, 1881-01-12
PROTECTING MINORS.
The Good Work tho Citizens League
Has Done,
And the Obstacles II Has Met With. In
lta L,lbors.
An Effort to Drag It into Politics at the
Coming Election,
Which Is Strcnuous!y Resisted by MI
Emery A. Storra.

Ilic annual meeting Of the ClttZcna' League
Tor tho Suppression of tho Sale of Itunur to
Minors WIS held Inst evening III tho club
roo1h of tlto Palmer liouse, Mr.. i, i. Eln,e,l-
dDrf. President uf the 1.caEllr, presiding.
Tic atsclltlnncu was small, numbering not
over hundred Indies a,l.t gentlemen.
minutes .of ihe lnst nnnunl n,ectlnw wars
'cI'1 na " ,,ras,ltn,,t s eIs, ,,s 1!o oscrclnfy
ng, stuttg tiat they wers Of Eool cc,r s 1s not
hccauyo Of Tho nu,nbrr "f 7 sunn"kr,,nps ps
i'st 3 ts' a been instrumental ,' III convict:
tliera WIS now II decidedly better public sul,.
timcrt prevailing on the liu,or o,es,lon. Tnr
League Ind rr,..tyrd cn,n,u,,,,rutio,,. rrn,
otlrr Sin,es nnnir1nv ntn thn nnar'.,.,s ,.u" ~,
Their work, alll sMllnr Leagues lnld been
| formed III Iowa ula Elsewhere.
THE yrAu's wunE,
Mr.. A. pnyton, Agent Of The l,cneae, tton
naae MS REPORT lle began W saying TINT
tho I,eaglie commenced its. operations III
fcar a,ltt trembling, but was now u,,v uf the
reeogn'zed organizations u tho city. Que Of
unlimited lieersing of saloons. There wcro
now In Chicago All, licensed saloons n,,tl
,"mo ,o, 100 CO., er 80; SO unlicensed places where
ihlnor was sold,-a number out Of NIL pro-
portion 10 the population ht tile city, being
%no"t %I,, ono to every . Ito Inhabitants. Another
No h,yrs,fvatfn, se"cJ -, h, nn, 1oos, ,,,,n .hc
a,,,.t.s" ~ ., sse''c" " w ,h'e 'h'o tho
Gu"t'se'ef s ot tnose VINO applicd for snl0of'
licenses, b!,t they we're Issued IN ga,nblers,
thieves, and llnrlDss, nilti there were ut lenst
~ !n,, salo"ns Y thy city tlat were no better
stn,,cu ~ s,,In,n 'ne; o ;a ~ St EasS IN II n
s;,r,nr NJ w%i"I, ,v"a ,w;rss. ~ ~ ,st, III ta1
wn,',a n,nl H. t,c M"n ro,,,s mnE Mt oMn
weru four Sisters, tilo yol,tgcst % ullIy i vnars s
caTSr w" VI o,n,e wero H. H. t,n'; pittrsl,inG
Of tj,a Nnrnr 6nwi,,r hoa, o caiiusI Tiii.sIIsl' r.
Ills .n,se In i,cc1sc ' ,vss reS,o Gai ,,t ,at ~
renewed Within | fe% @ .iays X Xnoter Uiri pjMce NS
"m, cii,t'',al M, ", W." aespst @ ni ni'.s,
ru rnNn,. ~, te .4aSos ..at ieel! nshe.l 70
Another "beein,hi" fMutr. @ e,Ss ~ ti,e.a s'.. s
iouls Was III, rnri"tw si,"wa vhs,,s sy%ro n
wms m ","n vIE1nt;," n,t.. @ aTyT Wam .",EM a,n.
S i,nSt IL as v' !, f1a n,iao IT. OF iM% he'! h ay Mnynr
Of ns inssa ~ pec cn,.ccr ~ x"o ,p g9ses Warst
f2T;s , ;;, a ,;' n,s naS;s 4PT.vs!as.t iolsSe
t,, IN iuyf T hnor1,nr o'tt Il, t1,n nt , ~
cs @ 6r",gt boy HUI tSe mot{ Gy e e,;s11s tssar
sx W's II, nd sis!ts 59n f r. dig p%liss il; tse
trn p jury wns ii,mi;uut,, M It c.rsr ss an1 tme
,,,lrt ,n j." NJ" mbHt[Iai ID Will; G'ise' IT, mIf
amcn WITH ill., swl,ois llcart. So o IoM! S't
citv Win wa',' y" o,,iitv ~ "se m M ~ tmls
~ co"H",t m ";'S t,osu,ttt W tE"t''S y we K1ntt
cold Du eyneeie.I: rlin et1znna a,,suI,i i.e1 1a
No il That o,,iy 'sch ,,nT v..r nIo"t", ses es
sunIn Int"Sost r. tI,a ,,,,,s .,u .MS ~ pit tntc
is,tt ucr.nns =" '''o '''o1"'s VI the people.
r,T,. ,tr,.. ,,,.,,,a,,.
,y,s tho 1Hsi ,,i5i 5i,ror rnaeo.Fn w. IN THEIR WAY
cliizeis't2 tlle lltISYolls ,nf tho I.cagtlu. III
sni!e l o.; nsaii 1'!esG tliclltIes during The past
ye,r ~ ,a,l' a% n xsItc! ! not lgss than ovo
1sa." ,n,FY,.,,,a,I, t tnt nSe tn mne struck With the
eiaEaetcr sincG tho League cotnicncad npur-
tttoiE;, lio lad travelled sometimes jiYo and
SM nli!ga M,l!''!g tlle sal"ons without lililing
iIr from three M years Gg'. During tho past year,
sMfnrg tlo PUllco Courts on several charges,
selling to minors and other .vioatioms o{
viet" nul " cst ~ ~ nag Dee'l con.
umMsnfta tai., " c'tHVI @ ueell tls1illssaS or
Icnsu" i,,H .ans res,,c,t Me i, onufatiGnS u thy
i lSysslS 81, q sling ;1 In. IN ccaEo Ioy nd kept
rm"e" r,r" III, a'at III ls7'' tho ycar be-
thsro w"re 1sa ,nrora ""s @ftEI;aslizetl,
e rie4r, Wle pnas Iast yer eSf'tte II a.to tS tf
~ ~, 'teSf n1'a'tt " 1opalatltis, tere WIS only
s H. S.'nl,mIt,e!,ma ,,rI. H. aecfensu OF nearly GU.
10 Ociubur tere m wern ;ss t'Is 1so a
mrt @ rttoE,if srh1 oeiate In ttle SOUTH se poliee
H"ir1I1 G,.tI1 Wniie @ i,sst yenr tlurlls the sAinn
I iontas ',I MstS wgre only ~! minors arrested.
or 'S criaas Stt lag 5 ,a t!e yf o oes nt
Wns wa. s .HcSs,as o. tnankt1llcSs tlMt t7ero
b n"yS H. II H. wns "ors tIH eyer eoviieed tt
cag' a. woi Is sts % b. ,S tt f"w ne9R,e "f GM