| Show OBJECT TO THE SHOP DRAM LAW LAV I Societies Societies Societies Socie Socie- I Three Hundred Chicago ties Assemble and Make Vigorous Protest Protest DEPRIVED OF OLD RIGHTS Do lIe 0 Nut Not ishm 11 to B He Be Clacel rd With il Low Iun II es Where Viet 1 es kt m m mi i m ts C Chicago I go March 25 on One One of or time the tlc largest anti and most n remarkable tle demonstrations el In Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- ever l el v lna cago cage occurred today tocayo when ac according accord ord- ord ing to police estimates fully people principally of German and other oilier foreign n nationality or oi 01 descent gathered In and amI about the chic thc First H Regiment Regi lIegI- gl- gl ment men armory at nt Sixteenth street anti and Michigan on nue I avenue to register a n protest t II In iii II a most vigorous manner against t being H. H deprived of what th they cn consider their pI personal onal liberty in the the wp woy wy of ofu peaceful u pleasures I b by lh the Sunday closing la law and the tho tu refusal of or bar permits for fOl or nn any dance ilance haJ halls This wo was an aftermath th of th the rec recent nt fierce flet-ce struggle for foi- fO the thE curbing of or vice one crime and amid Alel the lal raising of saloon faloon licenses to 1000 1000 per annum Since Ince the mayor O mn tins has refused to grant permits for the sale Mlp of or malt mal or 0 spirituous liquors of or any nature at nt dance hulls halls following the lie dance campaIgn campaign cam cam- of or the he reform mo em movement ht and amid th the ordinance nef to 10 that thia effect the Cerman German Ger pr- pr man Turners and man ninny many other prominent nent German pleasure societies to together together to to- gether wi with h recruits reci from other nationalities na no- have been heen actively working work ing U up a sentiment demanding that lint their affairs and ami tho those e of or all al respectable respectable respect respect- able nr organizations should not come com under tinder the lie ban han which was intended for low lots dance damice ance halls and amid all re resorts hI where the was tva solely money making object 3 solly mal ng and antI where when debauchery of or young men nien an and wonton women ha has been n going on ott at nt a Q frightful rightful rate for several ral r years 11 I Hundred I Societies Its It's Thice I lOt Time The TIl culmination of the tl a agitation came cante am In this af afternoons afternoon's mn mass meeting O Over Or r societies were Wre represented most of oC them in uniform Two score core of brass lands bands and fife and amid drum lum corps crp e escorted colte them through the streets to 0 the armory where aft after r ten thousand ha had been packed In inside Ll time the others were we compelled to hoJ hold overflow over over- How flow meetings on the tue different corners for blocks 9 around At the thA main maui me meeting the tue principal speakers were Samuel Samu 1 AI Alschuler chuler who was waR tho thin candidate for gover Oer on the democratic ticket In 1 1001 former nor Lieutenant Go ernO Barnum ex ex Congressman Noonon a Km Email II I The rhe speakers al rs all dwelt on the al personal personal per per- Ronal liberty topic nl amid warmly protested pro pie tC tested against the time cla class of people leple represented by th the lie many societies beIng being be be- ing placed lacell on nn tl the same ame level It el as the tl liVes dives which I If was th the Intention of or tho the recent orders orders' to tb do eo away with wih A I SOt set t of resolutions was drawn up amiI will 11 be he presented to the lit mayor maor council h by a n special committee com corn of or toO loo I i follow 1 0 Time The resolutions i lul nM Un Under cr the tl pretext of f lighting fighting vice abhorred ii and anti crime which are arc by hy all 01 taw law w people a war has been b begun un in this lila city ly against the th ii mo most t respectable m organizations of or a 1 purely social educational t bun I and amid charitable able C character h a rae tel c tl l of o Ancient HiI Societies of high standing in this community are ale clas classed l with wih tIme the lowest dance hal halls an ammil dives and deprived of oC their ancient and amid heretofore never lI IJ contested right of dealing out llou vinous vinous- and amid malt mall liquors to their belt own members mem lucia hers bers and amid friends e We hold that the time laws nn and or ordinances 1 directed n against ain t tle vile le resorts were ne er IW CI intended el to b be applied to I the social organizations of ot the Lime pea peo I l n. n nWe We 1 maintain that amu amusements arranged ar nr- ar- ar ranged for young oung people b by their parents par uni emits ought to be encouraged ed and not nut forbidden and that vice an and amid crime will trIll wl only be promoted b by driving the children to amusements not shared by their parents We IVe c therefore In mass meeting n assembled plot protest l against any ammy and amid andall nil all attempts to deprive e us of our om right to In enjoy ourselves in iii our OU own o n ona a way war and anti we demand deman thai lW t the city cay council counci amend the shop dram license e ordinance ordin ance in iii such Ruch manner as to authorize the mayor mayol of or this city cly to Issue luo special licenses NI for foi fO the temporary vale sale of or inous vinous vin in imi ous Otis and anel malt liquors t to all al properly constituted hona bona tide fide social ol organizations of nf an aim orderly and amid lawful chara char char- a acter c tem We e c also call upon the lie legislature of th tIme the state of or Illinois to grant Int completa com com- pleta home homp rule to the lie cRies cities and towns of or the state slate In regard to the regulation of oC the time peoples people's recreations antI ami amusements crent and to rEp repeal i nl all 01 laws law that lint are In conflict with whit wih th the natural right of the lie people to decent amid orderly enjoyments |
