, 1873-11-09

tho Mayors argument, claiming TINT tho a,l-
thorties had power to close tho naloonH Oil blill-
dny, but TINT tho executive olilcorB bcing afrakl
OF tho lqnor interest, "hnvo not tho eonpcionco
or tho moral oonrngo to Do right aud rathor
voting power Of tho saloons to Which they owe
tlioir elections"
THE POLICE noAnn ON TIE RuNpAy LAWS,
On Ock. tho Committee hnd All interview
Bionor Talcott assured tho Committee that llo In
tended TO enforce tho law rigialy, but Oo1nnia-
Hlonor Klokke, on tho nther hand, agreed with
Mayor A1edill That II was noither noccesnry nor
prudent I; to cloao oil naloona On the Sabbath.
On Oct. 10, tie Mayor addressed a COMMITS
tcntion to tho resolutions aslopted by tho public
mcoting, asking that tho aaloons be closed on
sy nt %S re sy3G o he aras
willingness to undertake to do ''whatovor was
practicable iu tho proniHos, but a!so some
doubts whether. with tha small, police
forco at command, liquor-dealing on the first
In tho oity nslsed for tho active support aud
assistance OF those tley represented III making
complaints before tito Magistrates. in helping to
procure evidence againBt these who violated
received and oynically disposed Of. I nm una-
bio to procure any promise Of of1lolent add
whether moral, religious, legal, or pAyisical;
their business seo.ned to be conauro. but not to
encourage or support the autlloritios.
II obAerye in the printed report Of tho inter.
Wow by their SUBJ Committee. tint thoy waited
on your Board and obtainod moro ENCOURAGE
ent as to tho practicability Of enforcing the Or
diuanco. They say: ON tho contrary, tho
Commissioners and Superintendent Of Pc:
the Hamo day, declared themselves ready 10 on
force such all order when issued by the Mayor,
and they anticipated no serious trouble ln doing
30. I am happy to loarn Tint you anticipate no
difficulty II stepping nquor-tlslnking in tho sa-
The order WIS thcreupon Issued.
WHAT SHERIDAN THOUGHT h YEAR AGO.
The same day Commissioner Sheridan was in
terviewel to ild luis opinion as to thepracticabil-
ity Of enforcing the ordinance. The interview
was rs follows:
neportor-llr. Sheridan, do you think tho Sun
day law can DO enforced?
Alr. sheridan-1t Gun be. Iapprohend no Diff
hculty lit anforolug 1t.
leporter-How do you propose to enforce it
Mr. Sheridan--Thnt Is another thing, (after
some hositation) ).-byprosecuting every 1nan who
Reporter-Wiil the police bo Instructed to
watch tho saloons and lnnko complaints ngainst
the propriatora who keep open on Sunday
Mr: shoridan-A policeman goes OIL his heat,
and finds the saloons open, md persons inside
drinking; ayory officer knows somo Of the
BBsoR' BsoR hS hs ffeaSpnt % nas ae saqonS 5 on tba Lbs
house, but on Monday morning 70 into the
rolico Court aud got Il summons issued for the
saloon-koepers. They will como up on Friday,
and bo fined.
noportceWi1l the persons the policeman
against the t}rinkors7
Alr. sleridan-Thnt is for you to find out.
a Times Neporter-1 shall have to DO worry
careful, aud buy my whisky on Saturday night.
FFT71rF "5,nkr t,~ s1~t%
with 2 saloon-keeper when arraigned for q
second violation Of tho ordinance
AIr. ShcridRn-The Mayor will be informed OF
the first time, md, # the proprietor comes up
again, Ills license will be revoked.
Will 1fr. Sheridan stick to Ills opinion In the
future, III fair question to PROFOUND.
THE FIRST ADDRESSES
Oct. 25 there WIS issued an Address to tho
People, first Of the long aetios which have
since appeared; IN substance it advocated 90 the
enforcement Of the Sunday law. This effusion
was rgned, "On behalf Of tho Committee Of
Seventy" by Willard Wooanra; /" On behalf Of
the Committee Of Fifteen" By ". ". Eyarts,
aud "on behalf Of the Committee on Eleo-
tions," by A. l.. Morrison,
At the same time there was addressed to the
Mayor another document, Aligned by the Fifteen.
MAYOR 1tED1L1 TO THE GERMANS.
Oct. ~ the Mayor waB waited upon by q
way to repeal MI absolute Law was to enforce It.
He hud no power to suspend any section Of law
until II was repealed.
Tho Committee went AWAY satisfied.
Tho Committee Of Twenty-Five met on Oct.
%, when Alr: :Grecnobaum resigned the Chnirman-
ship, and AIr. HeHing abandoned tho organiza.
ton.
Tie Committee ct Seventy soon absorbed the
smaller organizations. 1t put ticket in the
field last year, but its first venture
the winter it Was dormant, but some three
,nontha Rinco It Bmelt tho battle afar off and
came ont Of its winter quarters. It proceeded
to organizo tho recent campaign, In which Il
he remembered in the history Of local politics
for good intentions for miserable inolicioncs
us political organization and for Its failure te
execute the desgns for which it WAS organized