, 1873-10-21
MILWAUKEE.
movements of the Political
Factions.
Tho beer OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tiles Of Hotcl-1Kcepers.

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The opposing political facttonB OF TINS clty aEo
just beginning to show some signs Of anima-
Hon.: o Tbo ~
1ouNo MEME a Nspon-loAs ohop H.,
held = mooting on Friuay evening last, 1or tno
purpose Of porfocting plan Of operations Tor
tho ca,npaien but tho buBnoHs waB, for Romo
rooso,, ,,optporod an pert Wednesday, night,
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- ~ ~ 'h"l'"'eo tn"' 'ao 'n"''.s'e - ..s,:,. -.
finding AL unexpected number OF ontsiae OF
non-Eyangalioal Republicans III attendance,
doomed 1t oxpotllent to adjourn till some moro
non,o,,ont .oo,,, nnd ahnr,d thcrc bo n Gem
Io"soa.'u' ooaooa' INV" s ss ,naat;,,r~ .e,,o.
eral turnout a1 toe ncae h'eot1ns' no,'a e,'''
Thing interesting may ensue. Iho Cinn
has !; thus fur shown nothor enthusiasm
s1,. s.t l.; A.. a,,r,t ~ 1un,r1 r,,o,,o t., t},o
@o Law M no opnAs " "t'S".1 ~, -e'o' - '..4o
once-hoafishing orgahization. Ihero are . nun.
ber WHO are not yet rcconciled to the notion Of
lion. and thero ia being floye,opod d poraIstcnt
ttouf ana snol' ,, - ,,ns oo,o.opoa ~ sat.;.
alspoeltion 10 nnuepie Tue pso1ena'ons oi cot'an
Influential mombera Of tho society. Moreover,
organized on>n. very exclusive principle. Tho
prico Of admission is iixed at 80 high figure
that but few ca1 enjoy tho luxury OF belonging
to nna larsa mrtority Of tue ttSpa1sapqs
OF tho city DO not relsh tho notion OF nenR BUD
jcct to it's authority and diotation. There IL, in
fact, a corutov-orgapization, but It docs not ap-
pcur to be effective; 10 that, altogether,
tho Republicans Of milwaukee, do
not, flow together Us two drops OF wator.
Whether tho c1,goncios Of tho campaign- will
force tl,o,n into united action or not remains to
bo ncen. GOV. Washburn IL expected to deliver
speech in this city nbout tho first Of next
month.
TIE DEMOCRATS
have as yet made no outward demonstration,
but tie icnderB nra quietly engaged in tho oe-
eential preliminary Of levying money, OF which,
It ia eaid, m ample purse is to DO provided.
matter Of $4,000, OF which sum tho Browors'
Asgociation contributes ST, GOO, and the balnuco
is to bo extracted from the SALOONS.
It WAS rumored, short time ago, that the
prewors' Association had resolved to cooperate
such an amendment OF tho Graham law asHhould
EXEMPT BEER
from its operation. But this plan has apparent
" fallen through. It was claneQ by Homo of
the Association that tho object in Wow could bo
moro speedily attained by attnching themselves
to tho dominant marty than 1t could by undor-
taking, through tic Democratic party, toaccom-
plish repeal Of tho entire law. And this ia by
no means an unreasonable yiow. Thoro would
seem to bo no. good reason why the
Germana should not DO permitted to
enjoy their beer without tic restraints
that aro now imposed upon them.
now framed. an uuiustitiable and unnecessary
interference with tl.eir social privileges and,
whatover may be said of the Intoxicating propor-
ties Of lager-beer 1t is cortain that tho Gernane
as a class, do not get drunk upon it. Indood, ii
view OF tho vast quantity Of this beverage TINT
is consumed in the City Of Milwaukee, it is re-
markable how little Of 1t is soon in the police.
courts. Moreover, az q matter OF policy, the
tomporanco~pooplo would do VOL to favor isuoh
q modification Of the tomperance-law aa would
make beer m exception to its provisions for
tho German population, who caro- nothing for
whisky, would then coaae their opposition to the
law as whole, and it would not then he Liable,
na It is now, to att entro repeal ut every aession
Of tho Legislature. It iB doubtful, how
over,~s whether this view of the case
would be taken by the temperanco-pnrty, who,