The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-11
Result in Fifteen Months,

What has been accomplished and what are
| the present conditions throughout our citv as
corirased with the past \ revolution so great
and so Gcncfcent can scarcely be summarized in
| few words.
The licensed Saloons many Of which at the
beginning were so confident in their protection
| that they dcticd us openly, are, so far as we
| can judge by careful watch and steady in
| sp"ction, practically keeping the law as to sell
| ing at unlawful times. Their number is about
the same as last year. They still break the
law against selling to minor children and ven,,-
ing impure liquors. Up TO this time they have
| not been prosecuted for these offences. OF un.
licensed saloons there are none doing business
! openly. and those selling secretly are detected
and quickly arrested | should say that our
faithful agent and his trusted licnenants under
the pay of the league, are still giving close At.
| tenton to the whole field, and they know what
| rs going on AS consequence by the test.
nohy OF all the regular police force and all
| observers, there is a marked diminution OF drlmk
enncss and its attendant outrages Tor the last
SIX months large number of the vcntlc,s of
liquors have been convicted OF their crimes and
have been and are being punished according
10 law. So also of the brolels ALWAYS closely
allied with unlawful liquor selling. The r,umbcr
oi public prostitutes has been diminished bv
fully one.hird to two.thirls
Us 10 the number OF these convictions | may
say that all the cases which we have prrSentcd II,
the courts, except three, have been decided in
car favor, When, at the beginning the grand
lnly undertook 10 protect criminals by ignoring
our evidence We Immediately took the eases Il,
the Judges, under the state law, showing tiot
the accused had violated the law. and the iudoe.
being without discretion, were compellc, ia
Goprve these OF their licenses on ADEQUATE proof
OF the offence. The Judges accepted rs sufhci mt
the proof Nhich the grand iiry had ignored So
'h'se "nehde'S who gloatcd nNcr having captured
The grand jury soon discovered that they had
lost much more than they had gained All open
gambling has been stopped The slot machines
have been seized and destroyed and their renter;
punished, We are sure 10 lind the owners, also
OF these machines the men who protected thnn
and the officials who took their money Whom
we lalded The first two gambling places We could
hnd hut two officers besides our own whom we
dared trust to make the raid But we have
captured and destroyed several thousand do,llr,
worth OF eamblig implements, and the gamblers
held for trial
Perhaps the most striking success Of our work
mas bceh IN the department ,of bringing brbcls
10 Justice. When we had accumulated ADEQUATE
proof, thirteen counclmcn were placed rndrr
arrest at one time. This from time 10 time has
been followed by other arrests, until in all
twenty of them have been arrested, practically
one'half of all the councimen One oil the Chief
of these local boss, was placed on trial. lie
had been the representative of fourteen for
whom he did the business OF sale and barter.
Despite perjury unlimited, we made out a strong
ease against him The jury disagreed, but upon
investigating the Jury il was proved that they
had liquor IN their room, and We believe also
that money was sent in 10 them. For having
the liquor, the most guilty Jurors were brought
before the judges, reprimanded and fined. This
same councilman afterwards confessed his guilt.