The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-14
NOT THE PRESENT CHIT
REV. e. G. sAUNDERsoN DID NOT,
ACCUSE ADMINISTRATION AS
p. REPORTED
ABUSES UNDER MAYOR KIEFER
Situation Is Made Clear In a Letter
From the Anti-SaIOOn League
Worker Correcting the
Paper.

1t is again up to the Pioneer Press tc
| swallow itself on an attack on the po-
ice force. Frequent practice has doubt
Tess made the operation easier than 81
might seem, but 1t is humiliating just the
| same. With the same reckless desire tc
print anything that reflects discredit on
the present police administration, thai
has characterized it in the past, that
| paper yesterday morning printed an al
legged statement of Rev. e. G. Saunder-
son to the effect that the police were re-
ce1ving $2C0 per week from keepers OF
disorderly resorts for protection.
How far from the truth this article was
may be seen from the Following letter to
Chief o'Connor from the reverend gen.
tIeman mentioned above. Mr. Saunder-
son, in his letter. says:
st. Paul. Nov. IS-Chief O'Connor-
Dear Sir: Ny attention has been called
to the remarks attributed to me in the
p 17i. Press this morning, as per clip
ping herewith. The account is not cor
say The reporter is slightly in error.
WHAT L said of the present adninistra-
a alon was that | was informed on good
authority that an effort was being made
10 remove the social evil from the re
tan business region, and that matters
We're ere much better than before.
The remark which the reporter pro-
hesseS TO quote was made before he came
IN: l declined to say to the reporter
what CITY was referred to. do not now
lowing:
REV. R. H. Battey, of MINNEAPOLIS. in
formed ne that Mrs. Moore, of the res
cue work in that city, told him last
spring El1 that while she was looking for a
glrl deeoyed from La Crosse, Wis, she
was toid by some Of the keepers Of re-
S S9nn mat they were paying the police
9zVo week for protection.
II invite your attention to the enclosed
Clipping from Both Sides can assure
you mat you Will have my hearty support
IN every effort for the best possible CON
dItlon IN our city without regard to mar
f 4san considerations Of any, sort. Faith
1898 Bayless Avenue
1t will be seen thus that the onIv ref
erence to the police administration ia to
praise it for attempting to reform an
evil which was practically encouraged
under the previous regime.
Ife article referred to in Both Sides
mas reference to the disreputabl prac-
tees of the police under the Kiefer adj
mlnistration, and predicts a speedy re-
form under Mayor Smith. It is the official
organ OF the liquor men, and in it's issue
OF May says, in part:
BUT l don't regard the victory as a
party achfeVement. 1 consider it a con-
quest secured by the liquor interests of
Tue Tue SANITY City. The Retail LIQUOR
e etealerS ASSOCIATION Of that city will not
VIII tend to bring the traffic into disrc-
ps ute. Their victory has been won only
aIter the hardest kind of a fight, and thew
are inS3rg not t. going to run any chances Of
copper must go-the blue-buttoned black
ina tieG Who E6 during the Kiefer admins
prey whenever occasion has offered.
t JPN u, ! make axe no mistake when predict
Una 9nat M ms head d is already on the block,
ana ana Mayor Bob" Smith will be more
than willing to act as headsman.'
10 the Pioneer Press, the Rev. Mr.
Saunderson has addressed the following
letter: -o'iO " rs
vo,I Editor I Pioneer Press: Kindly say to
your readers that T made no attack on
Inc present police administration in NV
, aeloarks at the Methodist preachers
1eetlng yesterday. What I said was with
T rfideren nee to charges made against pre-
xious administration; charges made orig-
1nally by the keepers sof eeTf.,J,1 1913. o,is
workers. 'iil rescue
Enclosed find copy of letter sent 70 tbe
chief Of police. Faithfully - '-te
ST Paul Nov. 8, 1900. % immersion;