The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-04
THE FAIR ON SUNDAY.
Memorials and Speeches IN Favor of
Sunday Closing.

memorials ana SpeecnsS IN Favor OF
Sunday Closing.
CHICAGO, Sept 3.-The National Colum-
bian commission reassemhlel ~ 10 O'Clock
this morning. A resolution was passed in
viting the board of lady managers to be
present and sit'with the national commission
during the presentation of the memorial of
the American Sabbath Union for the clos
ing of the exposition on Sundays.
The nomination of l.. W. Robinson, an
engineer in the United States navy, sta
toned at New York, 10 be chief of the de-
partment of machinery was unanimously
confirmed.
SHEPARD BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
The members of Sabbath Union, led by
Col. Elliott F. Shepard, of the New York
Mail and Erpress, arrived shortly before
1870 o'clock, and were soon afterward
managers. Col. Shepard, rs president OF
the American Sabbath Union, presented
the memorial Of the union, praying for the
closing of the fair on Sunday. He also, as
president of the Sabbath observance COM
mittee of the general assembly Of the Pres
byterian church, presented a petition Of
that body to the same end. He
Likewise read telegram from Arch
bishop Ireland of St Paul, giving
his acquiescencs in the movement, and a
resolution in favor Of closing the fair on
the Sabbath day passed by the farmers
alliance convention at Ocala, Fla.
THE OTHER SPEAKERS.
Col. Shepard then introduced Rev. Syl-
vester Scoville, president of Wooster
College, of Wooster, O., who gave
a brief and eloquent review of
the history of the Sabbath legislation
and Sabbath Observance and their effects
on the nation, socially and commercially.
The Sabbath was, he said, peculiarly
wrought into the structure Of the American
nation. 1t was settled By Sabbath observers,
and the Sabbath had always been religiously
observed by their defendants.
Gen. o. o. Howard was next introduced,
and presented the question from patriotic
point of view, quoting from
Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Mcclellan and
President Harrison, to show how the great
soldiers and statesmen Of the nation re-
spected the Sabbath in their official capaci-
ties.
Rev. 7. A. Fernley Of Philadelphia then
laid before the commission petition for
the close of the fair on Sunday, containing
nearly 100000 names. He spoke Of the
closing of the Philadelphia expo
sitlon of 1876 as being satisfactory
In It's results to the management
COL A. ). Maitland of Brooklyn urged
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religion, but on the rights of man. that no
nation could remain permanently free with
out q day of rest
1t was announced on Resembling that
action on the Sunday closing question will
be deferred until the local directors of the
exposition have made their rules and sub
United them TO the commission for approval.
Tonight the judiciary committee met
and promptly agreed upon report in
dorsing the appeal of the Chicago directors
to congress for a loan Of s. 900 900, the
government to take as security lien upon
the first receipts of the exposition.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
The worlds fair directors formally con-
hrmed the nomination of j. NJ. Samuels of
Kentucky as chief of the department of
horticulture; 7. w. Robinson, U. s.
N, as chief of the machinery de-
partment, and II. S. Peabody Of
Illinois as c5ief of the department.
of liberal arts, all three having been pre-
viouslv confirmed by the national board Of
control. Messrs. Samuels, Robinson aud
Peabody are now duly appointed. The
speedy confirmation of MIR. Samuels is some
thing Of surprise, in view of the bitter
contention that has ragged so long regarding
the horticultural bureau.