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Show ""lasr week wo directed attention (o t!o fact that Ibe cUbrts of the MinUtere' AKtociatioti to Induce the Ciy.Council to maintain, the sanctity sanc-tity of the Sabbath and rrcscrve the general morality of the municipality municipal-ity had been vtitliout avail. The gentlemen of the cloth found the Council as a body, a rather "hard formation," ,imprcgnnblo either to rwrMiaaion or rhetorical side-cuts. TieMing with the feather of suavity orftuuning with the thunderbolt of demand fall nliku unheeded upon the calloused and by no means iu-tlsnificant iu-tlsnificant cars cf the alleged city father". As a resu't, ofll-lally cs tiblielicd and Iawlessbabbath breaking break-ing and Sill worse social feature?, nnlbeinfr developed and winked at. Seeing that tbo ministers, by thcirfclelcgate, pleaded for the ob-H ob-H wrvance.of tlie babbatU as a civil H runt Snot -i -divine institution, the H quf-tion has been atied, '-Why do H tluyjnot prosecute their labors ts a H legitimate conclusion?" To be sure B it is an incongruous position for H profcfcceil ministers of the Gospel to B assume, but they havo taken IL Hj Since thty forego the ditlne aspect pB ' of tl.o fcabhati, and merely prcteut PH the claim fjr its observance on the pH ground of civil nc-ctitj, they, in pH thit capacity, lia c become as other PH men.- Then why not call upon the PH oflieen- to enforce the laws. Here PH ishcMkiiofi statute in relation to PH 'ttinnlesaad oflinscs against good PH morals," which covers the ground: Pjl ''Kvcrr person who, on Snndaj PBft getsup, exhibits, oxcns, or maintains, PhM ora'ds in getting up,cxhiliLingtopen PB ing, or maintajiing any ball, bear, PB cock, orpnze fight, horso race, circus, PbB garrlbling bouse, or saloon, or any PH barbrons and nuiy amusement, or pH tIio keeps, conducts, or exhibits any pkB theatre, melodeon, fiance, collar, or PbB other place of musical, theatrical, or PBf operatic performance spectacle or PJE representation where any nines, PBa liquors, or intuxicatlng dnnks are PhB bojght, sold used, drunk, or gicn PJH anav, or whop irchaes an ticket of PJB admission, or directly or indirectly PJH pa. R any admission fee to or for tha T purpose of witnessing or attending PJB any such place, amazement, spectacle pfts performance, or representation, is PJB JM t guilty of a misdemeanor.' |
