Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-12
SUNDAY AND THE FAIR.
What SONS OF the Ministers Said ut the
Hearing Yesterday.


At the Sunday opening hearing yesterday
before Representative Duborows committee
Rev. DIR. Joseph Cook of Boston opened
with the remark that he was opposed to more
than six days work a week Chairman Dur
borrow called his attention to the fact that
the law provid I that no fair employe should
work seven days week. DR.. Cook replied
that he knew that and also knew how directors
had observed such laws before. The laporing
men could not afford to break down the
american custom of six days work week.
The precedent of opening the worlds fair would
go far toward breaking down the civic Sun
day and bringing America to the continental
Sundays He also protested against Sunday
opening with the machinery stopped for its
practical upshot would be full pay for a half
show. The church favored cheap midweek
excursions and Saturday half holidays. Sun
day excursions from Omaha, Buffalo Milwau-
nee, Toronto and all the other cities would
bring the thoughtless part Of these commune
ties together with such a crowd of bummers
beats and thugs that the streets would be SO
unsafe as to keep good citizensaway. As Senator
Hawley said fully forty millions of the Amer
lean people were against Sunday opening
and the Supreme Court had decided that
this Is Christian nation. Sunday"
he continued, sis the tallest white
angel now entering heather lands" Should
Chicago and New York and other cities be
allowed to stab that angel in the back and
should the statue of liberty be called down and
asked TO assist in the murder?
DIR. MOTIFS PROTEST.
DR.. Mott of the Dutch PRESBYTERIAN
Church OF New Jersey earnestly protested
against Sunday opening and said that if
the people of New Jersey had suspicion
that an attempt would be made to
open the fair on Sunday the state would not
have contributed dollar for an exhibit and
would have earnestly petitioned Congress not
togivc another dollar to Chicago.
The Rev. DIR. Fernley OF Philadelphia said
that a solemn covenant had been made between
the United States and the fair company that
the gates should be closed when it accepted the
appropriation of Congress, and this was an at
tempt to break tina. covenant
The Rev. DIR. Brooks Of Brooklyn said that
the Dutch Reformed Church was a unit against
Sunday opening.
REV. On. CRAFTS.
The Rev. DR.. Crafts of Pittsburg said that
he had the petitions of the supreme bodies of
evangelical churches. numbering 1905, 900
members. against Sunday opening.
he read letters from Cardinal Gibbons,
Bishop Potter. T. v. Powderly and others, who,
he said showed that the kind OF quiet Sunday
opening they favored was not the kind Of Sun
day opening the fair directors proposed
Elliot Shepard read the protest of Bishop
Coke OF Western New York against Sunday
opening.
DIR. Hunter of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety presented the protest of one and a half
millions Of members, representing every state
In the Union, against Sunday opening
REV. DIR. HAMLIN.
The Rev. Dr.. Hamlin of Washington, repre-
sentng the Presbyterian Ministers Association
Of Washington and as trustee for the Society
of Christian Endeavor, opposed Sunday OPEN
ing. The workingmen were opposed to
Sunday opening, knowing that the rest day is
essential to man and beast; that the greed of
corporations is steadily encroaching on this
rest day and giving the wages of six days for
the labor OF seven.