The daily gazette., 1878-08-03
The Labor Qu estion-COIn'
uneuts of The Press.

| Referring to the proceedings before
Mr.. Hewitr' 5 congressional committee ap'
pointed to inquire into the labor ques-
tion, with view 10 the suggestion OF
measures for the relief of the existing
troubles, and which began its session
on Thursday, the New York Herald
"While all sides have a right to be
| heard, il is to be hoped that Mr.. He witt
will make his inquiry thorough and ex-
haustive, and not merely use the commit
tee for The purpose of affecting ssmpa-
thy with the laboring classes, whose suf-
ferings in period Of general business
depr ssion have doubtless been severe.
An the Ia tel ests involved should be given
an opportunity to put the committee in
possession of their Views, so that bro Dad,
Intelligent Judgment may be formed OF
what measures are best calculated 10 At
ford relief. Mr.. Hewitt by his demand
for a committee. has virtually pledged
himself TO find a remedy for our labor
troubles. and failure to do 30 would
leave him in a very unenviabie posi-
ton" a.err A' --G sai
The New York Times says: '--f '..'.-
The necessity of reducing / o something
like coherent statement grievances such
AS were formulated. yes erday by dele.
gates of the Stonecuttter's Society is a
decided aid toward demonstrating their
baselessness. A man, who seriously
maintains that the government ought not
d fbe permitted To do its stone cutting
wherc il can be done most cheaply, but
shouid be, compelled to do 1t in the man
her7lnd at the place calculated to give
empioym Mt to the greatest number of
hands, may be cons dered beyond the
feach of argument. But he, NEVERTHELESS,
represents very large class of by 10
m ans ignorant voters, and unless he and
h,s fellows can be taught to see the ab-
srirdity OF such dehfaii1s, ithtfeis u con-
slant danger that the standard of public
administration will be brought down to
their level" 80 81
The New York T, ibune says.
"If the committee does nothing more,
1t will be of fser ice In providing to real
| worldngmen The shall0wness of some of
their bogus advocate. There WAS an alr
nf sincerely about the r presentatives Of
the stonecutters, and, however much
\ their political economy was at fault, it
was evident that they believed in their
| theories. But VIXEN McGregor and
'Schwilb appeared on the, scene. with
their Grass ignorance and their beery as
tsur9pt'on of intimate wisdom, with their
,hood-cnrdling whispers and their pala-
4 Yer about the feeling of humanity, il
must have been apparen to the c InUlit-
pee lat it was dealing with the cheapest
svrt Of demag6gues. These men were
: ready 10 take the whole labor probleIu
OIL tine hands of the commit ttee, and vel
-tttey were so depTorably ignorant that
they scarcely knew OF the existence oi
: census: AT all events they did not know
that the census-takers had been get inl
together for nearly a hundred years the
: very statististics the collection of which
they proposed to the committee as tn,
solution of the whole trouble Mr.. Nc
Gregor harl once seen chart of raj o
fall, to be sure, but he wasn't satisfied
with documents of the sortw
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PAY INSPECTOR SPAULDING EXoNER
ATED,-A San Francisco dispatch state,
that in case inst decided in the United
States Court there the chief feature wa.
the incidental vindication of Rufus
Spaulding, pay in-pector at the time thai
navy certificates as collaterals for money
, | obtained from banks. In his testimony
corroborated by Others, Pinney com
pietely established the innocence o
: Spaulding in connection with the trans
acuon.. Two years ago Secretary Robe
son ordered court-martial, which sa
forty dayS here and on its finding Snauld