National Republican., 1883-02-26

steel workers association, and the liquor
dealers association, 10 say nothing of the
greatest and strongest of all, tho national
bank association. These great combinations
excited no reprOach aud no outcry, but sem
| ators were very much alarmed by this typo
| graphical union, composed of printers who
| worked at their cases day and night. Tho
| printers did not frighten him. He had moro
fear of the national bank association which
met annually at Saratoga in luxury and
| splcndor, and agreed upon lines of financial
policy and came and dictated to congress, as
| everybody knew
Mr.. IIowley said that the printers, like any
1 other class Of laborers, had Il perfect right TO
form an association for their mutual benefit,
to agree upon the price that they would ask
| for their labor, and TO say that they would not
work for less, but they had no right to say
that another man not member of their asso-
citation should not work for less than their
| price If he chose to do so. The right of ono
such man against two thousand was lust as
good rs theirs against him, and he ought to be
protected in IL. The question of compensation,
however, had been embarrassed by the eight
hour law and by the fixing Of the rates to be
paid and if congress desired 10 give the public
printer complete control of his office, IL should
| first repeal these laws and then demand Of the
public printer that he should employ good
wOrkmcn at good rates and defend them in
their employment. lie MIR. lIawlcy) did not
object to paying the printers employed in tho
government office somewhat higher pay than
those in private establishments received, be-
cause the public work was more irregular
Mr.. Conger did not understand that the
printers belonging to the union had under
taken to control or dictate 10 the public
printer in any other way than by saying that
If he employs persons who are willing to work
below n certain rate of wages they did not
desire to be employed with such persons
This the printers had perfect right to do,
and their association was good for themselves
and for the community at large Everybody
knew that If the public printing office should
be closed even one day IL would stop the
action of both houses of congress-
The committees amendment was agreed to-
The amendment of the committee on APP
preparations to the internal revenue portion
of the legislative, judicial and executive bill,
providing for the travelling expenses of officers
and clerks detailed on special service and for
arranging the fees of gaugeTs, was ruled out
on point of order as new legislation. The
committe had reported in favor of striking
out the provision repeating the law of last
year authorizing the appointment of an as
sistant secretary of the navy, but on motion
of Mr.. German the repeating paragraph was
retained.
The committe having recommended an
appropriation of $5S,000 for the employment
of additional temporary clerks for the sole
purpose of disposing of the accumulated work
in the general land Office" Mr.. Edmunds
moved to amend the paragraph so as to require
these clerks to be employed under the pro-
visions Of the civil service act. Agreed to by
the following vote: