, 1873-05-17
THE yYIRTIlS-YEREiN.

moeting ot tt,o osntoon-rxccpors, Union
~; ~, Xestctllay Aft6rro on. S:'1'.
L. meeting of tho nombo(A of tho Wirtha3
Voroin, or snloon-Koepors' Union Of Chicago,
waa held yostorlay afternoon III tho 11fat1 Of tlo
swiab Maennorchor, No. As NORTH Olark Istroot.
About 700 rhtaona wcro prosont, who, whilo
waiting to; bo caljod. to order, discussed ,A1r.
Hosing'a "uew. departure" being unanimous
In It's support, and aiso paid up thotr monthly
dues to tho TREASURER. lfr. potor Mueller pro-
sidod.
The minutes Of tho last meeting wore read,
and tho question Of their adoption led to. i
long and constitutional discussion by n1r. 1lotz
and others, az to tho power Of less than a
quorum TO- DO business, pass resolutions, oto.
It was decided TINT wl1ilo IT was not oonatitu.
proper. = -; -
:. nsyerel pora ao99 were non,inatoa for raonbe r
1nnnufaoturoF.' They were:nll oloetod. ~
Tho Committee appointed to vail on the brow
orr 5sportesa thet thy lad boon yory woii re-
aomo money out Of them. Some Of tho ao3a-
water people had promised to Join. Thoy had
alno viaitod tho liquor -doalors. =, =" =
- TIE he Committee .t' apontcd to pis out lawyer
they had not yot arrived at conclusion.
Mr. Hutchinson, as a representative of tho
aoaa-wator men, said they had decided to join
Tho ohair cxhortod tho mornbors to unity. It:
brewors, etc., they wore lighting for:
Wr. William soyboldt sent in his resignation.
should uoyer,. neyof moro DO admitted TO NOM.
Tho next order Of business consisted of propo-
hitionB tonding to advance tho interoBtB Of tho
wait TIL thoy Ind Cotton a lawyer, and tako his
advice as to tho best course to DO pursued. Mr.
Metz wanted a ..romodeling of tho
II Ill., to sqpny an yaa ssran
committee appointed for TINT purpose. Others
merely wantod a 1nwyor, in order to know whether
they wore to shut or open on Sunday Tho
amendment.o OF the Constitution was not 30 essen-
: tin1.
Mr.: Schmidt spoke ct tho now movement
Was spreading to tho others, and would aoon hare
its Gontraa Committee. It WAS m organization
thoy must MD Ill they could. So far as thor own
special organization went, thoy must follow tho
advice Of their lawyer implicitly: =,
Tho CLar called attention to tho necessity
thing til it Without money, nothing. Their. motto
must ba: Unity ana Money ,.'
Alr. Hottke, q woiss-beor- brewor, made
spooch, a1ao urging unity In their task Of ro-
moving tho yoke which now weighed on thor
uecks.
| Ho not being mombor, some one reminded
him Of the impending election, and urged him
| to join 90 aa to lelp with money.
| Ho agreed to 70 with thom band Ia hand.
| ,T1o bonds Of, tho Financial Eecrotary and
Treasurer wore submitted, tho last being for
| SEQ, 600, aud approved. ~.
| 4 proposition was mado to lot In people: with
ont IN initiation foe but II wes atronuoua}y op-
posed on tho ground TINT money was needed
| It is o ~pooularity Of Gorman noot1ngs that tho
mo1nbors can got moro ozcitcd and talk more,
1roa1n Of doing; consequently, much timo and
breath wero wasted In talking over this and
othar little pointa. :,
1nrop}y to m inquiry, 1t WAS stated that the
organization wns to protect It's own members,
md those only, against tho Sunday law. Those
who had not paid could expect nothing.
Tho meeting then adjourned.