The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-25
PASTORS TACKLE
CITY PROBLEMS.
They Have a Warm Session with
Home Protection League
Workers.
PRESENT CONDITIONS
ARE FULLY REVIEWED
Sentiment Regarding Mayors At
titude Differs, but No For
NAL Action Is Taken.

Consideration Of, the Sunday closing
les has caused the monthly meeting Of
the Ministers alliance at the Y. M.
@. A. this morning to be the most ami
mated that has been held for year.
Charles w. Purple of the Home Protec-
ton league stirred up things with
lively address on the work Of the organ
ization. His speech was full Of fire
and inc sarcasm MI Rev. ". 81 B. Riley Of
the First Baptist church, as president,
was in the chair. Nearly a hundred men
were present, including many inter-
ested in temperance work.
The meeting increased in animation
as it proceeded. The climax was
reached when Rev. Clement G. Clark
olutions and the ministers took sides
on the issue. Adjournment finally took
place after Mr.. Purple had been ap--
pealed to and answered that led
ftrather the meeting just adjourn than
pass dictionary full of resolutions. -
IT intend to confne myself to out
lining the subjects Of gambling, pros
e ois, sa aap M qoof Pu sr Hone Year
ago gambling in Minneapolis was open
and notorious. Now none of it is open.
But there is still one place where ma
chine gambling. goes on and there. is
a good deal Of skin poker being
played. By skin poker mean ?q3 that
saloon and tell his desire to the
proprietor. He is told that poker is
prohibited in this city, but q quiet
game can be arranged. He is then
half filed with drinks and set to play
with couple Of sharpers who are pro-
vided by the proprietor. He is then
skinned with promptness and thoro-
ton, however, for the war which it
!sAs waged against gambling since the
first Of the year. There were those
1 WHIP asserted the business interests
could never stand Minneapolis being a
closed town on gambling. They are
now finding out where they were mis-
cannot get along with strict enforce
ment of the saloon controlling laws,
may in the future be made to find that
/ the town can get along just as. well
with the saloons not wide OPEN.
| - AS to prostitution, there is good
deal of shifting about Of the estab-
lishments. Since the first Of the year
this purpose. It is impossible to con;
fine it to one district. There is a fred
light district but it shades off to a
delicate pink in nearly every part OF
til Getty. r.. --
Midnight Closing Enforced.
AS to the saloons, one year age
there were 400. I know Of five started
since then, and three stopped. The oh
iectionable Columbia theater and thu
Palm Garden were closed early this year
The mayor is seeing that his midnight
closing order is strictly enforced.
/ Gas to wine rooms, 80 per cent of thu
saloons have them. A number Of these
all over the city are used off and on fo7
the serving of beer to girls and women
Under the present administration these
4 wine rooms are much less frequentet
than they were before, but they ar
ready for use wheneve needed. In thu
one block across from the milwaukee
station on Washington avenue the othe.
evening, in three out Of the ten saloons
in the block noticed women were ii
the wine rooms.
"Selling Of liquor to minors is a hare
matter to handle. Policemen are unde
orders not to enter a saloon when ii