Besides the two bills emanating from the "Reform Bureau," which have hitherto been presented in these reports, there is another Sunday measure pending in Congress from the last session, and for the passage of which it is very probable that pressure will be brought to bear shortly. This measure emanated from the Washington retail clerks' and dealers' associations, and is entitled, "A bill requiring certain places of business in the District of Columbia to be closed on Sunday." It was introduced in the House of Representatives on the 4th of last February, and has made better progress toward passage than the "Reform Bureau" measures. It passed the House of Representatives on April 6, thereby becoming "an Act," and was introduced in the Senate and referred to the Senate committee on the District of Columbia on the following day. A tie vote in the committee shortly before the adjournment of Congress last spring prevented the measure from being reported at the last session, but it may be favorably reported at this session, and it is quite certain that efforts to that end will be made. The measure, which is House Resolution 11,819, reads as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for any person in the District of Columbia to sell or to offer for sale, or to keep open any place of business for the sale or delivery of, any groceries or fruits or meats or vegetables or other provisions, on Sunday, except that, from the first day of June until the first day of October, meats sold prior to Sunday may be delivered at any time before ten o'clock of the morning of that day. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this Act shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail of the District of Columbia for a period of not less than one month nor more than three months, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. It is truly declared in a circular which the Seventh-day Adventists are circulating against the Sunday measures now pending in Congress, that the above measure "would make it a crime to supply a loaf of bread to satisfy hunger on Sunday." That there is religious sentiment, as well as commercial interest, involved in the demand for this measure, is shown by the statement made in behalf of the organized dealers last spring, that such a law is needed because they are "compelled to keep open their places of business on Sunday to compete with those who do not respect that holy day."