Hearings on Sunday Bills in New York and Connecticut
RECENTLY Our brethren were given a hearing before the New York Senate Committee on one of the Sunday bills pending in the New York Legislature. During the hearing a senator asked Elder S. B. Horton if he represented the people who publish Liberty. This shows that our work is receiving recognition. Elder C. H. Edwards reports an interesting hearing before a Connecticut legislative committee, March 23, on Sunday bills pending in the Connecticut Legislature. Six different bills were there for consideration, every one of which was designed to liberalize the present Sunday law. These bills were opposed by Protestants and Catholics alike, a Roman Catholic chancellor stating that the Catholic Church was opposed to any and every measure which would liberalize the American Sunday. For this he was warmly applauded by the Protestant clergy who were present. So much interest was manifested, and so much time occupied by speech-making, that our brethren were shut out; but they are promised a hearing on the bill at a later date.