The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-26
f1R SUNDAY REST.
y -, r. Crafts Address
!. .The sabbath

:. sabbath ua ien-o's'
..,.x,.s. oe.srvaass-s'
- church, aud state
..,;,,,,,r +. Crafts. u. D. Of
as Geld secretary oil the
1o.s ss.hsash Union. spoke 70 o., :
80 ,; =. last evening at ~ the
s'alss s.s,;an church, on The
'I r. Crafts Is q speaker o. !,
~ eloanence- Following
sss.ry Of the address:
.rs,eAx sasbaTh esios.
e, s.,Iesn sabbath Union a, : .
4 true American as'.,, o. :. =, : d dsr-
Z !. ars.erye the saooais'
+ = go WI. vi, Il oar unions work
fsngnl : she religions sabbath; .
80 am hssr two things. The
- c.ahssh on the one haha'
1n 80 Sabbath on the oller.
: lisiinci q ny .so snd vet are
- the SAME. s'ich a az
!. tel the best answer s. 10. -
ue y a,fsieulties that GOOD men
9, !. sssday lass. ,s ne and Dr..
s us 80 against God; the ctsii
- : = ..' III them only ascrifnes
e,, M the ten command
m ula' several which forbid
shiugs a. are forbidden en- ~
49, VIM mr. land murder, theft,
z s.I - x;tnsss, sunday WORK
- -, 10 religion forbids the e
~ e1''s =. sssiast God. the state
4 ,ssm OILS IS crimes against
~ ssAer countries where
-. =. = .sste are mixed and IN our
sba'zs - -, s other days the GROUND
eeu f9e1es ,.rs was not always
q sos sss,ss;,ss. bat in recent years
cisasy ]. iii subject has been
lee's,s43 = 4 co.'s wili. but on the
innd. '1s.ys 4 homeiy ilinstra-
Eenes1. - I'M make this poiui clear.
eoo 9 Iora farmer put up IA his
80 sssch this sign BOYS, 90 nor
80 49, melons, for they are
bab w. 1.s sses you The church
~. ,ssS ICES and viii punish, but
~. icrbias them only because
- unhealthy 10 the body polite
~ !. - The individual, physically
II morally.
errrxr on TIE AGITATION.
- .,e pushing a petition sgainst
x.sd.v mails. against Sunday work
: - military service Of the govern
.sss IN interstate commerce, and IN
= district Oh Columbia and HE terri
sr;e--ir. short. a petition which a Ks
srag,vss 10 supplement- thelaws Of the
49, n this matter BY giving sunday
- & al who are under the jnrisiie-
IN a the general government. This
rSfIsion il the largest ever presented
& err government, representing an
swrr a len millions OF petitioners
Is:.,es the cardinal oil the Catholic
Aurrh. whose name weighs much IN
legislative halls. whatever II counts.
Ixbor organizations with atotal mem
Iuxhlp Of half million have taken
fstiaet action indorsing the petition.
~ pesision Is therefore not only tue
hrsess ever gathered. but unique also
Z being the only one in which labor
Nsanizations and churches OF
4 rreds have generally united.
81 hold in nay hand saw
shth | brought from Nazareth,
yith other tools. such rs Christ Used
shen be there toiied as a workingman
II BIS trade. In presenting this peii.
lion 10 the Knights Of Labor ! held
90 this saw as an ancient badge OF
Bhighthood In labor, reminding them
hat no one who appreciated the story
II Chris, could despise honest toll IN
himsell or in any other man. And |
say TO you shat ] did not say % them,
that the church that was founded by
carpenter ought never 10 be out OF
sympathy With the true interests OF
workingnien.
DIRECTIONS To SUNDAY REsT LAWS.
As 70 the Sunday mails, Toronto
and London are the two witnesses that
swiftly answer all the objections. In
both d these cities those who handle
the wealth Of the community in the
mails. have long been given their Sun.
dsy rest With no embarrassment either
IN cases OF sickness or In emergencies
Of business The Saturday and Mon,
DAY kilograms taking the place OF
Sunday mail.
Equally conclusive is testimony as
% The larger question OF stopping san,
day trains BY which half a million
are deprived OF their Sunday rest
The engineers are surely competent
Witnesses a. 10 the praeticahIlItv al
Stepping Sunday trains. The picked
men Of the Brotherhood Of Engineer,
q their las, international convention
y Richmond. after giving the matter
iall consideration. declared. by vosina
Q endorse the petition, that the stop
Ping OF Sunday trains completely /,
10Th desirable and practicable. Thirty
one rsilroad officials. In response /,
gaestlons recently sent them. declare,
that every wheel might be stoppe,
o. snnday without financial loss t,
'he companies or 10 the public 10 on
~ the great gain in health and happj
ness and character. Twentv-foul
more Of the railway managers declare,
mat every Sunday train might he dis
nea'lnaed except one or two for per
lshahae freight or live stock or mails
Inc reduction of Sunday work on /,
aVieh o. HE most prominent railroad,
u ue country brings ~ stil mon,
ss'nPhs'lc testimony OF the praetica
@hss and necessity nf tegi.latiy,
-lr<4a ~
sesson. Tor IL Is general testimony a.
.h'sAy Officers that the onlv obSfael,
g general suspension of Sunda,
vans Is competition. which lecisla
y 81, alone can remSe BIZ rcouirinl
al forest together.
rs cossruurioxsI.
he seoead objection. that the AFRO
po'ed sunday law is unconstitutional
s. oolse'ion made equally arains
ss'e Sunday laws. Is auJekly az.
49, by stating the fact that n,
. ,asashle courts at ell the states i,
49,. 49, 'iie matter has been tested hsy,
psa'tI sunday laws copstisutionsl
nas 'he best ansgee ta the oble,tj',,-
.ass NE pTeposel Sunday law il an.
sss W. Is in the canstifutioo
4. 49,, winch already contains a San,
II sss ias. The only objection - Il
sss y Is an un.Amerirsn mono.
~ Jaw made for the benefit ia o,>,
80, N Tue seventh section (, il nr,,
=, ss'ss' mat tAe pre- ident shall has,
!, 3 VA az SUNDAY eXcep'HO sn wh;el
r : ss'' Sue : e,li sent 80 bim bv CON
~ - osioFe i can become a law vi,h
,, -, - Signature Here il A aisti,r.
s.s.s'saoa tssr the nrotsetla- of Sac
~ .s.sat n his right Ia the aav IN
~. !. sha IN his rights al rn,,., ;~,,r.,
, M. aFea'hesis ,'Suudsys rX
,l,,'a.s = al acorn which the prti