What the Amendments Did
By Editor
THE exemption clause of the Johnston Sunday Bill as it was presented by its author read thus: "Provided, That persons who are members of a religious society who observe as a sabbath any other day in the week than Sunday shall not be liable to the penalties prescribed in this act if they observe as a sabbath one day in each seven as herein provided." When the Senate got through with its amendments it read as follows: "That persons who observe as a day of rest any other day of the week than Sunday shall not be held to have violated the provisions of this section, if they observe as a day of rest one day in each seven as herein provided." We print in bold-face, in both the original and the amended, the omissions and changes. The changing of "sabbath" to "day of rest" was Senator Smoot's amendment. It makes a mighty broad exemption, and would fit the infidel who rested on Wednesday as well as the seventh-day man. It is impossible to frame a just and consistent Sunday law.