The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-14
PRICE TWO CENTS.
NOT FOUNDED BY GREELEY
THE TRIBUNE RUN SHOP ONCE MORl
PUBLICLY DISCUSSED.

The Temperance Mems Project OF Buyinh
and Closing IL Two of the younq Editors
Printers Converted TO Total Abstinence.
In Bleeclxer Hall yesterday afternoon O
large temperance meeting was held. Scripturh
lessons were read, and prayer offered by the
Rev. Dr. Ball. Then Col Scott Of Boston saidi
IL don't know much about the tall tower bar
room except what have read In the papersi
but the other day stood for several moments
In the street in front Of the saloon. and watched
the people as they went In and out. The words
Of an old TEMPERANCE song ran through my head
as stood there. one couplet Of which Is;
,apyys5 N,apy sI'pssv ~ sss y9Sss 9Ss so@e Sae gay
so saw crowds Of people, Young and oldt
merry and blythe and broken down and bageard,
passing constantly in aud out OF those broad.
open doors Of sin and DEGRADATION"
The President Mr.. Gibbs, said: "Horacs
Greeley all his life fought against intem perance,
and he would never have tolerated the institu-
tiOn 81 such place as the Tribune saiuon. liz
devoted hts life to the cause OF temperance, and
always spoke and wrote against the rumseller.
The tall tower bArroOm Is an eyesore TO all TEN.
perance men. II stands in the most oonspiou-
Gus place IN the city, within few rods OF ths
statue OF the great franklin, although am clad
to see that the old Urnter turns his back uDou
It's doors. 1t Is bad place. a stencil In the nos
trils OF the people. ] have no doubt whatever
that the friends OF Horace Greeley, both tenn
perance men and rum drlnkers-fur he had
many frlenuS among the ldttef-WOulu raise thd
sum OF $4,000 IN less than two weeks, to BRING
back to the paper that he founded the honord-
BILE prestige that IL has lost. We dOn't intend ia
buy out all these rum holes. but this H. an excep-
tiOnal case. 1t IL true that they might at OnC0
open somewhere else, nut wish this thing TO
bo done In the of this Rlafing nuisance siui-
pl, because of The resi- ect and love / bear ths
memory OF the late MIR. Greeley"
The secretary read a letter from Mr.. ii. @.
exter, In which the writer expressed desire
tnat tue Tribune proprietors take down from its
conspicuous position In their counting room ths
portrait OF Mr.. Greeley.
Resolutions were offered asking the friends Of
temperance To unite and purchase the lease OF
the Tribune saloon, and advising that a conf
mttee be appointed to raise the necessary
funds, ana that HE sun be requested to puo-
lsh the subscriptions.
Mr.. Persons. an elderly man. said that he once
spoke at a meeting at which he and Horace
Greeley advocated temperance, and ADDED
"When heard that the basement OF the lftb-
une building was to be leased Tor a rum shop
was overwhelmed, aud | wondered that the
bones of MIR. Greeley did not arise from the
grave.
A man 10 the back OF the room said that, n
Horace Greeley was dead. he did not Ieeve
that he partner 10 the lease OF the tall tower
barrOOm. tie did not advise the purch tse OF the
saloon, but thought that II was preferdDle 70
station men ct the doors OF the place TO give TO
the recipient, II he partook Of Tribune refresh-
ments. would 90 10 ruin.
DIR. Bill said, have taken the Tribune Tor
| over twenty years, but stopped It. said an-
other speaker: The Good Templars have gone
to work In the right way. They didn't ASSAULT
| have already captured two OF Mr.. Wh.ts-bis-
| Names emplOyees-two compostors-who have
Joined the TEN perance ranks
| The resolutions were rejected.