The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-15
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
THE Law AND ORDER MOVEMENT


Condition OF the Enierprlse-what /
Proposes and How Il Expects 10 AZ
eompiish its Purposes-Taiks VIII
Representatives of Different Interest,
A considerable number Of persons in
terestedin the law and order movement
assembled at the City Building Tuesda,
night, expecting that the proposed ordtn
ance, which . committee OF citizens wer
deputed to draft at a recent public meeting
held at Fourth Street Church, and supdr,
petitions connected with the same, woult
be presented to Council for the considera
ton Of that body. These documeitl
failed to make their appearance, however
and yesterday reporter for this paper
startled out to find what had become O.
them and to ascertain the present status oi
the movement.
Meeting Attorney General White, who
was prominent in the law and order
movement, at It's inception, the newspa.
per man interrogated him as to its condi-
tion and prospects, but that legal luminary
seemed 10 have lost interest in the project
since II came under public discussion and
evinced a lamentable lack Of information
on the subject. ~
A visit to Counsellor Cracraft was pro.
ductive Of more knowledge. The Coun-
sellor indicated that he was not afraid TO
show his hand in any public enterprise in
which lie was engaged and stated promptly
that he was ready TO answer any questions
that might be asked. In reference TO the
failure OF the law and order committee, OF
which he Is member, TO present the ordi.
nance and petition Of the memorialists on
the preceding evening, he said the only
reason for their non-presentation was the
fact that neither were completed. The
ordinance had been blocked out but not
perfected, and the petition, although 1t
already included upward OF five hundred
signatures, did not contain all the names
they desired and expected to have placed
upon 1t. Both, however, he thought,
would be finished before the next regular
OF Council and would then be
presented.
"What changes does the eproposed ordin-
ance contemplated"
at proposes that the provisions OF the
State law on the subject OF Sunday obser-
vance which apparently cannot be en-.
forced by the slow process OF indictment,
shall be Incorporated in city ordinance,
and carried out so far as public sentiment
will sustain them. The scope of the ordin-
ance, and possibly its language will be
similar 10 the State law, which you will
find in Chapter 147, Sections IL and IL OF
the Code, and which read as follows:
"If person on a Sabbath day, be
found la6oring at any trade or calling, or
employ his minor children, apprentices,
or servants in labor, or other business, ex.
ceptin household or other work OF neCessi.
ty or charity, he shall be fined not less
than five dollars for each otfense. And
every day such minor child, or servant
or apprentice is SO employed shall consti.
tute distinct oflense. Any person found
hunting or shooting on the Sabbath day
or openly carrying firearms IN that day,
10 the annoyance OF the public, shall be
guilty OF misdemeanor and fined not less
Than five nor more than twenty dollars.
But this provision as to carrying firearms
and shooting shall not apply TO any officer
or person lawfully carrying such arms or
shooting on the Sabbath day under any
law oi this state Or o. Tue unileu States.
NO forfeiture snail pe incurred unuer
me preceding secu9n lof the trahspora-
non on SUNDAY OF tne haii or ol passen' sen
gers aho tneif paggaee. hha the saiu lor-
leiture shali not pc incqrreo oy any per-
son VINO eohsS!ehliousiy NJ peiieyes lhat the
seventh aay ., the week ougnt 70 ~ 90,
served as a sabbath, anu actually relralns
from al secuiar business atia laDor on tliat
aay, proyiued Me uoes ngt c9nnPet aI up.
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secular wofk of business On SUNDAY. ano
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