The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-12-23
SUNDAY CLOSING LAWS.

f. SUNDAY CLOSING LAWS,
Governor elect John NJ. Pattison,
is pledged to enforce the Ohio laws
against the Sunday. ball game, the
Sunday theater, and the Sunday sa-
loon. He owes his election in large
part to the church and temperance
vote of the state, and these elements
will have cause for bitter complaint
IL the Sunday laws are not backed
by all the power Of the governor.
Mr.. Pattison's political duty comedies
with his private convictions. The
people who elected him expect him
to enforce the laws as he finds them,
and whether they expected 1t or not,
he would undoubtedly do it..
But consider the situation. Here
are tho mayors of the four largest
cities Of the state. They all belong
to the same party as Mr.. Pattison.
Any one familiar with the character
of these mayors and the conditions
surrounding them would feel safe
in predicting that not one Of them
will attempt to enforce the Sunday
laws. It. would be political suicide.
But aside from question Of exped-
iency, it is altogether: probable that
each one of these mayors has as
strong and as honest conviction
against Sunday closing as Mr.. Pat
tison has for it.
VIII Pattison Remove the Mayors?
Then will John M. Pattison re-
move Tom l.. Johnson as mayor of
Cleveland? Will he remove Edward
J. Dempsey Of Cincinnati? Will he
remove Brand Whitlock of Toledo,
or Badger of Columbus? He is an
honest man. The; law is there. The
mayors will not enforce 1t. He is
bound to enforce it. But these may
ors are no dummies. They are the
biggest men in the state. Presum-
ably they have public sentiment be-
hind them. They would stand like
adamant. Here is a situation that
is likely to dig some ones political
grave. ~
Who would be right in such a
contest, the mayors or the governor?
The governor might say to the may
ors: "You and are sworn to en-
force the laws. If you will not do
your sworn duty, !. am bound to re-
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