The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-04
Result of Conference Held With
Mayor Yeiser,
Police Officers Will Probably Be Res
instructed TO Enforce the City
Ordinances.
MATTER IN sTATU QUO

The special committee appointed
from the citizens league and Ministe-
rial association, which met with Nay
or ID. A. Yeiser to discuss the Sunday
closing law and the 1890 closing Or
dinsnce yesterday afternoon, has out
lined no definite plans, as yet.
Mayor Yeiser this morning stated
that the committees asked nothing Of
him more than a rigid enforcement of
the Sunday closing law and the 1890
closing ordinance. He said further:
We met yesterday and had talk
on the subject. The committeeman
claim that the saloons are open on
Sunday and that the 1890 closing Or
dinance is not being enforced. They
say that the 1890 ordinance was the
result Of compromise between the
saloon men and the committee from
the citizens league to ward off local
option fight and should be enforced
whether constitutional or not as such
was the understanding. They allege
that it is constitutional, however, be-
cause it has not been definitely deoid-
ed to the contrary in the highest
courts. Informed them that the po-
licemen had orders from me and from
the board of fire and police commits
sioners to rigidly enforce all laws and
have no knowledge that they are not
doing it."
Mayor Yeiser further stated that
he had been asked to prevail upon the
police board to reinstruct the police
relative to the 1890 law and also the
Sunday regulation. which will be
done. The committeeman are waiting
now to bee the results of the confer
ence and il the laws are enforced and
the saloons closed every Sunday
and at 1890 at night, the ordinance
case will not be appealed but should
the present alleged state OF affairs be
continued,itiis said the appeal will be
asked for and possibly local option
fight inaugurated.
Police Commissioner John Bonds
was asked in regard to the instructions
to police officers today, and said that
the board has given the police instruc-
lions to enforce all the laws, and that
the police are doing 1t so far as he
knows. He does not pretend to say
that they are doing it, or are not do
ing it, but says that he knows nothing
about it il they are not.
Commissioner Bonds said further
that it seemed that if anyone knew OF
instances of violation of the law, it
was proper to secure warrants aud see
that the violstors are prosecuted.
Commissioner Bonds stated further
that il any police officer was not doing
his duty by enforcing the laws, and
proof of such is presented to the board
of commissioners, such policeman
would be promptly fired. He ssid the
board is always ready and anxious to
receive information In such cases, and
that anyone in the CITY, from the
humblest citizen up, has the pri vilege
OF filing such information with the
boards
Chief of Police James Collins at the
city hall made q similar statement.
In regard to the statement alleged to
have been made by a member Of the
committee yesterday to the mayor
that two police officers had declared to
him, the minister, that If they, the
police officers of Paducah, enforced
the law, they would be discharged,
Chief Collins said that he would give
$40 il the name OF the police officer is
furnished him by the minister. He
said today that persons who have in
formation either OF violations of the
law or violations OF the rules and IN
structions given the police, may file
the same at the city hall at any time,
and if such charges are sustained they
will get prompt relief He said that
he tried to find out the names OF tho
two policemen alleged to have made
such an assertion to the minister. hut
could not do il. He said the officers
have instructions to enforce the laws
at all tiles, and whenever it is found
thst thov are No. S~ir~ ". Cse'g,s
will be promptly preferred,