Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-21
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WASHINGTON. Dscsmbsr 20.
After unimpOrtsnt business, the dis
cussion of MIR. HOzr's lsbor-snd-wsges
bill was resumed.
Mr. Csmpbell argued, in referring the
su jsst TO a select committee of the two
houses, that If the president appointed
commissioners, hey would bs selected
from frienus OF the administration. Per-
chance Mr.. Borne might be at the head Of
the commission, and Tom Murphy at sLe
tail, and sand wichsd b5tyyeen them would
bs, perhaps, some men from Yale ans
Harvard, TO GO abroad for the benefit of
the service, and TO report, G5 IN the 5Bn
Domingo matter, the character Of the YER
min. bugs and liz ards. On the other
hand, committee sppoiu'sd 10y ihs
sps skeT would bs c5mposeu.OT represent
ativ-s of both capitalists anG labor, and
of the Democratic parry S. welt as the
Rspu blicsn party. Unless congress ahOuid
take prompt action to relieve tie labor
ing classes from ths present oppressive
system of taxation, q storm, with disss-
trous cOnsC qUences, would DO tho result.
Ths Republican party was not friend to
the lsb0ring man, Congress diEcriminased
aSsinss labor, and in favor Of capital.
Commenting on the repeal Of the iu-
come tax, hs said that the rich man
would thus be relieved from a proper
burden Of taxation, and that the OehOit
would be made mp BY the mass of con-
sumers.
Mr.. Dawes ssked If the Democrats were
prepared to vote for retaining the Income
tax.
Mr.. Campbsll replied that he was not
here ss the representative Of any party,
but said ne would like to know ~ all the
Republicans were prepared 20 vote for
the repsai OF the income tax.
NJ nauTGa anEed WnU ma innut1d IN
the Republican party the desire to repeal
this tax.
Mr. Csmpbsll replied that the president
had not only in his annual message, but
had actually besOught individual mem
beTs OF congress- TO vote for i before the
holidays, and the gentlemen might as we'll
set their sails 70 meet the coming storm,
as there had been little procession IN the
streets of New York last Sunday. II 9
men who took psrt in 1t meant business,
they could not have their agent to go be-
fore congress as capitalists mad, bus they
were coming. The conflict in 1872 be-
tween Labor and Capital would be one of
most remarkable events in the history of
our country. The clans were gathering,
they would come from the mountain top,
from the valley, from the plains, from the
fsr-off frontier, from The sea, from the
rivers and from the lakes, in one common
union against wrongs inflicted upon
them, and the motto on their banners
would be " Eausity before law"
Nr, Biggs said that the Democratic
party was the natural protector of the
laboring classes, and that the Republican
party had extracted more money from the
WOrkingmen in the past ten years than
the Democratic party had in forty-one
years.
Mr. Leman Massachusetts, said thai
Mr.. HOsr could not talk any more about
the negro, and now he wanted TO get up 3
little sympathy from the leboring-meD,
but they understood this. There was not
an Intelligent man in the houte who be-
lievsd tnst 8 man could obtEin hyeli-
hood for his wife and children by work.
ing eight hours dsy. What right had
the State TO come and say thai . man
should not work ten hours, or twelve
hours, or fourteen hours, q day IL he saw
proper 70 do sol II the gentleman wanted
20 regulate the relations between labor
and capital, be should go TO his ownStase
and sol the example, instead of exciting
the whole OF the lRboring clssses by the
Introduction of such q messnrs IS this.
Mr. Bingham advocated the proposed
Investigation, which he helieved should
be made BY the committee On education
snd labor The investigation would tend
70 allsy wrong impressions among for
sign WOrkingnsn coming to this country.
Hs hsd no Yesrs of the result. He was
psrfectly willing that the investigation
should be made. He wished the whole
record OF American labor 70 be msde Gs
cloar as sunlight TO the oppressed men Of
other countries. They would then under
stand that IL is the pride and boast Of
America that her Workingmen, for the
irst time, and by direct Intervention Of
law, had been secured q fair days wgRss
for fair days work. Tho speaker said
he cared nothing as 20 what might bs ad-
vOcatsd by the internslionals, or COM
munists. ths people OF the country were
enlightened; they knew thsir rights, and
knowing, dared maintain them. LIST the
inquiry be made, and the fsct would be
made 70 appear that within the Limits OF
the State Of Ohio, for example, where
there were no more than thirty-nine thou
sand square miles of territory, and two
millions six hundred thousand people,
there were more freshOiders-more men
who had q permanent stake IN soil-thsn
there were In Great RritsiD, with her hun
drsd thousand square miles OF territory,
and her twenty seven millions of people.
Mr.. Stevenson sent 70 the clerks desk,
ard had read letter received from Viii
liam Laiin. president OF the Iron Mould
ere international union, of Oinoinnati,
stating that the eyes OF all the lsboring
classes were on the fate Of Mr. HoGr's
bill "
Mr. Hoar closed the debate. he char
acterized Mr.. Csmpbsll's amendment 70