The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-03-13
.LA|I ENFORCEMENT
RECEIVES SUPPORT
MASS MEETING HELD TUESDAY
ENENING-SIYC.AT ALTON DIS
CJSStD THOROUGHLY.
business Mems Club Room Filled
With Interested Crowd--Scv-
cr"l Make Speeches.
Business Mems Club Room Filled

Whether or not the person or per-
sons who issued the call that result
ed in the mass meeting held in the
parlors OF the Business Mems club
Fuesdayevening, were entirely salts
fled With the way things turned out
Is not known, any more than it has
been possible to discover who the
gentlemen were that composed the
committee" The call stated that
every citizen who had the welfare
and prosperity of Rapid City at heart
was requested to be present at the
meeting and invitation was accepted
By so many that the capacity OF the
rooms were taxed TO the limit Some
Of the men brought their wives along
believing that they were also inter
e3ted in the prosperity and welfare
the city
.AlJhough The reason tor the meet
ta# #as not made known in the call,
@45 apparent to everyone that its
rpGs2 was 10 discuss the campaign
h;,J Instituted by the ninister-
association for law enforcement
ich mas caused much dissatisfac-
a In certain quarters.
Shortly after eight O'Clock, Rev.
&oyse suggested that the gathering
proceed to business and started the
oall rolling by nominating Granvlle
W. Jones for chairman. Mr. Jones
was chosen was chosen unanimously
for the position, and ". III. Burden
rs secretary.
Mr.. Jones upon taking the chair,
made new prefacory remark con-
corning the subject in discussion, its
various phases and the different elc-
ments interested, stating it as his be-
lief that no one, even though feeling
very deeply about the matter, would
lose their heads in discussing the
proposition of law enforcement.
j the close of the chairman's ad-
dress, j. c. Bower took the floor
to move that law enforcement was
the best thing possible for Rapid
City. The motion was seconded and
carried unanimously. After short
pause some one moved that the meet
ing be adjourned but the motion was
lost by 4 narrow margin which in
the light of what followed was quite
fortunate.
Prof. j. l.. McLearie thought that
some OF the gentlemen who com
posed the committee ought to make
their reasons for calling the meeting
Known. and express their views on
the subject so they could be intelli-
gently discussed. AS the chair said
1t was hardly the purpose of the
meeting to pass Il resolution com
L!ending law enforcement, but this
did not bring any Of the committee
into the limelight and all rurl,..r
efforts to discover its personnel were
unavaiiing.
Another motion to adjourn was
lost at this juncture and the action
brought 4. j. Mccain to his feet to
enquire what good there could be Of
prolonging the meeting if those op-
posed to the ministers refused to
TAX After several Others had ey-
p!e&Sed similar opinions, Tom Sweeu-
~ took up the cudgcls fer the ele-
tneAt who prefer a looser interprcta-
ten lhan that demanded by the pas
tors and the men back of them
In the course of his remarks Mr.
Sweeney said that during his recent
T.s.t u the eastern part Of the state
ne mad noticed a minister and a sa-
Icon man walking arm inarm down
ne street and that he emphatically
advocated everybody pulling together
to make Rapid City prosperous.
p. j. Woerth had a few words to
say at this time, partially in reply
to the statements made by Mir.
Sweeney, and also selling the oppor-
tunity to severely condemn the
methods of the present city govern
ment. c. w. Brown requested the
chairman to rule Mr.. Woerth out of
order for not sticking to the subject
which was done after the question
mad been holly debated.
When the doughty manager of the
Peoples Supply Store had resumed
his seat, W. W. Soule requested per
mission of the chair to read some
resolutions that had been handed him
iar presentation at the meeting. re
permission vas granted. Rev. Royse
vas on his feet, the moment Mr..
Ssa.e had finished reading to file
"a obje1tion to the admission of the
lesaiutions ON several grounds, one
being that they were directly in
contravcntion to the resolution pass
ed earlier in the evening, also that in
view Of certain prosecutions for
violations CT the law now in court
Il would De decidedly improper 10
say or do anything that might ha,s
an influence on the cases.
G. ". Rrown took issue with the
2reYicas speaker stating that the
nscpia did not dcaire the prosecu
jt1cn Of the saloon keepers and tha
the warfare being waged by the min
listers would not last. He said th,