Hearing on the Johnston District Sunday Bill

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 25, 1911

Hearing on the Johnston District Sunday Bill

A HEARING was granted on the Johnston District Sunday bill (S. 237) in the District of Columbia committee-room in the Capitol building at twelve o’clock, Wednesday, May 17, before the Committee on Education and Labor, a subcommittee of the District Committee of the Senate. The hearing consumed an hour and three-quarters, and was conducted in a very fair manner. There were four addresses given in opposition to the measure, the speakers being Elder K. C. Russell, Elder W. W. Prescott, Dr. H. C. Kirk, and John D. Bradley.

It was evident from the questions asked by the members of the committee, all of whom took an active part in the questioning, that the entire committee was in favor of a Sunday law for the District of Columbia, and that all but one were in favor of this particular bill, with perhaps slight modifications. Just what impression was made upon the committee as a whole by the arguments presented it is impossible to judge. A fuller report of the hearing will be given in our next issue.