Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-23
SENATE SURPRISED
zones Moves Mckinley's Clas-
sification Of Iron.
SCHEDULE AS FIXED BY THE MOTION

Seven Democrats and Two Populists Vote
In the Negative-walsh Explains the
Bill the Engineers' brotherhood Took
Onense at and Also His Position ON
Strikes-The House Virtually AboIishes
Civil Service Reform-Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON, May 23-The senate dis.
posed of seven paragraphs of the metal
schedule after eight hours OF debate. The
sensational feature of the day was caused
by the unexpected presentation by Jones
Of an amendment substituting the
Mckinley bill classification and spe-
cific rates on round iron in coils,
blooms, and charcoal iron somewhat
higher than those already proposed. This
amendment was surprise to some SEN
ators on both sides, although evidently an.
ticipatcd by Quay and a few others of his
colleagues. Hale used it as a text for
haunting the Democratic side, and Teller
read Hale lecture on the duty Of the Re-
publicans to accept such increase as the
Democrats We're willing to grant without
continually Gliding their adversaries with
Inconsistencies.
Rates ON Iron as Agreed to.
When the vote was taken seven Demo-
Gratis and two Populists refused to support
the Jones substitute, namely-Allen,
Berry, Blackburn, Jarvis, Kyle, Mills,
Pasco and PETER. The rates fixed were as
follows: Iron ore. - cents per ton; pig
iron, scrap iron. etc, 81 GO per ton; round
iron in coils 0S cent per pound; slabs and
blooms, less finished than bars. O625 cent
per pound; charcoal blooms ST.. 90 per ton;
beams, girders and other structural iron
or steel. o6 cent per pound: boiler-plate,
from o. cent to - per cent. ad vaIorem:
forsings OF iron or steel, ! - cents; hoop or
band, iron or steel cotton ties). 80 per
cent. ad valorem.
Walsh Makes an Explanation.
Just before the tariff bill was taken up
Walsh, the new senator from Georgia,
arose to personal explanation in connec-
ton with newspaper paragraph from
st. Paul, stating that the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers had adopted reso-
lutions condemning him for introducing a
bill making the retariing of the United
States mail punishable by Imprisonment
Tor twenty years. Walsh explained that
the Dill aimed at heavier penalties for
train robbers; they had construed it as
an attempt to punish trainmen who
said that he had served his apprenticeship
at the printers trade and had never known
day or an hour when he did not sylnpa-
thize with labor, but he also recognized
the fact that capital had rights as well as
labor.
Views of the Rights of Labor.
Labor organizations had perfect right
to direct 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 labor
ers who sought to go TO work. They had
the right to work or not to work; their
rights extended no further. This was n
land of liberty; it was also land of law
and order. As long as labor sought re-
dress of its grievances and under the
forms of law sought to work out its prob
lens in legal way lie was laborer %
that extent, and no further. Walsh reintro-
duced his bill in modified form so as to
leave no doubt of its purpose.