Show SUNIIAY ANII LhUISlVlIOV n I Tho matter of legislating against Sunday being a working day talks received re-ceived considerable attention In discussion dis-cussion of htte and In rom Instances the debate has grown rather warm The point of the must heated discussion has been one that does not really belong to tho question that of prohibiting work on Sunday solely because be-cause very many people regard that asa as-a day of sacred rest Tho fact that Ibo majority ot the people et regard It Is an Important consideration In deciding decid-ing which day to select as that of the coven on which to rest mines thereby Sunday is ascertained to be the most acceptable to the majority Hut the argument for Sunday on the sole basis of Its Icing a Sabbath for Christians Is as elective for Saturday on behalf of tho Jews still If the choice were between the two the majority would be for Ibo former nod so settle Its n state question On the other hand tho opposition to Sunday aa a rest day because It Is I the Christian Chris-tian Sabbath smacks ol bigotry a lid really Is no argument to fleet the tl 11 state since In title country the latter knows distinction between churches i Onn lt The real question for legislators lu I a government Ilko this Is whether ono dayi rest lu seven la I beneficial to tho people l and that being answered In the ifllrmatlve the choice of day Is properly that which agrees with the sentiment of the majority ot the people whch In this cite la In favor of Hun day As to the main Propositions one dayd rest lu seven from regular labor the enlightened legislation of the world has given emphatic endorsement lo that Idea and has cone farther In saying that oven 11i11 la not Stimulants but there should be holidays as well Bo far as legal I I enactment by modern clvllliod nations h 1 concerned the system Lad Ita inception lu that fouu tain of jurisprudence the lawgiver Motet who received It ni a divine Command Anti to thole who recojnlzs Ibo omniscience of ILe Supreme being the thought Is ready that lie knew what was a necessity for man In this regard therefore made It 1 binding that no man should jba required re-quired regularly to labor more than sir days consecutively Lfbo r organ I alitho 11R and leaders have hn glln Gom 1 ntlelilllU of lAte to hlssubjiict and tuo exprenuni oi 1 o ne of those leaders ha given In the hrlstlan Undoavor this month aro cf interest showing the Him of tte workingmen and of weight as belcc Looked by force of logic and fact aud rom an ethical practical icular etnndpilnt Those point CUt bat labor unlutioin their movement bcor to reduce the I bouts ol labornlsj wok to limit tile labor ol workers to fix days Ir Week that In many Industries they prohibit work mom than lx days In tile week that when thin could not be don they Insist that wages shall be doubled lor work ou Sunday to re duos labor on that day to a minimum iii osklng ou bLall of the Itrnthornoud f Locomotive Firemen U rand litter Sargent say lost lilt or auizitlon It nalnsl Sunday labor as R wrong that It only yields tn enlists of ctimpuliory circumstances ant adde that railroad men dj not wont lo work ou Sunday and the alhvay corporations are not anxious to run their trains on thai day but If ho public demand It they uiut re pond The other labor leaders express them elves strongly lu favor of legislation for anti dayn real In seven 1 J Mats general organizer Amcrcin Federation of Labor declaring Seven dAYS toll I year In and year out manna that n man rr nothing I but a Steve to those who are able to buy him Close every place of tmtlnim bank tile glass r n Ino furnaces lot the hum of ma chiliery suave and give ovory mon a honco 0 recuperate strength and In provo his mind In response to tho argument that It Is I necessary that grocery store moat hops milk depots and the like shcuil Lu opened for at lenit a few hours on Ibo Habbtll for the oannnicnoo 01 he working daises who Luy their household supplies In small quaatltlol and rarely Imvo any stock ou hand Mr Maas says Ibis Is I utter nonsemr Lot It be understood that no stores or Shape will be open ou the Babbalh and In a brief space i or time all classes he says will adjust their methods food times of purchase to correspond the alleged difficulty purely Imaginary and would vanish Instantly when put to the testthu tur posed necessity of Sunday opening for the benefit or convenience of the woklnjt classes 10 really moonshine and ho adds that there la I rot and urgent uecesilty for a rest day and none have u greater need for It than the wage workers IS through cecleut or Indifference all the salutary restraints of Aware gradually swept away Ifmius greed for gain Is I to prevail over uutural slid Imperative uayelcil law the time will comp when labor on every day of the neck will be the rule for the ran otlly and rest the privilege ot tile favored few One more reference on tho subject maybe taken from the statement of Samuel Uornpors president of flits American Ioderatlon of Labor lie asserts his experience observation tobo that evndy workers are post lively poor worker backing the vigor stamina and character so ueceasary to the maintenance iterllci manhocd and womanhood that aa seven days of labor constitute long hours of labor aa long hours of Inter mean low wages and consequent deprivation of most of the Interests of liftit steals from the workers the opdortunlllea lor tile cultivation of a higher better and nobler spirit which I gradually hilt surely takes from the worker appreciation ol his rlghtc and renders him Incapable of performIng perform-Ing his duty aa a man at a father as r > brother as a clllzou so that It Is I absolutely dangerous to national Interest and progress that the worker should bo required to toll more than six days In the week And bo pro Seats this as the eoncullon arrived ot upon this logic 10 my judgment tt 10 not ollly jut and humane but essential to the prog real of our puuplo JOo perpetuation o our race liberty I of our country the I morul material aud Intellectual ad once mont of all that one day of rest In Ibo t ni seven should bo the uuivcnil rule I This manner uf discussion presents the case In the way to be considered by the tot not as a question or church orof religious view but of tLu mental moral and physical welfare of the people who constitute state |