The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30
Screws Down the Lid.
Mayor Of Minneapolis Takes the
Tongues Hang Out on Sunday.

\ hVOh VWo ury OuHuays
, Minneapolis is still the metropoli
OF the Northwest; her citizens ar,
apparently as fat and healthy n,
before the order of Mayor Jones
that caused CONSERVATION with on,
element and commanded the praise
OF another, and in spite of The
camor of the saloon men and theil
powt rful constituents the enthusi.
astic hackers of Mayor Jones, de-
clare good will issue from the
screwing down of the cid"
The reform is still in its infancy,
and the results the Mayor and his
adherents expect to follow the or
der have not had time to materia-
llze; the rise of opposition that
the saloon men declare will occur,
and Its attendant LOGS of money to
the city have not become manifest.
st. Paul cars during the past
two Sundays have been crowded
with thirsty men, their tongues
almost hanging from their mouths,
and returning have been packed
with throngs of intoxicated i'm
bibers, but the saloon men there
say the business has not received
the impetus they expected would
follow the reform. Roadhouses in
this county have done increased
business and welcome the loss of
their Minneapolis brethren, but
the plans they made to entertain
vast throngs Of thirsty Minneapo-
lltans have been set back by Gov.
ernor johnson, who, possessed of |
the same sentiment that prompted |
Mayor Jones's action, has ordered
the absence of all horseplay, and
threatened revocation of licenses
upon the first evidence of disorder.
One million dollars annually will
be the loss of the saloon keepers
as a result of the order. Senator
w. D. Washburn, the head of the
great milling industry, says this
money will be diverted to honest
business interests and the depen-
dents of workingmen.
The liquor interests admit that
an enormous loss will be incurred
by them, but they declare the loss
to the city, through the absence of
the transient trade that must have
its liquor, will be 10 times that
which they suffer. They are ST.
ent as to their plans for the fut-
lre, but it is said they harbor de- {
signs to close theaters, drugstores
and confectionery stands. III
One man gave the an nti-saloon t
element war cry when he said: /
Last Saturday night l noticed at i
east two men who had spent most 7
IT their Sundays in the saloons, !
'uy better and more food for their
sunday tables than they have ever I
'rdered before. Being at home '
IN Sunday they have seen the fare i
If their neglected families and |
lave provided better dinners. v
They spend more of their time at
lome, too, on the Sabbath, and t
themselves have better appetites g
or better meals" 7
so far there has been no attempt r
~ the saloon men to violate the c
rider of Mayor Jones. Whether
hey have postponed their fight t
Until the end of the great Chap g
nan evangelistic campaign, which e
ust swept the city and aroused +
,reat religious sentiment, is not |
,nown. But it is fact that sew
raj prominent saloon men and
heir bar-keepers-men who had i
ot been in churches for years @
we're seen at revival meetings last C
sunday. /
Thomas Lally, President of the C
Minneapolis Retail Liquor Dealers n
association, attended Wesley M. r
). Church and heard DR.. L. Il.
Suild rebuke Mr.. Lally's inter
lew, in which he had presented .
he "rights" of the saloon keeper. .
Another good effect pointed out !
y the anti-saloonists, and which
annot be disputed, is the fact :,
hat fewer men have been arraign- !,
d for drunkenness on the two :,
1ondays following the first en- I
orcement of the order. Where :,
he grist usually numbered from =
0 to 30 men, eight was the total =
he first day, and seven of that :,