The Portland daily press., 1871-12-14

talking upon politics to stop for an hour or two
ana consider some practical question. The
great question of cooperation, which was devel-
oplng itself successfully in other countries and
was being introduced into this country did not
seem to have attracted the attention of either of
these distinguished friends who desired to brush
the whole thing away or put it to sleep He
| hoped his friend from Indiana (Kerr) would see
IT to be in his line of duty to withdraw his mo-
tlon to lay the bill on the table, and either con-
sent to having single day set apart for its con-
sideration or else permit its passage now Mr.
| Hoar next yielded the floor to Mr.. Shanks of
Indiana, but Mr.. Kerr rose and said, 'srhe state
ments made on the other side have been SO eX-
| 6raordinary, so unjust and fallacious in all re-
! speots that we on this side of the House ought
TO have at least an opportunity to answer"
| !, MI: Hoar-"No gentleman on that side of
| ene House expressed any desire to speak ON the
| Dill pro or con, except one gentleman, a menu
Der OF the committee (NIr. Neely), whose re-
| quest was communicated to me week ago. 1
am certainly DESTROYS of allowing the fullest
debate that will be agreeable to the House, and
OF giving full share Of the time to gentlemen
on the other side. l
Mr. Kerr (nterruptingly) 1.-THE gentle
man sincerity would appear much better if he
| would give us a little time iiow Just little"
| MIR. Hoar-I call the gentleman to order
Mr.. Kerr-I am in order.
Mr.. Hoar-The gentleman from Indiana de-
| Sres to have the bill laid on the table and thus
disposed of without any debate at ALL That is
| The only manifestation that the gentleman has
| shown about it, and if the gentleman will now
agree to take the question on this bill any fixed
hour tomorrow, will consent to it and will
consent to divide the time with the gentleman
of that side of the House.
Mr. .Kerr-I will agree to nothing; l have
been attacked by the gentleman from Massa-
chnsetts (Hoar) and his colleague.
DaweS-l want to answer them and am en-
titled to answer them.
Mr. Campbell made point of order that the
gentleman from Mass. (Hoar) having finished
his remarks had no right to yield the floor to
any particular member but should resume his
seat and let the speaker assign the floor under
ordinary parliamentary rules.
The speaker overruled the point of order on
the ground that both the usage and rules of the
House allowed member who was entitled to
the floor an hour to yield portion of his time
to other members.
Mr.. Shanks (Rep.) took the floor and remark
ed that he had last Monday introduced bill to
establish bureau of labor He believed the
time had come when the relation between la
Dor and capital should be investigated He fa-
vored the pending bill though he preferred his
own measure. The edict of the American people
had gone forth and the legislative department.
should take care of labor aud see that it should
hoped the bill would pass
MI. Kelly, lRep.) of Pennsylvania, express
ed gratitude to Mr.. Hoar for having brought
the subject before the House. The failure to
adopt such measure had deprived England of
revolution. 1t was the failure of the French
Imperial government to recognize this question
that lighted the fires of the Commune. 1t was
the failure to recognize this question that had
arrayed the young men of Germany and Europe
in hostility to the church and throne Parli-
mentary inquiry in England showed that among
the laboring people of that country, majority
was in want of healthful and sufficient food
from year to year. 1t was for want of recog-
nizing this question that England was becom-
ing land of drunkenness. He held, therefore,
that Congress should authorize the appointment
of a proper commission. The government
could not afford to permit the laboring people
of any portion of the country to fall into the
condition of the laboring people of England,
France, Austria or Belgium Congress should
look to it that they whose skill and toll open
the mines and coal banks, and convert ores into
metals and into all forms of vitality and beauty
those who shear sheep, wash the wool and spin
and weave it, those who covert an apparently
arid field into cotton and all its useful and
beautiful fabrics, shall not live in ignorance
nor die in want Their toll and the resources
of capital were quite enough to Danish poverty
/ from the land, except as the result of intern
perance.
Mr.. Storm (dem.) regretted that any oppos-
ton had been made to the bill He regarded it
simply as providing for an investigation. The
laboring classes were rising up in rebellion
against the system of class legislation. 1t was
the enactment of unjust and unequal laws that
arrayed laboring classes of the country in op-
pOsltlou W Tile cdplt;ll OF tne country, anu he
was in favor of an investigation that would 90
to show that the government, in the enactment
of its tariff laws and the giving away of public
lands, and in its national banking system, had
been legislating against the interests of the la
boring classes and in favor of capitalists He
was not willing that on this question the Re-
publican side of the House should steal all the
thunder. He thought his friends on his own
side of the House should put themselves on
square record in the matter They always have
been consistent friends of the laboring classes,
and he hoped that they would prove themselves
so to-day.
The morning hour having expired, Mr. Hoar
remarked that his purpose was that there should
be such debate on the bill as the House desir-
ed. He would not move the previous question
for at least hour.
The Speaker stated that the apportionment
bill, which was now to come up, would be fol-
lowed by two appropriation bills, reported from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs
MIR. Banks moved to amend the bill by re-
quiring that the three commissioners be appoint
ed from civil life.
Mr.. Killinger (Rep.) moved an amendment
requiring at least that one commissioner be
practically identified with the mining interests
of the country. The bill and amendments were
ordered to be printed.
Bills for appropriating $4,000, 900 for q Post
Office and Custom House at Chicago and $3.50
900 for like buildings at st. Louis were reported
The apportionment bill was then considered
in Committee of the Whole. The committee
rose without action.
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, reported a
new rule, providing for the appointment of a
territorial delegate on the Committee of Terri
tories and District of Columbia delegate on
the Committee of the District Such delegates,
however, are not to have vote. 1t was dis
cussed till the adjournment