East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23
IMPROVING MORALS
MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR TELLS
OF Ills CRUSADE.
Gambling Suppressed. Slot Machines
Regulated, sunday Closing En-
forced and Yet the City Grows
Direct Primary Law in Force and
"a Severe BLOW To the Politicians.

Mayor Jones. ot Minneapolis Mimi,
who was a delegate to the recent ses-
sion ot Congregational foreign mis-
sionary boards in Seattle IN an inter-
view on moral conditions in Minneap-
oils, said to the seattle Star:
We started out i'm Minneapolis to
accomplish four objects and have
come very near doing it. These OBJ
iects were the segregation Of the inn
moral element of the city: the re-
striction Of the liquor traffic; the sup
preston OF gambling. and the annihil-
alton of slot machines.
we beat the gamblers. Then they
came 10 us for terms We demanded
unconditional surrender. and got it.
slot machines. as in Seattle. are linn
tied To vending purposes. They can
be played in cigar stores but the
player must get some sort of cigar
for every clip he makes. This system
has greatly discouraged the slot ma
chine players.
Gambling behind closed doors we
are combating continually am
furnished with contingent fund of
$1,000 to $4,000 a year for the purpose;
fund, by the way, with which Mayor
Ballinger should be provided. The
best detectives are put to work to
keep tab on such resorts. they some
times spend weeks in making the
necessary acquaintances by which
they can enter the rooms. Men out
side the city are sometimes used.
This policy has kept the knights of
the green cloth on the run.
Blind pigs and liquor-selling drug
stores also cause us some trouble, but
We keep the evil very well suppressed d.
We have the support or rwo of the
best judges that ever sat on a munich
pal bench, and that is the most inn
portant factor in our success. Con-
victed gamblers and blind-piggers are
given the limit-work houses SEN
tences. That's what counts
Saloons are restricted to the patrol
limits district in the business section
and they are easily kept orderly. The
mayor has the arbitrary authority tC
revoke licenses. Saloons. are not al
lowed in the residence section. The
idea that they should be is fallacious
Street walkers are rigidly watched
and are given workhouse sentences
N'N'i ethAShRr hN itSuit - al tilillbSl
complete eradication of the evil.
Minors are not allowed at public
dances. That ordinance enforc,
rigidly.
THE RESULT HAS NOT BEEN
AS ASSERTED BY SOME. TO MAKE
MINNEAPOLIS a QUIET. SUNDAY
SCHOOL TOWN. THE CITY Is
GROWING FASTER THAN EVER.
THE direct primary voting system
has been put in vogue there. 1t ha
come to stay. 1t is a big success. al
though unsatisfactory to the machin
politicians. Though not perfect ye
il soon will be.
There is not much agitation
Minneapolis. because the public utilit
evil is not very prevalent there. Th
street car system is the best in tn
world. The fare is cents. but theI
is little dissatisfaction because on
transfer passengers can travel
miles. There is some demand. how
ever, for city light and gas plants.
The water plant is owned by IL
city Its net profits are from 5000
900 to 100000 a year The surpl'
has generally been used for extei
sions and betterments.