San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-09
WORLDS FAIR SUNDAY.


the receipts of the Worlds fair
being this or that at this stage of
the game. 1t is an open secret
that the fair is not ready for visi-
tors, and those who intend to visit
will naturally wait until the prem
ises are clear of distractions, work
men dismissed aud exhibits in
place. 1t is also to be remember
ed that there has been unusually
severe weather over all the north
ern states, that the early spring
has not materialiZed, that cold
storms and exceptionally high
waters have prevailed, rendering
travel difficult if not dangerous,
and inducing those who would
mix pleasure with profit from 60
ing abroad until more desirable
season. There is plenty of time
yet for the influx of visitors who
are sure to come, unless the high
rates of railway fare and the
eXOrbitant charges in Chicago
drive them away. The reports that
come from within the grounds of
the eXtOrtions practiced will have
a deterrent effect upon those who
purpose attending the fair, andgit
would be we'll for the manage
ment to make some inquest into
the matter and see if this robbery
cannot be prevented. That, how
ever, which initiates most strong
ly against the success of the5sfair
and which threatens to keep hun
dreds of thousands away is the
agitation Of the Sunday opening
question. No matter which way
the matter is finally decided the
result is certain to be injurious to
the finances of the exposition. If
closing is determined up
on it will keep vast thousands of
Saturday visitors from coming to
the city every week, and
the loss that is thus incur
red will be no mean sum.
There is a growing sentiment in
favor Of broader Interpretation of
sabbath observance, and this add
I'd to the fact that Sunday will be
Torkingmen's day par excellence
will determine the action of a vast
who will not patronize
-he fair if it is to be under fanatical
On the other hand, if it
should be determined to open the
gates on Sunday, there is in exist
Ance league, of which the SOcie-
lies of Christian Endeavor are the
head, to discourage attendance at
,he fair if thus opened. 1t is stated
hat this boycott of the fair is to be
actively pushed in all the churches
and that there are hundreds of
who are pledged to re-
main away from the fair and dis
'uade all others from going in the
went of the gates being opened on
Thus it would seem
hat the fair management was be-
,ween two fires, and that the re-
suits would be largely the same,
whether the doors be opened or
closed on Sunday. This is only !
another illustration of the mis-
;hievOus tendency of this agitation
over Sunday questions. 1t is but
he beginning of a controversy to
which no end can come until the
broader liberty that is cOntended |
or by the anti-sabbatarians is con-
,eded. Revolutions do not carry |
men backward but forward, and
his attempt to reverse the motion
If the whole civilized wOrldsa nd |
'elegate this country to the OBJ
of the puritan age can
nave but one outcome, failure. 1t
nay do an immense amount of !
damage, however, before the settle
nent is finally arrived at, and it
low looks as if the Worlds fair
vas to be one of the victims.
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