Connecticut “Blue-Laws” Still Stand by W. A. C.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 9, 1909

Connecticut “Blue-Laws” Still Stand

By W. A. C.

WORD received from Mr. Matthew H. Rogers, Secretary of State for Connecticut, informs us that although the Latimer bill, liberalizing matters in regard to Sunday observance, “passed the legislature, it was vetoed by the governor,” and that “the veto was sustained.” The Connecticut “blue-laws,” therefore, still remain in force as heretofore, for which the strenuous opposition of the clergy to anything like a repeal or a relaxation of these laws is doubtless largely, if not wholly, responsible. Four sevenths of the bill referred to consisted of exceptions, the total number of these in the bill being thirty. W. A. C.