The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-18
ST. L0UISANS HAD
To HAVE BEER
$4,000 of Them Crossed the
River Sunday
ILLINOIS TOWN WET"
tt oU S A N o 5 STAGGERED
THROUGH THE STREETS
WHILE DRUNKENNESS
WAS ON EVERY
HAND.

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St. Louis, April II Sunday closing
was enforced with vengeance. Not
FALCON barroom, or barber shop was
open from midnight to midnight. II
was the quietest, driest, and deadest
Sunday st. Louis ever has known.
But not. SO with East ST. Louis,
across the river Through the streets
Of that usually quiet manufacturing
city $4,000 St Louislans OF all ages
and all degrees wandered, more or
less aimlessly, all day and far into
the night Drunkenness was on every
hand. Boys and young women were to
be seen In the varying stages OF intox
lcation. The swinging doors Of scores
Of saloons were never still The throng
that had journeyed SO far for its Sun
day liquor drank far more than u
would at home, because OF the forbid
den sweetness of indulgence and be
cause of the pains and expense they
had been put to in order tosreach the
open saloons.
Constant Stream over Eads Bridge.
Between 4 O'Clock and 10 o'clock
Saturday more than SO00 people
walked across the Eads bridge 10 East
st. Louis Street cars and ferries
carried about $4,000 Ten thousand
other thirsty sons Of St. Louis mierat'
ed to Clayton and other points IN 81.
Louis county where liquor was 70 be
obtained
Still. around the hundreds Of saloons
here were to be seen, all day long,
shiyerlng and complaining in the raw
winds, little groups of men, waiting
and cursing, yet hoping against hope
that saloon would open after awhile.
But OF the many hundreds Of sa,
looms and bars In So. Louis, less than
half a dozen made the slightest ef'
fort TO violate the ruling made by Ex.
ciso Commissioners Mulvihill and the
board of police commissioners. at the
instigation OF Gov. Joseph w. Folk.
This handful OF defiant saloonkeepers
were arrested and rearrested until
they gave up trying to remain open.
Cold Day Stops Greater Exodus.
The raw and chilly day probably
prevented many from leaving the city.
The breweries did tremendous busi-
ness on Saturday filling home" orders
from the well to do Thousands who
have been accustomed TO having their
beer on Sundays in small buckets and
large glasses. we're compelled to 20
to East St Louis or the county or do
without
Throughout the city the enforcement
of the Sunday closing law, as It per
tains to galoons and barber shops
was the sole subject Of discussion.
Tremendous indignation has been
aroused and purse is being made up
by salOOnmen. cigar dealers, BARRIERS.
and others to fight the ruling made by
the excise commissioner and the po-
lice department to compel them to en-
force the old blue laws still on the
statute books regarding Sunday clos
ing against all business or 20 enforce
It against none.
II Saloons, Az Business Should Close.
Saloon men and BARRIERS assert that
II they are compelled to close hereaf-
ter they will force the authorities 20
stop the street cars, TO forbid news.
papers to publish milk and baker wa
gons to run. drug stores 10 operate,
or any kind of business. trade or pro
fession to be carried on or practiced.
The notable effect Of the Sunday
closing order was the falling on in
street caTitrafflc. Probably less than
80 per cent q the normal Sundays
business was dcne. while Saturday
night business was almost nothing. II
is said the street railways anticipate
taking of some OF their owl cars Sat
urday nights IL the closing order pre-.
walls.
BARRIERS Complain OF Heavy Loss.
None Of the BARRIERS in the city AT.
tempted TO do business after midnight
They regard the enforcement Of the
Sunday closing law against them as
especially onerous, as it means a ire
mendous loss OF business. Their argu
ment rs that the law cOmpels a man
TO shave himc elf OF go unshaven to his
work on Monday. In every case the
barber points out that he has lost that
much business.
Excise Commissioner Asuivihill said
that he was pleased with tho manner
in which the police depari ment has en-
forced the Sunday closing orJer.
Il will next ask them 10 enforce the
order requiring all saloons and dram
shops to close every night at O'Clock
There is no statute covering this or
der. but it has long been the rule Of
the excise commissioners Office and
| think it a g7od one.
Saloon Men win Fight Rule.
Saloon men say they viii never sub
nit to the enforcement OF this obnoxt /