Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-22
FIFTY THIRD CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, May %

A bill was passed to authorize the
Pennsylvania and New Jersey railroad
companies, or either of them, to con-
struct bridge over the Delaware river,
at Philadelphia also allowing pen
sion of $50 a month to the widow of the
late Senator Spencer, OF Alabama, as
colonel of the First Alabama cavalry.
Mr.. Walsh, rising to question OF
privilege, referred to the publication in
this mornings papers of dispatch
from St. Paul, Mimi, stating that the
brotherhood of locomotive engineers
had adopted resolution condemning
him for having introduced in the Senate
a bill to punish with 20 years imprlson-
ment the obstruction of q train carry
ing the United States mail. He had,
he said. introduced no such bill. He
had introduced a bill to protect the
United States mail. Having served his
apprenticeship to the printers trade he
had never seen the day when he did
not sympathize with the laboring peo-
pie of this country. He recognized that
they had a right to organize to protect
their interests and to advance their ma
teral condition in life He also recog-
nzed that capital had rights just rs we'll
as labor. He recognized that a labor
organization had right to direct the
members of its order to discontinue
work. But he did not recognize that
il had anv right to interfere with the
rioht OF other laborers if they saw
fir to 90 to work. Laborers had
perfect right, under the laws. to
obtain a redress of their grievances.
They had a right to work, or not to
work. as they saw fit. But they had
no right to obstruct the ordinary affairs
of business or of trade; and they had
no right to resort to violence to &C
complish their purpose. This was q
land of liberty but it was also q land
of Justice, of law and of order. And as
long as the laboring people of the
country sought redress OF their
GRIEVANCES in accordance with forms Of
IS long as they sought TO work
tent OF those -. way, their rights and
is line and offer them a. Use. he was
WIS, regular plice s.. reduced to 81. ''n.~-->
Mr.. " -. oaljty. Spectacles repaired, neH
title is. ito prolc,. Find Of work done.
mails and it provides e.
who Shall rob. or attempt to roo. ..
obstruct or retard for the purpose of
robbery. the passage of any railroad
train on which the mails are carried,
shall be punished by imprisonment, at
hard labor, not less than one nor more
than % wears.
The bill was referred to the COM
mittee on post Offices and post roads.
The tariff bill was then taken up, the
pending question being the amendment
offered bv Mr.. Plat increasing to sixty
cents the duty on iron ore. and Mr.
Plott advocated its adoption. He
closed his speech with a declaration
that the pending bill would not pass
without a full! discussion. and that he
did not believe it would pass at all.
Then a controversy sprung up between
Senator's Berry and Hoar. The latter
called up the declaration in the Chicago
platform that protection was robbery
and plunder; and asked Mr.. Berry how
ne could reconcile the pending bill
with that declaration. Mr.. Hoar said
that democratic Senators confessed that
they had surrendered their own ludg-
ment to two or three men, and he ex-
cIaluleu pasSiohalciS oVanu up, uein-
that YOU are in favor, personally, Ct