The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-06
BUTTE GETS THE TERM
Bill Passed Fixing Dates for
Federal Court.
SOME ROUTINE BUSINESS
The Alaska Bill Arouses Discussion-A
Blow at Organized Labor and to
Prevent Strikes-Section
w Stricken Out.

Washington Jan. 1.-The judiciary
committee had the right of way in the
house for three hours to-day and quite
q number of bills of minor Importance
reported from the committee were pass
ed. The remainder of the day was oc-
cupied in continuing the consideration
of the bill to codify the laws of Alas
ka. Some 81 pages We're disposed of to-
day, making SO in all. A section in the
bill copied from the statutes of Ore
gon providing punishment by fine and
imprisonment of persons who prevent
or endeavor to prevent employees from
working aroused a protracted debate,
on the ground that it was an attack on
organized labor. 1t was finally strick-
en- out.
n The following bills, called up by the
Judiciary committee, We're passed: To
provide additional circuit judges for
the third and sixth judicial districts;
to regulate the terms of court in the
district of Butte, Mont: to retire Cas-
sius S. Foster, United States district
Judge of Kansas; to amend the revised
statutes so as to allow the United
States five peremptory challenges in
criminal cases; to permit shipowners
to file indemnity bonds, and to allow
legal appointed guardians of insane
persons to prosecute patent claims.
Under the special order adopted be-
fore the holiday recess the house PRO-
ceeded to-day to the consideration of
bills by the committee on judiciary.
The bills We're first considered in COM
mittee of the whole. The first bill call
ed up was that to create an additional
circuit judge in the sixth judicial dis
trict. The bill was finally laid aside,
with favorable recommendation.
Favorable action was also had on
similar bill providing for an additional
judge for the third judicial district. A
bill called up providing for the retire
ment of Judge Cassius G. Foster, Unit
ed States district judge of Kansas, &C
casioned some debate. Foster, Mr.
Broderck explained, had served "a
years on the bench and had broken
down physically, but had not reached
The age GO years. when he can be leg
ally retired.
7 A bill was favorably reported to-day
to amend certain of the statutes relat-
ing to jury trial. the principal amend
ment giving the United States the right
to make five peremptory challenges in
criminal cases, instead of three, under
the present law. Bills were also passed
as follows:
TO fix times for holding terms of fed
eral court at Butte Mont; to permit
shipowners to file indemnity bonds and
to permit the legally appointed guard
ian of an insane person to prosecute
a. claim for patent.
The house then proceeded with the
consideration of the bill for the codifica-
ton of the laws of Alaska, which came
over from yesterday. Mr. Bell pop,
Colo, moved to strike out section Is,
which provided that any person who
should by force. threat or intimidation
prevent or endeavor to prevent any
person employed by another from con-
tinuing work, should. upon conviction,
be subjected to punishment by fine and
imprisonment He declared that the
proposed section was an assault upon
the liberty of the citizen. 1t was in
reality law to prevent strikes, and
was blow to organized labor.
M Mr.. Maddox, dem, Ca, and Mr.. Lew
is, dem, Wash, took similar grounds
in favor of the motion to strike cut.
MIR. Tongue, rep, Ore, defended the
provision, which he declared had been
taken from the statutes of Oregon, and
there had never been an intimation
there that it was directed against or
ganized labor.
Mr.. Knowles, pop, S. D, in support
of the motion to strike out declared
that had this provision existed in the
statutes of Illinois during the recent
riots a Virden, Governor Tanner and
other officials of Illinois would to-day
be behind the bars. Mr.. Cochran,
dem, Mo, declared this section as an
q RI ha 20 ,,t hi civ
centuries had been designed to secure
the help of the state in the suppression
of the laborer. If Alaska had a future,
he said 1t must be by development of
placer mining. If gold mining thrived,
the time would come when corpora
tions would seek to displace the labor
In these mines with cheaper labor No
such law should be engrafted on the
statutes of the United States.
Mr.. Gibson rep, Tenn, said the sec
tfon afforded protection to labor and
was in no wise inimical to organized
labor.
Mr.. McEwan, rep, n. j., warmly sup
ported the amendment.
Mr.. Warner rep. H.. in charge of
the bill, read a decision of the supreme
court of Oregon, constituting this law
to show that it was not inmical to
labor organizations.
Mr.. Jenkins, rep, Wis, advocated
the motion to strike out He said that
minister of the gospel who would urge
men who might be employed not to
work on Sunday, must be liable under
the provision of this section.
The motion to strike out was carried
without division. Several minor amend
ments were adopted, and at p. m,
after completing q pages of the DILL
the house adjourned until tomorrow.