New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06

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To stop the Hun advance.
Mrs. Gooderson offered CONVINCING
arcbuttal to the religious scruSles
brought UP by those vino opposed tpe
soiiI most Of whom were ministers pr
&nnenlhers Of religious societies. MrtS
4Stanton, mother of eleven childrep
S>vith three of six sons in service, 'aolA
8seconded Mrs. GCodersOn. It was ap-
zparent that tho two motherly and IN
4! elligent women were speaking from
i heir hearts and urging what theI
Thought best for the general good.
Major IIulsart Spokesman.
Major Hulsart. who acted as
spokesman for his brother engineers
emphas sized to the legislators the
r. changes wrought in thought ana ac-
there was not an iota Of doubt that
%lthe returning millions Of soldiers
would have no space in their hearts
FOR anv one narrow minded enough to
impose so undoubtedly beneficial ana
healthful an open air sport on the
nne day that the great majority OF
Americans most can find time for IT,
There was "a breadth and scope to
Tho argurn ents offered by those favor
ing the bill that was entirely missing
in the hackneyed and time worn
phrases used by the opposition. Ihose
#Who spoke for the bill also kept mann
~ to cool, calm reasoning Whlle the
Exposition. apparently sensing the
! weakness of the argument ana tne
hostility that was in the air Frequent
/, gave wav to fits OF anger and petty
chickering's.
\ few Of the labor union leaders
u.erc the ONLY ones who gave way to
amy vehemence They were aroused
70 high feeling by the apparent UNJUST
arecation of DR.. Henry Ward, who
represented the Federation OF
4 churches OF Buffalo, who angrily de-
clared that those sponsoring the
n measure are the Bolsheviki of Amer
ca and are out to undermine the very
foundations of American institutions,
n clergyman only caused Judge Collins
10 declare in rebuttal that 'he did not
4 represent the Bolsheviki, but the
great mass of American people,
Clergy Oppose Bill.
81 Speakers in opposition to the meas
ures included Rev. W. J. Mcmillan of
New York, Rev. William F. Crafts of
i WASHINGTON, superintendent of the
International Reform bureau; Mrs.
Sharles M Gilbert Of New York, Mrs.
william McNair Of New York and
Mrs Ella A. Boole, president of the
state w. G. T. u; Rev. Robert Wilson
Of New York and Rev. z. J. Jameson
Of Albany representing the State sun
day School association.
Put volunteer OrganiSt in your
loft" he said. land provide an unpaid
choir to sing sweet hymns and you'll
find fewer persons in your churches
than you have now. That is our an
swer to your charge that this bill is
designed to open the way for profess
sional money making on the Sab
bath"
Mrs. Gooderson's Strong Plea.
Summed up the argument offered
by those opposing the bill was that it
violated the Christian Sabbath and
would not work for the benefit of the
great mass of people, but rather Tor
those professionally interested III
baseball.
To the declaration of one of the
clergymen that Sunday was a day to
worship the Maker in Mrs Gooderson
declared that she thought it very
strange Of the clergymen to intimate
that God was worshipped on but one
day of the week. She said she wor-
shipped Him every day of her life.
Mrs Gooderson, who devotes much of
her time to work among the poorer
classes, says that Sunday baseball will
aid the American people and those in
New York especially, morally and
mentally.
Judge Collins pleaded for the re-
peal of the statute passed in the old
r,uritanfcal days, and both he and Mo-
ran urged the upstate legislators to
reroenn Der the difference in conditions
between great, crowded city like
New York and the open country and
ar least enable the citizens of a
metropolis to say what they them
selves wanted.
Some of the opposition speakers
were in favor of allowing amateur
baseball on Sunday, but opposed pro-
fessional baseball. In rehuttal VIII
liam Il. Fitzsimmons, who represents
several railroad brotherhoods offered
some pertinent suggestions to the