The sun., 1890-09-21


cover sves SsSeishcy ana the sald court hereby
r.Ssr .ss q s%s 81 snS sSSSsss aud pecn The
hhsin o. eight honra constituting days work 40
Speaker Reed intoriined In this section these
words:
M u hs sgt1OE q n: court he va, ppS,E a the
s iSssF Or Or ssrvies s ice P'''' VI 0"' "O'A O' '
The section continued thus:
And for that length Of service the eamAnt shal be
sysr Cha, may e s:. ,ss s%Supi he 6as slssSdT re
Tho Speaker added these words:
q hs ssid aot q June IS iSSs or any other sSis,nE
After lnterllninR rs above. tho Speaker passed
the. bill TO Judge Daniels. saying; IF you
and can agree upon that, will stand by 1t.
Even u the point OF order Is made, I'll not sus-
well; /, replied Judge Dsniels. II do that
when will you allow II to Gnmo MP, .,
casS" the speaker replied.
=, ThS Judge dig not 9ecept the change a. once; ;
which had already been eettled by act OF Con.
gross May lS, 1872; his act provided that
from the date It took effect un TO President
Grants hrst proclamation forbidding any re-
be SnS %
Under this stress the Judge accepted the bill
pail the bill out OF tho House and look for re-
lief in the Senate. Before coming to this con-
% Ser. JAMES % Buchanan. Sx T and Mr % Gest"all menu
bars of the Committee on Labor, They ad-
yised him TO accept II 30 as to get the bill! be-
took II.
such is the story told by friends of the bill
Seiore % The He Houso n Thoss a sn montioned Know
whether 1t is true or not
IIl.-wHAr THE RECORD SHOWS.
Six weeks sttor the bill had been amended
in accordance with tho Speakers wishes the
morning hour was revived 1t had been
buried for months It was practically revived
under special order from the Committee on
Rules. II set down certain days for the con-
sideration OF the Agricultural College bill. tho
Lard bill. and the Butterworth Option bill. In
its special order the committee provided that
II should not interfere with the morning hour.
80 the bill came before the House in the morn
ing hour Tirkering began Immediately. MIR.
Lacey OF Iowa tRepl amended the second sec-
tion with this provision:
Provided that upon the comm euoement Of such suit
any claimant In sucn may petition to be admitted
as prossc utnE claimant and the Department of Jus
tce shall prepare form OF petition for such purpose
and shall furnish the In blank. with proper in.
strucons for executing and linR the same to any ap
plying claimant free Of cost aud upon the hng with
the clerk OF the Court OF Claims OF such petition.
properly executed and verified under oath such clerk
shall forthwith notify the Department of Justice of
such ing and II notice appears to the contrary,
such claimant shall be admitted party to the suit
and unless the Government shall travs any material
allegation in such petition, no attorney or agent
shall bs entitled to demand receive any pay
pennAton whatever for any services rendered. or al
legged TO have been rendered to said applying claim
in connection with the preparation Ming OF said pc
titton or the presentation OF said petitioner claim
demand receive any fees for service in such suit or
oolleetins OF such claims exceeding sent OF the
shall only eo made the claimant in person. Or the
II dead and not to any agent attorney or assignee
This straitiacket amendment, left those
claimants OUT IN the gold whose claims ranged
would prosecute q claim for IS or even for SO.
1t might be said that these small claimants
GAINS aug rhs dons
oreson Or Those wSo thnk thae @ the aGe amend D.
the smaller claimants Of the benefit Of the law.
H1d the a@end9ent 9ne G MAKES Ssss Il
unlawful for an attorney to take q lee that
would compensate him ror his trouble. How
then fs tho small claimant to get his money
II the government owes the money: It is plain
that 1t should pay it without conditions; the
HoWeSer. W taceys f smendment anne en- st was carried. l'
But the really fatal amendment was one
OHered Dy Mr.. brewer OF m1chlghn (hep.l which
was adopted. IL took all the life out ofthe bill
Here 1t is:
Prorded Further that this act shall not be operav,
whenever the shall ind that such aborer work
man or msshanic performed such H., labor Or ss,yie,
paid therefor the amount agreed upon.
The meaning OF this amendment is plain
In some OF the arsenals 10 the West the work
men were forced to sign contract to work ter
hours instead OF eight. without any increase Of
wages, under pain OF dismissal In othel
places the men worked ten hours. without pro,
hours under protest, and in still others worked
the part OF the SecIetary. Of the NayI
This amendment binds the workmen, O
the arsenals by an agreement which theJ
| wee forced into making by the Governmen,
officials. 1t leaves out the men who had worked
discharge. 1t oven gives the court power L
! leave out the men who had protested. II
leaves out the men who had worked
hGSss 9Ss sGdSF NayT RroTbs
| they should have pay for the extra hours
| The Court OF Claims may say that the men
having accepted what was paid them at thu
| and the law construes that into an implied
| agreement to take what they got in satisfac
tion Of the debt. In fine. this amendment
| emasculnted the bill.
bAtod for u moment. They were attached tC
the bill by the Republican majority In thu
House. and put through under the proviou'
question without one word OF discussion. Tht
bill went to the Senate emasculated.
Such Ia clear and concise statement as e
the facts concerning the action Of the House or
tho oiRht; hour back-pay bill The new, eight
Through the same mill. Both we're emascu
lated before they were sent to the Senate.
AMOS J. CUMMINGS.