The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-15
VOTE is DEMANDED
FLARING POSTERS AD0RN THE
WALLS O? COOPER UNION.
Large Meeting Protests Against the Sunday
Closing Law in New York ify--Speeches
Made by Leaders OF the Anti-Sunday
Closing Element and the Saloon
Necessity for the Poor Man is Asserted
DIR. Rainsford Is the Orator of the
Evening and Is Loudly Cheered--Other
Speakers Follow in the Same Line.

New York, March 1.-Two thousand
were present at the meeting in Cooper
Union tonight to protest against the
Sunday closing law. Mayor Strong.
who was expected, was not present
a haring poster bearing the words:
I'VE demand a vote on the Sunday
question; let the majority rule" adorn-
ed one of the walls,
The speakers were DR.. W. s. Rains
ford, DR.. John Freoericks and DR.. ]. H
Rylance Among the prominent people
who occupied seats on the stage were
Oswald Ottendorfer. Louis Windmulier
Theodore Sutro, General Franz Sigel,
and Judge Leonard Giegerich. Some
of the organizations represented in
bodies at he meeting We're: knights of
Labor, General Labor Union No. 20;
Fedora ton Of Labor; Central Turver-
Elm and the Iron siciety.
DR.. w. :. Rainsford of ST. Georges
church said in part: " am opposed to
the present excise law which closes sa-
looms on Sunday. l am in favor OF
opening saloons on that day for certain
hours, say from u noon TO 10. Let me
give some OF my reasons
He said he believed the opening Of
saloons for certain hours on Sunday
would diminish law breaking The
present law, ne thought, was impossi-
bic of enforcement and it's disregard
begot disrespect for law, which was
unhealthy for the public morals. As to
this evasion he said:
Il need not say that this is not true
OF Irish and German saloons alone
Ii is also true of large proportion of
our American people"
Second, [ am in favor of opening the
saloons on Sunday because think such
action fairer to the poor man and TO
the working classes. Personally | be-
lieve the vast majority OF men in every
way are healthier and richer for not
touching any alcohol. i have tried
both plans myself. / was once a mod
crate drinker. ] am now a total alb
staner. The only club the nottingham
has is the saloon. He does not go there
simply to drink and smoke. He goes
there to meet his friends and he has
got to go there 10 meet them for he
has no home in which they can meet
him. You have no right TO close up the
workingman's club on Sunday. II you
do, you must close up the gentlemen's
clubs too, for We do not need clubs
nearly as much as working people do.
/ wish there We're other clubs for the
wage earners. l believe in time there
must be. but ! deal with facts. At
present there are not
DR.. RdlnSforC SAID ne pelleEeo SUNDAY
saloons would diminish drunkenness
and would take the saloons out OF poll
ties Present laws, he said, gave oppor-
tllnity for blacknail. DR.. Rainstord
left the hall amid cheers.
\ letter from Carl SchurZ was read
in which he pursued substantially the
same argument as had DR.. Rainsford.
Dr. John Frederick, eX-mayor Oakley
Hall and Rev. J. II. Ryland OF 81
Marks church also spoke. Resolutions
were passed favoring the passage by
the present legisla ture of bill carrying
out the views advanced by DR.. Rains
ford.