Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1886-04-07
THIS MAN JAY GOULD"
IF HUNG ToA LAMP-PoaT Ut WOULD
De A BLESSING.

So Says Congressman LawIer, of Illinc l.
His Maiden Speech-The Arbitration
Bill Passed by 1875 Yeas to 20 Nays
/ Washington Items of Interest.
WAsINaToN CRY, April 5.--Representa-
tive Lawler, OF Chicago, made his maiden
speech In congress, Friday, on the arbitra-
tion bill He began by saying that this
\ country had reached IA state of things
where it wasrsvery mans duty to speak his
mind. !, He then proceeded;
ave do not expect to find men on this
noor who are themselves great employers of
labor-capitalists there he looked at Hewitt
or1nonopolists, if the term must be used
to have much feeling in common with those
who have sprung from the ranks Of labor,
WHO have experienced all the trialsand trib-
uations softworkinginen, and who come from
large cit:cswhere thousands Of men are idle,
as 81, ,0e0 iworkingmen are idle to-day in the
city Of Chicago alone Statistics show
US, that in the United States at tha
present time there ara I 800 0u3 workingmen
unemployed, and their families are suffering
for the necessaries of life. And yet in the
face Of THIS condition of affairs We are
asked here ito vote 81 ,000, ,002--for what:
Not to give employ ment to the unemployed
not bit Of it--but to educate certain
class Of people, without regard to the $780,
600 American workinSmsn who are idle and
whose families are starving. i For
myself am proud to make the admission
here that / started life in brickyard at the
age of Il years, yet trsut that in my asso-
citations with my fellow members here, be it
for this term or be it longer, they will al
ways find me at.emt ting the part of gen.
tlemann @~tsE
Mr.. ~Lawler spoke for few minutes
longer wheR9 the hammer fell, but Grain
yielded his time. 4a, 3
Gentleman on the foor," continued Mr.
Lawler, "have had considerable to say about
this man Jay Gould i am free to say
and do not feel that / am expressing any
comrnunistic idear-that If Jay Gould were
hanged to a, lamp-post in New York it
would be blessing to this community
knswn' as the United States. [Great laugh
{ teri / will state nay reasons for this re-
mark. This man Jay Gould, before
he gets done with this trouble, may
be-, the cause, through his most damn
nable methods of carrying on his matters
in this country, of hundreds and thousands
Of deaths by means of bloodshed in the
states where these strikes are now raging. I
say GudU Lne ueaGQ Oh q man ike G11S Is
nothing compared with the losses which may
occur unless these diff ulties are settled. We
have had sentimental questions raised here
We have had the. bloody shirt. Gentle
men who spoke on the pension bill seemed
to think the people are still glad to have
them haunt the bloody shirt, but there is
no sentimental business in this matter The
demand now is justice to the laboring
classes
Warner, Of Missouri, Saturday offered an
amendment to the arbitration bill which
was adopted, fixing the compensation of
members Of the arbitration tribunal at $40
per day and also prescribing compensation
to be- allowed the clerk, stsnographer,
marshals and witnesses. Several other
amendments were offered and rejected. The
bill was then reported to the house and
passed-yeas los, nays 81.
The Bland silver bill was then taken UP.
Those voting against the passage of the
labor bill are as follows: Allen of Mississippi,
Barnes, .Blount, Bennett, Breckenridge Of
Kentucky, Crisp, 0roxton, Davidson of Ala
bana, Daniel, Foran, Glover, Hale, Ham
mond, Harris, Hemphill, Hill, Hutton, Irion,
Jones of Alabama, Norwood, O'FerralL
Perry, Reagan, Rogers, Sadler, Skinner,
Tillman, and Tucker.