St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-23
SENATOR WALSH EXPLAINS
HIS POSITION TOWARDS THE BROTH
ERRO0D or ENGINEERS
NOW IN SESSION IN ST. PAUL.
His Bill Is Aimed at Train Rob-
bcrs-He Delivers a Little Lee
ture on the Rights OF Labor
and Capital-Several SECTIONS
Of the Metal Schedule Passed
After Lengthy Debate.

WASHINGTON. May 22.-The senate
disposed of seven paragraphs OF the
metal schedule today after eight hours
OF debate. The debate was marked by
quite number of interesting clashes
between the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis. The sensational feature of the
day was caused by the unexpected
presentation by Mr.. Jones of all amend
inent substituting the Mckinley bill
classification and specific rates on round
iron in coils. blooms and charcoal iron.
somewhat higher than these already
proposed. This amendment was sur
prise to some senators on both sides,
although evidently anticipated by Mr..
Quay and few other Of his colleagues.
Mr.. Hale tried to use it as text for
taunting the Democratic side, and Mr..
Teller read HIM very plain lecture on
the duty of the Republicans to accept
such increase as the Democrats were
willing to grant without continually
Gliding their adversaries with incon.
sistencies. When the vote was taken
seven Democrats and two POpuiists re.
fused to support the Jones substitute,
namely Allen. Berry, Blackburn, JAR
Wis, Kyle. Mills. Pascoe and PETER.
The rates fixed today were as follows:
Iron ore, 40 cents per ton.
Fig iron. scrap iron. etc.. 81 per ton.
Round iron, in coils, $40 cent per
pound; slabs, blooms. less. finish than
bars, e cent per pound.
Charcoal blooms, Sl2 per ton.
Beams, girders and other structural
iron or steel, 6-1O cent per pound.
Boiler plate, from $40 to 25 per cent
adj valorem. Forgings of iron or steel,
~ cents. Hoop Or band iron or steel
Cotton ties), 80 per cent ad valorem.
just before the tariff bill was taken
up Mr.. Walsh, the new senator from
Georgia. arose to personal explana-
ton in connection with newspaper
paragraph from st. Paul stating that the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
had yesterday adopted resolutions coll
demning him for Introducing bill max
ing the retarding of the United States
mail punishable by Imprisonment for
twenty years. Mr.. Walsh explained
that the bill aimed at heavier penalties
for train robbers; they had construed iG
as an attempt 10 punish train men who
should site up'' train in a strike. Mr..
Walsh said that he had served his
apprenticeship at the printers trade
ard had never known day or an hour
when he did not sympathiZe with labor,
but he also recognized the fact that
capital had rights as we'll as labor.
Labor organizations had right to di-
rect their members to discontinue work
if by doing so they believed they could
accomplish their purposes, but they had
no right to interfere with other laborers
who sought to 20 to work. They had
the right to work or not to work; their
rights extended no further. This was
land of liberty; it was also land Of law
and order AS long as labor sought
redress of its grievances. and under the
forms of law sought to work out its
problem in legal way. lie was laborer
to that extent and no further. The bill
he had introduced was loosely worded,
and possibly liable to the construction
the locomotive engineers had placed
upon it, but it was not intended either
directly or indirectly to be- subject to
such construction. In conclusion, Mr..
Walsh reintroduced his bill in mOdi-
fed form, SO as to leave no doubt Of its
purpose.