs. Root would
state things in these two instances
that were not so other untruths might
also have been made in her report.
ct seems to me that Mrs. Root could
have attained the same notoriety and
served the purpose of the society to
which she belongs just as we'll had she
spared the young women and their
family the disgrace Of using their
names. If she possesses a spark of
Christian charity she would have saved
the relatives of the girls by an indef-
mite reference to the unfortunates in
her statement So far as the girls are
concerned she had them dragged into
court once, and that ought to have been
enough for her. I don't believe the
Christian people Of this city will in
dorse any such work on Mrs. Roots
part"
Mayor Griffin also denied much of
what the report contained. Said he
yesterday:
Heretofore I have always given those
people the credit of being conscientious, be-
lieving that though they at times would
stretch the truth in order to make matters
honest But did not believe they would be
guilty of deliberate lying. They have done
this, and 1t can be shown to the satisfaction
of any man who has half-sense a mind
to investigate.
1t is claimed that there are electric bells
in the rooms over the saloon withwhch the
bar is connected This is not true. There
are no such bells. have never been any
and drinks have never been served from my
bar in those rooms. One of this party did
go up stairs from my saloon and engage
a room for four, but not with an employe
of my house. He was not shown an cleo
trio bell, for there are none there.
But the worst outrage perpetrated Is in
regard to Mrs. Rysdale, the lady whom they
charge with having used oaths. She is
Frustrated because of the charge, which is
absolutely false. She does not use oaths.
is a Woodworking, honest woman whom