The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-26

lJbUcT'hJ. lHcy nlilN nOl De dDTO-
iCatcd by repeated violations. They
may be repealed upon the demand
cf the public judgment, but nCv-
e. OF the demand of the law-brcak
crs unsupported by enlightened pub.
lie sentiment.
The sD.callcd antiscreeu ordinance
vas made necessary by the action Of
Ia large section of the saloon men
Setting up the claim that they were
Iubeying the law, they employed
lookouts and spoilers and proceeded
to do secretly. what they feared to
do openly.
The unobstructed view of the sa-
Icons interior during the closed
hours was made necessary by the
sleaking system of violating OF any
OF the laws does not commend IT,
self to open-faced honesty and
ffankness
Whether Sunday observance, as we
tcognize It, in this country is right
Tor wrong. is really not question
In issue in this conviction. Among
the symolic expressions in Genesis
we find one in substance TO the pur-
port that in six days God made the
earth and all that was in ii, and on
the seventh day he rested; hence
the sacredness of the Sabbath. Ac-
Ictpt this idea literally and no harm
can befall mankind by it's obsery-
ance as Il day of rest and holy med
itation.
But the symbolism must refer
to the physical and not the spiritual.
| lnce GCd, spirit. cannot tire and
therefore does not rest. recuperate.
In other words. II is a reason.
coming down from periods immemor.
la, for setting aside Jne-seventh OF
om days for rest. meditation and
mental and spiritual culture. in some
form which Is the antithesis of
the fierce toll and mOil and rush
OF daily labor.
| The concensus of Christendom
curing modern centuries Is that II is
a day for rest, meditation, religious
thought and observance and spir-
| Iitualizat.on IT is an institution.
An institution incapable of harming
| any nation or people. Capable Of
comforting untold benefits Oh the
human race.
That the United States and the
state of Ohio should deem 1t worthy
of recognition, and that the great
majority should favor its peaceful
Observance along general, If not
! homogeneous lines. account, for rs
having Sunday laws Oh our revised
statutes, aud the legal interlictiOm
of the ordinary vocations Of life on
that day, save in works of charity
or in cases of grave necessity.
The running of saloons on Sunday
! ls no more necessity than the
running Of dry goods stores and
groceries on that day. You could
IrOt find a real business man who
would have the nerve to say owe"
lis own signature that the business
OF the city Of Columbus Is going to
the dogs because the retail dry goods
stores, groceries and all other
kinds Of business houses are not
| kept running day and night and
seven days in the week. and that
tie thieves would get rich by ped
ding their stolen goods on sunday,
because the doors of honest mer-
chants were closed against buyers.
The complaint Is made that the
saloon men who run their places in
4 respectable manner have to "suf-
fer along with the dive and den
keepers. This is true. The law
cannot discriminate. 1t must treat
all alike who engage in the bust
ness, il they violate its provisions.
This situation may be relieved. ii
We 80 lack, AS It has already been
proposed to do by members of the
Inrcsent Legislature, and revive the
spirit at least yf some CO Ohio's laws
namely: Before any one can engage
] in the business of selling liquors,
etc, at retail, he must present, for
! Cling in the public archives. the Ger
4 ltihCate OF three free holders in the
1 vicinity c. where he intends to con
duct the business, certifying that he
Is Il man o. good moral character,
| known honesty ahd integrity and
ItDat he will conduct the business II
strict accordance with the laws Of
the state, and that the sgners are
bound and held for all fines, costs
and damages resulting from any vi
Iolation of the law.
This would prevent the bad sa-
looms. a bad man might start
lone, but a single violati-n of the law
would put him out OF business,
Whether the legislators are in earn
lest in this business or not, the idea
ia worth thinking over at least -
William A. Taylor in Columbus
IFress Post.