Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-06-13
The Sunday Beer Question in Chicago.
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From present Appearances it is likely that
contumacious beer vendors will occupy the
principal share of the attention Of Police Court
tribunals fer some time IN come Yesterday.
bitJ seven North Side saloon Keepers who had
kept open doors on the previous sunday. and
catered to the bibuious tendencies of the thirsty
regardless of the maissly of the law were sum
muncd 10 appear before Justice Kaufman on
Msnday next, tu answer for this trangrsssisn Of
the mandates Ot our city fathers. On the West
side thirteen law breakers will bo arraigned
bslore Justice Scully uu next Thursday, aud ou
the same dty JuSti-e BInyOn will ialc a fine
and some Of his sage remlrks upon nine sfTsud-
ers in the South Division.
About month ago the German "Vereiu" re-
solved TO yield implicit ob=dencs to the law
while it was in force, aud 10 oppose il only in
legal way by working for its repeal. The SEN
sible course of actiam has mt tho fate that is
reserved for good resolutions Of all kind. and
while the sIlonn keepers are luud-mputhed in
crying down with the law" they are tram
ping i, under foot with an impuniiv that hard
" calls for its rSpoll to make it ineffective.
FROM TnR CHICAGO TINES.
Our fellow citizens Of German descsut-sr
"Germlns," as they prefer to call themselves
have always claimed to bsa llw-abiding people
On sunday all Of thoB openly dsfad munici-
pal law, instead Of resOrting to the ballet box
aud there taking measures to havstAs law re.
pealei.
This course on the part Of so called Ger.
n ans m 'kes the case all the worse "Ger-
man Is not an AM ricaa, and there is a good
deaf nore ins0'snce ia thu wilul dehlucs af
| law by an alien than there is by IA citizen
When people are visitors in 4 family il is GER
talniy u be eKPected that they will behave no
worse, at n7st tltn those Of whom they ars
/ guests. Hence, tbs dsftuee Of our law by
! people whn do nat call them elves Americans
| bat WIN claim 10 Os ''Gscmans"-l German /,
a SUBJ. .ct Ut u Euro jean putsntate, named Will
| liam, ar another named Jussp sph--makes them
I FuIay Of great discuurtesy, t, say the least.
| They are Hst Behaving themselves as gentle.
/ manly visitors.
Tue duty Of resident Americans is very pIain
| They have enacted law. The only remedy
1 for 40 unpopular Law, in this country, is lp be
/ fnuui in tho courts or At the ballot box Pend
! ing the reversal of such unpopular law by ore
or the o'har of these agencies, il is the duty of
/ all gsod citizens t. obsy the law. It's also the
/ duty Of the authorities to enforce the law
/ Now, Yet US have one thing or annther Let
1 rs have this Suud az SALON Law reps7Ied nr en-
forced. Until 10 shall be REPEALED ii that will
! be its fats--let us have i: enforced. Let Mr.
/ Washburn sn'orcs it with all The force at his
( eNmmani. II he hlve not enough min let him
/ call on the Governor of illinois II tbs militia
d u
aud navy Of the United states. Il is time uo,g
u sstls the question to whether laws shall
| be repealed regularly NJ by mob action :;
! whether the municipal mtnagensutis in tie
/ hands of tn. legi sls,ivs aud executive au.hiri-
| ties. or Of combinations of men WAC call them
! Sslvss "Gsrman>." Let us sse that the law is
/ pbJyel even II We have 10 borrow grace aud
/ chnstsr Arguments from: liberty-IoViag Ger
nlny ;tSef, to promptly subiue outbreaks
| against regular authority.
! FROM The caICAG3 TRIBUNE.
| The course Of the 6 ,rman saloon keepers on
Sunday last, in ostsntatiousIy violating the law
| which requires such plaoss I. % alassI "a .I,at
/ day, unless Intended rsarsly az 4 test case for
controversy in the courts, was an act Of inso-
lence and contempt of law not to be tolerated
rh4 ordinance against keeping saloons open OF
Sunday has been in force for several months
and its yislatious have been punished by fna
/ and revocation Of licenses Yet with a full
know.sIge Of the law and If its penaties, these
slIlon keepers resolved in public msetiug, to
Vioats it, aud carried that resolve into sxseu-
tiou.
There can be but one opinian amoug resaact-
able citizens relative to this action. Thsusanls
sflaw abiding people who symplthiEa more OF
less with the GsrmiHs IN their oppssitiSn tc
compulsory Sunday observance and whs
would De inclined 10 vote with them for any
I
will heartily diSapprove this aiun;iug act o.
de1ance--tlis violation Of law for the purpns,
nf violating it. There ia wide and materia
difference between an hsnest and determined
opp ,siiion to a law and an intentional defiance
oft. Thousands who NAV agree with the
: Germans in their opposition to the law will IN
D sst that the city authorities shall make thh
public and avowed violation Of 1t an occa si-I
for the imposition Of its extreme pen ll,e g. 10
wit: the revocation Of the licenses held bv th'
! offenders. Unless the Mayor is willing to hav
: the authority nf the city fdii iniO cnntempt. h
= must meet defiance resnluelv, and must dea
out To tho offenders the full measure Of the law
lie can have no choice he must either enforc
n his authority or abdicaie to tie Saloon Keepers
Union. The Police Commissioners can ne
overla-k this action. 1t was public and notori
= Gus, and it was intended az challenge to th
CITY government TO enforce its laws If it dare
= To quail or to back down iOw would be an mn
e sernlY exhibition Nf moral onwardice, whic
: would be fslowed by the contempt ofall ella sse
i1cludug even those who have thus dehcd 4
We greatly regret that any nf the German
IT should suppose that they have found a shsrie
cut IN justice than the Procs IS Of voting agAni
= ! an obnoxious ordinance.
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