The morning times., 1896-04-15

Congressman Powers OF Vermont was
severely criticised by the FederatlOu or
LaDor last evening for ms action IN oI',
posing the passage OF The lice IIDrary and
District contract labor bills BEFORE Con-
gress.
The meeting was largely attended, forty
Tour organizations LcihL represented. Pres-
ident McHugh was in Ine ehalr.
The matter was brought up through the
report or the executive committee aud The
action of that bOdy was IndoTsed by the
adoption OF the following:
-hCsOlycu, L Ifdt Lnc eueration of Labor
pronounce as rIGicnlousiy false the accrIsa-
lions of Jobbery and lobbying made by
Representative Powers OF Vermont against
District wOFklugmen because they urged
upon Congress the establishment OF u 1Iee
public library ia the city OF Washington
as Il measure or special interest to work
i'll gmen and school chitdTcni inat we res sent
the insult thereby ieyeieu at organized
labor OF the District, and denOunce Mr-
Powers as an enemy or public education
and OF the labor cause.
Resolved, That copies OF this reSolu-
ton be Forwarded 10 IHbor organizations
III the State or Vermont.
BUTCHERS PETITION REFUSED.
The petition OF the Butchers Assembly
asking fol The appointment OF a meat in
sDector for the District was u OF ap-
proved as Il whole anu was referred 10
the legislative committee. The legislation
asked ny The ba kcrs 10 prohibit all work
IN bakeries from IL o'cIOck midnight on
Saturday 10 u o clock Midnight on sunday
was opposed by the committee as class
iegIslaIIon ana were OF the opinion II W Culd
not be favOTably J considered by Congress
The chairman OF the executive committee
was Instructed To- communicate with eacu
of the Suburban Citizens Associations and
solicit their cooperation n all matters
OF Legislation aIIecJmg tne interests Of
the District. In this connection the chair
man stated that he had attended the last
meeting OF the Northeast Citizens As
soeiation, and explained the object or
the desired CO-OperatlDn IN detail, ana that
the proposition fiad been indOrsed by the
association.
The following preamble and resolutions
protesting against the importation eT cheap.
low-staDdard, 1lhterate labor. reported by
the legislative committee was unanimously
adopted.
AGAINST CHEAP LABOR.
Whereas, we believe the time has ar
rived when the labOring people Of this
country should protest against the further
admission OF the cheap, illiterate, low
standard labor OF Europe therefore De it
Resolved, That the ia OOring people OF the
| District, in common with the laDOrers IN
other sections or the country, are IuIiy JustI-
| fled in protesting against the further aC-
| mission OF cheap European labor from the
facJ mat Il large colony or lltlterate Italians
have, under the contract system, recently
| been imported into the District for the
purpose OF doing Work that Tlghtfully be-
longs TO our own citizens; and De II further
| Resolved. That in the opinion Of this
| representative body of wOrAIngmen OF the
| District of Columbia, the LOdge-MCCaH
| Immigration bill aims TO pTC-riult Lnat class
| of Immigrants which experience shows to
! be most undesirable and detrimental. both
to the welfare OF the American labOrer
and the future prosperity OF the country,
| and be il further
| ResolYeG, That this central body appeals
| to the labor organizations Throughout the
| country TO immediately correspond with
dnd demand that their Senators and Repre-
/ sentatives in Congress shall employ their
best efforts toward the passage OF the
| Lodge Mccall bill.
GEN. MILES CRITICISED.
| a resolution protesting against the con-
| firInatiOn OF Gen. Nelson Miles as COM
mand-in-Chief OF tue Army on account OF his
| attitude toward organized labor during the
| Pullman strike when the Regular troops
| were called out TO suppress, as il was
| claimed, the riotOuS railroad employees
/ and which finally resulted in the inCaF-
| ceratiOn OF Eugene V. Debs, The president
| OF the American Railway Union.
| Mr.. DehS Is very popular among the la Dor
| ing classes of this city and his cause
| was deemed Just. Speeches were made
| by nearly all The prominent. la boring men
| present after which the resolutions We're
| passed unanimously.