The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-25
DEFEATED.
There viii Probably Be No Sun
day Opening.
That Is the Way the Worlds Fair Bill
Stands at Present.
h House cemmIttee Held . Meeting nut
declined 20 Take Action-An Adjourn
ment Tor . Week Was Carried
without = Negative Vote.


WASHINGTON. Jam 25-The house
committee on the Worlds Columbian
expos ton wrestied for two hours Tues
day NOR. ing with the Sunday opening
proposition. and, when II adjourned 70
attend the meeting Of the house, neither
the Sunday openers nor the Sunday
ctosers had secured a decided advan-
tnge.
The result Of the meeting, however,
was not satisfactory to Chief Chairman
Durborow. nor vi it very promising Of
success in his efforts TO have congress
rescind the action closing the gates on
Sunday. The disposition Of the mem-
beers Of the committee, apparently, was
to Leave the subject alone and not to
stir up further agitation 81 religious
bodies BY bringing in any recommenda-
ton to congress
The adjournment Of the committee
for one week az this stage of the ses-
sion. when time is precious. and over
the protest of Chairman Durboruw, who
wanted TO hold another session We'd
nesday, was indicative Of this feeling
on the part of members Of
the committee. a letter read
by representative Houk of Ohio
twho has all along been one Of the
most enthusiastic supporters Of the
fair, and Is even now in favor of partial
opening Sunday afternoonsl, TO Presi-
dent Higginbotham. in which he sug-
gcsted that the agitation against Sum
day opening on the part Of religious
bodies might injuriously affect the re-
cefpts, with the intimation that II
would be better to withdraw the Sum
day opening opposition, was also in the
same line.
The discussion in the committee was
discursive to a considerable degree, and
frequently was not directed with
diiniteness TO the proposition as II was
embodied in the resolution before the
committee. members offering sugges-
tions as to the manner in which 1t
might be possible to have Sunday open
ing in some modified form. which would
be less obnoxious To religious senti-
ment.
Representative Houk, Of Ohio, was
one OF those members who favored a
partial Sunday opening. His idea in a
general way was that The gates should
be open on Sunday afternoon, but that
the public should be admitted to the
art galleries and TO other kindred ex-
hibits He also favored the proposed
r. Iigions hall in which all denomina-
tions should hold devotional exercises
There was more support to this view Of
a modified sunday opening than to the
kind Of opening proposed by the fair
members.
Mr.. Houk's plan also involved sacred
music and a strict requirement that
employees should not work mere than
six days in the week. Much Of the
time he occupied during the session
was taken up in reading the long letter,
heretofore referred To, addressed to
President Higginbotham This letter
was largely in the nature Of sugges-
tions, and asked whether or
not, in view Of the OPPOSE
ton shown by religious or
CARNATIONS, it might 9 be
that the receipts would be diminished
by continued agitation, and il II might
not, on the whole, be well to withdraw
| the pTOppSlllQu- n lCbt0I NdsANnA Atch
Fred Douglass favoring sunday open
ing. The discussion became rather gen
eral. There are II members Of the com
mittee and it was made evident that the
vote will be SO close as TO require q full
attendance to show which side has o
majority in the committee.
Chairman Duborow e~ndeavored 70 get
4 vote on the matter, but the majority
was against him and did not want one.
Hethen suggested a session Wetn ssday,
but il Immediately became evident that
most OF the members did not want to
act while the agitation was still going
on, and an adjournment for the week
was carried without a negative vote,
save that Of the chairman. 1t is possi-
Bile. but haE1ly m1re than possible, that
at a late day haefe may be got outot the
committee, by a bare majority, a propo-
sition favorable to partial Sunday open
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