The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10
1.-THE Moral Issue in the Present City

8 No man can serve two masters.
The forces for good and the forces for
evil are pitted against each other in
the present city campaign and the citi-
will serve. On the one side, you have
the boys and girls, the purity of wom-
anhood, the home, the church, the
schools and all that counts for moral
progress and civic righteousness. On
the other side you have the gambling
den, the brothel, the, saloon, and the
many pitfalls for the young. There
are no, petty, issues, and you can take
your choice.'
With this summary, Mr.. johnson
closed his sermon, in which he dealt
with the issues Of the campaign straight
from the shoulder and appealed to his
congregation to support Mayor D. P.
Jones at the primaries, not because
ne was D: ?. Jones but for the uplift-
ing principle he stands for.
date,'' said MI. johnson, "but I am
speaking for the moral issues involved.
IF there was another man in the field
whom l considered as good and safe a
man as Mayor Jones there would be no
cause for my speaking of a political
campaign from the pulpit. The same
power that governs the good man, the
good family or the good school sh Guild
govern the municipality and the state.
It is the duty Of the good citizen to see
that this power does govern. Years ago
I heard of Minneapolis but the reports
were not such that I cared to live here
or bring my family here. Within y
year, however, there has been great
change. Minneapolis is a city to be
proud of and our children are safe.
The new name of the city has gone
mr. yHyn hal L.,
high thru the length and breadth of the
land. --. ~
Issue Is Clear.
'The issues before the citizens are
clearly defined. It is not question of
question of right and wrong. I am
Informed that $1,000 has been sent here
from Chicago firm to- defeat Mayor
Jones. We know it did not come from
the wholesale dry goods man, the shoe
man, or the grocer, for many families
have worn good shoes this year that
never had sound pair before: Better
and provisions have been consumed by
the poor in Minneapolis this last year
because the money did not 60 to the
Sunday saloon. We know who is back
ing the fight against Jones in Mime
apolis and logical reasoning will tell us
who sent the money from Chicago.
The men who are fighting Jones
say that they simply want to show the
churches and Sunday schools that they
to run the city. All we want is a
square deal. The merchant and the la.
borer must not do business on Sunday
Is it fair in any way, then, that the
saloon, which has not a single uplifting
influence, but which has ruined many
bright homes in this city alone, should
be the favored class and allowed to
open their places and continue their
work Of degradationq':
Cool's Hot Shot. ..
Rev. P. A. Cool delivered at Linden
Hills Congregational church last night
a strong address on The Ten Com
mandments, the Saloon and the City.
clared, the basis Of all the law that we
know of which has to do with the in.
dividual, the family, the home, society
On these branches Of law they are fun
I damental, and so recognized by com
mentators from Blackstone to Walker
The true prosperity of the city of Min
neapolis, then, is based on the ten com
mandments. But along comes an in
stitution, the saloon, which puts itself
in direct antagonism to eight Of the ten
The saloon is the school of profanity
The language customarily used within
i its precincts if used on the street would
be cause for arrest under the statute
against blasphemy. The saloon is the
p p It the prostitute D cannot get get
along without it. The saloon is the
clearing house for thieves. They. make
it their headquarters. The saloon, by
robbing fathers of their manhood makes
impossible the realization Of that honor
which is due them. The saloon is ruin.
Gus everywhere. While factories and
mills demand wheat to grind and ore
to work up, the saloon insatiably de-
mands fresh, innocent boys and girls
as the raw material Of it's nefarious
manufacture Of drunkarls. ..-s..
The saloon in Minneapolis demands
grocer, the clothier, the manufacturer
or the iobber. It demands the use Of
the Sabbath day for profit. It declines
to keep it holy. It puts itself above
God in the consideration Of the com
| munity. If it cannot have this priv.
ilege without molestation it threatens
with destruction the executive who
declines to break his oath Of office to
please this institution, which, he de.
clare ed, is not business but an or
ganized crime. The only question in
the present civic campaign is whether
the people will allow the saloon to die
tate it's mayor. Seldom does there
come to any community such an op.
portunity as presents itself today to
the city Of Minneapolis. It has {;
chance to say that it will sustain Jones
and in sustaining Jones sustain it's own
law, its own dignity, its own prosper.
why" he asked, edo people rush
to Linden Hills to build their homes
Why do they pay enhanced prices for
real estate 50 far from the center of
saloon cannot follow them beyond
Sixth street. Shall we not then help
to protect our fellow citizens on the
other side of Sixth street one day in
the week. It is not a question of
abolishing recognized evil, but one
Of keeping a legalized evil within legal
limits.V
DR.. Cool in conclusion, pointed out
that this was not battle Of the saloon
keepers themselves. They had been
put in the breach by the brewery com
panies: The saloonkeepers no longer
own the saloons. They were but the
agents, Of the breweries which ia the
hot competition for consumption Of
their goods demand the whole seven
days Of the week. Many of the sa-
loonkeepers are satisfied to obey the
law, but being no longer their own
masters they have no alternative but
to stand out and voice the brewers:
insolent demand for special and illegal
privileges. a., ~, ~