The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-30
ADVOCATES OF QUIET CUE!
FOURTH OF JULY
CONFER
The Sentiment Is That the
Small Boy Must Be Sup
pressed and Committee Is
Named to Present the Mat
ter to the Police Commits
sion.

Fourteen people met at the CONNER
cial club yesterday afternoon to con-
slider ways and means for the suppress
sion of the small boy on the Fourth of
July. The small boy was not repre-
scented. Indeed, the sentiment Of the
meeting seemed to be that because of
past Fourth of July offenses, the small
boy had forfeited all right to repre-
Sentation.
Rev. Edward c. Mitchell, pastor of
the Swedenborgian church, presided at
the meeting. Mrs. G. E. FIitner, ORR
nator of the crusade for the suppress
sion of noise on the Fourth of July,
took an active part in it's deliberations.
Regret Newspaper Attitude.
Il regret" said Mrs. Flitner, that
some of the local papers have assumed
f1ippant attitude toward this crusade.
Since the success of the undertaking
depends largely on the matter of edu-
eating public sentiment, the attitude Of
local newspapers is especially to be de-
plored."
Gen. Bend stated that when he was
boy the happiest day of his life was
a certain Fourth of July when he came
into possession of forty firecrackers.
Ills pdI SIllS, Sdluy ulu IlOl snare IlS
joy and at the time he couldn't under
stand their callousness, but recently he
had come to view the matter from their
standpoint He suggested that a COM
mittee be appointed to confer with the
police commission in order to ascertain
if the present ordinance could not be
enforced during the coming Fourth. He
added that he was under the impress
sion that st. Paul had a very good or
dinance covering the matter.
Rev William Pope was willing to
| make a slight concession to the small
boy. 1--WE might suspend the ordinance
from Z o'clock Fourth Of July morning
to o'clock Fourth of July evening.
That would give every one a chance to
get good nights sleep.
But the small boy is as apt to be
injured in the daytime as in the even
ing" interposed Mrs. Flitner.
Would Bar Giant Cracker.
John H. Mitchell, who, with Mr..
Pope, represented the Commercial
club, thought that the giant firecrack-
err the toy pistol and the mud can
ought to figure prominently in any re-
StrictiVe measure, since these were the
things that wrought the most damage.
Moral suasion is what we must en-
ploy to create a sentiment" said Mrs.
Flitner. I'm in favor of enlisting the
small boy in the work. Persuade him
to contribute to a fund that will pro-
vide a suitable and safe Fourth of
July celebration and if there is a por-
ton of the fund left over use it to send
the newsboys out into the country an (
give them a good time"
Gen. Bend thought moral suasion
was good, but an ordinance enforced
was even better. "Once secure a quiet
Fourth Of July and undoubtedly; there
will be no difficulty in making that sort
of a celebration popular" He thought
this could be done by the enforcement
of the ordinance. Somebody suggested
seeing Mayor Smith.
Says Mayor Is With the Boy.
81 think he's in favor of the small
boy" said Mr. Mitchell, of the CONNER
cial club, quickly.
Finally, Rev. John Sinclair, of the
First Presbyterian church, submitted
a resolution which provided for the APP
pointment of a committee of five to
wait on the police commission and as.
certain from it what steps could be
taken toward the enforcement of the
ordinance, the committee to report at
the next meeting of the anti-noise
people. Rev. E. G. Mitchell was nam
ed chairman of the committee, with au-
thority to appoint the remaining four
members. The society adjourned to
meet at the call of the chairman.
The following people were present at
yesterdays meeting: Prof. and Mrs.
G. E. F'litner, Mrs. Thomas Yapp, Rev.
John Sinclair, 1. H. Slack, Gen. Bend,
Rev. D. D. Mitchell, Rev. r. w. Boyn-
ton, John D. Mitchell Jr. and Rev. E. C.
Mitchell.