The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02

to- crime. comfort ano mora''tys |
Replies to this question received from
district and municipal Judges, criminal
lawyers, police officials, and social
workers Of Minneapolis were read and
made the basis Of most powerful, tenn
rerance sermon, by Rev. T. W. Stout,
pastor Of the Lake Street Methodist
Episcopal church, yesterday morning.
of some who aspire to political leader
| ship. but finding much encouragement
| in the letters Of others Of the cores
pondents, Mr.. Stout declared that such
! a law would be practicable, could be
! enforced and would have a wonderful
effect in raising the standards Of NOR
alltv. He closed his stirring address
with the statement that the message for
! the liquor dealer, but one to the Chris
tian citizen urging him to act in accord
ance with his convictions and do the
things that result for the progress of
Christian state.
" Testimony of Police Officer.
In the letter Of police official MI.
his theory.
cat all times over 80 per cent of the
arrests Of the police department.. up to
the year 1906, have been made for in
+ toxication,' read the message. lit
can thus readily be seen that if law
. were in operation which prohibited the
a sale Of intoxicants. as beverages, II
: AS an illustration it is only necessary to
= :, quote the STATISTICS governing the, sale
Q o of liquor on Sunday. Since the saloons
. have been closed on the Sabbath, the ar
rests for drunkenness on that day have
decreased about 80 per cent and other
crimes within the limit have decreased
t also to some extent: Wh h;sa IS essen
1"Four fifths Of the crime roots back
to intemperance,' was the expression
Of municipal judge. ~
"The police force could be reduced
= half; our overcrowded prisons
= would be too large, = wrote d1str1c;
. in Hennepin county last year lay thel
I downfall to drink,'' he continued.
: Judges Are Cautious.
% Other judicial minds did not like t
- call the liquor traffic criminal because
was not crime per sc. Citing the ex
ia pressions Of others Of equal prominenc
y and the lessons of Folks and Roosevelt
~ Mr.. Stout took issue with these me
=, II who defended the traffic In fact, tn
5. they declared it was the Incubator 0
D. 1. az.
sesr e Poverty and scores Of other evils an
- crimes were attributed to the traffic
= liquor by prominent citizens, who n
= piled to the question of Mr.. Stout an
"a the preponderance Of expressions decl'
~ edly against liquor gave the preacher
ia multitude of facts to dispute the asse
IS. ;n lions of others who were luRewarm
IN IN the subject or those who thought tt
Sv plan inpracticable.
~ "Public opinion against the Lou
f ne clared the speaker. "This IS seen
To- To- the fact that almost half the towns
ed Minnesota went dry in the last ele
ne Old Parties Alert: =
oh An article that had appeared in T
ga Journal' was quoted, showing tn
Ias the older parties are fearing the no,
Ing e sen
his which bids fair to elect members Of t
ion legislature next fall:
7sMembers Of the last legislature q
lad actually contributing money to Il
In campaign fund.- Mr.. Stout declared.
sSt % iqeh sT coh san eS enf3F Ss
fiji alone won't do It. but the law plus
man like Mayor David P. Jones W
Back up the mayor by all means at yc
command. Such a law would stop,
a great extent, the manufacture;
would make it difficult to get dru
MI and easy to keep sober; it would pls
II + the whole Infamous business in the ca
CORY of crimes, where it belongs;
would be great educative force as
:, Kansas, where Governor Hoch says
mes m who have never seen saloon:
SAINT would Give a weapon of tremend
ives power, and it would bring q moral is
Orn- into no1itical life that would be Of
de- greatest value in time when mer
Commercial issues breed graft and
one politicians who infest the body pol
:oke like malaria and mosquitoes.
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