Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-01-26

10 compel another to employ any Per
son. or TO force or induce another K
alter his mode Of carrying on business
or TO limit or increase the number o.
persons employed by him. or their rate
Of wages on term Of service, such person
upon conviction thereof shail be pun.
ishsd by imprisonment in the county
jail not less than one month nor more
than six months, or by fine not less than
SEQ nor more than $500.
The word ''induce appeared to be
the melting cause to most Of the talk,
and indeed to read the section carefully
with special reference to the connection
in which the aforesaid ''induce" is used
1t must be confessed that il has an ugly
look.
There is an old saying that lyon
never can tell how far a toad will hon
by looking at him No more can you
judge the ROBUSTNESS Of a mans thought
BY his volume Of voice or by his style Of
elocution Hon Freeman Knowles
Democratic Populist from South Dako-
Ia is the nildest hammered man that
ever ran amuck on trusts He has q
ialsetto voice and is one Of the most
quiet members of the house, but when
ever any question arises involving the
rights Of the people, especially the rights
Of organised labor, Knowles takes a
hand In the shindy and smashes skulls
as vigorously as ever did any son Of the
Emerald Isle at Donnybrook fair. The
above quoted section aroused his ire
and he expressed himself in no uncer-
tain words Mr.. Knowles said:
Nh. Speaker. ! am opposed 10 this
section because II seeks 10 strike a death
blow to every labor organization in
AlRska and incidentally In the country.
The robber classes have succeeded in IN
jecting into this ban Just what they
would like % see inserted into the laws
Of every state in this Union. The trusts
and syndicates claim the right to com-
bine TO rob and plumber the people at
their pleasure. but they propose 10 I'm
prison and fine laboring men who com
bine for the purpose Of retaining enough
Of the product Of their labor 10 keep
their families from starving.
Would Degrade American Labor.
What a fine thing 1t would have
been had such a law been in force in
illinois recently, where the miners Of
that state had the temerity to resist the
importation Of negro convicts to take
their places in the minesl Under such
q law Governor Tanner and the entire
state militia would today be behind the
bars Why, Mr.. Speaker, under this
section men are not even permitted 10
induce their fellow laborers to demand
nor induce employers TO deal
by employees, as may be seen by
reference to line Z, page OF. 1t is true
that the section begins by saying,
that If any person shall by any use
Of force. threats OF intimidation, etc
But any protest or demonstration on
the part Of laboring men may be con-
strued into force, threats or intimida-
ton, and has been so construed by the
tools Of ~plutOcracy sitting upon the
bench Of the federal courts, and these
Judges have taken IL upon themselves 10
issue injunetions forbidding men to
persuade their colaborers to quit
their employment.
"Of course such in~junctions were
pure ~usurpations and without the least
ihsdow Of warrant in n law, either
or national, but this is an attemut
enact these usurpations and unspeak.
bile tyrannies into law in this new ter
ftory. Nobody ever pretended that Eu-
'ene Dehs used either force threats or
intimidation, and yet his lawful and
'eaceable means Of defending labor ,
'gsinst absolute serfdom was construed
nto force, threats and intimidation.
nd this section seeks TO give sanction
0 this kind Of judicial despotism |
Trusts and esmbines want everv-
ody else 20 compete but themselves
hey want American labo-ing men to
ompete with the dregs and scum Of
whole world. and they shoot them 10 I
If they refuse as they did at '
attimer, Pa, and virden, us. ButI G
elieve this is the first attempt TO mt I
kind Of oppression into the forms Of =
wv.
To Destroy Competitions.
1--WE RECENTLY saw fh{a bou.o 4.