A Hearing on the District Sunday Bills Called For by W. A. C.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 30, 1908

A Hearing on the District Sunday Bills Called For

By W. A. C.

WHEN bills are introduced into either house of Congress, relating to matters in the District of Columbia, they are usually referred to the District Committee of each of the respective houses, and it is quite customary for these committees to again refer these bills to the three District Commissioners, who are appointed by Congress to take the general oversight of matters in the District of Columbia. Mr. Henry B. Macfarland is the chairman of the Board of Commissioners. In the Washington Post of January 21 appeared the following:—

“Commissioner Macfarland has recommended to the Board of Commissioners that a public hearing be given on the several bills which have been referred to the Board, providing for Sunday-closing laws.

“None of the bills which have thus far been referred to the Board corresponds with the bill several times reported upon favorably by the Commissioners in former Congresses, and requiring certain retail establishments to be closed on Sunday. In view of the fact that the bills are practically all new propositions, Mr. Macfarland has recommended the hearing.”

W. A. C.