Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
LEGISLATORS ON LABOR.
Ben Butterworth Takes a Bold
 Stand.
STRONG CRITICISM OFTHEK.OFL.

Steam Press Work in the Bureau of En- of fPoltroonery-Other Capital News.
 WASHINGTON, Jan 24-The house dis cussed at lengsl, but without action, the sundry civil appropriation bill.
 MT. Landes Qils) raised n point of order against the clause of the bill providing pay ment for the uss of the steam presses in the bureau of engraving and printing royalty not exceeding one cent per thousand impres- sions
 The point having been overruled by the chair, MT. Ian les moved to strike out the clause. He was aware, he said that war was being made upon the steam presses, but could the government afford to drive out the presses for which S4N, OOU had been paid to incur an expense of SlOo QUO in order to add 160 employees to the force of the bureau.
 Mir. McAdoo (N. Jl said that Chief Bell, of the secret servlce and q number of bank CTS had objected to the steam press work.
 MT. Foran (O) said that the steam presses were not used by any country which desired and intended to put in circulation first class circulating medium. Steam machinery II
 MT. Butterworth tO.) said that if it was true that the work of the steam presses was of an inferior character and could be easily counterfeited, the presses should be promptly got rid of But the superintendent of the bureau denied this. He had been told, he did not know what truth there was in it, that the men who worked on the steam presses were hissed and annoyed while going to and from work by the hand printers. If this were true, the secretary of the treasury and the superintendent of tue bureau ought to be impsachsd for not vindicating the right of a man In this country to earn his bread. (Applause.) He CNr. Putterworth) wanted to put himself ip this position-that not by his vote should there be a change in the presses at the behest or dctstiou of any combination, society or collection of indi- viduals. He believed in standing by the blacksmith, not because he was a blacksmith, but because he was a man. We have pretty nearly reached . condition of things in this country wben nobody has the right to dis charge. daughtsr.)
 Mir. Foran-And I am glad of it
 Mir. Butterworth--I recommend to the Knights of Labor a whipping post in front of the Capitol, and lick about twenty-five members Of the house on the last Saturday in each month. laughter) I hope that in Gods providence that the time will come when our manhood will assert itself and we will not sneak like poltroons (as I have seen the house do over and over again) at tbe dictates of some gentlemen in the galleries. (Applause.) 1 have compromised my man. hood once or twice. I hope that the next time 1 do it I shall be paralyzed where stand. Applause.)
 Mr. Long moved to amend so as to make the royalty fifty cents per thousand impressions
 MT. Farquhar said that there was an en- ploye in the bureau who had improved the steam presses and had never received a cent for his improvements. He lFarquhar) de- clared that the man dare not go into court to get his rights for fear he would lose his place That was the class of tyranny that was used by the heads of departments here. He defied any man In this house to say otherwise than that the organized mechanics of tbe land had been the men who had built up and kept up the industries of she country.
 Mir. Butterworth said that he approved of the combination of labor, but he did not ap- prove of force being used to exclude any American from any walk of life or any call ing. He would say to his friend from New York Farquhar1 that it was not in him, nor could God Almighty put 1t in him to be more devoted to the sons of labor, whoever and
 
 was. But he denied the right of any associa- tion to say to his boy that he should not learn the trade of his father. If this house had done its duty tue children of the men who had made and kept the republic would not be crowded out of employment by the ship loads of lazsaroni from Europe who landed daily on our shores (Applause) Here was the real trouble. The trouble was not witt immigration An immigrant brought in en epgy, thought, Some money, moral makeup manhood, but we were having thrown upor our shores every hour mon who represented nothing upon Gods earth except an appetite a stomach and an alimentary canal. Laugh ter and applause.) Our system of immigra- tion tended to dilute our moral makeup, ou social makeup, our political makeup, unti we were now the mere bidders for the vio ious, who held the balance of power. (Ap plause.) There was only one way to brini general prosperity, that w1 tho largest lib erty to fight the battle of life as best he could untrammeled by system which prevente, him from enjoying any right. Applause.
 The senate took tip the District of Colum bia appropriation bill after transactinz con siderable routine business of no particular public interest," The bill provides for tn. improvement of Washington streets ane other improvements.
 TARIFT PROSPECTS or THE IN THE HOUSE
 The general idea at the Capitol is that th vote on the tariff bill in the senate, being o strict party nnes has solidihed the Demo cratic party in tho house The ways an means committee appears to have contrc again, and no one for a moment expects tha the bill may be referred to some other com mittee. The men who are so anxious fo relief from the tobacco tax that they hay been talking little of voting for the ssnat bill in order to get 1t, have practically dc cided that they cannot follow such oours without injury to themselves and their party They hold that if Senator Brown, of Georgis who is, by all odds the most advanced pro tectionist in the party, could not vote fo the senate bill, then no Democrat can.
 It is boldly asserted that should a vote b reached on the bill in the house the part line would not be broken. It is expscte that the bill will come over from the senat to-day, and that it will be referred to th ways and means committee without oppos tion on the Democratic side. Whether whe the bill is in their hands, the committee wi report it back again, is still a matter of doub even to the committeeman themselves, prol ably. The Republicans of the house do nc expect to ever hear of the bill again after