The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-11-10
NEW DEMOCRATIC MAYOR
CuRDED BY OTHERS
eavsrnur Hughes Has Power
TO Remove for Failure
to Enforce Laws

New York, Nov. 1o.-Judge Cay
nor's election as mayor of New York
gives Gothamites no hope of enjoying
a more liberal Sunday than they have
had at any time during the present
generation
A wrong impression has gone
abroad that as mayor Judge Gaynof
would permit New York to be wide
open"---that is. he would permit sa-
looms to supply the thirsty without
molestation, and that possibly horse
racing minus the betting feature would
not be banned
In other words. all these-and then
some We're to be allowed as they are
In gay Paris. Nothing could possi-
bly, be further from Judge Gaynor's
program. While he favors q liberal
Sunday. he can not, as mayor, per
NIT violations OF the law as It stands
His perronal desire to permit clean.
wholesome sports, such as baseball
on the sabbath. does not extend 10
the saloon. the theatre and the race
track, although he has gone on reoo-e
as saying that the poor man had the
same right to ENJOY his beer on Sun
day as the elnbman does fis wine.
Judge Gaynor's oposition to ''stili
Sunday has been based upon the op-
portunity 4 has afforded the police to
exact biackmail from the keepers OF
saloons of doubtful character. He ap.
preciatcs the fact that foreigners
make up great part OF the popula.
ti0n Of New York, and in the coun-
tries whence they came were permit
ted to enjoy themselves on the OH.
day Of the week set apart from toll
The views OF the mayor.elect. as ex-
pressed some time ago. and not dur
ing the heat of a political campaign
for the purpose OF catching votes, are
here outlined:
1T is only in this community that
You find the police attempting to SUI
perrise the morals Of the people by
making Illegal arrests. he said
When you leave New York, you can
find no Sign Of such practices else
where.
The majority Of the population ol
New York Is from Continental Europe
and not from their remotest ancestors
has there come desire for a still
Sabbath.
The man who works. stripped to
the waist, at blast furnace all the
week knows what he wants on Sun
day. The boy who slaves In the store
all week knows what he wants on sun
day. II is not for the police, who has
no more authority than any other cit
izen. TO say whether innocent and
wholesome field sports shall be for
hidden on Sunday.
Baseball is good healthy exercise
Il distarbs no one. 1t has no degrsd
ing surrounding. There is no drunk
enness OF fighting, no betting OF
brawllng. at Is q harmless recreation
good alike for those who engage IN
1t and those who look on.
Personally. | was brought up &
Sabbatarian, but when | see nine
pale boys, who have been working
hard all week In some badly ventilat
ed store. playing In green field be
hind . fence, can not understand Tho
sort of mind that regards their spori
as serious disturbance OF the re
pose Of religious liberty OF The commu
nifty. And It IL only serious disturb
ances OF The comrunity's repose o.
religious liberty that are forbidden b,
law
The Third Commandment fofbldl
work on the Sabbath aud does no
contain any prohibition against limo
cent amusement ON that day. Ths
Sunday Law passed by our New Eng
land theocraeIes--fo | thina we mus
call them as such-Nere of an ex
treme type. They have been greatll
rldiculel and have gradually yieldet
TO the progress Of time. They wers
passed by an earnest. remarkable PEG
pie. They suited them and served /
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