The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-02-07

agreed on the house amendment in ref
erence to the transportation of oil,
Sherman moved to concur in that
amendment as being In the line of the
interstate commerce law. All that the
house should accomplish by that amend
ment, was the said) to prevent higher
rate being charged for oil transport
ed in barrels than for oil trans
sported In tanks, OF which latter mode
of transportation the Standard Oil
company had monopoly. The amend
ment seemed to him to be q Just and
proper one. and to be in line with the
measure which the senator from IlIi-
nois (Cullom) had fathered and carried
through successfully.
Platt argued against the amend
ment.
While the discussion was still in
progress. Riddleberger made an effort
to have an executive session, $50 as to
remove the obligation of the secretary"
from the proceedings on the British
eXtradition treaty; but q motion to
adjourn prevailed, neither the confer
ence report nor the legislative apprO-
pciatiOn bill having been disposed
of.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Son motion of
Kelly of Pennsylvania, the senate
amendment was concurred in to the
house bill for the retirement of Gen
eral VIM. F. Smith las finally agreed
to, the bill authorizes his retirement
with the rank of major of engineers.)
Clardy, of Missouri, called up, and
the house preceded to the considera-
ton of the conference report on the
Nicaragua canal bill.
Cobb declared that it was not fitting
for great government like the United
States to put the power in the hands of
a set of men to go abroad and get
money under false pretenses. There
was millions in it to the corpOrators If
the enterprise was a success and there
was to be no loss if it was failure. He
then proceeded to argue that congress
had no constitutional authority to erect
private business corporation. Under
the treaty making power 1t could erect
Il corporation as an agent for govern
ment purposes. and it would be a mons
trous doctrine that the United States
should send an agent to construct a
canal for governmental purposes and
then turn round and say that it was
not responsible for the acts of that
agent.
Raynor defended the action of the
conferees in receding from the amend
ment requiring the printing on the
obligations of the company a state
ment OF the governments lack OF
liability. It was an amendment which
was intended to Kill the blll. 1t was
intended to intimidate investors. 1t
required the company to brand upon
| its stock in blazing letters the state
| ment that the government is not re-
| spOnslble for the debts of the company.
Cobb inquired whether the company
would not brand on its stock in blazing
| letters the statement that it had been
| incorporated by the United States gov
srnment.
Workingmen's International Congress.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-FOr organized
labor, whether in Europe or America,
says the Herald, this year promises TO
be one of the most memorable on rec
ord. To-day the American and Euro
pean wage earners stand as rule aloof
from each other, both in times of ad-
versity and of prosperity. The chances
are thousand to one that a year hence
they will be bound together by indis-
soluble ties of friendship and self-in-
terest. During the latter part of Au-
gust, while the splendid exposition is
| in full swing, skilled laboTers, or their
Representatives. will gather in Paris
from all parts of the civilized world.
and will hold there the first interna-
tional congress of workingmen that has
ever been held. Socialists, anarchists,
possiblIsts, nihilists and revolutionists,
| of every shade and type, will sit
| beside conservative trades-union-
lists from England and America.
and beside the Jealous Knight of La
Dor from New York will be f. u I'd the
sturdy, social democrat from Berlin
and the hot-headed revolntionist from
Madrid. Any reputable body of men
| who have deStinct views to express on
the labor question will be allowed 10
express. and no matter how visionary
their views may be, they will receive a
patient hearing and due credit for
| whatever modicum of wisdom there
may be in their plan for the reOrgaDi-
/ cation of society. The object of the
/ congress is two fold. In the first place
it proposes to establish and maintain
on a permanent basis an international
association of American and European
working men, and in the secopd place
| a fixed policy, which shall be strictly
adhered to by all regularly organ
lied labOrers; in other words,
as trade unions protect and
otherwise look after the interest of
their members, so this congress pro-
| tect and otherwise look after the in
| terestS of all the organ Zed workiDgmen
IN the world. Credit for this great
idea is said to be due to the Paris So
cialists or possiblists as they are also
called. Believing that all evils of so
ciety can be eradicated by peaceable
means, these revolutionists concluded
that they could not better celebrate
the centenary of the memorable
French revolution than by inviting to
Paris representatives of the various
bodies of wage earners in ali parts OF
the civilized world. with the object not
only of letting the world see the real
strength of labor, but also in wedding
into one coherent mass the many con-
fiicting elements which have hitherto
proved fatal to any permanent and uni
versal union of working men.