The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-08-03
PINKERTON FORCES
TO BE INVESTIGATED BY \ COM
MITTEE OF SEVEN SENATOR'S
The Worlds Fair Item up Again.
FillibusterIng-Othe Congress
siOnal Matter.

BY Telegraph to the State Chronicle.
WASHINGTON, August 2.-Senate. -
The vice president laid before the Sen
ate the much referred Pinkerton investi-
cation resolution which had been twice
reported from the committee on con
tingent expenses, and referred back and
twice sent to the committee on educa-
tion and labor, coming back on each
occasion in modified form. In its lat
est phase it was reported from the com
mittee on education and labor in much
condensed phase from the original Petfer
resolution and presided for a special
committee of seven Senators to investi-
gate the origin of the Pinkerton force.
and the uses to which they had been
put Messrs. Sherman and Hawley op
posed the passage Of the resolution, and
Messrs Palmer and Vest favored it Mr..
Sherman said this investigation ought
not to be entered into a spirit of
controversy, especially where what was
called the Sovereignty of State" was
involved, though he himself did not be
lieve there was any sovereign" States
Replying to Mr.. Hawley. Mr. Palmer
said he believed that public policy de
manded that the organization of labor
should be encouraged as we have hereto
fore encouraged the organization Of cap
ltal. His reasoning with regard to the
Homestead case had been this: That this
Carnegie organization which controlled
twenty five millions Of capital had actu
ally, SO far as its power reached, forbid
{ en- the organization of labor Mr. Haw-
lewGnterrupting)said he could not permit
the ordinary mistakes of the Senator from
Illinois (and they were numerOus) to pass
unnoticed, but this corporation had
never been so idiotic as to attempt to
prevent the organization of labor. All
they insisted upon was the right of
saying whom they should employ.
Mr.. Palmer said the interruption might
have been characterized by better man
ner but he was glad he had SO friendly
a guardian. Mr.. Hawley: "You need
one" Mr.. Palmer: The Senator says
| need guardian. | have got so far
along without one; but if l should need
one in the future | will know where to
apply" After some further desultory
discussion the resolution as reported by
the committee on education and labor,
and amendment by Mr. PETER was
adopted without a division. 1t now
reads as follows: (That a select com
mittee Of seven Senator's be appointed by
the president of the Senate, whose duty
it shall be to investigate and report to the
Senate the facts III .clation to the en-
ployment, for private purposes, of armed
bodies of men or detectives in connec-
tion with differences between workmen
and employers. such investigation
to include the facts in relation to the eX-
istence and employment generally of
such or similar armed bodies of men or
detectives in the United States, since
their first organization or appearance
!, therein. The investigation shall extend
to and embrace the reasons for the crea
ton of such organized bodies of armed
men, their character and uses; also as tC
where, when, how and by whom such
men have been employed and paid fol
, any services they may have rendered
and under what authority of law, i
5 any, they have been so employed anC
t in addition to the testimony and conclu
sions of fact the committee will conside
e and report by bill or otherwise wha
legislation, if any, is necessary to pre-
S vent further unlawful use or employ
t ment of such armed bodies of men 0
S other similar armed bodies for privat
: purposes, and also for the more etfectiv
organization and employment of tn
posse c0mit0tus in the District of Colum
bia and the Territories of the Unite
States in the maintenance and executio
: of the laws. The Senate then adjourne,
4 till tomorrow
e House of Representatives.
After the journal was read the Speake
e stated the regular order to be the motto
Y of Mr.. Bingham to lay on the table tn
r motion of Mr.. Holman to reconsider th
4 vote by which the House decided t
It agree to recede from its disagreement t
l. the Senate amendment touching th
e Worlds Fair item Then the tilibustcl
s ing commenced. 1t was temporarily sus
J. pended and a recess taken until o'cloc
y to give an opportunity to arrange
k vote if possible. But efforts wel
: unavailing, and at that hou
the weary round was begun agail
i Mr. Lanham offered the following res(
8 luton, which was adopted: THAT tt
IS condition of public business Imperative
|. demands the immediate presence of a
u absent members of the House. That tt
'r speaker be, and is hereby authorized
IS request and urge upon all such absentee
A. to return at once That all leaves of Al
)r sence heretofore granted, be revoked.
any absent members shall fail to ietu1
or notify the speaker that they are
1t route to the capitol within the next tv
days, the sergeant at arms shall in pers(
y or by deputy, proceed at once to the re
i, idence OF such absent members and e
~ force their attendance" The House tn
. ad iOurncd until to morrow.
~ ~ West Virginia Republican Active.
al By Telegraph to the State Chronicle.
IT. HUNTINGTON, w. Va, August It
d republican State convention to name
e. full State ticket, meets here to m
~ row and Thursday. A move
nc now on foot to nominate Genel
Nathan Goff. A Agentleman who saw t
IA. general last week, says the bench
disloyal to him. A boom has be-
er started for him for governor and uni,
ed he comes tand declines it would L
le- be surprising if the convention stampe
be ed to Golf tomorrow. The receipt
IT given to secretary Elkins, on his arri,