The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-06
CODE Of LhNS TOR ALASKA.
THE House PUTS N ANOTHER DAY
CONSIDERING THE MEASURE.


WARRINGTON, Jan s-The judiciary
committee had the TiSht-of-way in the
house for three hours today, and quite q
number OF bills Of minor Importance re-
ported from the committee were passed
Tie remainder Of the day was occupied
In continuing the consideration OF the btsi
to codsfy the laws OF Alaska some
swenty-one pages were disposed OF, max
ing eighty-thTee in al.
A section OF the bill copied from the
statutes Of Oregon. providing punishment
by 6nc and Imprisonment OF persons who
prevent or endeavor TO prevent employees
from working. aroused protraesed debate.
on the ground that 1t was An attack on
organized labor. II was finally stricken
out.
The following bills called up by the ju-
dietary committee We're passed.
To provide additional circuit judges Tor
the Third and Sixth judicial districts.
To regulate the terms OF court in the
district of Butte Mont.
To retire Casssus s. Foster. United
States district judge OF Kansas
To amend the revised statutes 50 as TO
allow the United States ave peremptory
challenges In criminal cases
To permit shipowners 10 ME indemnity
bonds.
To allow legally appointed guardians of
The house then proceeded with the con-
sideration of the bill for the codification
of the laws OF Alaska. which came over
from yesterday.
strike out section 145. which provided that
any person who should by force. threat or
intimidation prevent or endeavor 10 pre-
vent any person employed by another from
continuing work. should upon conviction be
subjected to punishment by fine and i'm
prisonment. He declared that the proposed
section was an assault upon the liberty Of
the citizen. 1t was in reality a law to pre-
a
labor.
Maddox. Democrat, Of Georgia, and Lew
IL. Democrat OF washington, took similar
grounds In favor OF the motion to strike
out
Tongue. Republican. of Oregon, defended
the provision, which, he declared. had been
there had never been any intimation there
that 1t was directed against Organized la
Dor.
Knowles. Populist. OF South Dakota. IN
support OF the motion to strike out, dsciar-
ed that had this provision existed In the
statutes or Illinois during the recent riots
az Virden, Gov. Tanner and other OIL
bars.
Cochran. Democrat. Of Missouri, declared
that this section was analogous to statutes
TO secure the help of the state In suppress
slon OF the laborer. II Alaska had a flu
ture he said. X must be by the develop
msnt Of placer mining, II god mining
porations would seek to displace the labor
in their mines with cheap labor. No such
law siaould be engrafted on the statutes of
the United States.
Gibson, Republican, OF Tennessee. said
the. section afforded protection to labor,
and was In nowise inimicaI 10 organized
labor.
McEweD. Republican. OF New Jersey.
warmly supported the amendment
warner Republican, OF Illinois, in charge
OF the bill, read decision OF the supreme
court OF Oregon. constituting this law. TO
show that IL was not inimical TO labor or
CARNATIONS.
Jenkins, Republican. OF Wisconsin. adj
vocated the motion to strike our. He sajd
that minister of the gospel who would
urge men who might be employed not to
work on sunday must be liable under the
provisions OF this section
me motion 10 strike out WAS carried with
out division.
SeYerai minor amendments were adopt
Cd, and at p. m. the house adjourned I'm.
I'll tomorrow.