The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-21
Retail Clerks Petition the City
to Close Everything.
Saloon Keepers Intimate That All
Should Be Treated Alike for
Violations.
POLICE COMMISSIONER TALKS

An effort is being made to have en-
forced in Paducah as far as possible a
general observance Of the Sunday law.
This morning a resolution was handed
Mayor Yeiser from the Retail Clerks
association, asking tina. the police
commissioners have the Sunday viola
tion law enforced against everyone.
The petition is as follows and will be
handed the commissioners at their
next meeting:
Paducah, KY, March 16, 1908.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of
Police Commissioners:
Whereas, There is law prohibiting
the sale of merchandise on Sunday,
and
: Whereas, there are many complaints
from merchants who observe this law,
and some Of their competitors on
Broadway and many on Second street,
throw their doors open on Sunday, the
same as on week days, and sell goods,
thereby Decorating the Sabbath, and
at the same time, defying the law.
Therefore. be it resolved, That we
the Retail Clerks Association, In reg
ulsr session do hereby petition you, the
protectors and guardians of the law
and rights of the people whom you
represent. to see that these offenders
of said law, cease such offense or that
you proceed to prosecute them at once
according to law.
RETAIL CLERKS ASSOCIATION.
Last nigh hit there was called meet.
ing of the board of police commission
ers to hand them communication
from the Retail Saloon Keepers asso-
ciatior. The commissioners were ct
the city hall after the meeting of the
council and the petition was handed
them, but not acted on.
1t seems to be plea for impartial
treatment. 1t Is inferred from the
communication, so one of the commits
sioners stated today that some Of the
saloon men think the Sunday law Is
not being applied TO all alike, but that
some Of them who have been doing
business on Sunday recently have es-
capped q fine, because they "stood in"
while otbes have not. The associa,
ton asks That the commissioners see
that the police do not make fish of one
and flesh of the other.
The commissioners seem to be get
ting little nettled at the petitions
that are coming into them about this,
that, and the other. One SAID today I:
"We have given the police chief and
police officers orders to enforce the
laws, and that's all that we can give
them, and all we are going to give
them. II they're not enforcing the
laws, we do not know it, If others
know it, and they are very much in
terested in 1t, they should prosecute.
We can't prosecute cases that we don't
know anything about nor fire police
men for nothing, and it is not our bus
mess to act as detectives and spend
our time in search of these alleged vi
olations of the law. All we can do is
to say: Enforce the laws to the best
of your ability, and that's all we are
going to do, so far as l am concerned.
Last night at the brief meeting of
the board, the Grow injunction case
came mp. but nothing will be done uu-
til the mandate of the court arrives.
IL seems to BE- the prevailing opinion
inst the commissioners, having appoint
ed chief of police as required by law
have no right to do away with him
now. The most plausible solution
suggested is to allow Chief Collins to
manage the police force and Marshal
Grow to mako all collections, and look
after the police court This would
tighten Msrshsi Crows work and de-
prive him of none Of his compensation.