The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-15

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| OF liquor in my life-"
/ Il never did either" said Hypes.
Gentlemen, let's stop this sort of
I thing" called out Councilman c. K.
Holiday.
| Drenning's Written Opinion.
At the beginning of the meeting F. G..
Dreaming. city attorney, presented his
written opinion to the committee in
which he stated shat the mayor aud
police had complete authority to enfor, :.
the Sunday closing under claims that
| the selling OF tickets and the manage
ment of amusement places was In viO-
laticn of the injunctions against labor
| ing on the fret day of the week There
is only one comment that 1 have TO
make said he, about the advisable
| .ty CT closing Sunday theaters. As long
| IS there is an ordinance on the books It
| should be enforced without cquivocation
and regardless of whether 1 would get
hack into office or not. 1t you ere going
| to do this at all do it right. Don't do
half way job. that's all have to sug-
gest."
rs that. law equally applicable to
street cars?" said G. II. Trapp
sit applies to everybody that performs
, unnecessary labor" retorted Dreaming
| Judge T. F. Carver said: 1T seems
] rather strange that this comes up as II
! 1t is something new 1t has been
every state. The state law is very ex-
plicit and the city carnot pass an ordi-
nance in violation of the state law. AS
has been stated this has not been put
on a religious basis, 1t is put on
ground of state policy. 1t is on the
ground Of good citizenship to put aside
one day as a day of rest 1t is only
within a few years that this practice of
Sunday theaters has grown up. The
question was asked about street rail-
ways. I apprehend that the courts
would state that the operation of str &c .
| railways would be a necessity. believe
that the mayor of this city has full
power to close the Sunday theaters."
George L. Miller, mayor of Garden
City, an attorney, was present, and
when asked to say something said: Il
do not agree in all respects with the city
attorney and as backed by Judge Gar
YER"
Frank Grimes got up and made the
first speech in favor of leaving the
theaterS open during the first as we'll
as the other days of the week ut
takes a lot of nerve to get up here this
way and say what am going to say"
said he. First of all want to say that
1 never was in a Sunday theater in my
life, my family doesn't go to Sunday
theatera No one asked me to come
up here and say anything and 1 never
discussed this with anyone before COM
ing here. 1 go to church. have got
family and I know what it is to raise
a family and I think 1 have got one of
the incest families in Topeka But
there are a lot of people that work
hard all week and haven't got chance
to go to the theaters on every day. II
they want to go to the Sunday theater
1 don't want to step in and say. Here.
you can't CO. We should learn to give
and take. 1t seems to me we are get
ting too strict. People can be induced
, to attend to church only through love
and reason and not through force.
Some Interesting Talk.
Charles Thompson. member of the
Seventh Day Adventist church. thought
there was scheme on foot to interfere
with the liberty enjoyed by members of
his sect and said so. ''it makes the
day the object of legislation, said
Thompson. when you do that you
make it an object on religious grounds
1t seems to me it is very inconsistent
The only object of asking legislation is
because of the proposed sanctity of the
day. 1 was a little surprised when it
was argued that the theaters Shoulo
be closed because the actors needed the
rest. L expected that 1t would be said
that theaters should be closed because
said that they should be closed SO that
said that thye should be closed SO thar
the actors might have a rest, SO that
suppose, they may give better limb
show on Monday. A limb show is as
bad on Monday as on Sunday The day
doesn't make it any worse This ques-
ton should be argued before relI-
eious synod and not before a council.
IT would not go to a Sunday theater
nor would 1 take my wife to one be-
cause of the immoral things that are
there said a young man in the back
part of the hall. The young man>on
being questioned said his name was
Armstrong.
IT would like to know whaenhe saw
immoral last Sunday" said Charles
Thrapp.
The gentleman will please state
what he saw immoral last night at the
theaters," said Councilman Holiday.
81 just told you that would not go
into one of those places or take my
wife, said Armstrong considerably
vexed. But know that you can find
out about those things without going
in You can pass by and look in.
can't you?'
Lets stop lobbying about the civil
places and strike at the root of the
trouble by bringing up our children
in the way they should go and we will
not have to ask to legislate then into
the churches said Rev. L. F. Strubey,
a Seventh Day Adventist pastor, In the
midst of an impassioned plea.
]. B. Billiard spoke in behalf of sun
day theaters: ITS just as much work
for a church choir to sing for pay on
Sunday and a minister to preach for
paw as for the actors TO act on Sun
day"
County Attorney John Schenck stated
that he agreed with the city attorney
that the mayor had full power to close
enacted a law all the good citizens of
the city should obey that law whether
it's GOOD or not" said he
Death CAME Quickly.
Atchison. Kan, Oct. 15--Aaron p
Shippy. of 615 Carpenter street, east.
suddenly fell dead about 1870 o'clock