The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-28
TIE SUNDAY LIQUOR LAW.
"A SPIRITED MEETING IN COOPER
INSTITUTE LAST MONT.
The Police Department vigorously Denounced
Wise Counsel from MIR. Ottendorfer-E If
forts to be NJ ~ de to have the Inv Reopen led.

The Police Department vigorously Denounced
Wise Counsel from MIR. Ottendorfer-Ef-
forts to be Made to have the Inv Repealed.
Calcium lights, band of music nume-
rous flags and banners, and about 5000 Indignant
Germans thronged the space In front OF the
Coo er Institute iast evening. Capt. McCul-
Tough was the solitary policeman. At half past
7 the large hall was packed to its utiermost by
men who take an earnest interest In tho sale of
beer and spirituous liquors ION Sundays. Tho
great majority OF the gathering were Germans.
Several women were In attendance. Major
sauer proposed Mr.. Herman Uhl AZ Chairman.
Mr.. Uhl was enthusiastically accepted. The
Secretary then read the list OF vice-Pres sldents,
beginning with the name OF the Hon Oswald OF
tendorfer, and including such distinguished gen.
ilemen as the Hon. Carl scburz, @. Godfrey
Gunther, Gideon Tucker, the Hon. A. Oakley
Hall, the Hon. DeDj jimin Wood. DIR. Wiener,
and others well known in politics.
The Hon. Oswald Ottendorfer spoke In Ger
man. lie denounced In strong language the at
tack Of the police upon the beer 3 looms and
gardens. He counselled no Interference with
the police, saying that great trouble would DO
engendered should opposition be made TO the
gentlemen who sit In the Mulberry street marble
palace and rule the Police Department Of this
city that relief must be obtained from the next
LEGISLATURE. MIR. Ottendotfer's address was vo-
ciferOusly applauded. Toe Secretary read the
resolutions, us follows:
Whsrsa. On Sunday, the 9l,t day Of May, 1879, the
Sunday clause OF the SAID act IN manner wch no alb
;on.e monarch would dare 70 soopt by transforming
se Police force into an a5nN Of spiss aud scouts
frances into places kept by citizens OF great and
aouo,ed rcsptctaolitt thougn the street door. and
ssEre,.ns s1s % the pnne Of such places housh ,hsy
20 furnish them with song reireshmeni and By Keep
ng sucn owners arrested Tor hours like common feon
E,soirsd That such arbitrary and despotc enforce
unnatural outburs Of ianscism aud intolerance s an
outrage upon the liberties oi the people and the nights
e,oiy,d That we viii not di.band nor cease In our
Efforts until the eponsibiity for this unparalleled out
rage snail nave been fastened upon the parties properly
cargesoe herewith, until this law. In present
Oaensiye form. shall have beer rep, modified
.sa,oS s e e ppSsa . Si ss. an
Ing ot tsent, nye deegate,. for the purpose OF CON
as expressed by this mass meeting
The resolutions were unanimously passed.
Mr.. SIgismund Kaufman also spoke In Cor
man. He said that IN Germany the people mad
every opportunity to enjoy their SUNDAYS. and
he sked why America snouid not De as free
Tse Hon. Richard O'Gorman said: We srs
here, sitting as hish court OF impeachment
There has been law upon our statute books
for nearly twenty Years foroidding the sale OF
liquors, ale, and betr on sundays. Tue law be.
without warning, the police btutay and cruelty
- upon our fellow cltizcns. venture to say
that no monarch IN all Europe would have dared
y exercise such tyranny rs was shown BY the Po-
lice Department last sunday. Ihe time for put
tlns this act into force was most susp iOus. Had
tue enforcement been attempted several months
ago wnen the Leg stature was IN session the
police would not have dared TO interfere with
YOU. 1 so with you to demand from the whole
people tue condemnation Of the Police Com
mission; To quote the language OF President
Smith, the elton OF the police last sunday was
4 "A
honest, sober man who may wish to enjoy a
glass OF beer on SUNDAYS ought not To be inter
fered with. Tue Sabbath was made for mn
not man for the sabbath. 1t is IA day for MS
recreation and amusement; Why should our
gloom. i beg to answer them that thrce-fourtns
oi the population do not agree with them. lAp-
Morltz EllinGer. speaking In German. accused
the Mayor OF opposition 10 the Germans, and
pose the the teaching " German in the public
schools; also win having, Ia appointing the
present commissioners, bad an understanding
that they should neutr"ize the innocent Sunday
enjoyment OF GeImsns.
MIR. Harry Cunningham, after addressing the
outside hssemblage, congratulated those in the
hail uoon the meet benz entirely Irrespective
OF politics.. IL WAS protest against crying
outrage. lie accused William n. Nickhan OF
being the author OF this "unhOiy outrage." In
former days, as Billy Nickham, the fireman, he
thought II no harm to sit W during the small
hours Of sunday morning deyuurlng chOwder
aud It's concomil ants. Now that wickham had
become Mayor, his tone was changed, aud him
seif and assoc ociates are opposed to the quiet and
innocent sunday enJOyments Of the poor.
The twenty-five members Of tho Executive
the meeting were Ernest Schwa zwAslder, An
dreas flnk, Conrad STEIN Frederic Unbckant,
Henry kinssnsuser, William Radde, George
WON, Gustav Lautcr, Sixtus Carl kapf. Z. II.
townsend, Henry Claussen. George W. S uer.
Jacob Hollender. Hugo lioenack, John lttner,
viii m D,nser, Philip Mcrnel, Joseph Kunlz.
George Aery, DAVID ioungiing. JACOB kuppert,
Robert Schroeder, Michael Hahn, A. Appel, and
hermann Uni.