, 1873-03-24

A nlocting Of Persons Who Believe
that Everything that rs
Is Wrong.
How They Propose to Reform Society
and Remodel Governments.
A Drunken Man Talks from Experlence...
Several Other People Talk Merely
from Habit,

Several Other People Talk Merely
from Habit
That was strange gathering that met ut 1tico
d Jackson's Hall yesterday afternoon. Thoro
"ofo twenty-ono persona in tho party-olghteon
eober mon, ono drunken man, an angular foma1o
with fiery red bow at her throat, and au ut,.
fa1y urch1n who gigg1ed at everything his oldors
gavo uttoranco to. Tha handful Of ueoplc Gull
themaelVea moral roformora, aud propose to re-
model government md eociety according to
thoir own plans. Tho mootng WIS called for
tho purpoBc OF having free and untrammoled
aiaonsoiol on thoso important social questions,
Ihe halter, the press, tho pulpit, and equality
before tho law"
Though tho audience was rs silent and cir
comspoct as 90 many marble statues, nIr. Roy
nolds, q conch-aholl collector whose common
sense 1a fur In tho wakc Of fs years, called It to
order, and suggested that It would be altocotlor
parliamentary to oloot officers
somo misguided person took tho hint, ind pro-
posed that Mr. Reynolds bc tho Ohalrman, uo
was elected This honor may ho considered as
recognition OF tho fact that mr. Reynolds was
responsible for tho rent Of tho hail.
| 1t "aH doomed not advisable to appoint d Soc
Rotary, ae 1t would DO an extravagant uBo of tho
| suffrage privilege.
In his minds eye Arr. Reynolds took tho chnir,
one IN tho oyo Of tho audience 11e stood in tho
| middlo OF tho floor. He said he WIS reenonBblo
| 1or tho meeting, small Us 1t was. Tho people in
front OF him had great mission before
thcm-tho Improvement Of society and gov.
| ernmont. Ho would havo buen pleased
to SEQ moro nu1norosiB attendance. in
! ordor that tho hangman, tho editor, tho
preachor, and everybody elso might bc thorough
" and conaoiontiously criticised. Perhaps It
would bo better for tile meeting to adjourn to
moro auspiclous timo-porhaps not 1t would bo
NIL tho Bamo to him. His hoarers might como
and sit in Ills ahell conservatory, il thoy felt 60
disposed. If thoy didn't, thoy might stay away.
| It would bo all tho aamo to him. He would like,
| however, to hear the views Of any porson on tho
noose, tho newspaper, tho pulpit rantor, or any
thing elso that was uppormost in their minds.
Was there any person in tho audience who Was
| possessed Of an idoa2
It seemed not for several minuteB. Finally
statosman-liko person named stonor, who is said
to be patent-r}ght man OF remarkable yersatilf-
ty, arose. HeBaid did not want to bo considered
aH loader OF reform movements. but ho
would cooperate with any persons who had tho
good of society and tho publication Of govorn-
pcraons entertaining such ideas should cut looso
from existing political parties, and form highlY
moral concern Of thor own. This concern should
| then invade caucuHos and conventions, and 80
impress the assembled acountrea with tho idoa
breasts Of sald scoundrels feoling Of utter ab-
horronco for themselves and daslre to be re-
spdetabe aud honest In tho future. That was
tho way In which to purify society and govern
1nont. ME. stonor said ho WIS In favor Of
mcoting eyery Sunday at which Bomo popular
social question ahould bo discussed. Perhapa 1t
would bo we'll IT tho President chose the sub-
joct for debate no, not debate, but conyoraa-
tion, such as they hayo In Congress- whom . bill
Is introduced.
Mr Reynolds, without further delay, drow mp
tho following resolution, which ia remarkable
mainly for nothing but its absence of sense:
Reeolvtd, That tho oat speedy way for ali citizons
to obtain md exercise their FREQ anil rnuch.uecded
nuenco In suffrage and government IL by organiza-
ton independent of party.
This was the unsafe foundation for lengthy
argument On the part Of Mr. stonor, tho point
OF which WAS sllrouded in inponotrablo mystery,
t ia firmly beloved that Alr. stonor had no
definite idoa Of what he was driving ut. Ger
talnly, nobody else had.
Mr. Lewis, small but wiry orator Of the
anall political moeting stamp, replied to Mr,
Htonor, without having tho most remote concop-
ton OF that epoaltor's line Of logic. He managed
evor. He vas opposed to tho formation Of
party outside of tho existing political parties. It
wouldn't amount to hill Of beans. II reform
vas needed the proper thing for 1eformors to
edied, and 60 right where they existed II tho
Sanitary Inspector wanted to purify Bridgeport,
ho didn't 80 to Waukeegan for that purpose, ac-
companied by his chloride OF lime aud other de-
odorizers. A1r. Lewis closed with the Bnggos-
tion tint perhaps roform was needed ID tho
| ranks OF the reformers.
motion to adjourn, seconded by tho angular
female, was ignominiously dofeated.
Ihoreupon person Of doubtful good sense,
giving tic name Of Arnold, spoke for quito
awhile on tho subject Of conscience" It VIVA
his bolief that, II persons followed the diotatea
Of their conscioncos, thoy would como out Of
a the life9-strusgle witnLwo say with the stakes
for? '@'N~ 0'' - ''''@'' '7A>
Mr. Arnold's remarks were greetod with great
silence: 30 wore Mr. Lewis; likewise Mr..
An odd-loo1ting old person namod Fair, who
goeticuated aB II lie was performing that unploas-
mt terpsichorean feat known a. "st. Vitus'
danco," spoke about invisible stealing. It Was q
theory OF his for twenty-five years..
porson Of strange mental formation In
9uirod! Of the speaker II ho had ever aocn any
thing invisible.
know my remarks would tear you up,-woul
toar others up. You are ono Of the invisible
despoilera to whom I had reference, and now you
working draughts and lotiouH, remarkable for lis
grammar and tho porsstoncy with Which lis lair
curls on top and hangs limp everywhere else,
spoke noxt. 11e advocated tho now idea that
when ovory porson was educated the country
would bo honest. Tho Doctor neglected to state
whon, in hia opinion, this education OF tho
massos would 10 accomplished.
a nun with suggestion of alcohol in vo!co
anu movements asked tho Doctor why it waH that
tue Senator from Oregon preferred his miloago
Tho Doctor gayo 1t up.
."neGauso, " said the man, ut WAS s598 more"
Mr. Reynolds jumped up and said that ho waa
responsible for tho behavior Of those attending
tue 1neottig. II tho gentleman wanted to apoak
ho might do 40 when the timo came.