The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-06


quenty this class Of attorneys and officers
abused their privileges and charged eXoes-
sNe COSTS In every Instance they would de-
ulaha their costs first, and generally large
Iavors under the law. Under that practice
they would take the hard earned money OF
we very poor man to pay their own fees,
Whlle the merchant who had furnished the
groceries Tor the family would get nothing,
II Is true that there are some dishonest
persons among the workingmen, as there
are IN every other class of people, who will
AVOID every obligation, but should all this
by the passage of this bill simply because
TINS Is so; OF course the merchant should
hnNe MS pay 1t Is Il sacred debt; but this
pi ihi VII not help him get i, Ant. ,r,
Ihifu, ana lastly, am opposed to this Dill
because Of the injustice 1t does the work
ingman.
Mr. President and senators, there is no
hobler creation than the laborlng man. La
Dor IL very honorable That faithful hus-
Dand and father who is poor In this worlds
goods but rich In children, who day after
Jay goes unmurmuringly to his toll, fire.
q4ently when he lily feels like doing so,
VINO stands ut his machine ten hours each
Jay Tor perhaps the small pittance of $3.50,
which must be made by the strictest econ
ohly OF the faithful wife and mother to feed
ana clothe and doctor and medicine six or
eiSht souls, to keep the wolf from the door,
may be doing Just as grand and noble work
US even the preacher, Wages Is the only
capital of most Worklngmen; that which he
earns by the sweat of his brow is his stock
cred,
The, library of the lawyer and the physi-
clah Is exempted from attachment to the
amount OF 5000; the physicians horse to
a ana value T,n OF 5000 as well as his harness
ana MS wagon, are also exempted; the
Iarnef's COW to the value of $3.50, and ten
sheep OF the same value, and two swine
ana PORK Iron from two swine, poultry to the
value value OF va, and also two tons of hay are
also exempted; even mans homestead to
the amount Of $1,000 may be exempt also
from attachment.
When q man becomes unfortunate In bust
ness and Is compelled, for an equal dstri-
button of his property to his creditors, to
make an assignment in insolvency, he is
permitted to reserve to himself one hundred
dollars; still further, he may be allowed,
upon application, out Of his estate certain
sum per week for a number Of weeks for
each member of his family.
But the poor Workingman. who gets all
he has by the sweat of his brow, must be
any Justice In such discrimination? l can
not believe that party which promoted Lin
coin and Garfield, two poor working lads,
to the highest position in the gift of the
people VIII ever do such an injustice to
their friends, the workingmen.
II this Is to be permitted at all, how very
unfortunate that such a law should be
passed at this time, following the very Sc
we're anu IOnS depression OF IDe past TWO
years when so many workngmen have
found 1t simply impossible to get employ
ment and on account of this IN some in
stances have got behind with their bills.
duty to say this much concerning this bill,
and | do not believe the assembly of 1897,
which has thus far made for itself so honor
able record. will pass this act which
must be obnoxious to many of our
friends.
/ trust this bill will not pass.
Senator Warner said in reply to SEN
ator Browns assertion that the republi-
can party could not afford to pass this
bill that the party dare do right in any
matter" No honest man would escape
the provisions of the bill Better the
avalanche of defeat than success by the
votes of dishonest men.
Senator Keeler favored the bill. He
thought it strange the manufacturers
would not vote to protect the mer-
chants, their customers.
Senator Woodruff opposed the bill
Senator Brown moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill and asked the yeas
and nays.
Senator Plimpton argued that wage
workers should have as large exemp-
lions as farmers, who have exceeding
$50 in animals, tools, etc.
The bill was then indefinitely post
poned by a vote of Is to s (Senator
Steele being absenO as follows:
Yes-Senators Plimpton, Goodrich,
Kendall, Gay, Mix, Beeeher, Lee, Brown,
Lewis Lounsbury, Marigold, Woodruff,
Wright, Vinal, Converse-15.
No-Senators futile, keeler, Latham,
Harrington, Herman, Warner, Nation,
Lakes,
The specific appropriation bill was
tabled at the request of Senator Brown.