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the town has increased in commercial

ing population.
But the greatest set back which the
radicals and puritans on that grand
jury received was when the conserva.
tive business men on that jury refused
to unanimously adopt" the report OF
the committee who wrote the findings
The best the radicals could get was
the word adopted"
The grand jury indicted four China.
men for the crime of robbing young
girlhood of Minneapolis of its virtue.
And yet they We're not fair enough Oh
feared the political consequences in the
minds of the intelligent voters, to COM
mend the action and activity of Police
Chief Conroy and his subordinates in
bringing evidence strong enough to in
dict and probably convict these celes-
tails. Under the Jones administration
these Chinese restaurants or some of
them existed.
In connection with the Chinese evil,
it is worth notice that at the regular
meeting of the city council, April II,
1902, D. 2. Jones as a member of the
council voted to sidetrack a resolution
offered by Aid. Mccoy of the Ninth
ward, and supported by the Cooks
union Of this city, which would have
made the operation of Chinese restaur-
ants in Minneapolis impossible. Mr..
Jones was then unwilling to provide
that ounce of prevention to guard the
evil for which he is now promising
tons Of cure.
But Mr.. Jones could not vote for
that resolution and be consistent. He
did vote to refer it to the Bethany
Home committee. This Bethany Home
committee is coke" among alder
men. A resolution referred to that
committee is never heard from because
this committee reports only once or
twice in the official lifetime of coun-
Gilman. He could not be consistent if
he voted for this resolution fostered by
the Cooks union because he has no
time for organized labor. He voted
against a resolution favored by the
Printing Trades council, asking that
the union label be placed on all news
papers printing official business of the
city; he voted against this resolution
that sought to require that the label
be placed on all printed matter to be
used in the city offices.
During the Haynes administration
two Chinese restaurants were pulled
and their proprietors fined in the DO
lice court for selling liquor without a
license. Ii the people of Minneapolis
retain Ed Conroy and Mayor Haynes
in Office this pest upon the community
will be eradicated.
Mayor Jones did not have the moral
the Main street dives. Mayor Haynes
and his chief of police closed them
Mayor Jones did not have the moral
courage or inclinat ton to close the
''candy store" designation houses
Mayor Haynes and Ed. Conroy made
them remove the candy store blind;
the five months Of Jones administra-
ton than during a corresponding time
of Haynes administration. Porch
climbers looted the residence of "rom"
Lowry to the extent of $4,000 of gems
and jewelry. The Park avenue dis.
trict, the Prospect Park district was
invaded by day and at night by
burglars and providers. Innocent work.
ingmen We're led from the downtown
district by highwaymen, to the Frank
lin avenue bridge, and there slugged
and robbed of their earnings. Two
men killed and then robbed an I'M
known workingman of his wages on
this same bridge.
And during the year, five months of
which Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Waite We're
in power, the records show that only
1876 men and women were arrested and
convicted for serious crimes, as against
PIG for the first year of Haynes and
business or conform to the regulations
Paul. More crime was committed in
draw the shades, and either go out of
arrested in Minneapolis than in st.
places. The grand jury says that more
laid down for the keepers of such
crime is committed and more criminals
in twelve years just one man. Then
Conroy's administration.
l. The city has grown nearly 100 per
cent. The police force has increased
there were 40 patrolmen. Now there
are 14S The balance have had to be
called from beats to do plain clothes
work, and help out the detective de-
partment. Criminals are being driven
out of st. Louis. Chicago and all Of
the larger cities. \ policeman can do
better work in plain clothes in run
ming down these people than with a
uniform on. and so each station has
| been supplied with two patrolmen in
plain clothes. The grand jury admits
that this city has not a requisite num-
Der OF policemen. Cities of it's size
have two and three to the same num-
Der of policemen. Cities of it's size
reasons. and for fear that an increase
in the force would give the mayor more