The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-31
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The Sunday saloon in Minneapolis is
g thing of the past, so far as Mayor
> Jones can prevent it and so long as he
is in office.
This determination was announced by
the mayor today, accompanied by
definite notice to all liquor retailers and
to the police force that, beginning Sun
hotel bars must remain closed thruout
all Of every Sunday: And in this in
stance closing is to mean closing Front
door, side door and rear door alike are
to close Saturday night, and to remain
closed until Monday morning.
The Sunday saloon in one guise or an
other has been an institution in Min
neapOlis for SO many years that this
newest order will seem almost revolu-
tionary III some quarters. However, the
legal basis for it already exists and
both the liquor dealers and the police
officers know exactly what is to be
DONE
From his experience as acting mayor
during the interim between the Ames
and the Haynes administrations, Mr..
Jones knew in general way how to
proceed to handle effectively the va
rious problems which he would encoun-
ter. His first step toward working out
his program was to insure a non-polit-
ical police force and to build it up with
eluClout ueW HdIeTldl.
This process took almost three months,
and until it was practically COMPLETED,
the other special work had to wait.
Then came the restrictions imposed
upon the social evil with the accom-
panying campaign for segregation.
While the results show this work was
done thoroly, the process Of its accom-
plishment is probably not so well un.
derstood by the. public. Suffice it to
say that it required long and arduous
! work upon the part of patrolmen and
ers and convince them that the admin
| istration was in earnest and that the
order for segregation could not be
! evaded.
| Gambling came next, and while the
were disposed to regard the closing or
der, it took many weeks to demonstrate
to the speculative fraternity that gam
bling, even tho concealed and fugitive,
was not to be permitted.
Problem Taken Up in Order.
With these reforms well established,
the mayor several months ago took up
what he considered the greatest prob.
lem that he had yet encountered-the
Sunday saloon. Long usage and In
genious argument for years had stab.
iished Sunday liquor selling firmly in
the community, and Mayor Jones made
it his business to inform himself per.
sonally upon absolutely every phase Of
the question. Several times in the last
!! three months public notice has beer
been out at night inspecting various
saloon districts. AS a matter Of fact
however, his trips Of this kind are fal
in excess of the number to which I1Gh
lie attention has been drawn. Accom-
panied by License Inspector Lengfel
!. dependence, or by Police Superintend
ent Doyle, or by both, the mayor hal
visited, unannounced, dozens Of Saloon
under almost every set Of condition
likely to. obtain in such places.
In addition, elaborate statistics wer,
compiled comparing the arrests TO
drunkenness which could be traced di
rectly to the Saturday night saloon an.
than this, information was gained frol
many reliable sources covering domea
tic conditions in large districts Of thi
city from which the patrons of tn
Sunday saloons were chiefly drawn.
AS a result of it all, the city's chic
executive has reached the conclusio
that the Sunday saloon is economicall
bad, fundamentally wrong and exist
not only in violation of law, but as
menace to the best interests Of the CON
: munity as whole. Having reache
this conclusion, his order closing a
places where liquor is sold at retail
was inevitable.
!, Not Temporary Experiment..
etThis order means business, sal