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Show SUNDAY CLOSING BILL UNDERGOES DISCUSSION Argument for and againat the Cgnlon Sundav closiug bill was listened to for over three- hour by the houe juliciary committee this morning- Tho meeting waa called for the private pri-vate office of tho secretary of stats, but it waa early discovered that tho room waa entirely too email and nn adjournment ad-journment wa taken to the courtroom of Judge T. D. Lewis. Representative Cardou, author of tho bill, defended it on the ground that ita passage would be beneficial to the people peo-ple of the state and that a majority of the people demanded its passage. W. M. Healev a Heventh Dav Ad-ventist, Ad-ventist, attacked the bill on (he ground thnt tt was r lae legislation. He alao dtf lared thnt the observanct of Hunday wa a man made institution. VV. M. Adams, prekident of the I'thh conference of the Seven t h Dav Ad-ventist. Ad-ventist. opposed all Hnndav laws on the ground that thev were religious und not civil laws. Judge t harles II Hart diHciiasH-d the lull from a legal 'mi, I point and urged its passage. .1. P. Ht.ith. a Seventh Day Ad rant 1 at, opposed op-posed the bill hi a leugthv speech. Thomas Hull read at length from rourt ruling to prove that such a law would he legal A. J Dart a, manager of the Rex theatre it. Sail Lake City, and I!. A. Sim. ..ii.-- of a moving picture house in ttgden. both opposed the bill. Kepi omental i e Oldham of t'aohe poke briefly in favor of the bill. After session of oyer three hours the committee adjourned without hav iag taken anv act ion on t he hilt |