, 1879-06-24
SABBATH SANC'TITY.
Maoting of Those Interested In the Oh
servanco Of Sunday.
,nnoiutmc1,t Of a COMMITTEES 10 Take
GENERAL Charge OF Tic
Movement.

"a meeting Of ministers, TO taAo Into consia-
.r.tton tho Hunsiny question. was held in the
l.cturs.room OF the Methodist Church Block
r,,tcrtlay morning. Tie Nev. Robert Col1ycr
t.ed tho meeting to order at Ii o'clock and
,,kcd tho committee previously appointed to
report. -.........
DR.. rIioMAs
made a verbal report. Ha atatcd that though
tho time had boon long, the Committee lad not
b,tn Idle. They had had several n,ecttugs, and
Ia would report general concorn AZ 10 tho OBJ
.tryapce Of the Sabbath IN Chicago, int still
,h,y wished to deal Will, this queatton Wilt, caro-
and wls,ton. 4 permanent committee had been
,tlected, provided The meeting should appsove
Them. The Committee WAS not authorized to
,nnout the Committee. lie begrcd leave to
suggest t,,e Han.es, however, and called upon
,he Rev. Alr. Walker to read them.
Mr. Walker read tho following names, which
ve,o acccpted as tho Committee: Tho Kcy.
Arthur Mitchell, D. r., the Rev. ". II. Ryder,
Il D., tho lseY. Arthur Little, tho Rcv. 8. II.
bdame, lhc Rcv. Samuel Fa1ows, D. D.. Bishop,
,hc Rev. Gnlusha Audurtont .. D., the Rev. II.
n Perry, L. z. Letter, aiurry Nelson, @. G.
pouney, M. Henderson, H. D. Fowler Thomas
Dent. H..
gentleman remarked that 1t seemed to him
.ha, this movement WINS coming to gras'ti flzzlc.
Mr.. Collycr said the meeting was now open
fl, anY one present to free hts mind.
Everybody laughed.
Ar. Colyer asked ths dissatisfied person to
eome forward and .face tho nuslc. The gentle
man did not come forward,
Mr, Coll5cy said ho did not think this move
ntnt a "tizslo.H Not much had been dope,
hut shat had been done had hcon we'll done.
They had Committee which would, he thought,
helm on the cause OF COMMON humanity 10 q
clearer md trucr necessity Of tho swest worth
of The Sabbath 10 them. f1e thought II they
continued, tho good brother to tho contrary not
xlthstandlng, TINT this weuld bo q great sue
ISAAC gibson,
WIN Ind ornvn out these remarks by ustng tho
rontcuptuoua term "tixzlc,n said that hc OK
uactcd whoever moved 10 the Sunday question
would have against them the combined Influence
Of mouoY and power. fIo remarked ironically.
that ho did not axpcct that these grand liberal
papers, these grand Abotal societies .hcse graIa
acton. When they did, It made him Suspicious.
lie did not think # wns his duty to take an uti-
Wno course. They should be prudent and care~
n bnt eou5ageons They sa99sd let pss1Spo
pconlo wanted was to be treated kindly. Ho
bclleyet1 In using them kindly, but also 10
u,lug them with severity. They ought
,s ta0d s.ts. up s' .aa men, uemssrs anSss w'ds e
Chrlsaiiau sociotics Of all denominations In this
eitY, and straight sauaro businessmen. to lot
thcse peopio know what they want. Il they
vent along In this manner, this movement would t
surely axzae out. lie had bean through theaa
things for forty ycars
The Rev. Dr. Hsrford wanted to know Of Or.
Thomas whether
THE pusNEss COMMUNITY
had been canvaseed 80 that they could tell
whether they were to hasc fhcm 'or or AGAINST
ihem. ,-
Dir. Thomas replied that tho Committee had
conferred with the bueluess-n,on, and they were
Interested in this movement. They thought
sfthg ,9s3 should 4hst Hs d9Ps sio aa aaoy yf no. e.
p4ei p1emSi as' and decistyo % 'sctlon, such n
work AZ this must bc done
slowly, .or else 1t would Inst but little while.
There should bo lltarature prepared upon this
Il. The Committee had thought that tie Ger
man and tho Catholic elements should be repre-
tcnted iu this movement. and, therefore, two
places on tho Committee had boon loft vacant,
Mr. Williamson said he thought. there was q
bright outlook. He believed With Dr.. Thomas
that there should bo prudence In this move
mant.
The notice IL tho Sunday papers. Ho bad been
told bF Dr.. Thomas that
TILE hiN1sTBna DID NOT READ TIE SUNDAY
PAPERS,
md, therefore, he had Advertised tho meeting
ID t!le Monday papers.
Mr, C6Ilsnr proceeded to say that be thought
tic names Of tho Committee WeSo the best kind
Of guarantee that this was not oleepy Com
mittee. lilo thought they might say With safcty
taat theso mon wero In easntat about this mat
Atr. Walker said, a. ono Of the Committee, be
tc!t that they had p.oeeedeA Wisely. rhs men
With whom they Ind conferred wore. Interested
i9 tlls matter, and he felt eouadent wou!d help
peacesbe Sabbath. lle thought tho GcrInAu
he Committee.
va. authorized 10 place thcsc Two adaS'tsonn1
representatives upon tho Committee.
After l!ttlu further talk, In which It was re-
tol1ed to lcaye the plan Of the campaign to the
Vomm!ttee. the meotlnG adjourned.
THE INp1AAs.
BIZ. Ttbbles, Of Omaha, after the adjournment
q The rlect!1g nude some romarRa about ths
GoSernlncnt's tr0ntplcht OF tho Ponca Indians
10 violation Of the!r treaties, they had beer
ur1Ys from thctr reservation VI tic point Of tht
2ySSs s ass pt1RGs.yt had Sas nsee @ so1,eate ~ M
not q cent of It bad been turned oyct to tl,t
Guyernrnsnt.. He wansc1 10 hold d publit
mettME Tor tha purpose Of raising 81, 600 10 teal
iAe right OF Tic Commissioners to e1pcl tlte6l
iaiians from their reservation. l1o prououucot
lhe Treatment OF tho Indians uniformly ae In
italous aud Unjust In tho oxtEcme.
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RICH HARVESTING.
The police are taking every psccaution pou
tlose to prevcnt tho Dress from ascertatnlng tn
truth regarding tle ottaaslyo operations Of con
denec ulen. mud otl,ers OF tie llk, which bnnr1
Inc city. Consequently one can haye only
ri ih1l i H. -h1.