The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10

hottest rights and leaving in the wake
of it's progress desolation and shame
and poverty and degradation and death.
If that is not the. issue in this city
at this time, why, in heavens name.
do we find all the interests that center
in the saloon ,arrayed under the banners
OF the opposition and pouring out theiv
money to effect the overthrow of the
present administration Let us keep
in mind that our city is set upon q hill.
The whole country is watching us to see
what Minneapolis will do in this great
crisis; to see whether we have here
the moral sense and the moral courage
as people to hold up the hands of our
leader, who is making this fight not for
himself but for the preservation Of your
good name and mine, and for the honor
of our city. I want to lay it upon the
conscience Of every man who is in SYM
pathy with those things that make for
gravity of the situation and to help
civic righteousness to recognize the
Minneapolis give at the primary cleo
ton on the 18th of September an an
swer to the waiting country which will
breadth of our land and bring courage
and Joy to good men in every com
munity where the same issue has al
ready been raised or where it must be
met in the near future.
Enthusiasm atwesley.
eff Jesus Christ were citizen of
Minneapolis now, 1 believe that he
would not be absorbed in his own af-
fairs to the neglect Of the public veal /;
he would take time to attend to it, -
said DR.. L. T. Guild in his sermon at
Wesley, church last evening. "He
would be an, opportunist, :" the pastor
ness all that he could. He would be
his brother IS keeper He would not
be blind partizan, but would stand
for clean government; and he would do
DR.. Guild had announced that he
would "talk plainly about the issues
involved in the present municipal cam
paign, and he did. The large audience
frequently interrupted him by applaud
ing, and after the benediction it re-
manned and renewed the cheering. The
church service was like political
meeting, and DR.. Guild was pleased, he
said, because itsindicated that the peo-
pie are awakening to the need Of en-
thusiasm and action in the cause of
civic cleanness. >'s.'s.
The PASTORS subject was, "And Cain
builded city, with a new testament
reference to the heavenly CITY.
."Here,' he said, care two ideals. Cain
builds city to efface the recollection
Of his crime; perhaps that he may sin
with impunitY, for nowhere is there
such opportunity for vice and sin as in
a city. His words: Am I my broth
er's keeper have been the motto for
those who wish, an open town ever
since. This is the germ Of selfish adj
ministration which allows dens Of in
fanny. to flourish; laws to be violated,
the police force to become hotbed of
graft Cain g ideal Of the city is that
of the business man who does not want
the law enforced because it will hurt
business. liz. r, .~ - -..-
.', The Old Minneapolis. =
cit would ri do you good to have
looked at Minneapolis from the outside
four years ago, when your mayor was a
fugitive and the papers were full 81
the accounts of your city's infamy
The man who brought some Kind of or.
council, D.. P.~Jones. The criminal
classes undertook TO convince him that
he must allyd !himse1f with them else
the town could not lie controlled. They
did prove TO him by an epidemic Of
robbery, which the police could not
check, AMI then by restitution of 'the
goods that the gamblers and Grim.
mails were in league with each other.
But this led him to determine! that he
would show no quarter to any Of them
"The revelations Of the Home Pro
tective league two years ago resulted
in the movement for more whole
some state Of affairs. Dens Of infamy
existed promiscuously in the business
part of the city; minors-boys and
girls-frequented the saloons by the
score hours after midnight, and big
policemen leaned against the bar and
said nothing. K dare. not tell you in
this audience what things were seen
by reputable business men who investi-
gated these moral slaughter houses
Saloons ran as they pleased, Sunday
and every other day. -. ri
ct do not think that Minneapolis
is yet the heavenly city, seen in
John IS vision, but there has been a
marked change for the better, and it
is owing to: the administration of
Mayor Jones, backed up by stalwart
men who believe in civic cleanness.
-. Police Are Purged.
THE police department. has been
purged from graft and put upon civil
oC4 fACC Udo1os f4Ic CIuCACuCy Is VIII
messed by the many thousands who Wis.
tied the city during the Grand Army
encampment; never a town SO well con
trolled with such q crowd. The saloons
are kept free from minors and women
and for the first time in twenty years
are required to restrict their sales to
those days: and hours authorized by
law. The abolition Of the. Sunday sa-
loon has decreased drunkenness 70 per
cent; it. has saved 100000 year for
the families Of; liquor drinkers, figured
from saloonists' estimates. <'s .-'5E
"The cohesive force Of society is
moral; no free government can outlive
the moral inspiration of the citizens.
Law represents the will of the people.
Executive officers must not substitute
their, whims for the statutes. In the
regeneration Of civic life now begun,
this fact Is emphasized. Mayor Rose
Of Kansas City annuHed the law; the
supreme court removed him; he APP
pealed to the people. and the deadly
leaven of anarchy had so debauched
the town that he was reelected But
now he is removed and is glad to treat
for peace. This, wave Of reform is not
to be trifed with. '&s - E. !. -;.t
~ All Eyes on Minneapolis.
-. >tsThe eyes of America are turned
upon this canvass. To repudiate this
first administration to enforce our laws
in twenty years means to strike a
blow at political purity and reform, a
blow which may cripple that cause