, 1873-12-23
At THE COMMON COUNCIL.

IAE ttMaAIIEE tUMEa.
About ha1f-past o'clock III tho evening, the
Committee appointed ut tho meetiug Of work
ingmen Sunday afternoon made tllelr appear
anco III the Common Council Ohambor, and took
a standing position inHido tho ruling until tho
Council waH in readiness to receive them.
Whom, at Inst. tho rules Ind bcon suspended,
Mr.. L. 4. Hoffman, Chairman Of tho Committee,
stepped forward and spolso as follows:
REMARKS OF ME-. HOFFMAN.
N1AYon or CHICAGO, AND CRY FArnEns: III COM
chosen at tho mase-mectiug Of the laLore:s ut thy
Twelfth Street Turner Hall. appear before yo and
before this honorable body to present to you aerics
concciveft. sir aud gentlemcn not only honor, hut
pleasusa to 10 DESIGNATED for that purpose; The
approval Lut you viii give It that consideration which
10 nlwaya.. due to tho usteranccs of thu
ccsaity hos brought tcn here But they ask not that
you feed Them and clotle their naliedness without
Iands tor pttance suiticent merely to ccp item and
case is surrounded With = great MANY difficulties.
that Ills Treasury OF tho city il eotcd that the rity
is almost, as It were, bankrupt but yet. when
and ready to satisfy tho boni,oldora and pay thon
their interest, couceyo that toy ulso will havo the
wisdom an the onor to devlko means to feed those
thAt aTo brc1llesy and Some Of those that homo
less.
It would be ll-becoming to me to offer anything
any ncthod-by which you may relieve tile necessitea
fho best interests of tle ctty q Chicago. but !
md that Is this That tho city oicluls should haye
thought 1t necessary to invoke the
STRONG ARM OF THE poL1oE
in order to keep down whit thDy supposed would 10
riotous mob. Over uou people In the streets In
tha Immediate Vicinity of tue City Hail. aud yet esery
a H. eaS n0t ss hndses and
thousands Of them are breadcss und starving ut this
moment. The day las not yot come. at icast not III
this city, that ciiino und poverty aro synonymous
ter1nz. man lnHy bv poor. but for all
That he may be man, and recognize Ills utlcs to Lis
sss H.. ssd to lo ey 5 s H
aud thu poor lave only tue weapons Of peace and uot
tie weapons Of war. Tnoy aro here. aild they hope
will 10 anshuken until sou shall ays e ,hsir appeals
90 by unhcard
Ss epsss @ ss sss gfspass SS2 ssa:s u sss s
YOU YOU hose to-asst, as '' thoy lld to" 70 those
groatcat cosconrso tat together IN Lis City
q chsago,that they aso ~ orderly set If meu, tha
they Aaye 20 fur earned the!r living BY hnr. work.
this Committee, tn tho uanac Of tlouEa!s ofoor, Of
men, Of woen sna Of eA!ldsou; thank you fer your
mercy the consideration Of tlis auboc. ApplailAe
TIE wonK1soMEH's PROPOSITIONS.
Tho snb1oinad propositions, Adopted by the
workingmen, wore thon Hont to tho Clorl, who
read them to the Council:
Ata meeting OF worhingacn assembled at Turner
II4ll Oh Weat Twelfth street, Dec. II, the following
resolutions prosecuted and unanimously adopted,
alld colnmittee OF wsrkinguen wcro appointed to
present tho Same to you aud soicit your "sest con-
s!doEAlon:
WuEaEAs. In consequence OF tho existing financial
and commercial cr!sB a thu general wa1t u employ
lnent which hus nauifestcA isolf We tud ourselves
without tho nocesaarles Of lifc a cla.ing, au DO
tho right ta 1.-Two, We ara conpuod to Alaresa tl'D
]bl}rl tta