, 1875-06-14
PROGRESSIVE INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE.

A meeting Of the Progressive Industrial
Lcaguo waa hold yesterday afternoon In Judge
Rogers courtroom In Oity-Ila1i, the audience
consisting Of two mature 1adioB, nino bald-hoad-
cd men. and Conch-Hholl Reynolds. Some per-
eon who had arrived oa1ly at tho meeting had
placed small American fng ia hls Honor'a ink
stand, and this display Of tho stars and Stripes
aecmod to seriously annoy tho venerable Hey
nolds, for, ~ soon as II met bis oyo, he sallied
forth and roturnod With plcce oflash. to which
he at onre affixed his personal pockothandkcE-
chief. This inproviscl dag Of truce WAS raised
high oror tho humblor lcolorcl Tag TO Mr.. Royn-
olls' visb1e e1ultatiou.
Before tho proceedings began It WAS clear thAt
Tho League uas not III state Of harmony.
Messrs. Furey, Libby. and one or two othoss,
were tho contrary pa,ties. and declined to ngreo
with anybody alont anything. As n preliminary
to tho meeting the email party separated itsolf
into duoB aud compared notes In q loud tone OF
TpIce, zach member executing occasional soloA
on high key with wonderful effect. Tho finest
feature Of tha portion Of tho cntortain,nont was
tho enso with which the eldest lady present
Etilled tho tumuis whom sbo sQuo!chod Brother
Rtrrr9 in rolco "a melodious aB that OF
KufneA-hen. Following arc
CHOICE hlrB or WISDOM
picked out Of tho atIray:
Tho people must bo compcllcd to learn that shey
sannot be happy Without naA3ns othern happy.
a rbe s s1a ssd
ibows tho secret power Of tho new d!speuestton.
our rss sosE + aos ous.eive" and our a
united nsturoa must b chAnged to tho una1lmiy Of
Tho tax-robbcra ase united willis wo ato in tho
woody forest Of distracted confusion.
Tho nppant followers Of fools necd our guidance
sna support.
While she pow WOW WAS in progress, Mr. Furoy
Was reading to It H.1.Hl circle liatfu 0f rcsosr-
lions which hs l''l evolved, but which ho would
not ALLOW tot ,i'.le public.
-: II 1AGK OF HAnXoEy.
When lilo t..i:mtBher6 wGro pretty we'll out OF
breath Eothor Strong called tho meeting to Or
der, but Was at once snapped up by brother
Libby, Who wanted to know bow ho cafno In that
chsir. and whnt right no had to load matters
brother Strong said he held over from tho last
mecttng. ho thought by veto Of tho organlza-
tiou.
rfotl.r Libby revied tue organization, and
r4utoI 10 DO ltfnEmcd what It amounted to
snywa7 II tlore wern only half ; dozen people
IN 1t, ard no txo Of those could agrce Oh any
thing.
all things 20 forward In order ho thought thoy
would como out better that way.
Tho WOMAN said she wanted to hear Drother
Barnes.
DRcTnEn nARNEs =
aald that 1t had been revealed to bin to mako
known the principles Of truo government Which
lad boon Approved By tho angels, tho cAcrnbim
and eotaphtm, and vh9 to b. the future sys,om
Of tho Garth, but ho couldn't DO expected to lay
1t all opeu in firo m,huses, and lie wouldn't t1y.
Brother FnIey began 10 denrair Of chance
for ha resolutions, aud. tuckinc.thcm in his hat,
moved to adjourn. The mover aud Brother
Libby voted loudly md no enc else voted ut all
Whereupon hvo menbora mara1led out, Brother
Furey solomulY carrying his resolutions at tho
hcAd Of the procession.
The WOMAN again called for Brother Darues,
and that individual proceeded. lie ~ described
on his bills II Tito American rhilanthropisE
from tho East, aud nppoasa to be wild aud
Innocent funatio. nis speech was = wild
and nonsonhicAl Aarangue, with somo religion,
oorne politics, soma philosophy, nud good deal
OF arrant NONSENSE .-hbsolutely without spark
of Idea OF sense, IIo began by sayiug to tho
seven posRona before lin thas they would be-
como tho stono hewed out Of tho rock which
should roll over the city, State, and nation.
Fnrthar on, ho affirmed that Christ was mere
idesl principle evolved and doyeupod By Jesus
al Nazareth. man. We werc living now In The
advent Of Christ, who had come, yet re Mero
directly subject 70 and governed by personal
Satan.
In ous portion Of his speech ho grabbed up
tue fax out Of his llonos'h inkhtand. aud waved
1t ttvioently, saying, ~ lIfsto yor baunee To tho
topmost spot; the atats arc elemonts Of heaven,
and the htripes signfy that oil othor nations
shall oo striped out OF existence"
The effort lasted somo time, and wax agreeable
to tho audience.