, 1872-10-23
a DARK CONFERENCE,
The Mayor Interviews Mr.. Hesing in the
Comptroller's Vault.
He of the s'Zeitung'' Explains the Sum
day Law Editorials in
His Paper.
The Publication Necessitated by
Self-PreseryatiOn-

Considerable excitement prevailed around the
City Hall, yesterday, in various parts. City OIL
GERS appeared to be in state Of excltement.
They acted as though they knew something un-
usual Was about to happen, but could not Tor
the life of them breathe a word OF what they ex-
pected The Sunday liquor troubles appeared to
| be the subject, and as the result showed, q con-
ference among the authorities was the cause.
conference between the Mayor and Police Com
missioners had already been held, in which the
Mayor expressed himself determined to pursue
the course he had started on.
Mr. James P. Root, County Attorney, and
member Of the Cook County Republican Central
Committee, presented himself, yesterday after
noon, to the Police Commissioners, and was clos
eted with them for some time. He afterwards
visited the Mayor in company with superlntend-
ent Washburn. A rumor prevailed around the
City Hall that Mr. James P. Root came as rep
resentative Of the Committee, to request the
authorities not to enforce the Law next sunday,
nor until after the election. On, being ques-
toned upon the subject Mr. Root smiled bland
~, and said the reporters and others were al at
sea. That was not his mission. 1t Was OF an
entirely different character. He had come to
learn definitely the instructions given by the
Superintendent Of Police to the policemen under
his charge. But though hls smile was penaivei
and his air az mild as that OF the celebrated
August 3, his assertion failed to carry conviction
with it, .....
The Mayors Office during the afternoon was
the ecene of several animated debates. Report
erB hung around the premises in clusters like
flies in Che cold mornings in the early fall. !hey
] showed the general impression that something
was about to happen; but, being out Of the
ring, did not know in what quarter it would ap-
pear.
Their uneaBiness eliminated when MIR. Hesing,
| proprietor Of the Stats Zeltung, entered the
| Mayors Office, and led that gentleman into the
comptrollers Office They watched IL the ,s retreat
| the Office was reached, they scoWled on one
another to intimate that, il the other fellows
had only kept quiet, they might have
ie e
and reaching the vault, stood aside, notebook IN
hand, but III. Hesing was warned Of their in
tenton, and the vaut door sT'aag " TO- and the
II was q trying time to the eager reporters
Surprising an accident should happen to either
OF them, and nobody be able to learn their last
| important remarks.
III. MediI took Mr. Hesing to task, and in
quired what he meant by what appeared in the
S.adts zeitung Of last Sunday and . MONDAY II; IN
| reference to the Sunday law. He thought the
| article WAS rather strong.
| Mr. Hesing replied that it was matter Of self
protection with him. He feared he would lose
| his Subscribers unless something Of the kind
were written. Several Germans who were politi-
caly opposed to him had, he understood,
! gone round in buggies, last week, and
told the saloon-keepers. that LIE had
Joined the Puritans, and was responsible
men were incensed against him., and fearing
that his paper would be financially damaged by
this action on their part, be was driven to ez-
press himself SO forcibly. The Germans were
very sensitive people, and the enforcement OF
the law had created an intense excitement
among them. His political opponents had caua-
ed meeting to be held next Thursday night at
West Twelfth street Turner Hall, calling it Lib
inauenee, be thought, had succeeded in making
| it a public meeting He alluded to the Sunday
| c1oatng ordinance and thought it should not he
! enforced until after election. The Republicans
were in unpleasant straits about it. Mr. Hesing
| intiaated that the enforcement of the ordinance
would ALLEVIATE many straight Republican
| voters.
Tho Mayor seid that the ordinance was on the
| books, and it must be enforced. He was an1-
| ious to have the matter taken up and finally de-
cided by the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Hesing thought it was right under the or
dinance to sell liquor quietly, and as long as
| there was no disturbance in the saloon the po-
| lice should not interfere.
The Mayor aaid he had to act under the law,
and could not consistently allow anybody to sell
| NJ H. uoa;n. a1ir5a5 ~ +ha ravooation of II.
canaae e for erenented ;nfract;ons at tha law.
| What wo,td the Mayor' do ahout it ?
"1Ti The Mavor said that the question had been
asked him. but he had refused to answer It, hay-
| inc determned to perform his duty in his own
way.
Mr. Hesinc asked if it was the intention of
the nolice anthorities to adopt system Of
esnionnare-disrnise ndi Themselves: enter saloons
;ncn1n;io nae5 through key-holes and cracks.-
| and 4 1jnnnr was being sold. to seize the pro-
prietor and bar-keepeT, drag them OIL to Jail,
| Of hail. great MANY Of the Germans con
etr71ed tho order Of the SUPERINTENDENT to mean
this, and wera yary indicnant about it.
The NTavnr ea;d the polce had received in
atrnctions IN do nothing Of the kind. They
wera merely ordered. in case Of their seeing, be-
| inr informed of. OF knowing that Iiauor was
being sold. to take the names Of the vioiators of
| tha law. and furnish them, and neces-
aary testimony against them, at the
| Poiice Courts. They we're not to OBJ