, 1879-05-06
IinOOKIz III;REDlll,.


The Rev. Brooke Herforl Uttered the fuIlow-
fng.
That. In rsew Of tho fact that the State Inv Of
1snu!h aosuIutclj fns,i'lA tho apsntng Of ssinons
r. ase. o. a 90 say Tux gn 81 te
},nstioe pract,casly to enforce rlcd n pror1ri-
ttont autl thai It Is necessary to create . moro
Mntte hnhitc foeI'Hx before II can TO 80 enforced;
Rs4oir<l. That this meeting calls upon ali Inter.
estea III ,hG inaintcnauce uf Sunday d. day ut
general rest md qnsctnesa to Hlase every effort.
to arot;se nubc feellna and conviction on tla nat
ter: and also that committee be appointed to
contcr with representatives Of tho.a parties who
Cannot assst III the enforcement Of thcaw - It now
ttnnds will ricw 70 united movement for such
thu waFst evils at present exlst'uE cnslrafy nn'
checked.
There were one or two things, sa1J the author
Of The resolution. tint had clt1Ie out II the dis
eussla,l, au1 tltat wore worthy Of notice.
Clearly tho law aiooti for absolute prohibition
ut the opening Of thcso plncrs. 1t was cQua1ly
clear that It wus impossible 10 string up the
Chy Government u tss !sysl ot TIC !cstes ot
election, throwing the city over into tic hands.
not OF the more, respectable Of those who
were against the enforcement, u the
as:.e. M e1 would oa re s m edf oc,. ts}ep'sa u o @
them. Tile practical thing to 10 was ono Of twts
ti.Ings to stand for tho a6soluel Inv as itstood,
anil III TINT to hold THUR llal.ls mud use their
tNnHAt$ Hnf9 fIES AHA EfGsAlEht u HNtME IEE43AN
ts,At coud enforce the carrying out Of the Inv
wtthnut the certainty Of Its hc!hg throwf, over.
bunrl n year or two hence; OF clso frankly to
accept the situation that there had come 10 thfs
who, In Germany, had never been accustomed
to look ou Sunday o. we locked upon Il, or to
keep IL Ms va would like to keep u, but who
would join those In the movement AIllh help them
to do asay with aons o. tue u;tr9 tnost g1!a5s 1s
| something Of this kind were decided upon be-.
fore the proposed popular meeting. they would
| cuu.c together ut tint meeting md lind them-
1 selves talking ut skies and Mt scycns.
The Ncy. Alr. Perry moved tile reference Of
| the resolution to tic Committee winch had call
ell the meeting.
Conchshci rot up to make MI amendment,
md had gotten as fur as "Cotnmtttce Of ihrco
To nrrungo for meeting, for IN this rs In all
| other reform movements when lie stopped,
rot mixed agai,l, and was sat down upon in the
general laughter which followed.
i Wcst.Sido pas.oT wasn't III favor Of mass.
| meeting until there WIS something moro mn.
tlred. The businessmen were afraid Of this
1niss-snceting Just n0w. asrl IN his ylcw It was
| better to Rct piece Of the luaf than tho whole
luat t1atlglltcrl, or, no euilt to say+ piece Il
yuu couldn't yet the whole. llo was In favor ol
EoIng SLOWLY, md referring everything to jp'
ulcful;s rtltnultttec.
Tho Rev. Mr.. parkhurst, to give an idea ot
Sunday ucsccration IL Chicago, said he counted
lust Sunday, between Chcleo uscn,e uni Mnd.
Iui blast it 30 O'Clock. Every line Of basl
ness on tic street WIS represented
At / o'clock he found 4 lot Of bors
stats,lllg III trout Of that low theatre oi
Clark street, butWcen Washington nnl Ran
lolpl, waiting to yet tllefr tickets, nnd thost
boys wunlan't ayera.,c over II years OF nrc. fl.
letlcd Hurbudy ~ iIuu city in lreland or Ger
n!u1,y lint caIld M,atell tue Ctty Of Chicago laa
Sunday night In the matter OF Bu!ilny ugsccru
tloll. liu loprd 1lle lntnlstcrs would preach ot
the question next Sunday tr1'm their lulyllun
stanlputnts, nlll that united action would b.
| taken.
Ihe Rev. ]. H. Walker moved to refer all tn
resolutions, The rcpuyt Ut Tue Cosn.aittcc, ant
everything buforo tic meeting to Il eosntntttr
DF itftecn To look tht wole ground over alli
take such nction rs might se0M to item wise.
The lh0t!tln prevailed.
III The course of time. tic Rev. Sumner Ellis
The Rcy. Dr. GoouMip, The RAv. Dr. T!N,Mas
tic Rev. Mr.. Parkhurst, nrd thc Rev. afr. Will;
or wcrG appointed toutmittec to n0lninate til
Cumlnittuu III Fifteen, aul inter vast n.llousl
Of tatl aa to how they would sat toec,llcr nGnn
it was decided 70 Hlluurn Ut the call vi III
Chatrmail Alr. CUilyrr, who Will bc notified b
the Nominating Committee whcn TO issue cal
The next iurcttIiy will therefore, hear o rcpor
| from the Nutnluast1E Committee, take sue
actio1 thereon as II may deem Wise, anu transat
WY ot!ses business which ...ay tl.cu be III orde1