Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-10-23

of Railroad Trainman, who said the Brother
hood was opposed to the amendments.
Mr.. Ridgely, of Kansas, who drafted
and introduced the original bill, said the
bill as introduced was the product of at
torneys employed by the united labor
of the United States. He
said the laboring man asked that the bill
be passed in the form in which it was
introduced. He declared that laboring
men were opposed to the amendments made
by the Judiciary Committee, and believed
they would be turned against organized
labor.
Mr.. Ridgely read letters from eminent
attorneys to the prominent labor leaders of
the country, advising the latter against the
amendments. These letters were addressed
by the attorneys to President Samuel Com
pers, of the American Federation of Labor,
Grand Master P. H. Morrisey, of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. and
Grand Chief Engineer P. M Arthur of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
He read letter, protesting against the
amendments, from the State Legislative
Board of Railroad Employees of Pennsyl-
vania.
He also read the following letter from H.
r. Fuller, the Legislative representative, at
Washington, of the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Lccomo-
tive Firemen, the Order Of Railway Con-
ductors, the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men and the Order of Railroad Telegraph
ers, which have a total membership ac-
cording to their latest reports, of nearly
200, 0,000:-
January 80, 1901.
Dear Sir Referring to the amend
ments placed upon II. r. 1917 by the
Judiciary Committee, | will say that they
were submitted to us by Chairman Ray
before the bill was reported from the COM
mittee and after careful consideration of
them by eminent legal counsel we were ad-
vised to not consent to them and we SO
notified Mr.. Ray.
LhioOA ~ Nteo oCe w uhC llOQoC VIC
again submitted it to three reputable firms
of attorneys and they all agree that the
amendments practically defeat the object
of the bill, and say that if it is enacted into
law in its present shape it would furnish no
relief
consequently, on behalf of these or
ganizations, | am authorized to say that if
these amendments cannot be defeated
either in the House or Senate we do not
want it passed.
Respectfully,
H. r. FULLER.
ssTo Hon. III. D. Clayton, M. c., Wash
ington, D. CT
In addition to this emphatic protest in
behalf of organizations of railroad men
there were the protests, through their at
torneys, of Grand Chief Engineer P. M.
Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, Grand Master Morrisey, of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and
President Samuel Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, which has a member
ship outside the railroad organization of
900, ,0O0 Furthermore, there was the di-
rect, personal telegram of Grand Master
Morrisey to the effect that the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen was opposed to the
amendments, and there was also the pro-
test, by letter, of the State Legislative
Board of Railroad Employees Of Pennsyl-
vania
IN BRIEF, MORE THAN ONE MIL
LION ORGANIZED WORKINGMEN
PROTESTED AGAINST THE AMEND
MENTS AND ASKED THAT THEY BE
ELIMINATED FROM TIE BILL THEY
DECLARED, FURTHER, THAT IF THE
AMENDMENTS COULD NOT BE DE-
FEATED THEY DID NOT WANT THE
BILL PASSED.
Here was the crucial time for Mr. Lou
denslager. If he was friend to the labor
cause, or if he was possessed with any sense
of Indignation over this attempt to under
Anine the right of workingmen to organize
for mutual protection, he could have ex-
pressed himself in score of words.
Still, Mr.. Loudenslager had an oppor-
tunity to make amends--if he had any to
make-for his failure to speak, The ques-
tion was put on suspending the rules and
passing the bill with the amendments.
The vote was as follows 3
Yes, 81 (including Loudenslager)
Nays, 145
Present, 49,.
Not voting, 1874.
so, MIR. LOUDENSLAGER VOTED
WITH 53 OTHERS IN DEFIANCE OF
THE REQ UEST OF ORGANIZED LABOR
AND FOR AMENDMENTS WHICH
WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE BEEN
BY THE COURTS AS
RESTRICTING, AND, POSSIBLY, null
LIFYING THE EWORKINGMAN'S RIGHT
TO ORGANIZE TRADES UNIONS.
The Republicans of the First Congress
sional District Of New Jersey will make a
great mistake if they renominate this self
called Labor CHAMPION" Henry G. Lou
denslager, who failed to protest against
blow at the very base of the labor move
ment-the right to organize. The work
ing men will not forget that he sat in
silence while real friends of labor were de-
manding separate vote on the amend
ments, and that he finally voted for the
bill while the real friends of labor voted
against it.
A TRUE FRIEND OF LABOR.