An Adverse Report

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Mar 8, 1906

An Adverse Report

A SUNDAY bill which is a duplicate of H. R. 3022, “To prevent Sunday banking in post-offices in the handling of money-orders and registered letters,” which was framed by Mr. Crafts, and introduced into the House of Representatives by Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, was turned down by the Senate committee on post-offices and post-roads. The Washington Star of February 22 gives the following report of its treatment by the committee:—

“The Senate committee on post-offices and post-roads has ordered an adverse report on a bill entitled ‘To Prevent Sunday Banking in Post-offices in the Handling of Money-orders and Registered Letters.’

“The committee was almost unanimous in saying that there could be no good reason for closing the post-office divisions affected by the bill, and permitting other divisions, such as mail deliveries and the sale of stamps, to remain open. There has been no demand for the closing of these public conveniences. The bill was only thirty words long, as follows:—

“That the issuing and paying of money-orders and the registering of letters and delivery of registered mail on Sundays is hereby prohibited in the mail service of the United States.”