Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-15

The proposed Mcmillan Sunday closing
law is the most radical attempt at Puritaniz.
ing Washington since the days Of Miles
Standish and the Salem Witches. How any
man who wears breeches in this advanced
and enlightened age could sauely propose
and draft such measure passes our under.
standing The bill shuts up every place Of
business for sales on Sunday, except dining
and lunchrooms, drug stores for sales Of
medicine only aud undertakers; and it con.
tains that ancient clause Of Charity or ne
cessity, which makes the Judge an absolute
tyrant, It forces the Jew, the Seventh Day
Baptist, and the Second Adventist to lose
one.sixth of their time for work, closes
newspaper offices and ice cream stands,
stops every soda fountain, baker aud
butcher shop photograph Office and
dentists room. and locks the door Of every
cigar and tobacco store, livery stable, and
railway office.
For the first offense the hue is from $40
to $50 and for each subsequent offeuse from
$50 to $50 and Imprisonment from one to
three months, or both fine aud imprison-
ment Under our practice if a fine Is not
paid, it is worked out in striped clothing in
the chain gang at 335 cents per day.
Under the proposed law every Jew
Second Adventist or Seventh Day Baptist,
every widow keeping an ice cream stand
every druggist keeping a soda fountain
would be ruined By fines or, if unable to
pay, would be placed on the Chain gang.
And it is such proposed law as this that
Samuel Gompers, the President of the Fed
Grafton Of Labor cordially eudorsesl ME
Gompers endorses it officially too, and
thereby frauduleutly conveys the impress
sion thathe speaks on behalf of toiers wt9
work six 1ys per week ahiIe he Is hlh
gagging in a railroad paFior chair or repos-
ing on an office sofa restiagsiis gigantic in
tellect
If Mr.. Gompers was compelled to make
cigars or carry hod six days Ia the week
he would not be so ready to agree or endorse
a proposition to lock him up In a cell or
room over Sunday that he might be fresh
for Monday mornings weary grind"
These labor leaders who expeud their
surplus vitality on office letter headed man
ifesros makes US III in the region Of the
stomach.
Passing Gompers as a loaded crank, the
GLOBE respectfully appeals to Congress on
behalf Of the unfortunates, among whom its
editor is one who toll six days each week
for Sunday that will euliven, refresh, aud
cheer US to the coming weeks task. Open
every place Of amusement, including the
Congressional Library after the noon hour.
Let US have that music which Hath charms
to soothe the savage breast" Close the
dives and rope the Division, if it p eases
you OH mighty law makers. but do not
bring back the good old times, when,a
he'll Of fire and birthstone constituted the
forenoon's literary treat and duckiug an old
woman for witch wound up the Sabbath,
Glory be to Cod
The suburban places of recreation offend
nobody but cranks and six day per week
idlers, including Gompers and Chinese
Sunday school teachers, with a sprinking
of the He'll roaring Jake Smith type Of blue
nosed preachers
If this movement keeps on to Christian
ize US on the Puritan pattern instead of run
ming out to Cabin Johns, or Chesapeake
Junction, or Chesapeake Beach, or down
the Potomac on the river boats, we will be
forced to charter Professor Langley's flying
machine and run the risk of breaking our
precious necks in rising above that part Of
the earth containing the gloomy howling
and exhorting City of Washington.
OH for a good, long visit to this vicinity
of our early friend and acquaintanc e-ihe
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