The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-07-22
The Republicans and the su rtaLaw.

The Republicans Of Oregon last winter, al
usual whenever they have the power, came to
the conclusion that the miners and business
men had too much liberty, and therefore very
deliberately clipped the wings of their free
dom with the shears ola Sunday law-sharp-
ened on the old milestone of the Blue Laws
of Connecticut. Under this statute the
Grand and Trial Juries of Oregon are now
engaged in the highly profitable business of
wasting the revenues of the respective coun-
ties, by indicting and trying large portion
of the people for disobeying the Republican
injunction, "Be Loafer on Sunday ~ At
Salem the Grand Jury indicted man for
taking up a collection in church on Sunday;
and printer was fined S. and costs for setting
type on that day. A Seventh-Day- Baptist
who keeps Saturday sacredly, was fined A
livery stable keeper was fined for letting his
horse ont of a stable on Sunday, and ferry
man indicted for crossing the river with his
boat.
Such are some Of the beauties of Republi-
can rule in Oregon. 1t is singular that this
Puritan party for over two hundred years
never has obtained power except to use it
for interfering in some way with the personal
matters of individuals. Puritanism made it
an offense punishable by fine and imprison-
ment for a man to kiss his own wife on Sun
day and this law of the latter-day Puritans
IS evidently fair copy of the original. 1t
is by no means settled that it is not an indict-
able offense under the Oregon Statute. Who
but member of the Republican party would
have ever thought of applying such screws to
the bones and muscles of the miners, mer-
chart and farmers of Oregon The Democ-
racy mig hit have been in power for thousand
years, and no such charge could have been
made against it. There are but few who |
would object to reasonable Sunday law );
out law which prevents man away up
among the rocks of Canyon city, or the guloh-
IS of the Blue mountains, from washing his
shirt on Sunday, or from packing home from
he store his sack of four-we opine is scat
ering the Republican essence about the
country little stronger than necessary.
Do the miners of Idaho desire to read a
aw of their own Legislature which may pro-
li5it them from cutting wood enough on
sunday to boil their pot of beans-or from
unning string of sluices--or purchasing
lug of tobacco in town? Yet such is the
aW one hundred miles from here among
mining community situated precisely like this J
n Boise Basin. Must the blacksmithS fire
% quito the forge? the keyless lock hang !
N the livery stable door? the carpenters ,
ammer cease its beatings on the rising dwell {
ngs So says this Puritanism in a neigh
oring State, and so it says in different de- r
Tees in every country itcontrols. The radi- =
ais of Idaho are not different from their
rethren elsewhere. Tie ancient spirit twill
Ut There is no more improbabiIity of :
inbred law filing up the statute books of )
1aho, with that party in power here, than
lere was in Oregon year OF two ago. The 7
My way to keep stringent blue Sunday
Nv out of the statutes of Idaho, is to keep 4
le representatives of the radical party out l
the Legislature.
REFERENCE was made last week by our g