The Holly chieftain., 1900-02-23

Nicaragua and Costa Rica will give
their consent for the construction of
this great work. 1t will traverse either
the border or the interior Of Nicaragua
for a distance Of about 100 miles. 1t
will give to that state q waterway
from its capital and Its most productive
region to the sea. 1t will place that
country on one of the leading water
ways Of the world, bringing II into I'M
mediate contact with large foreign
commerce and those who conduct 1t.
In very many ways the state will have
advantages not now possessed. and
that will be for long time lost II an
other route by which the oceans are
connected should be adopted. All of
these considerations induce the belief
that these two enlightened states will
be glad to aid our government cordially
and efficiently in carrying out this
great design. 1t Is true that the esti-
mates Of cost are variable, ranging as
they do from less than $40 1000, 600 to a
possible $145, 100000. 1t is, however.
proper to say that the size and charac-
ter Of the canal estimated for is as var
liable as the cost. The earliest esti-
mates were for canal suited to the
ships Of the time. The later estimates
are for ships of this time Fifteen feet
depth and fifty feet width was the size
OF the earliest project. Thirty feet
depth and $50 feet width are the d.
mensions of the later proposed canal"
For several weeks skillful attorneys
have been engaged in drafting a law
for the American Federation of Labor
to be introduced into Congress to pre-
vent future Interference by United
fo wi r, triI nd ox1, l,,
Dor movements. The purpose of the
proposed law is to prevent employers
Of labor from appealing to the courts
for intunctions and other orders for
their own protection and the protection
of non-union labor which they may em-
ploy. This is not new subject. 1t
has been under discussion for many
years, and a number of bills have been
introduced into both houses of Con-
greSs from time to time to exclude or
ganized labor from the Jurisdiction of
the courts. but no bill yet drafted has
commanded the support and approval
OF any committee in Congress. The
American Federation of Labor took
the matter up last fall and employed
some of the ablest attorneys in the
country. The result of their work, in
the form of bill. has been submitted
to the executive council of the fedora.
tion, consisting Of President Gompers,
Vice Presidents Mcclure, James Dun
can, James O'Connell. John Mitchell.
Max Morris and Thomas l. Kidd
Treasurer John b. Lennon and Secre-
tary Frank Morrison, which now has II
under consideration. AS soon as it re-
ceives the committees approval It will
be introduced in both houses of Con-
Nd t., kx.l a..
est by labor men. There is almost uni
versal doubt on the pat Of lawyers in
Congress whether 1t is possible for hu-
man ingenuity to devise n method by
which the labor unions may be made
exempt from the action Of the civil
courts. Representative Lorimer Qs Chi
cago, member of the House commit
tee on labor, who has been in Congress
several terms, and has always taken
deep interest In the subject, having
framed bill himself to restrict the use
OF intunctiOns, admits that he has been
unable to draft measure that was
worth the paper 1t was written on.
The correspondent Of the Chicago
Record writes to his paper as follows:
'The action of the Senate in passing
the currency bill by such an over
whelming majority ought to remove
the financial question from politics In.
definitely, because, even II Mr.. Bryan
or some other Silver Democrat were
elected president in November and had
Democratic majority In the House of
Representatives behind him he could
not repeal this law for at least six
years. The tariff question Is out of
politics for the same reason. 1t will be
at least six years before the Dingley
law can be repealed or materially al
tered. If the Democrats should capture
every seat in the United States Senate
between now and March 4, 1906, they
would not be able to secure n majority
until that time. Nor is 1t possible by
any political maneuver or by any vote
of the people at the polls to pass a law
for the free coinage of silver at 16 to /.
or at any other ratio, until 1906, ex-
cept in the improbable event of an cpl
demic which shall carry of the Re-
publican majority In the Senate and
the election of an equal number of free
silyerites to fill their seats. Hence sew
eral Of the Democratic leaders argue
that 1t is useless for their candidate
for the presidency to go before the
country upon the free coinage issue or
the Chicago platform. The suggestion
that the chances OF Mr.. Bryan's cleo
ton will be strengthened by the GER
tainty that he cannot disturb the finan-
cial policy Of the government is met
with another suggestion that he is de-
prived Of his strongest argument, and
that all who believe with the Republi-
cans on other issues will give up the
silver fight and stand by the party of
expansion, progress and prosperity.
The Republican leaders say they fear
no Injurious results from the measure.
and that they rejoice at SO easy a vic
tory FOR the economic principle. The