Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-06-20

hall again, and after a long and vexa-
tious delay he managed to get a hear
ing with one Of the officers of the civ
building department, The superintend-
ent was in Europe. But a deputy lis
tened to him with an air Of polite resig.
nation, as if he were losing valnah HE
time.
When Gordon was through, he said:
"Oh, Mr.. Gordon, that's ALTOGETHER
outside our Jurisdiction. You'll have to
carry your complaint up before the
state board of health. l can furnish
you with the necessary blanks on which
to make complaint. Are you regular
tenement house inspector?'
| "Yes.'
"Then possibly you will be required
to file your complaint with the factory
and tenement house inspectors com
mission. Sometimes the complaints are
made out to one body, sometimes to an
other"
'They have complaints, then. do
they?" asked John Gordon ironically.
"Oh, yes, yes" the deputy replied
hurriedly. "Sorry we can't do anything.
But the whole affair is outside our de-
partment. Glad to have met you. Good
day, Mr.. Gordon
Gordon went right over to the room
Of the state board Of health.
| After the usual delay he was ushered
into the Office of a nervous little man
who said, without turning from his
desk at which he was writing:
BE so kind as to state YOUR business.
and be brief, as time is precious.''
$50 is human lifev' said Gordon. who
had refused the chair at which the
officer had nodded when his visitor en-
tered.
The man at the desk jumped us if he
had been unexpectedly hit ON the back.
Then he turned around and looked at
Gordon.
what did you say?'
"You said time was precious, and l
said, so is human life' Both state
ments are true, but l think mine is
more important"
"Ah, yes; possibly, possibly. Will you
state your errand?'
| Gordon began, but he had not gone
| far when the man at the desk inter-
rupted,
Are you tenement house inspect
orr"
II am"
"Regularly qualified?"
Il am"
"Then you ought to carry this CON-
plant to the board of state factory and
tenement Inspection
"What comes after them?" asked
Gordon
"What?"
"What is the next public body to
which shall be referred after the fac
tory and tenement inspection body de-
MES it's responsibility in the matter?"
The man gravely stared at Gordon.
Don't let it keep you awake to-
night" said Gordon, in deep disgust as
| ne went out, and as it was too late to
call on the state factory and tenement
inspection body he went back to Hope
House, where he made an attempt to
give humorous account Of his after
Moons experience, but dismally failed,
as he could see by the look on Miss
Andrews face.
He went down to the city hall next
| day and found that the state factory
inspectors met at regular sessions on
the LIST of the month. From all the
knowledge he could gain he concluded
that the delays he would have to en-
dureobefore that body would consider
his complaint would be so annoying
that Tommy Randall would have his
double decker all built and inhabited
before the red tape had all been un-
wound from the complaint filed with
the department.
He came back to Hope House and
had conference with Miss Andrews.
II am perfectly satisfied as to this
administration" Gordon said, speaking
with repressed indignation. ''They are
all a set of political thieves. What do
they care for humanity? So far as l
can learn there has never been a con-
viction during the whole of the present
administration for violating tenement
house ordinances. There have been
numerous complaints filed at different
times, but they have all been treated
with the most insolent contempt or po-
litely entered in some department,
there to lie untouched. But there is
one course open to us now, and I'm
going to take it,
"Of course l know what you mean.
You can carry a complaint directly to
the city attorney, have Tommy arrest
ed and bring the case into the police
court. Do you know how many times
we have had Tommy arrested?'
Gordon shook his head in surprise.
''Within the last eight years, for one
thing and another, Tommy Randall has
been arrested as many as fifteen times,
with no result except failure on our
part to convict. Do you wonder that
we women in Hope House have given
up arresting Tommy
1T seems to me the person to arrest
is the mayor" growled Gordon. "Be-
fore God, he is guilty if ever man was"
ARREST Tommy and bring the case in
julius Chambers court. According to