Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-02

sss,,n,e proportions of importance; u uberefore. if was much better that the whole subject be dropped. even though 1t is a fact that the auto Naws VIII never be properly enforced without a special official for that purpose;
 nr T<,lIoht's effort to recall the gen. eral automobile bill from the secretary oS state was to give a chance to tack fhe commissioner on to that, but he finally decided that it was best 10 leave the matter alone. The great oe- lay in getting the auto bill to the gov ernor for his signature-ir hasn reached him yet-is due to hoping against hope in certain quarters. Sell dom has thexe been 1the manoeuvripg with bills in fde hands of committee clerks and with .engrossed pills that has characterized fbe present sesslon'
 If seems odd that editors about the state lon. understand what the new Sunday law is and what VII nave been Accomplished if 1t passes the house,
 which if isn't likely to do. because that
 body won't stop to consider 1t m us
 true light or even understand what tnat light is. Sunday is a religious lnstte- tion and every time a Sunday law mas come before the courts this Tact mas made it very difficult to handle the sit- uation, for the courts are clvli lnstltu- lions and not in existence for the pur-
 
 ligious institutions. per SC. Rengious
 institutions are in one way and another
 surrounded with legislation and pre- served by it and then the courts take legal cognizance of them. Sunday never has been.
 What the Latimer bill does Tn US first section. which is all of the orig | inal bill that was really Senator Lati- mer's work or that was of value, IS to establish a legal definition for the | Sabbath-for the first time in the course of jurisprudence in the English | languagel And that is all. It makes the legal definition of Sunday "a day | for general rest and the more com, venient performance of religious or charitable duties or offices" and forbids and secular business or employment or any sport, except work of necessity or mercy, or such as shall be required | for the maintenance of public order, | the preservation or promotion of health or safety, or is necessary for the gen. eral welfare of the community" When understood this is masterly and gives
 the civil courts something to work on | for the first time since the first Sum, | day law was drafted in the time of Charles II.
 This Australian ballot which has | passed the house and doubtless will ] the senate is another masterly piece of work. Think of doing away with all | pastors all ballots except those from | the secretary of state. all possibility of substitution and 95 per cent. of the
 possibilities of fraud whatever, to say
 nothing of reducing the number of de- fective ballots to a negligible quantity! The employers liability law is a dead one and if any public utilities
 bill passes it will be the Barnum bill.
 There is a good chance that the pro- posed compromise on the electricity
 law by which the private producer may | sell within the block or to his own
 tenants will fall down and a straight
 repeal of this most iniquitous law will pass. as it ought. Probably the state
 barber commission has been saved by the senate. though that is a piece of i work in which there is little oppor-
 tunity to take pride.