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Show THE WOKI.O'8 FAIR ON SI XDAY. One day last week during the debate in the honse on the sundry civil appropriation bill an amendment was passed reducing the salary of the director-general and secretary of the Columbian commission, which was followed by a motion offered by Mr. Johx-Eto.v Johx-Eto.v of South Carolina that no part of the amount appropriated for the World's fair should be available unless the doors of the exposition should be closed on Sunday. Mr. Hiioker of Mississippi offered as an amendment amend-ment a proviso that in no event shall the government exhibit be open to the public on Sunday, which was agreed to. Mr. W. A. Stove of Pennsylvania, offered as a substitute substi-tute for the two amendments a proviso that before any money appropriated by this bill is paid, the managers of the Columbian exposition shall file an agreement to close the fair on Sunday. Mr. Atkutsox of Pennsylvania mosed to amend the substitute substi-tute so as to exclude the sale of intoxicating liquors on the fair grounds, which was also adopted. The house adjourned, leaving Mr. Johnston's amendment as amended and Mr. Ptone's substitute as amended still undisposed undis-posed of. The next day in committee of the whole, Mr. Stone's amendment was lost by a vote of more than four to one, and a substitute was adopted providing that the government exhibit should not be open to the public on Sunday, and that no intoxicating liquors should be sold at any time in any government govern-ment building. Thi6 conclusion is evidenlly based on the idea that congress has no right to go further in this matter than to regulate the government's part of the exhibit, and we fear that, so viewed, it will bare a delite-rious delite-rious effect in conveying the idea to the directors di-rectors of the World's fair that congress is in favor of Sunday closing. In spite of the earnest aud numerous protests pro-tests from members and representatives of religious denominations of all kinds, we do not believe the country agrees with them. This is not intended to be a Christian fair but an international exhibition where equal rights and privileges should be accorded to j all comers. Christians, Mohammedans, pa- j gans and infidels alike. |