New-York tribune., 1895-10-01
1.-THE WEEKLY REST"


1.-THE WEEKLY REST"
The necessity will no doubt frequently recur
between this time and the November election
for recalling the attention Of Democratic news
papers and orators 10 the real question which
they have raised and are evidently desirous OF
making the dominant issue of the campaign
The Tribune will endeavor, even at the risk or
being charged with wearisOme repetition. to Keep
the gentlemen who are stir ng up such a hua-
baloo over the enforcement of laws Of their own
enactment steadily faced - the issue Of their
own raising They began the agitation with
wild and reckless denunclation Of Republican
officials for doing what was their indlspuiabe
duty 10 do: what they had as faithful public SER
wants and honest men ne choice about; what tney
had sworn TO do, and could not omit TO do with
ont forswearng themselves and forfciting their
own selfrespect as we'll az the confidence OF their
fellow-men. There was where the trouble began
That must be kept IN mind. To that simple
phase OF the situation it will be necessary con
stantlv 10 recur for that alone clears up the fog
with which they are trying 70 environ II 10y
empty defamation about danger to personal hO-
ertv bue laws. Puritanical enactments, poor
mems clubs poor mems rights and all the rest
Of II. These rantng declaimers must be held to
their original position and all its logical conse-
nuences That was that there should be dscrim-
ipation in the enforcement Of law and that the
party which enforced laws equally and impair
tally. without favoritlsm or discrimination,
should be turned out Of office for that reason
alone. We shall endeavor TO keep that before
the voters.
Nor shall we as Republicans shrink from meet
,l,osr ,,,1 1ina nf az
tack or defence, after they have found the first
untenable The Saratoga Convention did NOT
content itself with saying. as It might well have
done, that the Republican party Of the Stat"
stood for the enforcement Of law. Indeed. it did
not waste time in saying that; for II went WIFI
out saving. But 1t did step out into the open
and without any concealment, prevarication or
eouiyocation say with the courage Of It's tradi-
tons as we'll as Of Its convictions, concerning
the laws the enforcement Of which had stirred
so much opposition: 1--WE favor the mainten-
"ance OF the Sunday laws in he interest Of labor
"and morality" There's I'D ambiguity about
that: no redundancy Of expression; no beating
about the bush no dodginS. IT Is perfectly
clear TO the simplest unders andng. In the In
terest Of labor and morality the Republican
marty of the State says 1t IS in favor of the Sun
day laws; Of laws which recognize what the
Rev Dr. Huntington, In his sermon on Sunday
in Grace Church. so fifty and succlncly described
as the venerable social institution known as
the Weekly Rest" For the maintenance OF that
institution-not because it IS ancient or ven
erable alone. but because ii is "ln the Interest
Of labor and morality"-the Republican party
stands and makes its fight. Cunning ana adro't
politicians thought there would be less risk ana
greater safety in passing the subject over, ieaV-
ing the party TO stand upon Its record; others
thought it might be sufficient for the party TO
say in general terms that 1t favored the equal
enforcement Of all laws. But when a manly
and coura geous man stood up and called the
| convention TO It's duty, the manliness and cour-
age Of the party responded in Il unanimous vote
So now the party stands for the maintenance
of that venerable social Institution known as
the Weekly Rest And on that we go to the
people.
Meantime the opponents Of law enforcement,
driven from their first position, in which they
are now beginning to see no law-abldlng or
| Orderloving citizen could sustain them have
fallen back to their second line Of attack or de-
fence, which is that any law that interferes with
the right of the citizen 10 buy or sell beer or
whskey at any hour Of the day or night for
| seven days in the week ali he year round is an
exercise Of tyranny and al infringement Of per
sOnal liberty. There Is no Oiltcry against the
closing Of shops and stores in any other line OF
| business, or against the weekly Rest for citi-
zens engaged in manufacturing or other indus
trial pursuits 1t Is only for brewers and dis
tillers that the abolition Of this venerable insti
tuition is urged 1t is only for them that the
| camOr has been raised, because their revenues
are endangered The demand they make In
wolves as our Democratic contemporary, THE
New-York SUM- frankly sad the other day, "a
revolution" 1t makes clean sweep of this ven
cradle institution for the sole benefit Of one
class in the community In thr slang Of the
street they want the earth" The Republican
party meets the issue squarely and II will be
The constant effort Of The Tribune from this
time until Election Day TO hold the gentlemen
who have raised II to It's precise meaning and It's
logical consequences. The maintenance of the
venerable social institution known as the Week
''y Rest" is the main ques ion Of The campaign.