Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-17
TO VOTE IN OHIO.


Ton D.ys' Leave With Pay to 1Ien Who
Wero Refused Pay for Legal Holidays.
The following appears in the Washing
ton National Republican;
A report was received from commit
tee stating that the voters in the govern
ment printing Office and the bureau of
engraving and printing would be allowed
ten days days leave Of absence with pay,
giving them an opportunity to deposit
their votes. The work of sending dOcu-
ments is being carried on in thorough
manner. The meeting adjourned till next
Tuesday night
It is undoubtedly true that the scalpers
will be patronized. The campaign COM
mittee cannot afford to pay full fare for
the boys. What is noteworthy about the
item, however, is that the employees Of the
printing Office and of the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing are to be allowed "tcn
days leave of absence, with pay, giving
them an opportunity to deposit their
votes" Last Christmas, New Years and
Washington's birthday the government
printing Office and the bureau Of engraving
and printing were closed, because each
day was public holiday. For these days
Public Printer Defrees and Col Irish re-
fused to give their printers their wages.
All the other employees of the govern
ment had their holidays and were paid as
though they had worked. Defrccs recciv-
ed his pay, and Col. Irish, head Of the
bureau of engraving and printing, received
his, but they refused to pay their working
men and women. This injustice was rem
edicd by the Democratic congress-, which
on the 9Th Of April, passed joint resolu-
tion declaring the days named, with the
Fourth of July and Thanksgiving to be
legal holidays for the employees Of the
government printing Office. AS Decora-
tion Day was coming round. Defrees Or
dered that the Office should be closed on
that day without pay to tho employees.
Again the Democratic congress rebuked
him by passing the following:
"WHEREAs, The superintendent of the
government printing office has ordered
that said office be closed on said day with
out pay to the employees and,
Whereas, All employees Of other de-
partments are entitled to pay for said day
therefore,
"Resolced By the Senate and House o.
Representatives Of the United States 81
America in Congress assembled, That all
employees Of the government in the city
of Washington, District of Columbia, be
and they are hereby declared to be entitled
to payment for said Goth day of May.
When the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing was removed last spring to its
new building there were a number of days
when the employees could do no work.
For these days of enforced idleness they
received no pay. Many of these employ.
ees are poor women, and cannot afford tC
90 a single day without their earnings
Nevertheless, Colonel Irish insisted
that he could not pay for single day Of
hour during which work was not actually
done. This had also been the plea of Dc
frees. Notwithstanding these assertions
these two worthless now offer ten days
holiday, with pay, in return for votes in
Ohio. Did they lie to their poor employees
when they said they could not pay them
for holidays, or are they now dcfrauding
the government in the interest Of the Re
publican party?