The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14

Minneapolis Retail Merchants asso-
citation devoted last evening to thoro
consideration of the city police and the
various phases Of their work The
occasion was a banquet held at the Ho-
tel Nicollet. In response to the call of
President Thomas Voegeli, who acted as
POSTMASTER, a number Of addresses
were delivered by officials Of the city
which threw interesting lights on the
Each speaker made certain recon-
.mendations which seemed to have the
Endorsement of the merchants present.
These recommendations included the
following: That the number Of detec-
tives and the efficiency of their spe-
cial work be.inereased; that a police de-
tention home for erring boys and girls
be provided; that a new workhouse be
created in the vicinity. of some stone
employed at hard labor; that newsboys
be given less license on the streets; that
Superintendent G. M. Stocking of the
Union City Mission be assited in his
efforts to provide substitute for the
saloon.
Reveals City Machinery.
Ralph W. Wheelock, secretary to
Mayor D. P. Jones, was the first
speaker. He read a paper on How
the Wheels Go Round in the Admins
tration of the Police Department Of the
City, and the Responsibilities and Privi-
leges of the Merchant and Taxpayer in
Connection Herewith. It was an in
teresting explanation of how the differ
ent. departments work together, and a
fitting opening for the discussion which
followed.
A. G. Finney, assistant city attorney,
recommended that the detective force
be increased in both the number of men
employed and it's efficiency. He asked
that the Retail Merchants association
| lend its influence to that end.
/ Judge John Day Smith spoke of the
Of sui FbIt dst
to be done along that line, is the estab.
lishment Of good, clean, light lodging
houses. Men remain outside the ordi-
nary, dingy and unsanitary lodging
house as long as possible before retiring,
and wander into saloons. He compli-
mented Superintendent G.. M. Stocking
of the Union City mission for his work
in behalf Of the needy class Of unfortu-
mates, and asked the merchants to assist
him by adding to his funds *t
Pleads for Children.
Mrs Sarah Schaeffer, the police mat
ron, told Of her experience with boys
and girls brought to the. police sta
ton. Is She 1amented that they had to
be confined in proximity to hardened
criminals and recommended separate
detention home for boys and girls
where they would be removed from the
influence Of the vicious. She praised
the school teachers Of the city FOR the
movement they have started towards
that end. - - ~
Latitude allowed newsboys on the
streets was lamented in an address by
Charles HUM. He said this was the
only fault he had to find with the city
administration. Boys are allowed tc
roam the streets at all hours of the
night, and are frequently inexcusably
impertinent to citizens they meet. He
4 would like to see the police take the
street boys in hand and have the fault
remedied.& s5sS j, ss " "
Asks Hard-stone Pile.
: John O'Donnell, superintendent d
the worlzhouse, spoke Of the operation
+ Of the institution he has in charge. He
suggested the erection Of a new work
( house in proximity to some stone quar-