The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-22
1000 DEMAND
SUNDAY CLOSING
PROTEST AGAINST. SALOON EVIL
MADE TO MAYOR.
Prominent Citizens Attend Mass Meet
ing at Tabernacle Declared That if
Saloons obeyed the Law Half Of
Them Would Have to Quit the Bust
ness.

More than 1000 people attended the
meeting at the Swedish Tabernacle last
evening to demonstrate against the Sun
day saloon evil. The violation of the
Sunday closing law was vigorously at
tackled. Rev. August E. skogsbergh,
In his opening remarks gave a brief,
fiery arraignment of the lawbreakers.
G. M. Stocking called attention to the
fact that two or three times as many
drunken men and women are brought
into the municipal court for punish
ment each Monday, morning as on
spoke Of the % great a7 PRESS pressure n be aae
brought against the city administra-
ton to permit a continuance of this
form Of law breaking. -. *.
| Carey Emerson commended the past
work Of Mayor Jones and said, "This
meeting has been called not to initiate
any new legislation, but to help in the
statute books. Minneapolis is an ANAL
gamation Of a New England town and
the second largest Scandinavian town
in the world, the one representing JUS
tice and sobriety and the other tenn
perance. With such a combination Min
neapolis should win in her struggle
against the open Sunday nuisance S.
M. Nichols and O.. L. Bruce also spoke.
Rev. Mr.. Skogsbergh appointed Rev.
Father J. NJ. Cleary, Rev. C. j. Petri
and 0. L. Bruce to present the follow
ing petition, which was unanimously
adopted by the assembly, to Mayor
Jones': . .s:i @@.T -
Resolved, by the people Of South Min
neapolts in mass meeting assembled, that
the closing Of the saloons in this city or
Sundays is an altogether practicable
proper and reasonable measure;. and
therefore, we urge it upon the mayor
OF this city as matter demanding his
mediate attention, for the following
among other reasons:, .-... =, r
Because it is the law, and the wantor
disregard Of law, as law, is beyond ques
ton today the most serious peril to oul
continued safety and prosperity as ma
ton. Witness the present disgracefu
state of affairs prevailing in Chicago a.
the direct result of that spirit.
Because the law expresses the wish 0
) a great ma ority Of the community in thi
matter, otherwise it would not stand un
J repealed upon the statute books Of thi
Z and every other state. 2SH'5<a - ''
Because this law expresses the wish o
day would remove at once the most seri
Gus temptation to wage earners, and tn
most fruitful source Of hardship to thei
families by taking away the opportunit
l to drink to excess on the one day whel
they have at the same time the spar
time and the weeks wages to pay 70
/ their indulgence.
: Because the closing Of saloons on Sun
day would close at least half of them a.
the time, and that half would includ
practically all of those that give the mos
, trouble to the authorities in preservin
good order, and occasion the greatest ex
pense to the community as crime breed
; ers. z-...>...- .. r..--.. ., .~-
II Because, in many cities, of the, cas-
=. where the conditions are such as to max
= Sunday closing much more difficu
' matter than it would be here, notably !
Boston and Pittsburg, Sunday closing ha
been in vogue for many years to tn
, evident satisfaction of a large majorit
| Of the community; and in Kansas City an
st. Louis where the argument that
could not be successfully done in
western" town would apply with create
force than here, experience so far ha
p proved that it can be done without an
difficulty. 49,. ..
: For these and other reasons, recognizin
= the improvements which the preser
= !. mayor has inaugurated. we urge this g
: the next logical step. - ~'