Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-18
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Fremont Placed on the Re-
tired List.
EIGHT-HOUR LAW CLAIMS BILL.
Republican Inconsistency Further
Portrayed as Regards the
Inte.nil II Revenue.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, July I'm the Senate,
Teller said he was not well enough to
speak on the fisheries question to-day.
Allison reported back the sundry |
Civil appropriation bill. The Senate
then proceeded to the consideration of
the bill to place John G. Fremont on the
retired list as Major General of the
Army.
Reagan and Cockrell opposed the bill.
Wilson, of Iowa, asked Cockrell
whether he had not voted to put Fitz-
John Porter on the retired list.
Cockrell admitted that he did, but
said if he had done wrong once that
would not justify him in doing wrong
twice. Fitz-John Porter had nothing to
do with the case. If a Military Com
mission examined Fremont's record and
reported that great wrong had been
perpetrated on him, and if the General
of the Army endorsed the report, then
he (Cockrell) would vote to restore him
his rank.
Wilson suggested that that could never
happen, as General Fremont had not
been dismissed from the Army.
Cockrell corrected that statement and
said the record showed that John G.
Fremont had been court-martialed and
dismissed from the Army.
After further discussion the bill was
passed yeas 20, nays 81.
EIGHT HOUR LAW CLAIMS.
The Senate then resumed considera-
ton of the bill providing for the adjust
| ment of the accounts of laborers, work.
men and mechanics employed by the
Government under the eight-hour law.
Stewart supported the bill, and offered
an amendment to prohibit any officer of
the Government from making any con-
tract or arrangement whereby any work
men, laborers or mechanics shall work
more than eight hours per day except in
special emergencies. Rejected yeas 15,
| nays 29.
Mr.. Dawes moved to amend the bill by
inserting the words, whether engaged
at a price per day, on piece work or
task" Agreed to.
| Dawes also moved to insert the follow
ing words, "any assent to, or alleged
agreement to receive a less amount or
work a longer time than required as a
| condition of being employed ito the con-
trary Notwithstanding" Rejected yeas
81, nays %.
The pill was then passed yeas 25.nays
%, as follows:
Yeas-Blair, Bowen, Cameron, Chan
dler, Cul!om, Davis, Dolph, Farwell,
Faulkner, Frye, Hale, Hawley, Hoar,
Kenna, Mitchell, Palmer, Sabin, Sawyer,
Spooner, Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller,
Turpie, Voorhees,, Wilson (of Iowa, 25.
Nays-Bates, Beck, Berry, Blodgett,
Brown, Butler, Call, Cockrell, Coke,
George, Gibson, Gray, Hamilton, Hearst,
Jones (of Arkansas), Mcpherson, Pasco,
Pugh, Reagan, Vance, Vest, Waldam-
%.
| PROVISIONS OF THE BILL.
The first section pro ides that whoever
as laborer, workman or mechanic has
been employed by, or on behalf of, the
Government of the United States since
the 25th day of June, 1868, the date of
the act constituting eight hours a days
work (whether engaged at a price per
day, on piece work or task work. shall
be paid for each eight hours he has been
employed as for full days work, with
out any reduction on account of the re-
dnction of the hours of labor.
The second section provides that all
claims for labor, SO performed, in excess
of eight hours per day, is hereby referred
to the Court of Claims, to be adjudicated
upon the basis that eight hours consti-
tuted days work, and are to be paid
for at the price per day as
provided for in the first section
of this act, and judgment given
against the United States in favor of
each claimant for the amount found due
to be paid, as other judgments of the
Court of Claims against the United
States; and no statute of limitation or
payment made, or receipt given for less
sum per day than the full price of days
work, as provided in the first section of
this act, shall bar the right of recovery !;
provided that all suits under this act
shall be commenced within two wears
within and after it's passage, and any
number of claimants may join in the
same suit, and provided further that any
amount allowed under this act shall only
be paid to such. claimant in person or his
personal representatives.
The bill for the admission of the State
of Washington was taken up and was
left unfinished business, after which the
Senate adjourned.