p. 6 | Repeal Bad Laws by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 14, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 24.

Repeal Bad Laws

By Editor

"Patching bad law is poor legislation." So is the effort to stultify a bad law by another bad law. But such seems to be the proposition of New York City's district attorney. First they have a law there compelling men to be idle on Sunday. Then it is proposed to remedy the evil results of enforced idleness by opening the saloons part of the day. How much better it would be to prohibit the saloon evil on all days, and permit men to engage in legitimate occupations, making all religious exercise a matter of conscientious scruple. If men will crowd together in large, compact bodies, in a world where there is plenty of room for all, they must expect some inconveniences. The best thing to do with bad law is to repeal it.