Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-21
SPEECH.
MIR. Dooley's Speech Before the Assembly
on the Eight-Hour Measure.

on the Eieht-Hour Measure.
AS the motives and the sincerity of Mr..
Dooley, i'll connection with the eight-h0ur
law, have been questioned, the APPEAL in
justice to Mr.. DoOley to-day publishes
his speech in full.
He made a gallant fight for the measure
and the ring of sincerity is in every line
OF his speech, which was as follows:
Mr.. Speaker and Gentlemen of the As
seihply: In support of the measure
about to be considered by this Honorable
body, | ask you to bear with me and with
my shortcomings i'll an effort to partly
and briefly present it.
II elght-hour law has proven bene-
hclal to the laboring classes i'll every State
where 1t exists, and shall the Battle Born
State be the last t. IaIl in line? This
remains for the n'mttcenth session of the
Nevada Legislator -" /, say.
Nearly every day | receive a PRAYER in
the form OF a lellcr or a petition from
some portion OF our State. pleading for
the favorable consideration of this bill,
and let me here submit a few of the more
Important. These representing as thew
do hundreds OF names from many Dor
tons OF the State, | venture to say that no
man placed his name upon any Of them
without d ray OF nope Of better and
brighter days.
If eight hours VIII be established to
constitute a days labor, ANA nature in
tended thai eight hours should he for
labor, eight hours for recreation and
eight hours for rest, it means that many
more employed and that many more
MONIES made cheerful aud napby.
1t means less hours in life-tnkiiiy DOW
der smoke; less hours in the damp and
desoiate underground; less hours in the
poisonous roasters and smeIters: less
hours IN tn" deadly mills; less hours
throughout the path and walk Of labor
and more employed.
1t means less paid ont for doctors bills
and medicines and more paid out for e,u-
cation and advancement.
Permit me here to read to YOU what tn,
President OF the United States. William
MCKINLEY, had 10 say upon this subject
III his last message 10 the Congress Of ibe
ulted States:
The alien contract law l. shown bv
experience to need >Ulnc amendment; Il
measure providing better protection Tor
seatnen Is proposed; The rignIfjd applca-
ton Of the ~eIght-hour Jaw Tor the uenent
OF labor ana Of The principle OF arbitra-
tlol, are suggested lOI ruu~l.t Grafton. and
l commend these subjects To- the careful
consideration OF the Couglrs>."
Md nhN lAr mo-. r...t to- .t $500.
paIu by Short bro>,a promIucuI >nip-#
building firm on the Netri il Sunderland.
England:
~ remarkable tribute to the benefits OF
the elght-hour law for W~orkingulen is
pad by short Bros, d prominent firm of
shlpDulIueTS on the Wear, IN sunderland.
fhgIahd- Ihey have been trying the
elght-huu" plan iii Their works Tor the
last seven years, and have just issued a
report, III which they declare the eNperl-
meHt las proved very satisfactory. They
profess them elves convinced lhat uuue,
the elShl-hOur plan the men do not lose
50 much tnlt. but really work more
hours than they did under the old sv,-
tenn. The hrm has found tha instead of
the production ueing less from the >DorIer
hours OF WoTk, II has. Ou The contrary.
steadily Increased since 1881. timber the
new system the men start al $50 o'clock
and work with only one bieak uHi,iI >
O'Clock, and they are abIe 10 90 more
work ana at The same time more - ynt
out Oh Inc iilacillitN, The result beng an
increased output ana a QtcI etocd cost.
ms report has attracted great attention