The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-11
Democracy's Labor Record.

DemOCracy's LABOR RECORD.
Hon. A. c. Lindemuth. of Richmond.
who was a member of the last Legislature.
was in the city yesterday. and in q con-
versation with Journal reporter said:
1.-THE efforts OF the Democratic press of
the State in trying to convince the people
that the Democratic party in Indiana is
the friend of the laboring classes reminds
me very much of Christian science patient
who is trying TO make himself believe that
he has not the toothache. while with both
hands he holds his jaw. draws his
knees up to his stomach and groans
with pain. The evidences are too
strong for HIN to be fooled by his
imagination. So with this pretense Of the
Democratic party, the acts OF the last
Democratic Legislature knock Ii into smit
Greens. Assertions are out of date Labor
Is so we'll organized in tins state and so
vigilant as to be thoroughly informed as to
what Is going on and to make Its iniiuence
felt. A labor committee in constant at
tendance during the session of the last
legislature and their Blue Book IS evil
Gence of the fact that they know who are
the true friends of labor.
With an overwhelming majority IL the
last session of the General Assembly, or
ganiZed labor of Indiana knows that the
Democratic party had the power of easily
saw tit. Yet the majority in that body
killed the two most i'm portant measures for
the benefit OF labor presented. These were
the lIman co-employe bill and Senator
Foley's la Dor arbitration bill. The courts.
in the absence of any statute, have gone so
far as TO leave employees in hazardous IN
dsrtaking s In many deserving cases without
protection, and the cO-emplOye bill was in
tended TO remedy this defect. BY the labor
arbitration bill 1t was sought to place or
N so cOnll a
far footing with organized capital. The
co-employo bill was killed in the Senate
judiciary committee. The Democratic
majority that committee were de-
termlned to defeat IL that they refused to
even meet ami confer with the special
House committee, rs You may see by the
report of that committee and MIR. Linde-
muth referred the reporter TO page 141S of
House journal. OF date March .. 1891. where
appears the following:
The conference committee appointed by the
House in reference To House bill No. I5i make
the follow Ing report:
Mr. Speaker-IOur conference committee on
the part OF the House. appointed to act with
like committee on the part or the Senate in con-
sdora;ioa OF House hill No. 45I. report thai they
have three times called upon the chairman OK the
Senate committee. asking him Ia appoint time
and place OF meeting, and that the Senate com
mittee has failed 70 make any arrangement
whatever TO meet the House committee.
Chairman of House Committee.
O. j. GLEssNER.
\. &. LISDEMUTU.
THE labor arbitration bill," said Mr.
Lindemuth, was called up twice in the
House by me- and went personally upon
the Democratic side and solicited full
and favorable vote. but the bill failed both
times for want of constitutional major
ity." and Mr.. Lindemuth referred 10 page
l425. HOuse journal. where il is recorded:
Engrossed Senate bill No 207. which failed TO
pass for want OF a constitutional majority. to-day
1Na Iiutanufh
question bclng shall the bill passl The roll was