Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-24

Hill.
Congressman Watson. i'm the
Atlanta Peoples Party Paper: An
all night session of the house is one
of the rarities. Tuesday We had it.
AT the last session we passed bill
requiring railroads to use automatic
car conplcrs and air brakes ON freight
trains, and sent it over to the
senate.
Great credit was claimed by the
democratic majority for this legis-
lation. The labor vote everywhere
was tickled and persuaded with it,
for although the populists and the
republicans voted for the bill, the
democratic house claimed all the
honor.
AT Chicagotlle democratic national
convention inserted plank in it's
platform demanding the passage of
such a bill.
The republicans at Minneapolis did
the same.
Thus both the old parties claimed
that they favored the policy of COM
pelling the railroads to adopt these
safety appliances, and thus save the
lives of 10000 laborers who are killed
every year coupling cars.
AT this session the senate passed
the bill. Bear in mind that the
senate is republican.
1t comes over to the house, which
is democratic--and the house has. so
.far, prevented its passage.
BY the terms of the law, the rail-
roads are to agree among themselves
which one of the hundreds of car
cOuplcrS and air brakes they will
adopt. Failing to agree. the inter-
state commerce commission is to
choose. Hence there is no possible
chance for any one patent company
to control the situation. Yet the
railroads fight the measure insolently
and ciTectually. They are not will
ing to spend any money to save
human life. They have less feeling
for the brakeman than for "A cal
WHCSl. tIC veal VI lllC QIlC Is IL lOSs
to them. while the life of the othe,
is not. Therefore 10000 men are t,
be crushed To death every year
S0.0 GOO families thrown into mourn
ing every year. 10000 widows with
their train of helpless children
thrown into beggary every year. to
crafty the hcartles> avarice of tho
richest corporations the world evcl
saw.
There is nothing in this land >e
cheap as human life.
The railroads had their lobby her,
as usual. Vice President Stahlman
Of The Louisville and Nashville road
was bossing the job-ju>t as lie did III
the Georgia legislature some time
ago. He cracked his little whip ovcl
the Tennessee congress men and they
performed To order. Richardson. OF
that state, led the tight for the cor
porations. Stahlman, the ring
master, sat in the gallery and saw
the horses go round. shall always
be glad that he had to listen while
hammered Richardson and his gang
over the head. We made it SD hot
for the boss that he got up and left
the gallery.
We kept up the fight till nearly
sun up and then adjourned upon the
agreement that we should have the
inside track next Monday-which is
suspension day.
The populists all voted for the
bill.
So die the republicans.
only the democrats. those dear
friends OF labor. fought il.
The democratic platform promised
the workmen this bill. Ia make
the promise appear 10 mean some
thing the democratic house passed it
last summer in the hope that the
republican senate would defeat it.
In that event they could prove 20 the
voter that the republicans were to
blame: that the corporations Dosscd
the senate. and not the house: that
the democratic house had done all il
could to stand up for the rights of
labor
The same congress which refused
ta Pass this car coupler bill Tuesday
did pass il last summer. Democrats
VII" now oppose ii then voted for ii.
Why the difference:
Last summer the elections aadn' !,
come ON.
Nov they have passed.
There's lots of difference between
"nctorc" and after" with tile dear
old democratic party
Gordon Mckay. who has announced
his intention "f leaving the great
fortune which his shoe machines
have brought him To Harvard univer.