New-York tribune., 1886-04-24
COMMENTS ON THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
,HE DOCUMENT WARMLY DISCUSSED AND RE-

SIE DOCUMENT WARMLY DiSCOSorD AND NE
FEHRrD TO TIE COMMITTEE on LABOR.
WASHINGTON, April 23 (SpeciaO The Presi-
dents vews the labor question. set forth in his
unexp,ctod MESSAGE on yesterday fail 10 command the
united support his party in the House. There was
brisk day the question as to whether the
message should DO referred TO the Committee OF the
Whole or the Labor Committee, with instructions TO
report bin May Is. short but strong speeches were
delivered by Messrs. Reed Buterworth and Others, n
which some parts Of the frankly cri icsed
Mr Randall and other Democrats who took part in
the discussion commended the message highly, ana OF
course Democratic Representative felt called upon 10
criticss 1t publicly Many of them voted to refer 1t to
thu Committee of the Whole, however; and privately
some of them criticised it in unsparng terms. One
Democratic Represent tave said: came away before
il was decided whether TO send the message 10 tue Com
mi,tee of the Whole or to the Labor Committee For
my part would favor its reference to the waste basket
as a piece OF claptrap demagosy"
Represe uative Grain, OF Texas, VINO IL member c1
the Committee Labor expressed the opinion that the
President had read the arbitration bill as 1t passed
the House. and added that the only difference between
the message aid the bill tdat II made the cons
sion permanent He thought the other plan preferable
Another Democratic Representative said: The Pres
dent reminds OF the boy who is bound to lead the pro-
cession way. When he hears the life aud drum
ahead OF him he cats across lots and heads them on
The Pres tent determined to be in the lead OF his
party provided he can discover quickly encnsh which
IA
age city Late but he may be able to Lead Oh the
prcceSslUu.'
senator Beck is spoken in praise OF the message
He SAYS II he could have his way he w0uJd mamie
Allen q. Thurman, Joseph E. Mcdonald anu ROSCOE
COnklpg as Labor Commissioners and give them each
$4,000 year Such commission would coumana the
all parties and would settle the laco troubles
Nessrs Po wderly aud Mcdowell approved tho message
as "A step in the rght direction.
Mr. BhiteTworth Ia his Criticism OF tne
O'Nell bid. IL was. he said. a hollow mockery ana
sham II was not even intended 10 do anything for the
labori?e II mere tub 10 whale-a delDeiate
purpose votes. He criticised tho want or con
Alteration given to the abratou bin by the committee
on Labor There had been no enort IN ascertain the
facts II "A member fifteen minutes 10 speak on
and six minutes TO abusing corporations ano theh sur
the other minute beng unequal To the TASK OF
suggesting any remedy. - - -,
.Why didn't you suggest remedyr asked MI
O'Neiil. OF Missouri: 49,. =. ... .
month" replied MI Butterworth. 49,
Mr.. Bland OF MissOuri-We had q Dill mere toDe uafs
proposed the laborers of the country st
work. How did the gentleman vote on thati TIe con
traction OF the currency mpOvershng the people To-
Still barping my daughter" quoted Nj Butter
worth reply If discussing infant bal tism
here gentleman would stand aud want To have the
baptsDa basin purchased with standard silver dollars
Mr. Gibson. OF West Virginia regretted that the
from Ohio should undertake To bring politics
into a discussion OF this question The troubles the
country suffering from the result of the powers
given 10y corrupt Congresses 10 great corr oratons under
the twenty years OF Republican administrator. IL was
tie waered stock the unjust charters granted by Con-
6ress. agalDst which labor was rebelling
The message nnay referred 10 the Committee on
Labor with Instructions 10 report upon 1t on or before
May IS.