Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-04-28

some time to confer With his associates
on the national commission. Senator
Beckwith is determined that the worlds
fair shall be open on Sunday and will
make Il most earnest appeal IL the com
mission to throw wide open the gates
on that day that al may see.
He has the assurance that many Of
his confereeS will stand by him in this
effort. Il have Il plan of action before
the commission remarked The scua-
tor, which | may carry out to secure
the opening of the fair. If the greater
minds of the commission agree that we
have Il right to proceed, | will do my
best TO secure the passage of Il rcSolrl-
ZION that will make Sunday the laborinrs-
mans day.
The sense OF the resolution will he:
Open the gates each Sunday and Charge
no admission. Let every working man,
who otherwise would have no oppor-
tllnity to see The fair, go to- that great
museIm of instruction and better his
condition. The fair will not be injured
financially by this just act Untold
thousands will be here to see it, and
they must necessarily spend days i'll
making exhaustive researches. The fair
must be open on Sunday. 1t is the
right of Il man to see it and how we can
legislate 10 keep it closed on the day of
all days for the workin%man | cannot
sec
"Ah, but ! can even now forCSee Il I'll
gantic opposition to this proposition.
Tie clergy will madly declare that tho
sinful thousands will flock to the things
earthly ut the fair grounds and forget
God. They will declare that having tho
fair open on Sunday free of cost will he
worse than opening it Sunday 1T the
regular price. would foreStall their
venom by making arrangements to
assign certain parts of the grounds TO
repre- sentative ministers of every de-
nomination, where they could go and
preach. each TO his flock, according To
their beliefs. ! know the ministers Will
not lill, this Their excuse will be that
they cannot leave their churches to
preach out in tine open air III the not
suns rays or exposed to inclcmcncicS.
They will be still further diSplcaStI
because Of the further order that might
be embodied in the Sundl ~ opening 80
lution. that no tithcS be- collected from
those who gather to hear the ministers.
There is where the shoe will pinch the
hardest. As it is now, the saloon cir-
mcnt and the clergy are working Sldc
by side against the fair and for their
own pockets.
II want to see the WorliinGlnan, ms
family. anybody who is constrained 10
work week days, to have Il chance 10
see the fair on Sundays. If the min
listers must spread the gospel let them
90 down there and preach to the thouS-
ands who will eagerly seek to avail
themselves of the opportunity to study
MANS greatest tributes to progress,
civilization and the Crcator That ~
nv unqualified stand on the Sunday
onening matter Furthermore, | would
have it that no liquors of whatsoever
nature be sold on the grounds on Sun
dav when the crowds are there. l'y
prohibiting the sale no one can attack
| the management that is conducting IN
! international fair with the claim that
| it is but a catchpenny affair | nave
every reason to believe that the other
commissioners will see this matter IN
the same light that | do"
'In your opinion, Mr.. Becl<with, do
you think that the government has
abrogated it's right to dictate TO the
worlds Columbian exposition that the
fair gates should not be opoen Sunday
bv Withholding Il part Of the money
promised?
Il want to be present tomorrow when
the national commission assemblies 10
do battle with this question, the most
important Of any yet brought up. There
are learned men in that commission,
deep in Law and technique, and if they
do not arrive at the conclusion that the
fair can be legally opened on Sunday
I'll make a mistake. Pm not Il prophet,
although / do live within n few miles
Of Utah, but I'll venture the prophecy
that the fair will be open Sunday. II
not in the usual way, with fee for
entrance, why as ] may prOpoSe-free
to ALL no tithes, no liquors, stands FOR
ministers Of all denominations to preach
and no exacting money. l am III re-
ceipt of letters from influential people
in the west almost daily advocating
the opening Of the fair on Sundays,
even if the sacrifice Of the gate receipts
has to be made. The purposes of the
fair cannot be subserved, they say, If
poor people are barred from seeing it's
wonders"
The senator is an enthusiast on his
scheme for free admission on Sunday,
and a number Of local directors are or
opinion, providing that some scheme
cannot be advised to enable them to
charge an admission fee Senator Beck
with does not wish to be arrayed as
against religion, society and the welfare
of the people in speaking Of the efforts
Of the clergy to close the fair. BE is
mason Of the highest degree possible
for a man to attain, and lives by the
motto: do unto others as you would
! be done by" He thinks the nations
| representatives national commas
sioners - should assert themselves
against wasting many precious days by
closing the fair Sundays.
General J. w. ST. Clair, the big West
Virginian, too, Is an advocate Of the
open Sunday. He said today:
1.-The question will come up before
the commission tomorrow I am In
clined to believe that there are enough
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