The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-12-31
SABBATH OBSERVANCE con-
VENTION.

is ElktOn on FRIDAY, december CRU,
was addressed by DR.. w. w. Davis,
of Baltimore; DR.. Herbert F. Ran
dolph, of Washington, and Hon.
William H. Berry, of Chester. Mr..
William M. Pogue, of Rising Sun,
presided.
Delegates were present from all
Districts in the county except the
Eighth. The Delegates from the re-
spectiye Districts named the Com
mittee on Resolutions as follows:
First District, Mr.. E. D. Smith;
Second, Mr.. George X. Houck;
Third, DR.. John McElmoyle; Fourth,
Mr.. Underwood; Fifth, Mr.. Robert
Reeder; Sixth, Miss Bertha Tyson;
Seventh, Mr.. E. W. Jackson; Ninth,
Mr.. Alfred B. McVey.
The Committee on Resolutions re-
ported through DR.. John NOEL
moyle, it's Chairman, as follows:
your Committee on Resolutions
would beg leave to submit the fol
lowing for your consideration:
Whereas, The American Sabbath
is a basic institution of our eco
nomic, social and religious life as a
nation; and
Whereas, the weekly rest-day is
the divinely ordained and impera-
tive need of every labourer for his
physical, mental and moral we'll
being; and
Whereas, the workingman must be
secured in this right in order to his
greatest efficiency and happiness and
the greatest prosperity both of labor
and capital; and
Whereas, the School, the Home
and the Church, the other great pill
lars of our national strength and
prosperity, are seriously weakened
and imperilled by every effort or
measure that seeks to break down
or destroy the Sabbath; and
Whereas, there is a widespread,
growing and aggressive movement
to secularize, commercialize and
overthrow the Sabbath, sacrifice it
upon the affairs of mammon and re-
peal the laws that are its civil safe
guards; therefore
Resolved, that we, citizens and
voters of Cecil County and the State
of Maryland in convention duly as
sembled, do hereby most earnestly
protest against any and all men and
measures that seek to break down
our noble heritage-the American
Sabbath.
Resolved, that as citizens aud
patriots and lovers Of our State and
Nation, we view with alarm the
powerful and well-organized efforts
put forth in nearly every State of
the Nation, by the motion-picture
industry, base ball advocates, sport
ing elements, theaters and dance
halls and business of other varieties,
aided and abetted by the Sunday
newspaper and the multitude mad
for pleasure, to secure legislation
that will abrogate our Sunday Laws
and legalize the operation of their
business on the Lords Day, thus
seeking to commercialize our Chris
tan Sabbath and supplant it by a
Continental European Sunday.
Resolved, that we hereby register
our united and unanimous opposi-
ton to any and all legislation that
would impair or weaken our exist
ent Sunday Laws or destroy the
Lords Day as a day of rest from
business and toll.
Resolved, that we hereby pledge
ourselves to use all honorable and
lawful means to secure the An
nouncement, Nomination and Elec-
ton to the General Assembly of
Maryland, Session of 1922, of men
whose character and we'll known
views and convictions on this and
other related moral issues shall be
guarantee of their inflexible and I'M
shakable opposition to any and all
efforts by whomsoever made to
enact laws that would weaken or i'm
pair our existent Sunday laws or in
any way imperil our Christian Sab
bath.
Resolved, that the better to effect
this purpose, Committee of twenty
to be known as the Cecil County
Campaign Committee shall be ap-
pointed, consisting of two members
from every district of the County
except the Third which shall have
four, whose duty shall be so TO or
ganize and mobilize the voting
forces of the several districts of the
County as to secure the announce
ment, nomination and election of
such men as Senator and Delegates
as will effect the purposes hereinbe-
fore described; provided that this
Committee shall be composed of per-
sons nominated by the delegations
from the several districts in this
Convention and as far as possible
enuallv renresenting the two chief