The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-09
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The Rights anG Wrongs of the ToiIing
Millions Seeking Employment.
WASHINGTON, March 6.--[Special]-
The promoters of legislation on labor and
incidentally the house labor committee,
which said promoters are bombarding,
are in something like a state of mind over
the various resolutions and promised but
delayed action on the rulings of Judge
Jenkins in regard to the rights of laborers
on the Northern Pacific railroad. The 30
called McGann resolution, when first in
PRODUCED to the committee, set forth in
language more vigorous than parliament
tary the wickedness, impolicy and general
illegality of the jenkins ruling. 1t was
modified considerably, introduced into
the house and referred to the judiciary
committee, which modified 1t very much
more and made several attempts to get il
before the house by unanimous consent.
Objection was always made, however, and
like everything else It had to wait until
the Bland seigniorag e bill was ont of the
way. Labor refOrmers are proverbially
suspicious of our national lawmakers, and
they find all these delays irritating. Mr..
TO- ga J. 49, .a.N
u.uuc..,
we considered thatthe matter belong
Ell more property 10 the judiciary commit
t'e' WINE our outy was TO investigate n
Sscohu tlelt dehand Tor actlon: Inc whole
ming mas an appearance as OF a reaction
rom paterhailsm 1ou see II Judge Jen-
@LuT fuI'hS IS correct, all the employees
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The Labor Committee.
Incidentally it may be added that the
committee on labor Is really a laborers'
committee In a broad sense of the word.
that ia, it has in its membership two Irish
laborers, one German laborer and several
farmers, and there is about the committee
room a decidedly suggestive appearance
of the 'horny handed, ~ etc. Mr.. McGann,
the chairman, IS a native of Ireland and a
shoemaker. Mr.. Ryan is also an Irishman
and a farmer. Mr.. Kiefer, the German,
began life as n laborer and private soldier,
and so on around the table. with one
teacher and a lawyer, merchant and man
ufacturer put in TO even the thing up. In
cidentally it may interest some people to
know that it is very much a northern COM
mittce. having but one southern member,
the irrepressible Talbert of South Carolina.
Senator Stewart, the "pessimistic Dru-
i'd" as he is sometimes called from his
general appearance and very particular
views. when consulted on the subject,
broke ont thus: "Oh, what a pity they
won t study the thing which really affects
them! The blight on abor is the decreas-
ing volume and consequently increasing
power of the basis of the civilized worlds
currency. John Sherman has already kill
ed more men than were killed in the war.
Why, look at the last census. See what
an enormou decline there was in the rate
of natural increase. In fact, nothing hui
the biggest immigration ever known in
history, twice rs biz a. was ever known
before, brought the rate of general increase