, 1883-11-01
Sunday Law Repeal Bill.

Uttoruucrs Of an honorable man-aib-it
ike Caesar, too ambitious uo doubt it
has struck others a"sii IS myself that the
"hom"rable' -eGtlyMau's Lumor Is most
humorous, if not r.iIcU;ous. Bat W,
must remember thay he j. not only AN
honorable man belonging to ''an honor
able body oi small men OH, no: beg
Iar!ai.--'an honorable small body OF
! lt.n, hut lie j. also Z. ~!a&!. man briuuG-
liz to al honorable profession, ana for
Eets thai the sophis;ry current a.Hou@
snail Iaen Of h:s Profession wall not pass
unchallenEed when uttered Nth such
P"mpoUs vanity within tie walls Of our
Territorial Legislature. How III the
name Of common sense can the work of
/ all legislatures develop = people capable
Of seLf-goverIln.ut," while such 1len ;.s
this honorable lnan are not able To gov
ern themselves, but allow their peculiar
and virulent prejudice to distcrt their
vision, and are thereby guilty of willfulIy
perverting the truth.
LIST. VIII the --honnrahic" gentleman
give logical demonstration of his first
bomDastlc assertion -' AN honorable
small body of men possessed with lar,'e
ideas of how others should spend SHn-
day, framed and passed law, the pro-
visions of which are to compel the citi-
zens of this Territory to conform to sglch
IDEAS on the subject" Burcfuced isscr-
ton. Composed Of "buncombe" IS not
proof, Mr.. Legality"
ID. Has ii been a Success: Has ii
met with favor anywhere 10y any class:
Is 1t respected, or lis provisions enforced:
And is it desirable TO have it remain:
We think not, and therefore urge its
repeal"
1t has been a success in the main, cx-
cept with the whisky business, and what
! laws of the United States arc not broken
| by this class: 1t has met with favor 10y
the majority Of the community, otherwise
there would be more business transacted.
We think IL has been respected and car
ried Out with the Jaw abidingei liens, and
would urge its amendment so as to cover
/ all classes and conditions of men.
/ 81. Perhaps the honorable small
1 body OF great men who enacted the Sun
I Gay law" were not small men belonging
! to an honorable profession anxious for
! the result of open bars on Sunday, viz:
| brawls, fights. assaults and murders.
/ Perhaps it would be advisable TO show
up the true character of these mental
pigmies who were so deluded that they
actually believed they were the friends of
| the workingman.
4th. This bill should pass because it
repeals Il law that is unsafe IN theory.
and in violation of the fundamental
principles of our government, inasmuch
as it attempts to interfere with the vested
rights of all American citizens by special
ly providing how they shall spend Sun
day" Again vapid rhetorical attempt.
The mountain groaned, and 10! it
brought forth a mouseT' What funda-
mental principles! State them. Are all
American citizens Jews and whisky men:
Wherein does this law specially provide
how all American citizens shall spend
Sunday? 1t simply provides that Sun
day shall be day of rest for the majority
of our citizens, and does not permit the
poor mans friend, even thou 1 he be
an honorable man." to compel him to
work seven days week for less than six
days wages. See reports from all the
SN.l l..
tectS the working classes. Does the
Sunday law, as such, provide how men
shall think, speak or read, or wherewithal
they shall be clothed, as the Fourth of
July or Thanksgiving Day regulations? /?
1t is day of liberty from toll, and that
is all the law provides. But our legal
friend can magnify mole-hills into noun
tains and fleas into cameis; nay, more, he
can see much in nothing, and out of it
make much.
5th. Now, Joseph comes to the point
in question, to which all the foregoin Z
buncombe is but the prelude. 1t is a
question ever dear to his heart-the
hotel and saloon question. Mr.. Speaker "
he asks, ''should it remain on the statute
books? Why continue this faIce of
closing the front doors and admitting all
customers by the back doors?" Some
officers are too gentlemanly to do the
duty the people pay them for, viz: to go
around to the back door OF Il business
house or saloon and see that nobody
breaks the law. What nonsense! Make
these gentlemen honorable men at once
I mean to say, honorary men. Pension
them off. Suppose Collector Bash had
some officers too gentlemanly to go pok-
ing into every corner of vessel, what
would lie do with them: Shall we
abolish all our laws because some officers
are too gentlemanly? That is fine rea-
soning.
9th. Mr. Speaker, L am opposed to a
law that tempts men to demean their
manhood and make sneaks of them
selves" Take hushmoney, etc. 1t
ought to be self-evident that it is only
sneaks who will sneak in at the back
door, and that they only manifest their
| slltSihISii, = SiOhCIIilS piOpCHolliCS tLtlGbN >
and having no manhood to demean, this
also is vanity. What about the mean
men who supply the sneaks?
7th Now for the salve to heal those
whom his rash statements have hurt.
Kuhns don't have stings in the tails of
their speeches. If legislation on this
subject is desired, give us a law that will
give equal justice to all and unequal ad
vantages and privileges to none, and 1
promise cheerful obedience to it for
the people am proud to represent" 1t
Is sufficiently well known, and the hon
| nraL lie 1,nntInnann rnnLns 10 homes about