Smyrna times., 1893-01-25
The Hearing on Sunday Opening Re
fore the Worlds Fair Committee
Jan. 1914. 1899

Jdu' 4O-49:, 1885.
The delegate from Smyrna Cound
himself like the randrop that went IN
swell the river, when he got to Wasb.
| ingtOn and reached the headouarters
of the American Sabbath Union.
The Worlds Fair Committee Room
was crowded Tuesday morning. chief.
| ly by the Sunday closing people. nj.
though the opposite side occupied all
the time. The speakers were Mayor
Washburn and two aldermen of Chi.
cago, who failed to explain how Con-
| gress could cOnstitutiOnally support
! the violation of the Illinois Sunday
Laws. Samuel Gompers, Chief of the
Federation of Labor (which in 1891 at
Birmingham, Ala, and | think again
at Philadelphia in 1892. passed resolu-
hons denouncing Sunday opening as
an imposition on the workingman) and
a Rev. DIR. Jones, a Seventh Day Ad-
Ventist from New York, whose argu.
ments injured his own cause, and
whose filings at the action of Congress
displeasOd even those members of the
committee who favor Sunday open
ing.
wednesday morning the Sunday
clOsers crowded the committee room.
the openers" being conspicuous bv
thslr absence. Col. SHEPPARD. Presi-
dent of the Sabbath Union, presided
introducing the speakers. Chief among
whom were Joseph Cook, Whose ar.
gument that from the economic stand.
polht' sunday opening would be disas-
UIous' was cOnVIncng,) Dr. Rainsdell
Ol " ashlngtOn (whO presented careful
calculations, showinga a probable finan-
clal loas over probable gain, of nearly
$2,OOO, 900 by Sunday Opening) r. S
Collin, Ex-Railroad commissioner for
O"a, who exhibited power of Attor.
ney from trainmen's ORGANIZATION
numbering 10000 men, and spoke for
the Iowa Farmers Association and the
Iowa Sabbath Association, represent.
ing in al some 100000 voters. The
National VIC. T. U. was alsothere in the
person of seven representatives.. Rev.
Wilbur F. Crafts, of Pittsburg. in an
able argument, showed that everv
point now urged in favor of SUNDAY
opening, had already been urged and
rejected by Congress. He further
from the conduct of the Fair Directory
In issuing liquor permits of all kinds
unfortunately, after promising the
y. =. Senate that they would perm il
only light wines and beers to be sold
IN connection with meals. showed the
probable result of trusting that direc.
tory again, as Congress is urged to do.
ne read and submitted letters from
cardinal Gibbons and Bishop Potter
utterly repudiating sympathy with
that kind Of an Open Fair the Direc-
tory propose.
Last OF all the Smyrna man present.
ell the resolutions of the mass me-tiny
ana the churches here. On leaving the
committee room we went TO call on
the President. After a kindly recen.
llon on his part memorial was pre.
sented to him, asking for his veto in
case the question should ever reach
MIN, and what was more Immediately
practical, that, since the Directory was
receiving the nations money with one
hand, while striving with the other to
remove the conditions of the yift. The
PRESIDENT would save the Governmeu.
tai authority from contempt bv sus.
pending the transfer OF souvenir coins
until satisfactory security vas given
that the cOnditien would be Oheved
The hearings continued until Satnr-
day, the weight OF influence and OF
argument remaining throughout with
the defenders Of the Sunday clause.
The general impression among those |
who have reason to know, was ex.
pressed by Senator Quay when he
SAID Those fellows may as we'll |
stop
Never in the history of Congress has
there been so magnificent or SO DOW. |
eriul demonstration in favor of anv |
measure. as the people have made for
Sunday closing at the Columbian FIX.
position. CRoFroN G ApANs