Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-09-02

puts u CITY III opposition 10
the moral and religious senti ment Of
our own state, which long ago en-
pressed the public sense by enacting
a law still in force, forbidding
the open saloon or tipping house on
Sunday. We regard this repeal as a
declaration to the people of this
state that this city is under the con-
troll of the liquor interest; that in
stead Of that interest being con-
trolled by the people as intended by
our government. the people are being
controlled by it.
Sixth. We regard this repeal as
not only encouraging idleness and
disorder, thus affecting the prosper
Gus growth OF our city, and discour-
aging the settlement therein of peo-
Pile and investment of capital that
would assist u working men in
supporting themselves and their
families. but also as a direct injury
to all classes of society because OF
the baneful influences that will in
evitably appear a. the result of the
open Sunday saloon.
Seventh. We directly repel the
idea that the good order of our city
IN Sunday should be disturbed be.
cause Of transient Sunday excur'
sions; that our cherished institu'
tons, public policy and principle.
may be ignored because person:
from abroad choose to visit this city
on Sunday; persons who are not re.
sponsible for our good order, who
will not suffer if we become dis
orderly, and who may not cart
whether we improve or degenerat.
materially or morally. We regart
such considerations as beneath the
notice of reasonable persons OF any
age, sex, color or condition.
Eighth. For many years the oper
saloon on Sunday has been forbidden
by city ordinances as expressive OF
the public sentiment on hat sub
iect. and no reason now exists VIII,
that sentiment should be ignored
We regard the heretofore non-en
forccment of the Sunday ordinance
not as expressive of the public wisl
that it should not be enforced, blu.
as a neglect of lawful municipa
duty, and we believe that the ordi
nance repealed should not only b.
re-enacted, but also enforced as faith
fully as any ordinance the people ar
expected to obey.
Ninth. We believe the ladies VIII,
have lately interested themselves i,
the matter of Sunday closing of sa
looms were actuated in their cours,
not by any spirit of ill-wiil or malic,
towards the saloon keeper as such
but solely in the interest of tn,
home, the father, mother and chill
dren, knowing that Sunday tempta
ton or excess is likely not only t,
ruin the individual father, but brin.
want and disgrace upon the mothe'
and children. Believing such to ID,
the spirit in which these ladies hav,
acted we denounce any and all vic
ious attacks upon them, and while i
may be impossible to ward off o
prevent these attacks, we can assur,
them that the word of God speaks tn,
truth when it says of the worker fol
good:
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you. az
pc sccutc yon. and say al manner OF evi
against you falrcIy, for my sake.
Lastly. We cordially support an,
approve the course of Aldermen
Kennedy, Nelson and Gall in votin,
against the repeal, and commend
their independence and spirit in re
fusing to recognize and support thi
assault upon the integrity and orde
o! the Sabbath day, as practiced an,
believed by a majority Of the peopl'
and supported by state law. espe
cially when there was no public de
mand for such action. We respect
fully present these consideration
and this our protest to the mayo,
and aldermen who assisted in thi
matter, believing that upon a fai'
and candid consideration by them o
their action in the premises the,
will be satisfied that in their actor
they have injured u city withou
reason. trespassed upon the religion
and moral convictions of 4 large ma
jority of our people without cause
that the influence of their actor
tends to disorder, that they hav,
needlessly arrayed themselves agains
the law abiding element in this city
the element that largely centribute
to our growth and prosperity; an'
we do now request that the ordi
nance repealed shall be re-enacted
To this end this congregation o
citizens pledge themselves, and tn
secretary of ahis meeting shall for
ward a copy of these resolutions t,
the mayor and each of the aldermen
Why Not You: