, 1872-10-21


stand by the law as for as it is possible; to dc
| everything, as We told the Mayor, in our power,
and anything he tells US to do re will do. We
] have no personal consideration any more than
other laW-abld1ng citizens; we cannot live here
unless the laMs are enforced. The law is not a
bad ono.
| day absolutely?
d. You sannos stSp drinking any
| stop it as far as it is possible, and think we
| can greatly reduce tho amount of drinking. You
cannot stop men from swearing BY lazy, but You
can prevent them from swearing in church.
| There are limits to what can be done, but We
can make the Sabbath day respected and make
it quiet and peaceable as it is in other cities
r. Have any arrangements been mado By the
| Committee to provide places where young men
others can spend the Sabbath
| DR.. 7. We have that in view now My judg-
| ment is that We will lopen rooms in the centres
of the saloon districts, where coffee can be pro-
cured at cost, and reading matter furnished .
r. When do you intend opening these places
about it, but do not know how soon We will
open them. I think one will be opened near our
| church, on Halsted street near Twenty-sccond
street, before long.
r. The saloons must close2
DR.. F. They must be made to close up.
r. And the Committee will assume the re-
sponsibi1ity in case Of any disturbance2
Dr.. F. We will take our share Of the respon-
sibility. The saloon-keepers must be made to
obey the law. We do not want to antagonize or
embarrass the Mayor, but to reinforce and help
him.
r. Have the Committee deputized any men
to walk around to-day, and notice infractions OF
the law (?
made-to prepare evidence for, the entering OF
compaints; do not know, however, that it is
being done.
The reverend gentleman having said he was in
hurry to keep an appointment to make two
reporter bade him good day. When at the door,
Dr.. Fowler remarked, "We must stand by oar
institutions or ne must go under. Men are put
in Office for duty, and not for safety. There is 9
mora! sentiment in the community which will
sustain the Mayor and"
Reporter. It is said that efforts will be made
to induce the Council to repeal tho Sunday or
dinance; if such efforts are mado will the Com
mitteo Wrestle with the Aldermen
DR.. Fowler. They will; and We shall endeayor
to awaken public sentiment, by showing the
enormity OF the crime and the danger to our re-
publican institutions ii it is not suppressed.
While Walking oast On Monroe street, after
leaving DR.. Fowlers house, The TR1BuNE'B re-
porter saw O. drunken man. The fellow was
helpless, lying on his back, and so stupid that
he could not articulate. Presently citizen
came around the corner of an intersecting street,
accompanied By two officers, who seized the in
ebriate by the coat-col1ar, and raised him to his
16eL. HuQ EQOpe{l MN IoTWA-u toward Inc LUCK
up. The citizen was
: PHILLIP MEYERS,
q member Of the Committee of Fifteen. He
Was accordingly interviewed. In addition to
tho information impaired by Dr. Fowler, he said
that if the Council did repeal tho city ordinance
the State law Of 1845, which also contained
Sunday clause. The Committee desired to
avoid unp1easantneBs or q contest, but If tho
whisAey and beer-sellers had an idea that they
frfiY
ening violence they would be greatly mistaken.
The Grand Jury had failed to find indictments
against the men complained OF, and the cases
would be presented to the next Grand Jury.
there were $50 cases ready for the consideration
Of the Grand Jury. The reading rooms Of the
Young Mems Christian Association had been
thrown open in the morning. They did not e1-
pect to get the people into the churches all at
once. 1
JUDGE TREE.
THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE SUNDAY QUESTION
will prove to be interesting, and an interview
Judge Lambert Tree, gentleman
whose opinion is worth having, and q TRIBUNE
reporter, is subjoined:
Reporter. Mr. Tree, have called to have
conversation with you about the Sunday law.
Judge Tree. I will furnish you any informa-
tion you may desire.
r. have heard it stated that the Aldermen |
will be asked to repeal the Sunday ordinance; if |
they do SO, will it prevent the closing OF the aa-
looms on that day?
Judge T. No. We have q State law which |
provides for the closing, and imposes penalty |
Of 800, or imprisonment for SIX months in the |
County Jail, for keeping open tippl;ng house
On Sabbath day or night: It has been
On the statute books since 1915.
uor Hnnp arfrr
Judge Tree. do not know how far it has |
been enforced throughout the State. Its OBJ |
5ervance has not been. general, though pre-
sumo there have been, from time to time, prose-
R. Within your knowledge, has anybody been
sent to the County Jail for violating it's pro-
gisions7
Judge T. Not that I am aware Of. would
not know the particular punishment inflicted. It t
s within the discretion Of the Court to fine the
offender 800, or imprison him in the County
r. Do you think, with the large foreign ele-
nent IN our population, that the law can be en-
forced?
Judge 7. I am very clearly Of the opinion
hat there is no law on the statute books that
cannot be enforced. The mode of proceeding
under this State law must be by indictment in
,very instance By the Grand Jury. After trial |
30 enforced in the Same way as in every other t
,ase Of law-breaking it would not be in any
unusual manner.
: R. Do you know the reasons the Grand Jury
assigned for not finding indictments against the |
complained of by the Temper
ance Bureau2
Judge 7. was not aware that the last Grand
Jury had the cases before them until after they
we're discharged Then heard incidentally
hat they had investigated q number Of cases.
and had not found bills against the parties, On
he ground that the law had been On the statute
books since 1845, but had not been enforced;
md that majority Of the members Of the
Grand Jury thought that. before persons wore
here should be some notice that the law would
% enforced.
R. Does Dir. Reed, the States Attorney, in
end to bring the cases that were before the last
Grand Jury to the attention OF the next one?
Judge 7. have no knowledge aB to what be
Intends to do. ANY citizen has . right to go be-
tore the Grand Jury, and call their attention to
he commission Of any offence within their
for investigation.
r. Cannot the evidence submitted to them be
1sed by the ne1t Grand Jury2
Judge T. No, it cannot.
R. Then the Temperance men will have to |