, 1873-08-11

Tho quiet City Of Madison Wlu.. usuo,1v ma
placid aa tho surface OF ono OF ita pn,chbor1no
'aRelosa OF aummor'a day, has boon rufIled by
the broezo that Is suro to grow out Of fondnoss
for oocr among part Of tho community and q
7oneration for Sunday laws among tho rost
Tho Madison Germans havo heretofore onioyol
their Sundays and thoir boor aftor thcir o,yn
fashion, and they took tho prccaution, 60 IL Ia
aafa' TINT the present Mayor, Mr. J. O. Gregory,
should give tliom pledge boforo election not to
'ntorfero with thom, Sunday statutes to tho con-
'rafg notwithstanding. But A1r. Gregory wont
AWAY Tor vacation, and AIr. Chandler P. Ohap-
man Was appointed Acting Mayor Mr.. Gimp
nun, 1t appears, ia not fond Of boor
On Sunday or, If ho is, boliores TINT
sho sunday law should bo onforced.
ono OF hlH arst hcta, therefore, was to issue q
circular to tho saloon-koopors, calling their at-
tention to tue city ordinance and tho gtaso
Statute prohibiting tho selling Of liquor on Sun
day, aud providing Oh ponaty for violation a
| hno not loss than $40 nor moro than $40. and
imprisonment for not moro than thirty DAYS nor
1888 than ono day. Aotiug- Mayor Chapman
based his order upon his duty to enforce tho
laws Of tho State and tho ordinances Of tic citx
within the corporation. Tho saloon-keepora
mado tho best Of tho situntion tho nsxt Sunday
and ellnt up their p1aces, with tic oxception of
ono porson, against whom All information WAS
lodged will tho statos-Attornoy, who will prose-
cuto him under tho State law, The testimonv
OF tho State Journal ia that Madison had not ou.
2oyod 80 quiet mud orderly Sunday for yoars,
During the week d Gor1nan circplar wsa
iaa"ed, calling mass-moeting Of .'the frienda
OF personal and constitutional liberty " to dis
cuss tho Acting-Mayors order. The meeting
WAS attended almost exclusively by Gormang,
and tho proceedings wero conducted In tho Qor
man language. The speeches were condenna-
tory Of tho policy Of rowling obsolete statutes.
and expressive Of tho belief that tho plrposo of
Keeping the Sunday law on the books was aimp!y
to have remedy ut hand to uso iu case of pub
Lilo disturbance. Tho language used ut tie
meeting VIVA temperate, and tho resolutions |
adopted indicated a very different policy from |
Tint commonly chosen. They sot forth tint az |
tho Mayor could not mean by "tho enforce
mont of tho Sunday laws" an applica-
s1on to the saloons alone, tho aorn1ans
"ontd unite with him In securing atrict obsory-
anco Of all its fcaturos. Ho was therefore. ro |
quostod to servo a notice similar to that gerycl |
on tho saloon-Aeepors, upon steamboats, omni- |
buses, llvery-stablos, Hola-fountains bake-shops.
c'gar-storoH' confectionery and ice-cream estab-
''shments, and nj other business which las Or
ofnarily been conducted on Sunday. The state
INV 1t should DO remembered. provides that
" NO person shall koop Ills shop, warehouse, or
"orkhollso, or shall do any ma,,nor of labor. or
b1slnoas, or work. except only works of neces-
a'ty anu charity, Or bo present ut any dnncing,
Or any public diYoraion, show, or entertainment,
Or tako part in any sport, game, or play on tho
Lords day, commonly callod Sunday" Tho Cor
nana made tho point that, II tho Acting-layor
7as constrained to enforce tho law against a.
oons by sonso of duty to enforce all existing
avs, as ho said, lo would also bo anxious tn
'nrry out tho Sunday law in full, and would DO !
'lad of their cooperation. IloreBolutions woro
lent to tho Acting-AIayor, who accepted them !
Vlth thanks for their proffored assistance. and I
Volunteered to mako number OF tile Germans t
pocial policemen, in orlor TINT their co.opera-
ion might bo tho more cflioiont. but Acting
layor Chapman did not distribute tho circulars
n'ong tho buHinoss people who arc in tho habit
i Keeping their places open on Sunday, aud did !
lot tako any steps to enforce tho lar against :
hem as against boer-sel1ing. bIr. Cha1,-
aan explained to reporter that he {
aw. distinction betwoeu tho Sunday :
'W as applied to liquor-aollng and
applied to other pursuits Though this dis
Motion may DO sell-founded, Mr. Chapman had q
Vldontly forgotten tint ho had told tho saloon 9
copora lie WAS enforcing the law simply because
Was his duty to enforce all tho laws, On tlia c
round the dor1nans oortainly had good point p
'ainat the Acting Mayor. Taking advantage q
1t at meeting which they hold lust Friday y
10Y Withdrew their profcrrod assistance, and Il
'cused MIR. Chapman of carrying out his tn- u
'lanai p1o5udicos, instoad Of i1npartially en- tt
rcIng the laws as they stana On tho boo1s. #
10 meot'ng then abandoned their FIRST position, b.
Id voted that tho saloons should be kept omen v
ID beor sold on Sundays tho same as other ="
ya rogardloss Of the law nnd the notice of tho be
'1ns-Mnyor. This was tie first intin1ation OF W.
on resistance. Yesterday WAS the first Sum- as
y aftor tlo now resolutions, and tho dis n n
tol'ea OF this morning will probably tell the -,
anlt. pc
There ia nothing new in this controversy to mr. mr.
oago people. 1Vo haye had the beer question oia
the Sunday question pretty thoroughly dis o an
sHol within tho past fow montha and are lika]v no
lloar considerably moro OF It hefore n ia oot th
Il ,rho n,o;1,o,, r. ,,.1,. ,.', in!
'n'toning tllor first position, which was an
'd one, III view of tho Acting Mayors a,,- "a "a!
nconlent tat tho Inv required him to enforce lit
tlo Btatnlos aud orlinallcoa. Thoir doclaro- htt
Il to opeuly ylolato the law is no more do roo
B'b'o than similar announcement from any tio
ct elasH Of people in regard to any other law ~
German opposition to tho Sunday law. l,ow. In