The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-10-31
Mr.. .NxE's INVESTIGATION

MR.. NYE'S INVESTIGATION. 81
The Twin City stag Club is located
at 246 4th Ave. SO. The conditions OF
this place had been called to the. May
'or,s attention. The Mayor did go
visiting, and the "tip" preceded him.
Every club owner. was ready to res
.cefve HIS Honor, and 1t Is probably
true that he found nothing. Now the
Mayor has made report Of his In
,yestigation GU |. 9. his visits. Did
he need to go in. person? Can he per-
.sonally enforce the laws? What are
the duties of the Police Department.
Why have the Negro detectives urged
the action against Stewards. place?
The facts are stated in the foregoing
articles, but the Mayor has decidedly
called the Editor of this publication a,
liar, through the. Journal, a medium
which stands for. only Clean advertise
ing, and they have Advertised Stew
arts place as being Y. M. C. A. also
sanctioned the conditions in other
clubs, 1t was also stated in another
daily that the President of the Afro
American Federated Club would be
asked to report on this matter. We
are glad that the Mayor has iNvEs-1
TiGATED, also that the newspapers
have advertised the moral conditions
of the clubs, because the best Negroes
vial resent this statement as Lie,
and it shows that the, Star fought
against "the powers that be- when he
attacked Stewards place. In an inter
view with Mayor Nyef on Wednesday
morning he endorsed the statement Of
the Write press, and said that '.he,
would not close Stewards place with
out, closing the. others. The Star, was
not for closing all the clubs, and the
Mayor should not, be, but We will ac-
cept the Mayors proposition. CLOSE
ALL NEGRO CLUBS! We cannot see
how the Federated Women can advo-
cate the existence of Clubs where wo-
men are allowed. OF course, the May
or makes this drastic announcement
because of the pull of Stewards
friends. He has not had any Negro
to protest against 1t, though many are
condemning the place, and compli-
menting the crusader, but the white
men are looking out for their financial
interest and are giving Stewart all
protection. There is. nothing gained
by he'existence of clubs, and rive
would be glad If all were closed, but
they are necessary evil, and when
regulated as to caste (and protect wo-
men who frequent them) they would
do no great harm. Mr., Nye literally
says that all Negroes are alike and
he won't differentiate. We have con-
ferred with Mr.. Ed Stewart, and Mr.
Will M. Smith, night foreman In the
post-office the most interested per-
son in club matters (Stewarts) so far
as advice goes, They promised pub
lie statement, promising Ito accept
either the hotel or. club proposition.
After the Mayor put hts o. X. on the
management, they refused to issue any
statement The Star. will continue
the fight, and IL all clubs 60 he cares
not. The Mayor has literally sane
toned a reign of lawlessness and i'm.
morality among Negroes 1t is con-
clusive4 that any Negro can run dive
joint, crap gamesas private individu-
al, anywhere he wants to, and he VIII
be protected because others do it.
We have heard of few arrests among
Negroes for violations Of the law, and
they are thriving int'crime and vice.
We know that our citizenry will not
swallow the Mayors o. X. and II they
do, they viii vomit It with disgust.
mayor Nye certainly must be misin-
formed, because we believe he would
10 ais Ex.Chief Corriston did In Mr..
Mosely's case, where he refused to
abide by regulations. Col. Corriston
closed him without disturbing the
other clubs, but the Colonel is man
of military experience and the Mayor
is politician. hence difference.
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