The sun., 1899-04-30
"GROWLERS" INDICATED.
AN ELECTION ISSUE WHICH OYER.
sHzDOWEO TRUSTS" IN ST LOUIS.

His Responsibilities and Calls for Help-
The Pitcher That Didn't Come Back.
ST. LOUIS. April 2s.--A hundred saloon keen.
ers OF this city are to be tried for Sunday sell.
ing Police Commissioner Hawes has started
boom for the Democratic nomination for
Governor on platform Of Death to tho
trusts and pulverze the saloon" 1t Is known
that the trusts are unpopular at the forks y,
the creeks In Missouri. and that the boys in
those sections are in a better frame OF mimi
for holy end oontepplative enjoyment Of the
Sabbath when they can be sure there are a
half million people in st. Louis with their
tongues hanging out.
A dry Sundays is o new sensation for st
Louis. Tho publican's latchstring has aWays
dangled out. In palmer view on Sunday than
any other day in the week. While New York.
Chicago. and even Cincinnati have been called
to travel over arid deserts. st. Louis has ie-
mained Sunday oasis, fragrant with the odors
OF mint juleps and musical with the tinkllng
OF beer fountains. Statesmen have travelled
long distances for a period OF Sabbath con-
munion in st. Louis Drummers have drawn
heavy drafts on their mileage tickets for the
blessed privilege OF getting out OF Kansas or
Iowa to Sunday over" in st. Louis Often
has the Governor Of Missouri. finding the sup
plies run out in the Mansion House at Jerer-
son City. taken the train Saturday afternoon
and menacing railway corporation. turned
joyful face to where st. Louis beckoned him
on to nights of reve and Moons OF song.
The second Sunday after his Police Commis-
sioners had ordered the saloons closed Gov
Stephens came to this city to see how the
thing worked. He found it working to perfec-
tion. In tho Southern Hotel. where the Gov
ernor stopped, not a drink, such as the Gov
ernor was looking for. could be had for love or
l,4 No.. .,.,ta
called upon him early In the day. assured him
that it was necessary Ito be impartial. at least
until after the election. But 1t was the inten-
tion to have select little party in the officers
private room at the jefferson Club that after
noon. they told him, in anticipation Of
which demijohr Of choice liauor and the
necessary herbaRe and sugar thad been depos-
tied in the sanctuary in advance. The Cow
ernor expressed himself satisfied with these
arrangements. and that afternoon. soon after
the hotel luncheon. he took carriage with Com
missioner Hawes for the place OF rendezvous.
Thither repaired also the Hon. William j.
Stone. that implacable foe Of trusts: the Hon.
Il. Jeff Pollard. whose undying glory IL is that
as reading clerk OF the Chicago Convention OF
1896. 1t was his lion voice which first made
known to the world the consecIation OF the
matchless Bryan Granville S. Hoss. the ap-
pearance OF whose centaurian name. high in
Missouri politics. has terminated the reign of
Filley: Election Commissioner Hugh Brady.
who paraphrases the golden rule to make 10
read: DO others or they'll do you u"-these
and others Of lesser note made up the party OF
reform.
The trusts were under consideration. Tho
Hon. William j. Stone thought it the duty Of
every citizen to obey the law without evasion.
He was opposed to cornering any product or
setting up monopolies OF any kind.
Amt we got one IN herep" asked Brady.
In the consideration Of great and vital
questions" said the Hon. William ]. Stone. be-
tween whom and Brady there Is not an excess
OF cordially. "and in this building designed to
perpetute the memory Of the greatest states
man Of oil time. there should be no levity. 1t
is terrible responsibility the Democratic
party IL to face Pass the demijohn"
III the Hon. William j. Stone was referring to
the responsibility for the enforcement OF the
Sunday law In St. Louis he spoke as one with
prophetic tongue. Four dry Sundays brought
on an election and the worst defeat the St.
Louis Democracy has ever sustained in .
municipal contest. Perhaps the Hon. William
]. Stone was speaking in a general sense. and
growing appalled, at the weight OF Democratic
responsibility in late years lost his nerve AN |
made sudden appeal for the demijohn to
sustain him. but for the purposes OF this mar
rative OF month OF dry Sundays In st. Louis.
that degree Of Democratic responsibility which
is strictly local affords the best viewpoint.
The returns show that it was the people who
are most addicted to the habit OF voting the
Democratic ticket who gave the Republican
gains. The 'growler" was vindlcated in the
result. The attitude Of these folks grew:out Of
such priyatons as are best told in the vel-
nacular OF a Biddlo street grocery saloon
keeper who is now awaiting trial.
I'm thinkin." says he. that the worst SUI
ferers are the Door people who buy little beer
in the bucket O. Sundays. Me heart bleeds fer
'em,. They come an beg fer a pitcher full I
man an sometimes it's the Children. an once
IL awhile, the old woman herself or course
afford to do that kind o. business with the cop
pers standn' round an watchin our places.
it. M Of t. I've nG sw1sys hey Reoa
terms ter with the policeman, on me beat. When
s r1ea f0s 'I S9sa % II Y he
npie' %hsh VII I, show you how solid had always
1|IAltffr We took the drinks I ups an asks.
d9me lie h0W 0rors about thf SUNDAY eosin or.
4rf ay Orders % tsewsSs sa"rSs
itierds ,..pdS ? said !. but Jimmie walked out
It's as much as me stars worth to be &c caught
in here Wn, now, "a. an ont ut he flew like shot.
wouldn't never have been arrested il It hadn't
been for a growler. He was an old customer
u
drink over the bar. he was around with his
pitcher early the first Sunday mornln' I
cant sell you anything to carry out says /.
We'll. down he set, an there he stayed till way
in the afternoon. an when he went home he
stopped at me, place on her way down TO ths
Four Courts, IN have the law o. you fore
me ole man here for pitcher O. beer
Yesterday says, She, an when he come back
at dark he was drunk an the pitcher was gone
He didn't git drunk here says !: ITS no
use Ter you to be lyin'.' says she. fer there's
me pitcher now an sure enough there II set
on the table yit. .'We.' says ]. it amt no
more agin the law fer mo to sell beer on Sum
day now than il was when you used to buy it
yersef 'Taint that 7 mind so much She
says; oqt II theys goin' to be any beer sold on
fer that afternoon was pinched"
heard and e on eec6n aS aS mcds d
Bla1ton OF Little Rock. who failed to get
an all night ride was as'0r eoqacmt %ISe in afs hs
profanity: Y,y: but put his vote didn't count. There
bottles with thnir hot hirds. hut they cnuld