The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-21
MUNDY's MEETING AT THE COOPER UNION
HIS ELECTION ENDORSED.

MUNDY's MEETING AT THE COOPER UNION
HIS ELECTION INDoRsED.
The meeting OF this portion of the union at the
Cooper Ins ttue was we'll attended. The expectation
that the recent troubles in tue organization would be
made matter Of comment had the effect OF drawing
quite number OF curiosity seekers, and when Mr..
William H. Nupdy and his associate officers appeared
tho stage tneDlarge hall OF the institute was very
fairly filed. Not lew Of tho audience anticipating
display OF hostties Of some kind made the incoming
Mr. Mundy the signal for ovation which seemed
be generally given with will The meeting then
opened with prayer, In which the conversion Of rum
sellers and the Increase OF temperance habits
was solicited, Mr.. Mundy then for.
ward and said:-"I have come from Staten Island,
where have been busily engaged in furt aering
CAUSE and must admit that would have stay cd there
to counue tue work did not take exceeding great
Interest III the donss OF this meeting, especially after
the ault that has been me- need not,
however, refer 10 matter thWt Is painful 10 bug
will let the speaker OF the day proceed The army OF
reIigous workers Is divided into departments. like
her hosts. The Bdptists said to DO the navy the
Dutch Reformed Church the heavy artillery. the Ep's-
copaians the home guard and tho Mothodists the
AIRY. one ., ,sess ss u Is whom nave 70 ,nsroaace
Rev. Mr. Corey.
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
''Mr. Muudy was right IN paclng me among the cav
airy" SAID the speaker, 'ior came here Tor the pur
pose OF max ing raid. Tho temperance movement Is
on O! the most extraordinary events Of the day IL
has bcan In progress Tor some time It
is true; but the work accomplished was
only preparatory. rho pubic mind has
scarcely been 1ndoctriDated with the real merits
OF The question and the purposes hope to achieve
Men ana women nowadays are willing to graphic with
weiguty suoJccs aud thidk about thom, but somehow
they do not thoroughly understand this Temperance
movement Perhaps II was THAI which accounted Tor
the anrontory OF a lawyer, andh man presumably OF
Intelligence anu refinement, IN asking us to Ds
moderate and tolerate nemperapce because there IS
so much money invested IN the liquor trade. Why,
he claims That III the stores where liquor IL sold IN
Now York could be arranged on an avenue IN "a line
they would reach seventeen miles, and he holds that
the ISSUE oil licenses should be increased order 10
secure Tor the government pa.ry $500, 900. Why,
Is estimated that nemperancc, through tho pauper5
aud criminals 1t throws upon tho State, costs
S., 600 000 Now II that sum was devoted 10 somo
purpose that repaid us, IL brought US increased edu.
Gallon or Improvement OF any KIND We might toer-
ate VI. But there rs nothing We can derive from IT,
| IL IS computed that tue consumption OF liquor
| in New York on an average costs each man, woman
ami child SO year. mink o that about $3.50 per
family. Why, our charites, our educational enter
prises cost 800 000 while $70,00OU00 goes TO the
| Liquor trailic. Remember, 100 now poverty and
crime stalk about in inns city oil ours and are directly
| traccable TO iEtcmpcrancc. To my own door there
comes day after day score or more bcggars--men
gaunt ana haggard, women worn and emucated, chill
uren ragged in nlth Go TO their homes; they are
| squuiid-baro floors. bottomless chairs, walls
covered aud bIackcned. Learn their story ana you
will lind that Drunkenness undcrlios their misior.
tunes" The speaker went on to delno the Of
n.emporanco, showing how 1t was handed from father
to son. He pad IN eucoinlum 10 Mr.. Mundy anu the
officers oil the organization, and said he hoped the
temperance people who met ~ Lyric Hall would
succeed, as tncre was room Tor all
Mr. Mundy alter this appeared upon the platform
said that IN justice TO himself he would have Mr.
Logan, the former president explain tho proceedings
oil the former meeting, AZ which he had been eoc cd,
he mad been made the subject OF TRADE that
seriously reflected on him. Mr.. Becw IN tho
audience here stated no had resolution to onor
ana roseto speak. This at first was ancicd hostile
movement and the audience developed new interest
ia the proceedings Mr. Logan, however, went on
win his report OF the election, stating that II mad
been conducted IN an orderly way, perfectly con-
sutu.ional and resulted in the choice OF Mr. Mundy
Tor president by vote vi 81 10 =. resolution
then offered Oh the part OF the audience indorsing
Mundy, after which Mr. Gibbs, the rival candidate
Tor the presidency, waoso presence at the Cooper
ULon meeting seemed to indicate that his sympa-
thies were thcro, called upon and mado q snort
address expressive OF his good wtiL