, 1881-01-16
TEMPERANCE,
The Movement to Enforce the
Sunday Liquor Law.
The Womau's Christian Temperance
Union in Favor Of It.
Mr. Elmendorf Discourages the Attempt
ut the Present Time,
And Gives His Reasons for the Position
He Takas.

A meeting Of the Temperance Campaign Com
niittce, who have rcceuty, under tue auspices
Of the Wonuns Christian Temperance Union
inauguratcd Il new movement in support Of tn
carrying out OF tho liquor laws of the Sta1t
nnd City OF Chicaga, WAS held yesterday even
Ing III lioom Of the Fnrwell- Hail building, Mrs
| T. B. Carsc presiding, u:ld about fifteen otle
iad!cs md gentlemen present.
The Chair then sutl that tha Committee hac
been callcd together
CONSIDER THE TEMPERANCE cAalP-,IGN.
As Woman's Christian Temperance Unior
they bad decided to take up the prosecution ol
| saioonkccpcrs. and would he heard FROM early
| IN tho coming week They h,u pilrlinl!y securct
lor TWO months tho services OF Pref. Foster. ni
tanada. who would help in the Hurk Of getting
SIGNATURES TO thc ticket which !l:ltl recently bee.
Issued. and in which siEnars declared their in
| lciiiiun 70 vote ut the tIcNt municipal election
irrespective vi plrty for such city officers and
ALDERMEN As will explicitly pledge themselves
ntation IT tho liquor traffic n1id its at;enltilt
! esals. Besides Dir. Foster, the Services al
:l Ne:l now were to bc secured on behalf of
| Inc movement. mud hG would be here during.
! tebrunry The CHAIR invited suggestions from
! !hosc present rs 10 the hest mc:'t,s TO be fol
| lowed in prosecuting s,ooukeepcrs for sciiin::
an tho Sabbath selling liquor TO minors or those
| already drunk, unu cnlcd upon MIR. lIel,il, tho
! Unions legal adviser, 10 explain what he had
| done Ia tho way OF promoting tho prosecution Of
I recent offenders.
| Mix. HELM SAID
that he had hnd different views as to tho best
way ~ enforce tho laws rcgul41lng the liquor
lfaltlc te hud Tor over hnf his lii. watched tho
! temperance movement In the Stn.e OF Illinois,
and ai:id been witness OF the ri0s gotten III
| EhicnSo IN lsN Tor the benefit OF the saloon-
! keepers Who were 1T thnt time Logged III Jail
| 1or Infringing tho l.ilnur law }le ,li.l not
( think tlEtt tho 1i1t1or laws canld ue invoked
without SOME difficulty, OH account OF the SYM
I pathy with Offenders founl with ccrt:i1, Jus
ticcs n1ld Constitutes. The influence ui tho ST.
lns't1keelers was not als-powerinl, however, aud
ft$rYf {Hrtf&1- fa.rtt$.$ k,H,3
] et"'d class. Of Justices. Yet for many
years 5iquor lnw could not be en-
i0seed IN Justice Office The spcaker eisea the
LtitingWell. who hal been employed pr,St-
cute li1nor-sellers Ut Austin. No matter what
The evidence WIS tho juries would be packed BY
the constabes. and their verdict wotil be lii
favor Of the sal3onkeepers. Tue same thing had
i1ccn n tried in the city. with the same result.
that under the act OF 1874 they had right
Inc offenders, bur this had been rcsneitt in tho
!; Irlslatnre = ind they now had the Jurisdiction;
themselves Of it. lie had very reluctantly
co:lle to the conclusion that in Cook County
nrrestcd liquor r-setlers could not be punished.
At Evanston. however. he had cont. 10 The con-
elusion that there were two ]ustces-Messrs.
kcarncy and RrAtllcr-1t whose offices prt,sec,i-
ton could be successfully carried OH, unG he
ind consequently ecnt ten complaints to thcsu
Justices OF illegal acts by Chicago ssaloonkecp-
Grs, and they would be tried there next week.
lie had guarded a.s1sinst their taking Il change
OF yeHue by distributing the patronage equally
between the tst, justices. unl it any t,c Ut tho
arrested suloonkeepers wanted to tunc cl;l:lgc
III Ecnnc It would have 10 be to tho other
Evanston Justice.
Mrs. Carsc said that Mr.. 1Iclm had been inlc-
fAtiEAble IN bis work. and she believed his ef-
forts would be crowned with SUCCESS Although,
he did not Charge anything fnr his services, yct
there were M..tiy expenses CONNECTED with them
which the friends of the temperance cause Ia
Chicago would be- called Upon to subscribe for.
Mr. Elniei.dDrf said TINT hr
COULD NOT 1SDoEsE THE MOVEMENT.
There was not public sentiment enough to sus-
eernc With rcsard n W to seiIi: iauor % 10 "ias ninors n
and drunkurtls. tho movement would hnvc the
sympathy Ut the whole city, but he did not
s,.niay isw had arrved. m T Ks io there - wcre ere
4.o0 drinking places in the city its enforcement
,Sould ts nprae,iv;!e # tie numb.r Of s
lc itsscne0, and they could then talk Of enfsrc-
ing the Sundny law with some prospect of sue
cess. lie wished they coiild .lu II now and have
II Csrstiun Sabbath il the city, but he believed
the work could not he all done at once. The OPP
position which it would arouse they would not
I1,an he had TALKED With MAS Ut the opinion that
there were too 1llany low groegarics i'll tho city,
and they we're willing to aid in any movement
for the uiulinutlDn OF their numbers.
THE QUALITY OF LIQUOR OLD
in tho Chicago saloons was very bad, and much
" the crnc committed was due to this fuct.
These we're matters Which should be attended to
before tho greater wurk proposed was under !
taken. Onc thing the Christin;, Temperance !
Union should not forget was thu. they should
spr e abou mi ni' ml{i IN
u Very strong oppusition had been aroused to |
ArFes1i:ls people il, Chicaeo and taking them be-
stood that he was opposed to tnkins the fight to
LvaustuEl, as it would prove very unpopular
proceeding.
by tho maine OF :. Jack" said that he had visitcd
| trenty-uye salool5 last Sunday where I
be say children having beer served to them
tTthH In 1t1L3S [I4yFr- -h.4,>
too, he had seen great d.al Of
drinking and fighting going on. He hael
ateea ' G ,e, wno'c Mor,a ovGf a,a ad never
10 tho civilized world They said TINT minors
were not allowed in these places. but he had
both in drinking aud gambling. He knew there
were laws OH the subjeet. but they evidently
were not enforced. !
THE CHAIR SAID THAT SHE WAS PAISED
by whit Sir. E!mcndorf had said. She hud hoped
otherwise she supposed they would huyc to
Stand shoulder u shoulder and get along by
Christian Temperance Union were not
ifraia Of the saiooukecpers, or that tho
Lord would d. not sive Them money
Travelled in London puris. New York and other
large cities, but ut none OF these places were
s1rh sights visible on sunday .s in sil-acc.,rsel
rhicayt. She hoped that no one would be afraid
ut tho Germans, but would tight them ca The |
Sunday liquor question 10 the bitter end
|
been that when Il temperance league began to
light the Sunslay law before they had weakened /
other moro vulnerable points OF tho liquor traffic
I had never met with success, and he warned
tue lenders Of the present movement against
uakinS n mistake in this respect
Mrs. Cummings said that
SHE AGREED WITH AIR. ELs1ESDoRF,
ind thought that il they u:ldertook to ACCOM-
,Ii:.d too much ut once they would find thenl-
selves deeper in the snire tAan they had any it.en
Il ut present, She WAS heartily in sympathy
With tho practical movement against selling
iQuor to minors mud drnnkNrds. /
Col. j. X. Paul sail that he believed one-half |
he drinking done in Chicago in the course of IL I
Secls done between Saturday night and
Monday morning. Tic looked upon tho closing
If the saloons Sunduy As nlure important tbnn !
srosecuttEg the sale Of liquors to minors aud
and he believed that that was the |
culture Ut their work which the Uniun should |
q irlicst prosecute.
Mr.. Lattiino-c said that it was tho work Of
very man Ill Chicago to see thut every saloon
Ind theatre iu Chicago should be closed GU Sun
lay. They had done nothing, however, to this
md. aud the leasr they coN!u now. do would be |
. insiOlSe and help the work which tie temper
lnec women had il,au.,urated.
Nr- AlbcnsOn, who Represented the Swedish
sranch of Chscagn's temperance work, 6uid thai
,c dill not think that it SNud he wise to mnke Il |
light on the Suntlay question just now. If the |
sunday selling could be stopped, he would he
leArtily i'll tuvor it, but he believed some pre-
!!li.1ary work should he utnu IF fflcy ei,,lII |