The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-03
A MILWAUKEE, DELUGE.

A MILWAUKEE, DELUGE
1t having raincd continually tor almos,
forty days. people began to think that
4 second food WAS Imminent, and pub
lie meeting was called To devise ways
and means topro,coi the citizens OF Nil
waukcc in case II became necessary 10
20 hy water. The meeting was held on
Saturday evening n one oi the hotels.
and prominent cliizcn OF the fir,i ward
wa, nominated for chairman. y gen
tlcman from the Sc,und ward 40 once
rose and said ,ha, while he had no oh
Jcciion To- the gentleman personally, u
mu>, bc apparcn, to every 'ltilcn PIE,
en-, that the Fir,, ward had had honor,
enough without seeking the chairman
ship OF TIN, meeting. He ,aid the Sec
ond ward pollci an Immense vote. and
wa, cn,i,lcdto the chairmlu>hp When
he took his seat gentleman from iEr
Fourth ward took the iluor and 10 a hca,
cd manner said that hc alm!rc! ihc
cheek OF the Firs, and Second ward, u
seeking place, alwdS.. bu, he tel, j, 20
be his duty 20 ask these men il the,
though, they could bc >lycd wiihuu: the
Fourth ward He alluded 60 the large
German population ui the iour,h. and
hoped that a gentleman ut that nation
all,y would be selected for chairman 81
the meeting. \, tn, pom, there wcic
hi>,cs. and a gentleman took the floor
and sad there would be- trouble q, once
il the Third ward va, no, recognized IN
the ohalrman>hip. He pointed To ;hr
result OF the las, election. and hoped the
gentlemen would trar ~ mind ,hI, the
Third WAS sensitive and wanted 10 bc
conoiliaicd \ gentleman from south
side siid his portion oi the city did not
care for the chalrmanship. but when u
came TO building the ark tie South ,idc
would offer one already luli which,
with little caulklus aul icngihcnius
out. would answer the p4rpo,c, and bc
much cheaper than a new one.
\ gentleman who owacd lumber
ward sand the people ui MliWaukccdId
wan; no second hand ark Il tho ilood
came, and w had to 60 floating around.
We wanted 90 haze some >,y,c ahua, u,.
and no, DE ashamed 10 ran along dc o'
= Chicago OF 81. Louis Az II didn't
want to have any Chicago galuot Yelling
from a suburban ark. and asking WhA;
old tub ,ha, wd,. lie proposed To- ~
in s,ylc. on new ark. with AL ~,
modern Improvements. ~ he wouliu Z
20 a;all WcWau,ci Au afk hie enough
10 take all the population 81 Milwaukee
with provisions enough to la, until The
the flood shall ,uhsjdv \; ,hl> point Il
gentleman ros, and wanted g. know %
i, WAS th sense Of the meeting that dem
ocrais and grccnla, kcr, hc taken on
board ,hc arI flc sad i, bad nothing
agains, that class personally. but hi, idea
was that the ark should he excl lus,Nc. and
contain only those who were loldl to
the government III It> time nt peril \
wealthy democrat present took the floor
and Sald iha, II they LETT ont demo, rAtN
they couldn't raise money enough 10
build respectable ark He said he ap
pre-, lated the feeling against dcmo' rats
going on the excursion, and the feeling
did honor To- the eminent citizen who
gave utteranCc Ia the sentiments ui hos.
tili,y to the vi, kcd party to which he
belonged. and vet they would find. when
they got aboard the ark. that il IT sprung
alcak the crowd would all wan, demo
Gratis TO pray for them. \ committee
Mas appointed Ia solici, subscriptions Ia
build an ark, and to advertise for sealed
proposals To build il. One gentleman
said he would give a hundred dollars
towards the ark. Another saidhc would
give five hundred ON condition that the
ark should star, ON its excursion from the
West side. otherwise he wouldn't give 4
blank cent, and would help 10 start an
opposition ark. A gentleman from the
Seventh ward said it was evident To all
right minded citizens that the Seventh
ward was the place for the ark 10 start,
rs i, was the scat Of culture. refinement,
education, and all that. and was ON the
bank of the lake. The gentlemen from
the West side said the Seventh ward was
all right on dress parale but didn't
amount to anything in action. lie said
the ark wanted To start from populous
section Of the city, where it could secure
a full list of passengers. lie said the
woikingmen in his vicinity would all
take passage on the ark, and would oc-
cupy the main saloon, while the East
sidcrs would want statc-rooms with hot
and cold water. or they would go lin their
own private gondolas. a gentleman
with a white choker on wanted to know
if the last speaker, in referring to 'sa-
loon" on board the ark alluded to a
saloon where liquor is sold. lie said il
liquor was going TO be sold on the ark
they could count him out. The gentle
man from the West side arose to a per
sonal explanation. He said il was evil
dent that the son OF gun who proceed
ed him, who had no more blood in him
than frog, was trying TO bulldoze the
beer interest, and get up row. For
his part he wanted to have the sale OF
beer on the ark free to all who desired
to indulge in it, and that every brewery
should have a stand, and that the pas.
scngers should have a stand. and that
the passengers should decide which made