The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-22

Ah hhN AAOH''s
After number OF petitions had been
received and referred the House went
into Committee OF the Whole (NIr. Hatch,
of Maryland, in the chair on the bill
referring to the Court Of Claims for nd
iustnent, the accounts OF labOrers, work
men and mechanics arising under the
eight hour law.
Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, in opposing
the bill said that it would involve an
expenditure OF nearly Sl00,00OOOO. The
proposition was ill-consider0d and
vicious in its tendency. t
TIE EIGHT HOUR BILL.
Mr.. Tillman, of South Carolina, re-
garded the measure as IN attack upon
the Treasury. The pending proposition
was one to give d man ten hours pay for
eight hours labor in order to'create an
arfstocracy of labor, and give to claim
AGENTS % or 80 per cent OF the amount
they might recover.
Mr.. Bland said that in order to reduce
the hours of labor throughout the coun-
try. Congress must wiring the water from
railroad stock and telegraph monopoly
and syndicates and trusts, and stop
taking 800, 100000 year from the peo-
pic to be piled up in the Treasury.
Mr.. Lane, OF Illinois, announced the
bill as being not in the interest OF labor,
but in the interest OF Office seekers:
Mr.. Lodge, OF Massachusetts, supported
the measure, as did Messrs. Compton,
Dingley, Cummings, BoOthman and Bu-
channan, the latter asserting that the
bill would not involve MI expenditure
of more than SG,O00,O00. Mr., Tarsney,
OF Michigan, earnestly supported the
bill and declared that to him 1t was n
revolving proposition TINT men sent here
to make laws should themselves pub
lish to the country that they, as repre-
sentatives, violated the very laws they
told their constituents to obey. lie
stated that.th Committee on Labor had
given careful hearing to mechanics ana
laborers who asked that which should
never be denied in any civilized country,
the right to go into the courts OF their
country and have their rightsand duties
defined and placed on record. Mr.,
Tarsney then moved that the committee
rise, stating that his intention was to
let the bill 20 over until April 10, in
order that the gentlemen who were
shooting ut bird that they did not see
and that was not there, might have an
opportunity to examine the record and
become better informed us to the merit
OF the case than their speeches indi-
Gated them to be.
A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
The House then went into committee
Of the whole (NIr. Hatch, OF Missouri, in
the chair on the bill to establish De-
partmentof Labor An ndmentwas.
adopted striking out the provision for an
Assistant Commissioner OF Labor. Mr..
Buchanan, OF New Jersey, moved to
strike out the clause charging the Com'
missioner to ascertain whenever indus
trial changes shall make itcsscntial, the
cost OF producing articles At the time du-
tiable in the United States in leading
countries, where such articles are pro-
duced by fully specified units OF pFodnc.
tion showing the different elements OF
cost or approximate cost Of such arti,
cles of production. Mr.. Randall offered
an amendment to extend the inquiry to
the amount Of wages paid in various in-
dustries, accompanying his amendment
with the remark that 1--WE all stand on
the question Of labor" The amend-
mcnt was adopted.
OTHRE AMENDMENTS.
Mr.. Mills offered an amendment to in
scrt the words "per diem, weekly and
otherwise after the word wages" in
the Randall amendment. He said he
wanted 10 know the difference between
| the productive efficiency OF wages in
| Europe and this country whether II Il
| man in this country did five times Ms
much work and got twice as much pay,
he was not the cheaper worker OF the
i two.
Mr.. Randall am not going to phil
osophizc us TO that.
The amendment was'adopted.
ON motion OF Mr. Mckinley, OF Ohio,
an amcDdment was adopted adding to
Mr.. RaadRllis amendment the words,
"and the hours employed Der day.
The following amendments e%ieldlng
The scope of the inquiry Were Adopted /;
By Nr, Observation-Disclosures convict
made goods we're imported into the
country, anG wbenec2
By MIR. Bland-The profits Of tho man
uiacturer and producer OF dutiable ar'
ticles.
BY Mr.. Washington, Of Tennessee,
the comparative cost Of Living in this
country and Europe.
Mr.. MIlllkcn offered an amendment
requiring the Commissioner OF Labor to
, investigate the Mills tariff bill and re'
mort what effect it would have on the
labor and industry of the United States
and on foreign industry and on the pro
tits OF foreign manufacturers and the
, markets OF the American farmer.
Mr.. Buchanan's motion to strike oui
, was rejected. and pending action ON th'
, motion, the committee rose and th'
House adjourned.