The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
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Publ, ,IC SCHOOLS
GRAND JURY DEPRECA,rs, Low
RESORTS. &
The Report Of That 3 lso Com
ments Upon Thliftiness Of Alder
.. men Who Sell Goods to the City
Gambling Too Prevalent.

The social evil as it directly affects
the public school system, he method
OF .colducting the department of sealer
OF weights and measures and the
things touched upon In the grand jury
report submitted to Judge Simpson
last night. OF the social 8evil the. re-
port says: &, as:.s g.;
Our attention has been called s-tos the
increasing prevalence of disoEderly resorts
as connected with the social evil in the
residence districts, and we feel that the
police department. is not sufficiently ag-
gressiVe with regard to the supervision or
suppression of this evil. especially in the
immediate Vicinity of the Jefferson school
land the East Side High school.
We understand that numerous com
|solaints concerning these mat tiers have been
made by members of the school board, to
which, apparently. little attei1tion has been
paid, and. We would respectfully call the
attention of the mayors office and the po-
lice department to- this important subject
'l'his subject was, unfortunately, called to
our attention just atsthe close of our term
of service: and we most respectfully sug-
gest 1t to the consideration Of our success
sors in office.
School Board Members Protest.
There have been repeated com
plants from parents, about the places
on Western avenue near the Jefferson
school, said member OF the board
of educa ton. Those Western ave-
;1nera ce.tosst he hildrens attending that
school. Tt is marvellous how soon
children learn. Of these things and
how soon they are. affected in thought
and speech by them. Consistent and
honest policing of the district would
people move out. The. same is true of
the East Side high school, and the
Main street district, only it is worse
because the children are older, IA
City Officials Too Thrifty.
t The custom followed Ii III the B city
icouncil Of. throwing business to the
boys is commented on in the report
as follows: g.
! Itlseems. to us that there saraf too many
business. transactions between. the city and
| the aldermen and other city officials Il in
| that those officials III their private ca
pacities are selling to- the various depart,
ments OF. the: city large amounts of goods
while they are drawing Salaries in their
official capacities. Temptations in such
cases may be too sstrong to avoid proper
competition and in our opinion should not
/ be permitted. ~
| A strong hint at collusion between
officials and culprits8 is conveyed in.
| the following: In. order to make the
work Of the grand jury effective, it
IS necessary sInaL43allfEcOunlys sOII1clalS
4 and the sheriff's office should work
4 with the grand jury as unit
| The sheriff S office also comes in for
i criticism because Of the large amount
| of delinquent taxes suncollected, and
i the department of sealer of weights
and measures is severely criticized be-
cause Of the nature Of the appoint
ments made. y o.. Is
Gambling. Too Prevalent.
. OF gambling the grand Jury says:
is opinion that bling houses Of
4 this city are allowed to run with very lit
tie. if any restrict tons that this is not
only unnecessary, me butsthat a prompt and and
crisp treatment could be brought about to
absolutely. close such Institutions in this
i city, and we believe that the; police de-