Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-08-09
Let Us Reason Together.

Let Us Reason Together.
\ choice between Vanity Far and
a New ENGLAND village seems t" have
been the result Involved in placing
the Ia ON. 80 FAR IT least rs our
local experience teaches. AND that
leads 10 the question. can We not
have Il respect for tn" law. as well as
promote conditions that will meet all
bus mess Demands? 1t was surely
not the intent Of our law -inikrrS Ia
impose "A hardship upon the way
farrr. or tn interfere with liberal
view regarding business enterprise.
The exception, made regarding the
Sunday law. show this The hotels
are open. hV:luSc it is necessary for
Il person To eat and sleep The drug
stores are exempt because it is ne
ceSSarv at times To fill Il hurry call
for medicines. The same rule would
apply regarding restaurants. which
arr inevitably included under the
generic term. hotel and il nccrSSar-
lily follows. under Il liberal intrrprc
tation. that bakeries and fruit stands.
or any other business which caters
TO the immediate necessities of man
kind. should be- available on any day
of the week. May we not infer that
even cocktail can he necessary to
some physical conditions?
Aside, however. from the scrip
tural view of the Sabbath. embraced
in one Of Gods commandments. we
hold that Il least one day in seven
should be devoted to rest and re-
creation, mental and physical. The
tranSgrcssion of this law in each in
individual case, involves the penalty
prescribed by Nature. In the doubt
which exists as to the precise day
OF the week that was Sanctified and
blessed" by the Creator, surely no
body is held to strict adherence to
what is generally recognized as the
Christian Sabbath; but that one day
of each week of seven should be de-
voted to rest or recreation from Ordi-
nary toll is admitted by those who
are most learned in outlining the
adaptabilities and requirements OF
the human system.
The Jews observance of a different
day, or the Adventists' acceptance OF
another day as period of worship,
rest or recreation, terms of synOnO.
nous Importance, it would seem just
as amply meeting the divine injunc
ton as to accept exclusively the Sab
bath that has received the sanction
of man-made law. So it would seem
that liberal construction may be
placed upon the statute, in favor
especially of those who observe any
other day that conscience may ap
prove.
The making of the Christian Sab
bath day of public excursions. for
public games, or for any function in
vOlving carousal, is more in bad taste,
than in violation of the command.
ment, to those who observe some
limit of days of labor and the day Of
rest. And that is an evil that is
deprecated more in the manner and
extent of its conflict with estab-
lished usage and the opinions of 9th
ers, than any transgression of the
fourth commandment of the Deca-
logue.
That is the reason we took the
ground in previous article, that a
little common sense may be oppor.
tune at the present time. The shouts
of revelry that disturb the slumbers
of the so-called righteous are quite
as much to be deplored as the sight
of grass growing in the streets from
enforced idleness of the so-called Sab
bath-breakers.
This leads us up to logical con-
clusiOn: Let temperance in conduct
temperance in speech, as well as
temperance in the drinking-habit
prevail. Let respect for the opin
ions of others exist, and mitigate Of
lenses against what may appear UNI
seemly to those of radically different
views. People differ, and in thi.
free land are entitled to differ
Frown down any attempt at sym
pathetic" action to compel a course
which others may conscientiously
approve. Sympathetic strikes ar,
almost always out of order. Wha
reason is there for the carpenter t.
lay down his saw and hammer, be
cause dispute has arisen between
the shoemaker and his employee as tt
the number of tacks that are re
quired to properly hold on the hee
of your boot? Strikes are at bes
twO-edged swords, and generally re
suit in as much damage to the hip a:
prOds in the shoulder.
~t-
He MAKES THEM FIRED.-The va
kima Republic declares that Gov
Mead does not stand very well with
those editors who lately assembled a
Everett. A canvass resulted, it says
in revealing the fact there were onl,
two or three of them but who pre-
ferred q change at the Statehouse, S,
far as the head of the ticket is con
cerned, next year. The only reason
any of them assigned was that h
made them tired" whatever tina
may be. Some better, or more spe
cific reason should have been give