, 1873-08-23
THE SALOON INTEREST.
meeting Of the ." Association Of Liberal.
Minded Citizens
lilo Brewers BS0O-.-Mr. Wilder Ex-
plailis-.-PuttlnE 800 Where 1t
will do The Most Good.

tp1oV
will do The Most Good.
The Association Of Liboral-Alinded Citizen
CVercln Froisiningor Bnorger) held their reg,la
weokly mcoting yesterday afternoon, Mt Swis
Hail. No. A5 North Clark street. Francis A. 1Ioff
mann, Jr., the President, IN tho chair. In I'll
nhsonco Of tho Secretary Mr.. g. 4. Korn th
Vico-Presidont, roal the 1ninutoa Of tho Ina
fneoting.
Several gontlon1on who had previously pait
thoir initiation fee, wcro elected 1nembors Of tlt
Association.
Tho Commitsoe On Drowors, In regard to d sub
s1ly OF u, 700, reported that tho brawors hai
pata them tho sum Of $780, all tho moroy tho5
haa IN tho troaAury at tho timo, and that thoy
promised to do bettcr III tho future.
Alr. j. Zenieacl,ok n,ovod that tho report be
accepted and tho brewers thanked for thoir lib.
erality.
Mr. Il. Motz moved TINT tic report bo not -ac-
copted, as tho brewcrs had promised to Dry
$4,000. ToreploniBh tho troasury, he would s,,e
geBt TINT members be asecHBotl 80 oach and that
tho pittanco Of $500 bo returned to tho brewers.
Mr.. Zonioachok thought Mr.. NIotz was lin.
grateful, since tho browors had givon thom all
they had, and promised TO give moro. Thoy
should not 10 too proud or sensitive. Tho NOM
bors OF tho Association would havo plonty Of op-
portunitios yet to spend thoir money boforo tho
cloRe OF the campaign. They should accent
every donation, however small, como from whore
After considerable dobate, Mr.. Zcnioachol's
motion was adopted.
The Judiciary Committee reported tho nameB
OF several anloon-koepors who had beou fuod
tirongh tie carelcssnesa OF their attorney, Mr..
Wilder, which fines had now to 10 paid by tho
Association.
Henry Mathtou, after stating that tho society
was organized III tho intorost Of tho saloon
thoy 'vero IN esrnost, and tneant to do something
Tor the good Of tho calsc. He hold Ill hiy hand
a 4tt!o resolution, Which was nos wEitton by
little Joo, OF tho -zeitung. Tho rosol,i-
appoint committee. aud get up y petition to DO
presented to the Common Council, that SALOONS
GcepcrH 10 allowed to keep their saloons open on
ssundAys, gun. ana That they podgo themselves to.
dowH closed The Personal Liberty League, he
said, had gotten up q petition. signed by $4,000
e,tzens citizens which would also be presented to tho
Council. Ho was satisfied that tho bill would
than nineteen Aldermen
, hlr Norn deprecated ouch talk as this, because
fe M reporters would put 1t into tho newspapers
should be SO bashful, or why they should BE- |
nothing bt Fights Thor Eeas cause was usfs
a5 otbos b5aoFnfop9 omd they had notng to feat
the subject, and most OF thom wero confident
that tho present Acting-Alayor was in fayor NJ
allowing them to keep thoif satoons loo open open on On
Sundays. "
After q long debate MIR. A1athiou's resolution
was laid OIL tho taDlo,
hlr. Wilder, the attorney OF tho Association.
WIG @ vas 4 present, in measured stops. with copy
noalnEa nt " his hand marched up 70 tic
to mako speech 10 opened THE Tn1nuNE,
which lo hold in his }aand and road an extract
from tue report of Inst weeks proceedings, COLI
lies. And then ho went on to say that this
charge, reported as it was by tho most promi-
neht newspaper III tho city, did him Infinite
Injury, !t u ana ho could not SEQ how Mr.. Korn,
charges, could havo boon so cruel Oh thus wan
tonly to destroy the reputation of young and
rising lawyer: II momberB OF tho society lad
eyer poon before the police courts, and aeon tho
diiiicnltles with which 0 lawyer was continually
or l.ayo boon proforred. All those TINT arc ac-
quanted with him could testify how faithfully he
performed his dutioB on all occasions. TIcso
cases had not been neglected by him, but by tho
bonds.
slr. Korn felt rather put out by Mr.. wilaer's
1omarls, md aaid tint TINT gentleman could
have aaved his remarks, as they had boon entiro-
~ unnecessary; It was wrong to expect him to
10 2 LAWYER a,ld give oil bis time to tho society.
After lengthy debate i waa decided that tho
society pny the finoB Mr. Wilder agreeing to pay
half Of Ar. Knenzlo's duo.
IN motion, it was decided to have two men to
alstrlhnto constitutions Of the Association Ill
Alnerlcnn And Irish saloons. ,
MIR. Hoffmann asked Nr. Torn to tako tho ! !
caalf, 30 that he might make few romarks !;
10 commenced by saying that it was important :.
70 hase @ the newspapers on their side, because
could be elected President Of tie Untod Statoa
with the united aid of tho PROSE- Az practical !
politician, and n momber of Honsible society. - -
o shoaa 20 everything in Lis to deserve
navlans in this city, many Of whom wero s,lf-
porting tho temperance canso but thoro waro
n aaHo others who were lboral, md would 70 with
aho na,l fHSaea ft Sdls thy wore properly Influenced
.u Lno present movement. The Nya Verlden, which
was liberal ut first, had since Joined tho temper-
n,ro ean41 ~ H. md all tho oshor Scandinavian
ne % st aaoS ~sfS py n IT. ha sds ss
WY WY 'ery able paper but still in its infancy
ana h1 therefore hoped that the mombory, indf. 81
Sluua!lS, would subscribe for it, and that tho u
1.-Two. 10'Ne'D'''6 w Aoop ~ q
aRtod tho Frifteden "N -" 09 "
Mr.. Ieniosehok moved to make It s25. d
hlr. sehwarz said that $l00 WIS not too
nlcA because mono of the papers in tho city g
we're as ably edited ~ the Friheden, O
hr. Mack WAS astoniHlled at tho wisdom and q
arod tea eefnmg Of Mr. sehwarz He Ind
never knew shat le was ablo to read a ne,sspa- .
'mnr, . nut a,nce ho gavo thut opinion about tho 3
'pity of Chicago newspapers, ho did not kno,y y,
, Mr. ilotfnlann eaid il lo was the editor of tho ci
,rhefle7 ne would not accept Huoh pittanco y
Shas wag tho money in tho treasury for7 TO rot q q
Mer1f h H. ho was Of tho opinion that tho money IL IL
uo1iu pe placeu where 1t would 10 the most y y
;ood," namely, in the hands Of AIr. Hoffman, @ IL
After several otllors had spoken on tic SUBJ -
Get; mr.. horns motion to donate 300 to the III ~
'i'ihedsn was adopted N
;s!undry bills wore audited, and the mooting y
OF
PERSONAL. u,
7.o,,a dc
N'un Lao1' u BOSTON, te at tho 6herman. m
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