, 1873-04-16
NOT SECONDED.
What The North Sflo Saloon Keepers Say
About tho Movement to Close
on Sunday.
The Police and Justice Kaufman
Blamed for Not Doing Their
Duty.

Ii tho police Authorities and tho JuBtloo WHO
prosdos over tho North side Police Court do not
perform their dutioa faithfully and impartially,
the bottom Is ukoly to fall ont of tho commend
able movement in favor Of Sunday temperance,
inaugurated by tho sa1oon.koeperH themselves
on Saturday Inst. Tho spirit which animated tho
meoting at Foltg'a Hall has spread to gratify~
ing extont during tho fow days that have elapsed
since it was held. and noerly al Of tho aaloon-
thofr places on tho Sabbath, provided
tho Inv will protect thom from thoHo Of their
class whose oupidity prompts thom to yio-
as be enS seoe e5a aid @ SoP Psgs'd ss ds SO s e e
promptly report and srrafgn overy saloon,kooper
many eaaea, lre not aubjectod to tho rigorous
s Pso hsy 0y 0ry yns sn hsX ss as SsSas 5
day Of tho weols with thcm and i thoy can con
nue to ts9 At Gest of 10 s1s or s2s
day mo7o@ont - object to-, and what
they cnll upon tho authoritios to remedy. II
tIoir saloons ,opon on Sunday, they attract moro
than their share Of patronage, and thus work
injury to thoBe whose placos aro closed.
Yesterday, q reporter Of = The Tn1DuNn con.
saloon-keepors, Of different natioualitfcs, on tho
| North sido. All woro In favor Of closing on
Sunday, in conformity, with law, II tho entiro
| saloon intorost Of tho division could be
s ''bssf' bsy agreed a IN he
mont that tho judgments rendered IN the
Police Court wore Inadequate to tho o1fenses,
especially when 1t was the second or third ap.
,pehraneo Of the offender before the Court and n
court performed their dutioB was doing moro in.
Jury to the cause Of Sundny temperance thnu
ovon tho saloon-koopors themselves: One mar
with whom our reporter spoke called attention t.
tho large number OF violations reported at tht
Dearborn stroot Station last Sunday. He sast
| he could pick out tho uamoB Of soyoral whe
talked very loud at tho meoting in Foltz's Hal
Oh Saturday, and who took part IN tn tn
%ssns oes to for os the 50 pargGs gSs & r s''tnt
The same mnn, he aaid, fad boon before lilo po
lice Court several times, and alwaya oscapet
with tlnes amounting to little or nothing whot
i Justly remarked, was but poor encouragement
for those who wero disposed to do what wal
right.
near Lincoln Park, took in over s7o
last Sunday. boeauso his was th
only saloon open in the noighborhood
It is tr1o that the man was reported by th
he always got OF Oh payment of q few dollars =!
Hn will doubtless moot with HlMiIar consideration
at tho hands Of tho Court this tin1e.
4 second meeting Of aaloon~koopers fayorabl
to closing on Sunday will bo held at Foltz'a Hal
next Saturday, at which some definite action vii
DO takon toward correcting tie legal abuao
which hayc boon alluded to above. t ID probabl
that romarks anything but complimentary t
certain Police Justicos will be mndo, md th
Mayors attention called to tho fact that me
who aro striving to act in accordance with la'
arc not protected by its officers.
It tho result Of tho meoting is favorable t
law mud ordor. most OF tho saloons on THO Mort
Side will be closed next Sunday, md tho PFC
prletors Of those kept open will bo reported
The police by saloon-koopers il tho opposite
its result, al tho saloons will bo opon, a1d til
farce Of talking about law, without being ablo
enforce it, will continue a8 bofore.