Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1893 — WILL OPEN ON SUNDAY. [ARTICLE]

WILL OPEN ON SUNDAY.

Final Settlement or the Vexed Question. Sunday opening has won the day. Thirty members of the World’s Fair National Commission went on record, Tuesday, in favor of the Sunday opening rules submitted by the directors. Twenty-seven commissioners voted against consideration of the rule. On a final test the commission voted to substitute the minority or Sunday opening report of the judiciary committee for the majority report, which favored Sunday closing. The question then came up on the modification of the directors’ rule, with the same result. The council of administration has also decided to open the fair three evenings of each week. Advocates of Sunday opening are jubilant over the outcome, although the government may take some action to prevent the opening of the Fair on that day.