It is first an expression of thanks to God. and to both Houses of Congress. and to th6 President for the passage of an antilottery law. and prays for the passage of the HatchWashburn antioption bill. The next paragraph is a petition praying this body to stand by its action on the closing of the Worlds Fair on Sunday. and to retrace its steps in relation to the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Worlds Fair grounds. The next paragraph is a petition to Congress praying for legislation to restrict immigration by consular examinations. educational tests. and a high tariff on immigrants. The last paragraph is a petition to Congress and to the President to accomplish the submission of the proposed sixteenth amendment. forbidding State Legislatures (as only Congress is now forbidden) to unite church and state. and especially forbidding what is the very essence of such union. namely. sectarian appropriations. This paper comes from the Presbyterian Cilurch of Washington.
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