The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-30
THEY QUlZZED TEKULSKY.
THE MUNICIPAL CoNFERREEs HAVE
Fun, AND HE HAS FUN, roo.

| FUN AND HE HAS FUN TOO.
ne Read Tbss Pretty Solid Paper on N.y.
York ssiee-. sad Held Up rsi- Fad OF 9
Dialogue with Poet Gnser-Ths Deuo-
Ken sss The bartender with . Diamond
Fis Arise s.d Cosf-o-t ui--us Liked
Tbat-scverai Eneouptsr. yvits Mr. Rop-
srt Graham = Ho-or. Easy Anyhow.
Morris Tekuisky last night addressed re-
form" audience for the first time. II was In
the Amity bull iinR. at 312 West Fifty-fourth
street Mr. Tskulsky rubbed elbows with
Richard Watson Glider the poet. who sat on
| his right and the Rev. Palmer 8. Culvsrt, who
sat on his left The occasion was one OF the
semi monthly conferences Of those In
tsrested in municipal government" There are
four set speeches at each conference; then
comes season for the asking Of questions.
and finally the audience gets q chance to talk.
The subject last night was New York
Saloons" Mr.. Tekulsky had been selected to
take the saloon end OF the argument and the
other three speakers and the audience were to
pepper him. Mr.. Glider to be q sort OF referee.
| Mr.. Tekulsky was late. and the poet called
| time before he got there.
IT is fortunate for me-" said Mr.. Glider. in
opening the meeting. that the gentleman
| who presides doesn't have TO speak to the
question. for on the saloon question. 1 fear. my
wisdom surpasses my experience Poetry.
religion, politics. and human appetite have
all combined to make this subject q difficult
one and interesting"
Mr.. Glider hesltatsd as II q thought In verse
had come to him. but he went on and said in
prose that as the FIRST speaker hadn't arrived,
the second, Robert Graham, Secretary OF the
Church Temperance Society. would 20 on
Mr.. Graham began In q heavy voice.
1t is little presumptuous for me- an ordi-
nary citizen. to dare to come ahead OF the Pres
ident OF the Liquor Dealers Association OF the
State OF New York. but perhaps Mr.. Tekulsky
was . little used up' yesterday. and that is
the reason he has not been able to keep his
appointment"
There was wild applause at this sally. and
Mr.. Graham proceeded to talk about saloon
substituted" He mentioned tee-to-tums and
Holly-tree lima 1t was an old-style slap bang
temperance grafton. and when II was about
half over Mr.. Tekulsky appeared at the door.
He was escorted to the stage, where the poet
the tSsn n ana 1 n
and looked more Ike preacher than Mr.. Gull
The devil borrows the livery OF a. saint"
whispered one Of the women near the plat
form who had a taste for Interpretation; Mr..
sf .fa ~ so ?s n
ished Mr.; Tekulsky was introduced.
an @nfsir @ and So would %fa' tsl
Mr. Tekulsky what the nrss part Of his srgu;
at him. extended his arm and clenched hist on
line with his nose and whipsawed 1t up and
have said that We need a substitute for
the saloon. because where poverty is greatest
the saloons are most numerous.
smiled .' 'a' D,.. - n'' '"ai .Au
ins Because 8oSS Of the 800 saloon Fssp.
s sSs sh 81 e.. state and i xss
.s :s q B. through
started to get mp Mr.. Graham. possibly mis-
sSss q Is. PiattoP% bns sSund.f.d s on 70 the
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council table Of the coming Constitutional
The audience chuckled at the dressing Mr..
ginning. and the poet and the psesehos were .
NJ s1sntaas vi M
kulsky got up. unbuttoned his coat. put his
bands In his pockets. and. looking at Mr..
~ am not Tx. our friend Mr.. Graham. q
into ae ths tsnsss +.
talked Of 1 will talk to my subject" He pro-
ceeded TO read this paper very slowly:
Mr. TEKuLsKYs PAPER.
You will readily understand that, being q
practical man Of affairs, reading papers to
conventions Of rsformers Is not exactly In my
line.thSugh am grateful for the invitation to
This recognition which you so kindly make
IN sS. sao. dsa.s
.ash II 70 ,f Sald and
conferences between us long ago. the state OF
the business would have been much i'm proved.
animal. He enjoys himself among conSsniai
eoDpanions. and for ages has been improving |
tsrcourss. The saloon is one great answer to |
this universal feeling after fsllewship. II was |
Es6SsS along this 81 ssi
perfect ansTsr but there ,,,, are objections to
e not Is the be
can be. but IL 10 . great Improvement over |
what II was and n pPdSr a right and reasonable
stay. That the question Is not on impossibill- |
be only accomplished By getting rid OF human
nature, but how to make i 4 better instltu-
tionsbie features. and alter that how to make
Psrhaps il has no. occurred to YOU that thu
liquor business Is as firmly rooted Ia the com
mststial world as eng mS,1ufaet9ring or mer-
sivs plant, its armies for the movement Of
crude and completed materials. Its organized
SsgsAb n apd
an Important factor In the produce Of all States
and Governments
"Havs you reflected upon the fact that no
business interest is 80 often m ddled with By
theorists. retormersi and fresh legislAtors2
vigorous and an outrage upon personal rights
What would. say. the dry goods or isWelry
%s.pSs eS :hou
not be SO frequent and SO often altered or mod
fed.
Employed capital In this business. licensed
under the law. has the same hight to stability
md security, and non-tnterfsrsnoe As capital
N any other business, II there could be lsgis-
alton Of a reasonable character--legislatlon
hat would be Just 10 the business interests in |
Iolyed that would answer the public require
there could be some confidence In |
he measures staying put; there would be in
to remove the experimental els-
nsnt OF the saloon and substitute an establish
nent that would more fully meet the require |
nsnts OF an advanced ideal
" That the saloon 10 the everyday mans club |
md that this man needs a club seems TO have |
been recognized and established by distin-
Iuishsd ecclesiastical authority. II the better
lass Of saloon keepers-and there are host Of |