The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
lection Of the people are ignored. and

lection of the people are ignored, and
the Christian Sabbath that most peo-
pie look to as day of rest and COM
fort, day of rejoicing, is made dread
full thing and terror to the helpless
And there are 10000 such women as
Mary Rogers in Chicago. Ten thou
sand homes where the Lords day is
turned into the devils day just because
the mayor refuses to carry out the plain
meaning of the law
" If you are out on the streets. on a
Sunday evening in the poorer neigh
borhoods, notice the ragged children
hunting for their father, who is drfuk-
ing up his wages In the Sunday saloon.
Poor, little skinny creatures some
of them are, afraid almost of their
lives to venture into the quarreling,
loud-voiced mob. Think what a little
child hears in such places. It's all
well enough to say that men needn't
go to the saloon unless they want to,
but think OF the demoralizing influence
the oaths and -obscenity roared out by
drunken men have on little children as
they are dinned into their ears Sunday
| after Sunday. What can the Sunday
school or church do to counteract such
teachingp 1t is a common thing to hear
little toddlers swear before they can
talk plainly.
1T is on Sunday that the most of
| the drinking is done. Little beer-shops
that are tended by one man on the
weekday have to hire five and six ON
Sundays. A lot of loafers hang around
Longing on chairs and tables.waiting
for somebody to come in who can
| buy. Then all these bummers break
for the bar and drink up the wages OF
the producer. The. crowd of loafers
is a regular institution at many saloons.
maintained for the revenue of the
| The most annoying feature of the
Sunday saloon is not so much the sa-
loon itself, as the 'can-rushing' A
lot of hoodlums congregate in the al
legs and back-yards of houses, and
drink and carouse all Sunday long
They swear and use the filthiest lam
/ guage a man can use, and the people
living in the rear houses have to en-
dure it. we can't help it, sir, very
nice lady said to me. We have no
other windows to look out of, and we
are forced to hear all that all day Sum
day. l dread for the day to come
round
''Then fathers send their little ones
with the GROWER to the saloon of 81
Sunday, and lie around the house
drunk. The little ones are given sip
of beer, and in many cases are made
intoxicated by their own parents, who
laugh at their tipsy staggerings. II.
the little girl who is sent for beer hap
pens to fall and spill the liquor she is
beaten brutally. It's a misdemeanor
| for a child to be in q saloon to get
beer, and the child can be arrested, as
| well as the saloon-keeper who sells it
beer or liquor. wish more people
knew it, and would avail themselves of
the provision of the law.
as it possible to carry out the law?
Why, of course it is possible If the
| mayor wanted to, or dared to, of course
he could. If he can't, the sheriff can,
and Sheriff Matson is responsible if the
laws are not enforced in Cook County.
If he is helpless, then Uncle Dick
Oglesby can be called on. Why, look
at Hyde Park. That proves that the
Sunday, laws can be executed, and if
Captain Hunt, with his handful of men, .
can shut up the saloons in those tough :
places in Kensington and South Chi
cago, Chief Hubbard could do the
same in Chicago. And he would if
the mayor said SO and meant it. be.
lieve l could get the signatures of
a thousand saloon-keepers to an agree
ment to close on Sunday if all the
other saloons would close Chicago
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