Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Law and Order at the Fair.

| Law and Order at the Fair.
| The unanimous decision of the Unit
ed States Court of Appeals at Chicago
reversing the order of the Circui
Court to close the Worlds Fair on. Sun
day, is, first of all, vindication of law
The preposterous opinion of Judg'
Woods, in which he sought to accom-
plish a predetermined end by invent
ing theory in violation both of tn,
Constitution and of tho facts, was ont
: OF those lawless abuses of judicial pow
er in which machine-made political
Judges sometimes indulge that bring
the law into contempt. The Chiei
Justice and his two associates brush
aside this fiction and the illogical, il
less violent, conception of the concur.
ring Judge. and declare plainly that
this is government of law and not oi
caprice.
The Worlds Fair is organized, un-
der our constitutional system. by the
laws of Illinois, and whatever equitable
interest the United States acquired in
the corporation by a subscription or
appropriation by Congress is not DIFF
ferent in kind from the interests of
other subscribers and is to be main
tained by similar processes Of law, not
by the assertion of arbitrary power.
The laws provided for the government
of the Fair are adequate and the legal
ly constituted directory is competent to
make the necessary regulations in ac-
cordance with them. This is the sub
stance of the decision.
The judgment of the Court of Ap-
peals is not only In the interest of law;
it is in the interest also of good order,
of intelligence education and virtue.
So far as it permits the opening of the
Worlds Fair on Sunday, it in no way
tends to the secularizatlon of the Lords
Day. 1t merely allows q judicious use.
upon that day of rest. of opportunities
of Intellectual enlightenment from
which no part Of the people ought to
be excluded. It may be asserted with
assurance that outside of the churches,
the most of which are open but q short
time on Sunday, there is no place in or
near Chicago where one can learn SO
much of the wonderful works of God
and the operation of his spirit in the
minds and hearts OF men as in this
beautiful exhibition of the fruits of
Christian civilization.
1t cannot be too earnestly urged that
the only danger to Sunday observance
in the United States lies ill-advised at
tempt to Puritanize or Judaize this
Christian and American institution and
to place restraints upon the people that |
their conscience cannot recognize and
against which they will revolt. |
The decorous. rational enjoyment
Of Sunday, for rest, for devotion.
'or mental and physical recreation and
'or advancement in knowledge and ele- |
vation in thought. this is the end that |
society should keep in view, and to this |
End our parks and picture galleries
md museums. or exhibitions Of all that
5 best and most cdifying in the pro-
,ress of the world, exert an influence |
hat the church should welcome as its |
greatest aid. There is no danger that
'ur American people will abuse the
privilege of visiting the Worlds Fair
N Sunday. and it will be the fault of
hose who should known betfer il they
re led to visit it in any other spirit
han one of devout acknowledgment Of
he manifold glory of God.-Ihitadel-
,hia Times.