Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-08-01
Sunday Closing and Those " Whereascs.

sunday Closing and Those whereascs."
After making struggle worthy
better cause, the local Directory final
" decided that the Worlds Fair shall
hereafter be closed on Sundays. The
Board let itself down easy with the fol-
lowing extended whereases, and con-
densed resolution:
whereas, The board of directors at
regular meeting heretofore held Ito
wit, May l6, 93,-adopted certain res
olutions providing for the opening of
the Exposition on Sunday, in response
to urgent appeals from persons and or
CARNATIONS representing a large ma
jority of the public as we'll as from
&. shareholders of the corporation, and
also in accordance with a resolution
adopted by the city council of the city
of Chicago, represe nting the financial
interests of said city in said EXPOSE
ton to the amount of 95,0O0,0OO and,
"Whereas, The action of the board
has been sustained by the United States
Circuit Court and the right and power
of the board of directors to control
the physical administration of the Elk
position on Sundays, as we'll as on 9th
er days of the week, has been upheld
by the final decree of said court; and,
"Whereas, 1t now appears by the ac
tual admissions that the general pub
lie does not by its attendance mani
fest desire that said Exposition
should be kept open to the public each
day of the week; and it further ap-
pearing that if the Exposition is. kept
open on Sunday it will require the at
tendance of more than 5000 1aboring
men and women, the employees of the
Exposition and others, including the
curators and clerks of the exhibitors;
and while the Exposition authorities
can give its own employees one day of
rest out of each week, it seems i'm
practicable for the exhibitors and 9th |
ers to provide such day of rest for
their own clerks and employees; and,
"Whereas, It further appears that |
the number of labCring men and wo-
men whose services will be necessarily
required to keep the Exposition open
ON Sunday is disproportionate to the
number Of visitors on said days, and |
therefore the interests of the public |
are not promoted by keeping the Elk
position open on each and every day
of the week, now therefore, be it |
"Resolved, That all the said resolu-
tions so adopted by this board on May
IL, A. D. 1893, and the amendments to
the rule related thereto adopted on
said day save and except the prices of
admission, be and the same are hereby
rescinded. to take effect after the 10th
inst"
They could not give up, however,
without making one supreme effort to
secure a respectable attendance on
Sunday, and to that end voted to give
the total receipts from the last Sun
days admission to the families of the |
tiremen who persisted in the fire the
previous Monday. This, together with
the known fact that it was the last open
Sunday, should have brought out a
large crowd; and the officers calculated
that it would, having 100000 special
tickets printed for that day. And yet
the attendance was only $4,000. TAX
ing the total Sunday record, one is led
to question somewhat the accuracy of
the claim in the first whereas that "a
large majority of the public" appealed
for An open Fair. The statement of
the second whereas is little mislead-
ing also, but there is no disposition to
be severe with directors now that they
have in a degree righted the wrong
they did the nation. The result of the
whole affair has been to emphasize the
respect in which the people hold the
Sabbath.