Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-02
OUR CHICAGO LETTER.
Why the Worlds Fair Should not be
Opened on Sunday.

and the Good Work Of the Christian
Temperance Union.
From our STAFF Correspondent
CHICAGO, Nov. u, 1892.
The worlds fair directory, at its meet
ing last week, put itself upon record as op-
posed to Sunday observance by the passage
of resolution asking Congress to rescind
its action closing the gates of the fair on
Sunday. While prohibiting the use of
machinery, unnecessary manual labor, and
all merchandising, they would "give the
people opportunity ON Sunday for the study
of the highest standard of artistic and me-
chanical science" by keeping open the art
gallery, horticultural building and other
buildings which contain exhibits of me-
chancal art, and would also hold religious
services upon the grounds in the afternoon.
This sounds well, and it is unquestionably
true that many conscientious Christians
favor an open fair as a means of keeping
visitors and citizens out of saloons and
other dsreputable resorts on the Lord S
day; but theory and practice are not al
ways identical, and venture to say that
one Sunday would convince any candid
person that an open fair was productive of
far more evil than good. So far as visit
ors are concerned, those who have attended
previous eXpositions well know that they
will need one day in seven for physical
rest, and their being debarred from Jack
son park would not compel them to resort
to saloons, since Chicago has five other
beautiful parks-all worth vsit-not to
mention her many large churches, where
strangers will find a cordial welcome. 1t
is not clear to the ordinary mind why it is
better to pay 80 cents for the privilege of
attending religious services in jackson
park on Sunday than to attend services
outside free gratis; but probably the di-
rectOry is able to explain Only four of
the fair directors voted against the resolu-
ton, viz Eugene Pike, a Chicago capt.
talist; J. c. yelling, president of the Hi
nois Central railroad; +. G.. Keith, a
prominent banker and philanthropist, and
l. n. Camp, of the firm of Estey Il Camp.
Mr.. Keith, in his speech, said;
at would, in my opinion, be unwse to
keep the fair open Sundays Such action
would invite the assembling here of thou
sands of people of an undesirable charac-
ter on an established day of rest. Excur-
sion trains would be run, which would land
in our midst people whose main object is a
! good time and you know what that
means. Again, | think we would be estab-
fishing an unwholesome precedent in pub
licly making it necessary for employees to
work Sundays. Certainly one of the dis
tinctve institutions of civilization in this
country is the American Sabbath, and this
time-honored institution will necessarily
be violated if the gates of the exposition
are thrown open Sundays"
To your correspondent (perhaps because
she is woman) it is inexplicable how a
city with so large an anarchist population
as Chicago ddreS to take any step tending
to decrease the sanctity of the Sabbath
since in so doing it aids an element which
is a constant menace to law and order, and
even to human life. Last week the fifth
anniversary of the execution of the anar
chsts implicated in the Haymarket TRACE
dy was observed by meeting in Roches
ter hall, addressed by prominent leaders
The exercises were marked by outward de
corum, possibly due to the presence of {
strong force of police and detectives, bu
the sentiments expressed were bloOdthirstl
in the extreme. The circulars announcing
the meeting alluded to the judge, prosecut
or and jury that tried the anarchists "a
monsters" and demanded the eXtermina
ton of the capitalists. The chairman
made a brief opening address in German
in which he eulogized the executed anar
chists as martyrs, said their blood was tn
seed of anarchy, that the rising genera
tions should be taught to revere their mem
cries, and that only by suffering and tn
shedding of innocent blood could libert,
be attained. He then introduced Luc,
Parsons, who was greeted with cheers
She was dressed in deep black, with
blood-red rose 0he anarchist COLOR at he
throat, below which dangled gold pin il
the shape of a gallows-an emblem re
Gently adopted by the women of the order
Her speech bristled with sentences like tn
following:
eve come tonight to pay a tribute t
our noble dead. The time will come whe
the people of America will bless the nam
of the man who threw the HaymarkC
bomb. We must be guarded in our eX
pressions. A Grinnell and a Gary, hire
lings of the Citizens association, and
Jury, slaves of bankers and capitalists
sent our heroes down to a gloomy deatt
Tho dav will come when Grinnell Gud0e
and all those he represents will call on tn
mountains to fall on them and the billow
, to cover them. The end of this centur
will go out in blazing violence, and thos
of us who live will take part in the gran
blow-up Anarchy is the cornerstone o
which the future will be erected. Let u
I send greetings to our brethren across tn
, sea. AS the discovery of powder put a
, end to feudalism, because the castles coul
? not withstand its onslaughts, so will I'll
discovery of dynamite put an end to cap
t talism, for the palaces of the wealthy cal
not withstand its power. The capitalist
, know this. They don't like it. l woul
. not like it were l in their place.
"Let us learn first that we are anarchists
q second that we are revolutionsts. Som
t one must tell the truth and some one mu
suffer for it. Spies, Parsons, Engel, Ling
, Fischer-you are not deadl So long as
child lisps for liberty, your names al
t sweet. The future will bless the har
that threw the bomb. When liberty conn
4 TO crown the world the names of our ma
. tyrs will be among the brightest jewels
\ her crown"
The November meeting of the Illino
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