Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-04-12
CLEARFIELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 70, 1879.

Dc prOtcctcu, uuu tnht tpo churcn hnu
Sunday school should be neglected.
| Mr.. Jones. l will give my reasons
will state that | presume | have been
at the largest camp-meeting ever held
In America. have seen these
! Mr.. Ermcntrout. Iconsidcr the pro.
priety of protecting camp-meetings.
Mr.. Jones. All right; thcre Is no
necessity for this protection in relation
to Sunday school celebrations, so iar
as my experience goes We do not
have any booths erected outside of the
grounds where Sunday schools have
their celebrations, and there is no dan.
ger that people will be attracted thorc
who are unrully.
Mr. Ermentrout In our section of
tho country those celebrations ure very
common. During tho su,nnaor nssnshs
hardly a Saturday or Sunday comes
but they have got their Sunday school
celebration somewhere. We are a re-
ligious people, and we keep these
things up.
Mr.. Allen. My objection is that |
think this amendment is unnecessary.
They last tor only day or part of a
day, but camp-meetings last some times
for one or two weeks. People gather
and they get their families there, aud
they ought to be protected
Mr.. Wood. ! want to ask the SEN
ator from Bucks why he is in his seat
to-day, when Sunday schools are 80
prominent. [Laughter.1
Mr.. Ermentrout. Because my con-
stituency have respect for upright and
pious men.
Mr.. Wood. | was always taught in
Sunday school that the good and pious
youth all die and 40 to heaven
Mr.. Ermentrout. They are saved
by special dispensation Of Providence.
Mr.. Wood. And that the evil dis
posed boys always got into the halls
oithe Legislature or Congress. Laugh
ter.
The question being,
Will the Senate agree TO II amend
ment Of the gentleman from Berks
[Mr. Ermentroht1?
II was not agreed to.
Mr.. Bechtel I desire to offer an
amendment TO the fifth section in the
shape Of n proviso, for the purpose OF
providing that in reference TO parties
who are in the custody Of the police
officers that they shall not be held for
longer period than two hours, with
out bving taken before Justice of the
Peace. have read the section over,
and my attention was directed to it by
what the gentleman from Tioga Mr..
Strang1 said few moments ago, and
the fifth section gives very cxtraordi-
nary powers TO these police officers.
They have first the power to make the
rules and regulations to govern the
conduct Of those who come to the
camp-mceting, which is perhaps entire
ly correct. Then the police officers
have the power TO arrest any person
tor violating these rules and regula-
tions, which is also correct but there
is no limit in the section anywhere to
the right TO detain, and under this sec
tion II IL don. hafr-... m be convenient
for u police officer 10 carry OFF to the
Justice of the Peace the person so ar
rested, he might ho detained from
twelve to twenty or thirty-six hours
without warrant, without oath and
without q bearing.
Now, while ! am willing to give TO
them every power that is necessary to
preserve order and peace at these
places, and will go as far, perhaps, os
any other Senator would upon that
proposition, yet think that the liber-
ty Of the citizens should be guarded
in that Itshould be limited--the time
of detention should be limited, so that
If they do not see proper to carry away
the party arrested, and bring him be-
fore the Justice Of the Peace, they
must release him, and therefore ] move
to reconsider the vote by which sec
ton five in the bill was adopted, for
the purpose Of offering such an amend
ment.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr., Bechtel. | offer the following
amendment: Provided, Any person
so arrested shall not be detained,ior n
longer period than ten hours follow
ing right after the section.
Mr.. Lamon. What will you do with
q person arrested on Sunday morn
ing 2
Mr.. Bechtel. You have perfect
right to go before a Justice os the
Peace in q case Of arrest for the com.
mission Of crime on Sunday the same
as any other day. But ! am williag
II the Senator thinks there is any par
ticular reason that Sunday should be
excepted. | know that the liberty Of
the citizen of this country entities him
to bearing, even upon Sunday, when
he is arrested on n crime, and that
they cannot deprive him Of his liberty,
even upon the Sabbath. ] have no OBJ
jections TO excepting the Sabbath if hc
makes the amendment.
The question then being,
Will the Senate agree TO the amend
mcnt of the Senator from Schuylyill
Mr. BcchtclJ
Ii was agreed to.
Mr.. Yerkes. Mr.. President, | move
to reconsider the vote by which sec
tion four passed second reading. do
this for the purpose Of inserting an
amendment, so as TO mako this bill con-
stitutional. | propose to move to
amend in the section first rc.considered
as follows: Strike out the words
'city of Philadelphia" and insert IN
place ''constable OF Commonwealth =
aiter the word required in sixth
line, "upon lawful commitments
The amendment was agreed to, and
the section Ms amended was agreed to.
Ordered that the bill be transcribed
for third reading rtffn
The hour of six o'clock having ar
rived, the President pro TEN. adjourn
cd the Senate. r
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