The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-20
SCREW LID DOWN
ON MILLER CITY
Minneapolis People Don't Seem
to Suffer Any III Effects
JOURNEY TO ST. PAUL
WHERE EVERYTHING is wide
OPEN"--MAYoR JONES IN
EARNEST WITH HIS
CRUSADE.

Minneapolis, MINI, Nov 19- After
three dry Sundays. Minneapolis III
still the metropolis Of the Northwest;
her citizens are apparently as fat and
healthy as before the order of Mayor
jones that caused CONSERVATION with
one element and commanded the
praise cf another. and in spite Of the
clamor Of the saloon men and their
| powerful constituents the enthusiastic
hackers Of Mayor Jones, declare good
viii issue from the scewing down Of
the lid. "
The reform is still in its infancy, and
the results The Mayor and his adher
ents expect 70 follow the order have
not had time to materialize the rise of
oppo itlon thar the saloon men declare
viii occur. and its attendant loss of
money 70 the city have not become
manifest
/ st, Paul cars during the past three
Sundays have been crowded with
/ thirsty men, their tongues almost
hanging from their mouths, and re
| turning have been packed with thr0ngs
Of intoxicated imbibers but the sa-
loon men there say the business has
not received the impetus they expect
ed would follow the reform. Road.
houses in this county have done In
| creased business and welcome the loss
Of their Minneapolis brethren, but the
| plans they made TO entertain vast
throngs Of thirsty Minnapolitans have
been set back by Governor johnson,
who, possessed of the same sentiment
nat prompted Mayor Jones's action.
mas ordered the absence OF all horse
play, and threatened revocation OF IL
censes upon the first evidence OF dis
order
one million dollars annually will be
the loss of the saloon keepers IA Il re-
suit of the order Senator w ID.
Washbaln, the mead OF the great mill
Ing indus try, says this money win .bc
| diverted to honest business interests
and the dependents of workingmen.
The liquor interests admit thar an
enormous loss VIII be incurred by
them, but they declare the less to the
city, through the absence Of the tran
sient trade that must have its liquor,
will be ten times that which they suf-
fer They are silent as to their plan
for the future, but il is said they har-s
Dor designs to close theatere. drug
stores and confectionery stands.
One man gave the anti-saloon ele-
ment a war cry when he said: Last
Saturday night | noticed at least two
men who had spent most Of the sun
days in the saloons. buy better and
more food for their Sunday tables than
they have ever ordered before. Being
at home on Sunday they have seen the
fare of their neglected families ana
have provided better dinners. They
spend more of their time at home. too.
On the Sabbath and themselve have
better appettes for better meals"
So far there has been no attempt
by the saloon men 10 violate the order
Of Mayor Jones. Whether they have
postponed their fight until the end of
the great Chapman eyangelistic cam
Daign which just swept the city and
aroused great religious sentiment is
not known But it is a fact that sev
eral prominent saloon men and their
barkeepers-men who had NOT been in
churches for years-were seen al re-
wval meetings last Sunday.
Thomas Laily, president Of the Min
neapolis Retail Liquor Dealers Asso-
e alton, attended Wesley NJ. E church
and heard DR.. l.. T Guild rebuke MT
Lally'a interview. in which ht had
presented the rights of the saloon
keeper.
Another coed effect pointed out bv
the anti-saloonists. and which cannot
De disputed. is the fact that fewer men
aaye been arraigned for drunkenness
On the two Mondays following the first
Of the order Where the
grist usually numbered from - 10 50
men. eight was the total the FIRST day.
and seven Of that number had been ar
rested before daylight Sunday. and
-nly six defended eharges Of intoxica
uou the second time.
bO'ie trade mas shown no increase.
aver the saloon men. though It was
expected that hundreds would provide
themselves with sufficient bottled
goods Saturday night TO carry them
across The Sunday desert
As surprising as Is fhe absence of
isorder and violent protest are the
r llntary acts Of the private clubs in
'losing ther buhets. The Commercial
Club took the initiative by ordering
hat its bar be closed on Sunday. The
slks Club passed a similar resolution
asst night end all other clubs have
=lths- closed their bars on Sunday
,r isse1ed ironclad rules that non
shah not Be served on the
Ask Mayor-Jones is ne intends 70