The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-20

Mayor Haynes administration, while
tney had been closed up tight when.
mayor Jones was in authority. The
reply In. every case indicated that their
privileges would not be affected which,
ever one Of the two Won Not. one of
theIn would come out fiat-footed and
say that tacit agreement existed be-
tween the fraternity and Jones where
oy restricted gambling would be al
lowed, out they would all wisely shake
lner neads and say I'VE know right
where We are att
Jones StartIes Gamblers
Ihat they were probably mistaken i'm
tnelr surmises was demonstrated with
.ie urst order issued by Mayor Jones,
when required James G. Doyle, his
cnie1 or poilce, to close and keep closed
every gambling house in the CITY. This
oruer was received with smiles of salts
1action by some of the head gamblers
VINO nave for years considered that
tney owned the gambling franchise i'm
minneapolis, as they felt sure that a
rev weeks without business would
starve out certain interlopers who had
invaded their own peculiar pastures.
but as the weeks passed and no
promising signs could be seen hoisted
ABOVE the mayors Office, their good
cneer gave place to gloomy looks. Soon
loud murmurings were heard and sinis
ter remarks were indulged in which
would Indicate that their rights could
not be abridged with impunity. When
ABOUT the middle of February they re-
celVed final word from people sup
posedly close to the mayor that there
would be nothing doing in the gam
ping line during the next two wears.
they came to the conclusion that they
were up against it,, unless by the
ueVlouS Wlndlngs of certain machina-
tlons they could prevail upon the mayor
to listen" to their claims.
Whlle no proof is at hand connecting the
closing of gambling in Minneapolis with
the hold-up at DIR. Mueller's residence.
Indicate anything.
History Repeats Itself
In the first place the crime at Dr. Muel-
lers was committed about six weeks after
Mayor Jones was inaugurated mayor,
whle the series of crimes of October 1902
began a corresponding length of time after
actlng Mayor Jones relieved Dr. Ames of
the relns of city government The actions
OF the mayor regarding his treatment of
.ne gambling fraternity were the same
both times.
That certain gamblers in Minneapolis
had a guilty knowledge of the porch
climbers of 1902 has been absolutely adj
mltted through their subsequent return of
the stolen property.
mat their 1eeilngS toward Mayor Jones
today are exactly similar to two wears ago
is certain, and also that the same means
for campaign of education are at hand
now as formerly is sure
In no other city in the United States is
gambling 80 strongly intrenched as in
minneapolis. For over thirty years gam
ping houses have notoriously been toler-
ated. Fortunes have been made by the
poss gamblers, and they have at the pres
ent time invested in gambling parapher-
MALTA and club room appurtenances over
SlOO,0O0. Scores of men are dependent
upon them. No class of citizens, not even
excepting the wisest detective. Is as welI
acquainted with thieves as are gamblers
with unlimited means at their command,
and chance to make thousands of dol
lars if they succeed In reopening gambling
houses In Minneapolis, it is certain that
they Will exhaust every means at their
command to prevail upon the city admin
istration to change its mind