The Johnston Sunday Bill Condemned by R. C. R.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 3, 1910

The Johnston Sunday Bill Condemned

By R. C. R.

The Washington Herald of Feb. 9, 1910, contained a report of a meeting held the day before by the Washington Chamber of Commerce, and among other items of business that were reported, was an action concerning the Johnston Sunday bill. The report reads as follows:—

“A. Leftwich Sinclair presented a report from the committee on law and legislation disapproving of the proposed Sunday law, on the ground that it was in bad form and inimical to the best interests of the majority of residents of the District. Mr. Sinclair said his committee had the subject under discussion for several hours yesterday afternoon, at a meeting attended by twenty-five members of the committee, that it was animatedly discussed in all its bearings, and the sense of the committee was embodied in the resolution he presented. The report was unanimously adopted.”

It might be added in this connection that the writer had a few days previous to the meeting interviewed the chairman of the subcommittee of the Chamber of Commerce concerning this measure. R. C. R.