The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-01-24
SHOULD NOT Be INTlMlDArEu.
Ben Butterworth's Vigorous Re-
marks Regarding workIngmen.
Steam Presses for Engraving Give
Him a Suitable Text.
A whipping Post In Front of the
Capitol Recommended.

WASHINGTON, Jan. .23.--Immediately after
the reading Of the Journal, the House went
into committee of the whole on the sundry
civil appropriation BILL An amendment ap-
propriating $4,000 for the establishment and
maintenance of refuge station at or near
Point Barrow, Alaska, was adopted.
Mr.. Landes of Illinois, raise a point of
order against the clause of the bill proyid-
ing that for the use Of steam presses in the
bureau of engraving and printing, a ROYALTY
shall be paid. The point was overruled and
Mr.. Landes moved to strike out the clause.
Mr.. Long of Massachusetts, said that
Chief Graves, one of the best officers in the
public service. stated on his honor that the
use of steam presses saved the government
S102, 900 a year.
Mr.. Butterworth of Ohio said If it was
true that the work Of steam presses was in
ferlor and could te easily counterfeited, the
presses should be prombtly got rid Of. The
organization OF hand plate printers had de-
elared war upon those machines and had de-
termined they should go. The fact that
these gentlemen desired them TO 60 was not
the slightest reason for putting them out. He
had been told the men who worked the
steam presses were hissed and annoyed
while going TO and from work by hand print
treasury and the superintendent of the
bureau ought to be impeached for not vindi-
eating. the right of man to
earn his bread. lApplause.] This was
work without asking permission of any or
ganization. If he could not, he Mr.. Butter
WORTH, was in favor of revolution. ZAP
plause. He had been informed that as the
steam pressmen went to work the dead
march was whistled. II true. it was an un-
speakable outrage committed within the
shadow of the Capital. He believed in
standing by the blacksmith or the carpenter,
not because he was a blacksmith or q car
penter, but because he was man. A COM
mittee had been appointed by the House to
look into the character of the work of the
steam presses. He was solicitous to know
whether the witnesses,testifed as they would
had It not been for the reign of terror estab-
been.
Mr.. Foran-.'By Graves. or by the men?
Who bas the right to dischsrge?"
Mr.. Butterworth-"We have pretty nearly
reached the condition in this country when
nobody has the right to discharge" Laugh
Mr.. Foran-"And / am glad of it,"
MT. Butterworth-"I recommend to the
knights of Labor to establish whipping
post IN front of the Capitol and lick about 25
members OF the House on the last Saturday
10 each month. Laughter l hope in Gods
Providence the time will come when our
manhood will assert itself and we will not
sneak like polltroons as / have seen the
Of some of the gentlemen in the galleries.
lApplause.J have compromised my man
mood once or twice. hope the next time |
40 II shall be paralyzed where stand"
Mr.. Landes withdrew his motions and
Mr.. Cary moved to amend the clause SO as
TO make the royalty 80 cents per thous and
Impressions
Mr.. Farquhar of New York said there
was an employe in the bureau who improved
tne steam presses and never received cent
lor MS improvements. He Mr.. Farquha.
declared that man dare not 90 into court to
get his rights for fear he would lose his
place. Ihat was the class Of tyranny used
/ BY the heads of department here.
Mr.. Butterworth said he approved of com
olnatlon OF labor but he did not approve of
iorce 10 exclude any American from any
walk Oh lie, or any calling. Some of those
organizations had starved widows and or
phans into compliance with their behests.
Some times misguided men, under the be-
lief that 1t was against their interest pro-
tested and fought even to the use Of violence
against the introduction of the labor saving
machinery. When certain measures were
before the house, petitions had been circulated
broadcast through the country, and brought
here ln volumes and used as political shib-
boleth to induce the House to vote for that
which its Judgment did not approve III this
House had done its duty the children of the
men who made aud kept the Republic would
not be crowded out of employment by ship
loads Of lazzaroni from Europe, who landed
daily on our shores. [Applause]. Here was
the real trouble. The trouble was not with
immigration. The immigrant brought in en-
ergy, thought, some money, moral makeup
ana manhood, but we were having thrown
upon our shores, every hour, men who repre-
sented nothing upon Gods earth except ap-
petite,-the stomach and alimentary canal.
The committee arose without taking ac-
Iion, and the House adjourned.