The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-02
MAYOR is ARRAIGNED
GRAVE ACCUSATIONS ARE MADE
AGAINST HIM BY NINTH WARD
PROHIBITION CLUB
VERY sATURNAL1A OF CRIME

They Are Declared to Be the Result
: of the Practice of Permitting
Saloons to Remain Open ON Sum
day-Open Letter Sent to the
Mayor Asking Him Questions
What the Candidates Are Doing.
The Ninth Ward Prohibition club. met
at the Hiawatha fats last evening. adopt
ed the following open letter to the mayor:
In the prohibition territory of our
CITY pilnd pigs are operating III bold
defiance Of law, and apparently with your
consent and appreciation. On Sundays
the saloons throughout the city are wide
open In Migrant violation of law, and on
sunday nights within. and often In the
nelghborhood OF the saloons our city ZEN
Joys Verttable saturnalia of crime.
me statute imposes upon you the duty
or enforcing law. You acknowledged the
sacredness and binding obligation Of that
duty when you took the oath of office.
IAe statute does not confer upon you the
11gnt to choose what laws you shall or
snalt not enforce. 1t Is mandatory. and
you took the oath with the full knoWl-
edge Of its import.
In permitting the arrogant invasion of
peaceable Sabbath, and to protection, on
tnat day. of their boys and girls from
the stealthy encroachment and Unsuitable
Vlciousness OF the saloon, are you not
hiAB dllAC tie SdllCllO1lS DuDi1C AND
private virtue. and the sacred obligations
or pitghted honor?
In the election that placed you in your
present position the gambler and preach
en- the Saloonkeepec and church member
We're your cordial and united supporters.
Of these classes the preachers and church
members compose the majority, and they
nave declared again and again their
ardent desire for good municipal govern
ment and strict conformity to law on the
part OF the chief magistrate.
In analysing the motives that actuate
your conduct we are compelled to the
conclusion that you consider these people
elther 1nSincere In their high moral pre-
tensions. or that their party fealty is
SO strong as to be mistaken by that os-
tentat1ous disregard of public law that
cnaracterlzes your administration.
me notorious contempt of public law
on the part OF prominent officials In this
country &c th Is the fatal symptom Of anarchy
II the same spirit animated the mass OF
the people, mob rule would result.
1t behooves us therefore. to pause and
consider whittier we are drifting.
A delegation Of Sixth ward Democrat:
called on M. j. Moran at his home 6SS
Oakdale avenue. to urge him into the
alderman1c race. The Democrats Of the
ward propose to elect their nominee this
spring, and they emphasized this fact
strongly in their solicitations to Mr.. Mo-
ran to run. He reserved his decision
however, Tor time.
The Third Ward Democratic City and
County organization will meet this even
ing at the rooms of the. jefferson club
In the New York Life building.
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The Heatwole gubernatorial boom re-
ceived new accession of hydrogen yes
terday. George w SomervilIe and Dan
=. Hopkins Joined with others from the
congressional district represented by Mr.
McCleary In signing congratulatory
telegram to Congressman J. P. Heatwcle,
as follows:
We. the undersigned. hereby congrat-
ulate you on the noble and independent
stand you have taken on the Puerto
Rican tariff bill.
We believe that you have by your vote
voiced the sentiment of nine-tenths of the
republican voters of the state.
We believe that the people Of the state
comprehend the import of this measure
Notwithstanding the statement of some
or our congressman to the contrary
We confess, however our inability ia
understand the theory that the constitu-
ton does not apply to Puerto Rico and
yet that we can legislate for them:
We believe that the bill Is indefensi-
Die either In justice or from q constitu-
tional standpoint.
The occasion Of this gratulatory out
burst was the Republican league execu-
tive committee. of which the signers were
members. And all this, too, right In the
face OF the fact that Congressman Nc
Cleary made a speech and voted In favor
of the Puerto Rico tariff bill. 1t is quite
evident that, so far as Minnesota Repub-
leans are concerned, Joel has dropped
on the right side of the fence
The state reformatory board will meet
at the Merchants next Tuesday. 1t IS
quite probable that an effort will be made
by the Houlton partisans to secure an
Endorsement Of that gentleman's admins
tration 1t is understood that at a preyi-
Gus meeting the object was forestalIed by
objection on the part of the section of
the board that voted for change from
the first
While Mayor Kiefer has been promIs-
ing delegations of women that he was
strongly in favor of appointing one of
the fair sex on the school board, and ru-
NOR has been rife that Mrs. Condo Ham
lin was to be named, the mayor has been
laughing quietly to himself.
The chapter in the charter providing
for the appointment of a board of seven
school inspectors by the mayor reads as
follows:
Seven persons shall be appointed by
the mayor of the city OF ST. Paul as
school inspectors Each of said school
inspectors shall be a qualified elector of,
and shall have resided in the city for at
least four years prior to the date Of his
appointment"
This much of the chapter would appear
to solve the problem as to whether he
mayor has the power to appoint a woman
as a member of the school board While
Mrs. Hamlin has been a resident of The
city for at least four years. there seems
question as to her being qualified
elector.
No appointments were made yesterday
to the board and Mayor Kiefer said he
could not say just when the appointments
would be made.
The precinct committeeman and a few
outside politicians from the Seventh ward
will hold meeting at the Commercial
club rooms Saturday noon. Lunch will be
served to the delegation. and the advisa-
bility of making a change in the council
representatives from the ward viii be dis
cussed. J. w. Lane is being talked Of as
a candidate for assembly honors, and c.
e. Hamilton as ward alderman. Bota are
attorneys.
James J. Lawrence and George Ham