Congratulating the United States Senate by K. C. R.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 11, 1908

Congratulating the United States Senate

By K. C. R.

THE W. C. T. U. Convention for the District of Columbia was held June 3, in the Temple Baptist Church, Washington, D. C. Mrs. M. E. Catlin, a prominent worker of the W. C. T. U., and vice-president of the board of trustees of this organization, said:—

“Friday, May 16, the Senate passed the Sunday Rest bill, but it did not come up in the House. So we have yet no Sunday rest law. As soon as we heard the Senate had passed the bill, we sent congratulations to them, with the wish that the District Committee of the House would act upon the bill. But we shall have to wait longer to get a Sunday rest law.”

These words show the attitude of the W. C. T. U. organization in the District of Columbia regarding the question of Sunday legislation. Their joy was so great on learning of the passage of the Johnston Sunday bill by the Senate, that they sent congratulations to the senators, with a wish that the House Committee would act upon the bill. The anxiety thus shown to secure a Sunday law in the District of Columbia should arouse every Seventh-day Adventist to earnestness in improving the little time that the speaker regretfully said they would have to wait to secure a Sunday rest law. About six months will intervene before Congress meets again.

K. C. R.