The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-20

members present when the
house met this morning than for
u some time past. The usual crowd
was in the gallery. At II. 10 the house
went into committee of the whole to
consider the Wilson bill.
Mr. Dalzall Pennsylvania, then took
up the line OF attack against Mr John.
son, Ohio, on which he was engaged
when the house took recess yesterday
evening.
Mr. Dalzell summarized his charges
against Mr. Johnson rs being
First-That he has misstated the facts
before the committee.
SeCond-That be was anxious TO have
steel rails put on the free list, while he
was still protected by lO2 United States
patents
Tnrd-That he forced bis employees
into receiving their wages in one-third
cash and two-thrds scrip.
Fourth-That he had made a statement
on the floor OF the house in regard to the
redemption of those certificates which
was untrue.
Fifth-That he privately altered the
stenographer's notes and inserted in the
record a statement he did not make on the
floor, which was true, aud eliminated "A
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was untrue.
QUEER TRANSACTIONS.
Again referring to the question Of
scrip, he asserted this scrip was hawked
about the streets of Johnstowu, aud
that it was bought up by relative Of
johnson at discount, The statement
of Mr.. johnson that he paid better
wages than the other mills, Mr.. Dal.
zell characterized as untrue. He had
direct evidence from person who
was in position to know,
that the wages paid at the
johnson mill were not higher than at
the other mills. He asserted that Mr..
johnson was in sympathy withEnglish
manufacturers that he had at his mill
an English engine, made in Manches-
ter, and imported from there, together
with the men to run it. And the
presiding spirit of the mill was an
Englishman named Moxam, VINO had
been naturaiz4d, and who openly an.
nounced his intention of returning to
England to live.
Mr.. johnson had made charges
against trusts, said Mr.. Dalzell, which
he would like to reply to at some
length. He was unable to do so at this
time but he knew there was trust
composed of English and Belgian man
ufscturers, formed for the purpose
of sezing the American market,
Mr.. Dalzell counted upon Mr.. John.
sons antagonism to steel rail trusts,
and to Mr.. Carnegie in particular, and
said that the platform of the free
traders was anything to abuse Carne-
gle" And the gentleman from Ohio,
said Mr.. Dalzell had hurled abuse at
the "robber-barons" and at Mr.. Car
negie. But Mr.. DAlzall thought Mr..
Carnegie and Mr.. johnson were very
much alike in several respects; they
were both "robbsr- -barons," and both
had got rich in the same way; but
their the resemblance ceased
The philanthropic ''robber baron"
who would not vote to put money in
the pockets of his stockholders, took
advantage of the rigors of winter to
drive a dicker with his employees
wages and had paid them one-third in
cash and two-thirds in scrip, and that
while Johnstown had scarcely recov.
cred from the awful calamity which
had recently overtaken her. Republi
can applause.
NOT A PHILANTHROPISL
Mr.. johnson disclaimed any inten-
tion Of posing as phiantrophist, but
he had urged that steel rails should be
placed upon the free list, because there
was pool to raise the price of steel
rails. He had notified the champion
of the steel rail trusts, Mr.. Dali
zell, that he proposed to offer this
amendment putting rails on the free list
so that he might be prepared to speak
against it, and he said that Mr. Dal.
zell had come here armed with pins to
stick into him, but he would have to
bring heavier cannon to bear to make
any impression on him. He deprecated
the fact that personal charges had been
brought into the debate, but he would
answer them briefly.
In reply to the charge that he was a
monopolist, Mr.. johnson laughingly
pleaded guilty AS to the charge that
he was engaged in the manufacture of
q class of steel rails which would
not be affected by putting steel
rails on the free list, that he would
still be protected by his patents,
Mr.. johnson said that all the patents
he held were not on the manufacture
of steel rails, but many Of them We're
on machinery. He did have twenty or
thirty patents on steel rail manufac-
ture, but the remaining seventy or
eighty were bluffs, patents issued to
sustain other patents. He acknowl-
edged that he had tried to monopolze
the business by means Of his patents,
but the courts had not sustained them.
On the subject of scrip Mr. Johnson
said 1t was question Of closing the
mills altogether or paying partly in
scrip, and he chose the latter. In his
opinion, it was better to do that than
to close the mill as was done at Spar
rows Point, and as was advocated by
the steel rail trust. 1t would be time
enough to complain of that issue ol
scrip when his company failed to re.
deem it. In regard to his alteration Of thC
record he explained that when the sub
iect was being discussed before he hat
replied to Mr. Dalzell's questions with
out being prepared, aud when he has
gone home and looked up the matter
he found that the scrip had been re