The morning news., 1889-02-06
most exposed and TIE most important TO the
general welfare Of any in the country.
ONLY THv WORD WANTING.

+ most expOSed and the most important 10 the
F general welfare Of any IN the country.
ONLY THE WORD wASTIEG.
Recently tcere was wanting only what
was for a time feared, q word If command
/ from the railroad kiag, Arthur, ordering q
i general s. IKE Of the locomotive engineers,
I plunge tie whole nation into a cOmme
cial ami social anarchy. of which 1871 and
tie Chicago DO ub- and the New York biz
cards are but gentle Dints. | be.ieve tie
fears were grUundless, aud tnat OuT King
Arthur vi use hls authority only in
krigttiY justice 70 all He told ns recently
that II he had the power he would stop
every wheel on Sunday The only reason
that more 4 requeHt appeals for Su day
rsst are r % made by railroad men Is that
past appeals have been ia vain. he
plea Of 45J eng .neers Of the New York Cen
trai railway. a few years since, for their
rIglt 70 Sunday rest and their rights Ot
conscience, for their own physical benefit
and the moral bsnefi. OF their families.
stands as the perpetual a7d pitiful appsa Of
al, Sunday to'lers for their lost Sabbath: i:
and, tough that appeal was rejected by the
railroad company u whom It was seat. IL
should be heeded by congress, one Of whose
chief functions II is % save our citizens
from being crushed bet ween the upper and
net sr mllstones Of competing corpora
tIOns. with hearts Of rock.
GEORGIA ~ THE LzAD.
At the convention Of engineers recently
the question relating q the stock tCeIl,
which, il vas said could not Be stoppei On
the Sabbath without cruelty o animals.
But here are cars now provided IN which
stock could ne I'll and watsrs1 6s K in rce
stable, On such trIps Is were TO long 10 a.
plls1 between Sabbaths Ia aly case.
men should Mt lie sacrI feed for cattle. Ole
r. ina from (.a-~-ra
4w against Sunday frelghts is enforced,
-sid EN- pha.Iealy hat he never would lave
GeJrzIa while railroad i0b could be had
there, 50 greatly dld he prize MS Sunday
rest.
in order 70 recover the lost day Of rest
for hose who have lost IL, IT even 20 hold
il for those who still have Il, we must secure
first and mast Of all a correct example On
the part Of the nation, which. as the cl.ef
employer, ought - be a model to all others.
But ! hsi occasion TO say u the SeCste's
committee on education aud labor, st q
hearing in behalf # the petitio eTs agaiast
Sunday work, that Congress, with al! It's
buncOmbe resolutions in favor Of labor re-
form, was the very Pharaoh among eFn-
plOyers." At that tins some postme bad
siIteen-hour days, and many an ugluckY
thirteen, besides uIghtwatchiuE and Sunday
work-aot even being allowed unbr1ken
Ap0CC6sh9 ~ az lA+4t-A " A-a4 @-ACA4 AAAlA-
dren, whom, through the week, they seldom
saw awake
The NEW PoSTOFFICE LAW.
THE new eight-hour law fcr carriers has
mitigated this abuse, but a six-day law.
that is Sunday law, IS still more neejed
b th for the sake OF the postmen and for
the influence Of a cJrrect national example
" bile the nation opens its pOstOffice for
business on Sunday, right IN the center Of
the principal street Of the town, il will be
hard for local reform TO close the shops on
both sides Of il that are only following the
nations example, only trying 10 catch a
little trade from those who are going for
their Sunday mail. While the nation sends
its Sunday mail train crashing through the
laws Of God and man It VIII be hard for
local reform 10 stop the other trains that
follow IN its wake.
The argument against Sunday paradss of
national troops ls brief but important
These soldiers and marines are the employees
OF the nation, and, in times Of peace, in
spections and parades constitute their
work for gain.' To our old regulars,
Sunday paradss are not even SUNDAY
amusement. Their inspections and parades
should be intermltted oa the Sabbath out
of regard to the soldiers right TO
rest and his rights Of con
science When the Sunday inspections
and parade5 are in the wilderness where
they disturb no enc else, they should and
often do disturb the soldier himself When
there is neither war nor il surrectIOn nothing
beyond necessary guard or police duty
should be required Of soldiers on the Sab.
bath. In these piping times Of peace" the
L tied States army Is a small affair, but a
correct national example is a great ma,ter.n
At the conclusion Of the address petitions
were circulated and were largely signed.