Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-31
ARMY VS. ORGANIZED LABOR
Mr.. Cummings Say. Evsrytbima vndi.
essss THAT THE Army 10 .. sse
tsed TOR Suppression.

washington. Jan. ii.-rhe House met
at n o'clock to-day. R"v. James I.
Nance OF indianapolis delivered tho
invocation. This was the close Of the
debate Of the army reorganization hill
The opposition before the session
opened had practically abandoned hope
or being able TO compass either the de.
feat or tho recommlttai Of the biz.
When tho House resumed work ON the
bill today. section y, relating 10 the
pay department had been reached. The
number 81 paymaAtcr generals with the
rank Of eolonel provided In the bill WIS
reduced from to ., with the rank OF
lieutenant colonel from \ To and pay
masters with the rank OF major from
" TO &c. The AKA limit for appointments
In this department, was reduced from
W TO 40.
In the corps OF engineer. the number
of colonela waS reduced from 10 To A.
Lieutenant colonoib. 20 TO 10. major. 20
To %. captains, u TO 20. inst llcuten-
ants. 70 to 70. and second ilcuienanta.
Mr. Cromwell usep.S. ". moved 10
strike out the provision authorizing IN.
appointment OF engineers from olvn
life. Tn. amendment was supported by
Me- Walker. u,ep.. Masa.). but opposed
ny Mf. March. rep. llis.p. who fayor-
ed th. appointment ~ officers from
ciylt life aud said the great engineer
scheme OF Endn was secuted By the
regular army oiilcera.
ar. Dockery MOI. said the best r..
suits IN government work had alwnys
been obtaiscd FROM army engineers.
Mr. cannon htep. iiH,D directed at.
tenuon To the amendment Of Mr. Cum.
mlnFn tDcn, ~ VI yesterday gnNc
notice he would oifcr To prevent the use
OF United states troops as posse CONT
tatuH or In putting down strikes OF
Riots, except upon the written applicn-
ton OF the governor OF the state. That
amendment. said Mr. cannon, proposed
To- put u out OF the power 81 the prcal.
dent, the Constitution To the contrary
Notwithstanding. Ia enforce the law
within the territory nf any state unlras
the korernor appealed for help. II was
the duty OF the President TO enforce
the law. said Nj. Cannon. who then 70.
called the chicago riots during m. last
administration and the dispatch Into
Illinois without the assent Ut the gov
ernor and against his protest OF Il. \.
troops To onprerH the riots. The action
OF President Cleveland had been en-
dorred by III" Senat. OF the United
states and the people everywhere Had
the proposed amendment BEEN law, tho
President would have been prevented
from enforcing IN. law. The Federal
authority waa and should he supreme.
Mr tumminHn replied 10 Mr, Cannon.
There was no question, he said but that
ulganizsd labor through the American
Federation ~ Labor and the Knights
~ Labor had condemned the cfrnrt 10
Increase tho standing army 10 100000.
There was NO question that the REASON
for their action was the fi,ct that the
standing army MIGHT be- used unrunHti-
tuu0nally 10 suppress them.
Now" he continued ~ ynn do mean
To do "a. say SOL " YOU do not adopt
THIS provision"
'rhv geutlrman from Illinois DO said.
hah referred 10 the action of Cny. All.
geld. hut hH failed t0 refer 10 den.
l'dnicr WIN had denounced tho nctt,n
OF the President fnr sending troops intn
the state oyer the protest nf tho cover
nor AMI numbering her citlsouH The
gentleman says President Cloyelnnd'a
action was sanctioned hy the senate
and the people,
Why had th' people, N that was the
case, g0t rid NJ him ~ nnon as they
were able. The President was compelled
70 eitorcr The laws Congress enacted,
Congress had tho power 10 enact this
provision. The United states Judge.
who had sent nsbs Ia prison, Tor cone
tempt, had been promoted within "a few
months Everything Indicated that the
army was Ia be- used to Cypress labor
~ uu opportunity offered or n oorpar,
ate wealth demanded IL. He was no
lawyer or a banker. lie was a trnde's
union man, "a member ~ the typo.
graphical union No. 9. what he desired
was that the members OF tho HOUSE
should 30 ON record upon his amend.
meut
Mr. cannon. replying. said that be-.
Tore men were lawyers or bankers or
printers, they were American cltlzpns
ana the law NJ the land like the grace
or God, covered AL tAppinuae1 The one
creep SPOT IN the record NJ President
CLEVELAND had been that when he saw
the law dclod not by labor. hut by law.
breakers. he had kept his oath ana
had seen That IL was enforced Mr
cannon aroused iumutous Applause
Mhen he declared that Mr. Cumming
N .eekinE tu make labor the ahettnf
or lhW-br"ulung, slandered labor lie
denounced u as cheap demagoguery.
MI Cummings said he h0norod Pres.
ident Mckinley because he was unlike
MT cleveland, When recently. durlng
the riots, GOV. Tanner declined To order
OUT the militia, said he. according Ia
M argument Of the gentleman from
Ininnisl u was the duty OF President
heNinley TO order out the army, hut