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the North Side beer saloons / NO {;
tho fault lay deeper than that.

which these out, outrages had been done, and which
had lain dormant Tor many years. The former
was passed when there was no beor and no VINE
in illinois when there Were yer 70 aermeos' pus
not used. but ttippling-house," which did not
mean saloon. but corner grocery, in which bad
whiskey was sold. and where the pioneers Of the
day got drunk systemat4s;a!y mnsp Ts was the pre-
house The law was never meant to apply to
porsons who quietly sold beer on Sunday. AB
to the ordinance which tho Common Council
had passed in it's wisdom, it applied to tlppling-
were sold. But the men who passed
it knew nothing Of the present
beer saloons, but merely Of tho disreputablo
ranches of that time. But the laws we're
1nittee Of Twenty-fv who had to go back twen-
ty-six years to find Il law which the people who
passed it would not now pasa. That WAS pro-
greas and reform. The law was there in the let
ter, but not in spirit, as the Mayor and police
would admit. It had no meaning to-day, and it
could and should he carried out under no circum-
| stances. 1t could not be done if they would re-
sist it. Thoro had been o law in England TINT
parties to lawsuit could resort to the arbitra-
ton Of battle and in $780, after it had slept on
was then appealed to, but Parliament had then
repealed it. 10 call up this liquor law
YVES as progressive as to revive old ones against
witches. Tho Mayor, for whom he had great
the law, and from his point of view, was quite
| right; but it was an error to attempt to enforce
the law when he felt it could not be done. The
resolutions wanted the Mayor to suspend action
question, and that was the proper course to pul,
! sue. The Committee of Twenty-Five represented
only themselves, for the meeting that elected
them WAS called for another purpose, ana me u!
Mayor could properly have told them that tno
law was obsolete, and the citizens Of this day did
not want it. and that he would lay the g matter
them nay their attention to the the
election Of the Aldermen Besides, tho Ia" was
unconstitutional. If it was declared constltu-
tional, they, as law-abiding citizens would not
resist it, but ho did not believe, in view OF the
various elements in Chicago. aud the immense
vote. that majority could be @ found to Keep tue
law on tho statute books. When tue question
vas fairly before the Council he did not doubt
the result The fault Of the Germans has been
to be absorbed too much by party politics, and
the distraction of their power which that caused,
had weakened their influence. Now, at least,
they must act with unity. The fault lay with
no party. The fault lay with the people. They
had worked to elect person who was 8 sound
party man, no matter what his views might be
On other questions, In electing Repre-.
work to put in men who represented
their views On oil points, and who opposed Sum-
day enforcement, without so much regard to
their opinions on National politics. That was the
any candidate who was one OF these fanatics
[Great cheering-s'D with Beveridge."l He
wanted the Germans to vote solid, and they had
the power. They had votes enough in Illinois
to obtain what they wanted, and they must not
scatter them, controlled by party considerations,
but as an unit. Did the temperance people be-
leve that that had fought for years for its
rights, and waded through blood to obtain them
would be suind1ed out Of them by handful of
fanatics7 [Cheers.]
FRANZ ARNOLD
made few remarks. to the effect that there we're
not a great many Puritans in the country any
way, and they we're dying out. The Germans
had come among the Americans to work refor-
nation, and they had given them beer. AZ in
England, SO here it was going to do its work.
When he came to the country, twenty-five years
ago, he found none but whiskey drinking and
rowdyism. What thoy had to do now was to
Keep every saloon open On Sunday tSreat
cheers], and not as they were asked, give up
their Sunday beer, their gardens, their music.
Washburn whom be knew to be fanatic, when
he could have found decent man i'll Chicago
He had been praised as On excellent mani
he was to work great reforms, and this
was the result. They must keep open, and
keep quiet, and, as had been said no policeman
had right to be spying about their premises.
He agreed with tile preceding speaker, that the
Presidential question had nothing to do with
the election Of county and city officers: It was
no political meeting, but one to teach lesson to
the Sunday fanatics.
The North Side Turn Gemeinde asked leave
for n1r. Hesing to speak
The question WAS put and lost. [Cheers.l
Mr. Ostermann insisted on it..
Mr. Emil Dietsch spoke briefly, and the meet
| ing adjourned.