New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-24
pUTTERWoRTH AROUSED.
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ORGANIZATIONS.
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vxmureHAvrNG BUREAUS STEAM PRESSES THE
xurMK OF DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE.
washington, Jam 23-Immedistsly AFTER the
reading Of The Journal" the House To-Day went
int Committee Of the Whole, Mr. DocKery' OIL
Missouri, In the chair, on the Sundry Civh APP
prcpristion bill
Mr.. Landes, of Illinois, raised point OF order
against the clause Of the bill providing tnat ior
the use of the steam presses IN Ine bureau Oh
Engraving and Printing royalty snail De para
NOT exceeding one cent per thousand impressions
He stated that the effect Of the provision would
be to prevent the use OF the seventeen or eighteen
presses which the Government now used, the
existing contract calling for royalty Of 81 per
thousand impressions
The no;nt having been over-ruled by the Chair,
AR Iandes moved to strike out the clause. He
ras aware. he said, that war was being made
pnon the steam presses; hut could the Govern
ment afford to drive ont the presses for which
s2c. oooshad been paid and to incur an expense
of 100000 in order to add 60 employees to
the force of the Bureau?
Mr. McAdoo Of New-Jersey, said that our
currency printed on the steam presses. when COM
pared with that Of other nations, looked simply
disgraceful II was so easily counterfeted that
it's use was simply tempting the criminal ingenuity
Of the world.
Mr.. Long, of Massachusetts,, said that the SIM
ole question was whether the House was prepared
30 retrograde; whether it would commit itself to
On abandonment of labor-saving machinery and
70 back to manual labor.
Mr. Butterworth, of Ohio, said that the organ
iration of the manipulate printers had declared
war upon those machines and had determined
that they should go. II they ought to go on
their merits, let them go; but II they ought not
to 20 on their merits the fact that these gentle
men desired them to go was not
the slightest reason for putting them out He
had been told Che did not know what truth there
was in it, that the men who worked on the steam
presses were Kissed and annoyed while going to
and from work by the hand printers. If this were
true the Secretary of the Treasury and the Super
intendent of the Bureau ought TO be impeached
for not vindicating the right of man in this
country to earn his bread. Applause) If 1t
were true and he had been Superintendent the
man who had Kissed would not have come into
the Bureau if he could prevent. This was sail
America, and his boy had right TO work with
out asking the permission OF any organization
Of men. II he could not be tMr bHt'eTwqru d wa,
informed that as the steam press men went 10
work. the Dead March" was whistled. III tnat
were true T. Was Vas an sbaS6y a Ss CAPITOL The
sneaker wanted to put himself in this position
that NOT by his vote should there be chanSe IN
fhe presses at the behest dlctauon OF any
combination, society or collection OF lnqlVlduals
A committee had been appointed Dy tne House
to look into the character OF the work OF tne sen
presses: and he was soicitous TO know wnetner
the witnesses testified they would have tesu-
fed had il not been for the reign OF terror Is
tablshed in the Bureau -
Mr. Foran-By Mr.. Graves or oy the men
Who has the right TO discharge?
Mr. Butterworth-We have pretty nearly reached
a condition OF things in this country when nobody
has the right to discharge tlAugnterJ
Mr. ForaT-And i am glad of il,
Mr. Butterworth-I recommend to the knights OF
Labor to establish whipping post IN 1ront Oh hs
CAPITOL and lick about twenty-five members Oh
The House on the last Saturday In each month
au rirer.) / hope that in Gods providence
The time will come when our manhood VIII
assert itself and we will not sneak like poltroons,
as have seen the House do over and over again,
ct the dictates OF some gentlemen IN the galleries;
(App]ause.) / have compromised my mannoou
once OF twice hope that the next Tune 90 "
I shall be paralyzed where / stand. tAppiause.l
We have witnessed enough OF the vassaiage OF
the Senate and House and members OF the Gov
srnment in various places.
The papers the speaker continued, teemed with
suggestions that men were 70 be shot for making
contracts for their labor They were TO De
hunted He objected TO that, and the reason
he spoke of it now was that it was well known
that whenever thing was requested by certain
organization the House did IL and hunted for
reasons to do it.
Mr. McAdoo, Of w-Jersey, said that powerful
organizations OF labor were unknown until the
capital of the country had organized
The committee rose and the House adjourned
without taking action.