The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-02-17
..,uJ Ae,.. TIqe Friend Of lhe. Labaring

On 81 u, ,ii4t ,ss7. Man. ,.sI -, ,,e-
There has been greas Deal Of
!cUmrnent sh Ut the & ght hour b us
l6k pending hefore the iegisis, ure.
IS There are three Of them, two BY
sgdem acrat>. and one by reppbli.
can; Czion. Of Ada. Senator Bal
iantihe, Of Blaine and Representa-.
tive Moore. Of Idaho. are the other
!. Two. They, are practically, The
i, same. all designed to give the man
b,t who wsks in underground mines
~ an sigb, hour day. The republic.
cab leaders have objected 10 con-
sideraiion OF measures. not because
j they we've opposed to granting an
''J'eatht hour day to any class ool
woskmen In the state or any other
c6hcessions, but becaus., in the
i; opinion Of many the acts would be
unconstitutional il passed. As a
namasser Of pr. caution. and in order
stt6Af the democratic plan Of cum. ,
= herring the statutes. with ,incousti.
! tutional dead laws, they urge that,
ss,astieu Be deferred until, the constii,
points involved coald be
i locked lnt,.a Ths u 4 very ins
oteTes.ing question, p The pending
], biQss are all based o.. ,ap,bri,s,
q that IL bad, been supposed, was,
! eSasted by unconstitutional amend.
mess' sdop,ed At the last sessiSH!
IT, was found, however, that the
SUPERINTENDENT. provisions eq ), &
salhsn pphlication Of, the. proposed
ipaApeuduentlih various pspers owes,
sthe istite had DO. abeeuIcontiliesi'
vim The f7qulfeni lit isfo1 six
,,s,Mfets uIlies,'opI,.. X, vshyIsa'y. !Ih,ss
j ne pablish.d FOX various psEib6is.
from three to eve eeks.,es7hse
ssvisiHiese the ismeuduentl In tne
minds : Or III: best 'authoiiiieg.'
Thes being ,he case 70 'ay could
eaacasd under The amendmen,
i that, would. stand the test OF the
'csurts.t Tire Iepublican ,eAdets uf
he legislature had action 81 ali
tbs. eight hpur, bills delayed lem:
n Gprarily uu,il sheae, matters ,sSpld
al Be locked into by comfeaes,
beAuthofity.a sTn<u the demoJs ats
sthotgh * they Md discovered st.nies
Thing -, make csmpaisp hun.
1adef III out sol, I. and procssdsd
y tsprasiains s.he sepubiicaulpe ,i,s
Indispensable i to then labbt iAr
men. Responsibilities Jenkins. the
repub'ican leader on The fioor',, TAI.
Ing their statemep.s ., q tex, said;
TIE iispataissaf party has b Fem.
~ MY = Ala always, xill be tl,s ben
,sjApd. ~ the laboring men,.hito'n
asiAsya eve their psessnt pro~petity.
tsi1 dey' know II. and no dvnr ,cyat
''Platil6lles' nor d,N6ftipa I'll The
4, hei. VIII eyer divert them from
!. lheigs.siEue frisud. So, tor axIthis
" sight hour bill is conceived, II de-,
8 siss How''to 90 on record publicly
I . Sayihg that I "a, 10 favoif a. an.
!. s;!!Eht hour law and win work fSs
II and ,vose Tor one when II il shpWb
u.4lou BE-, I ceusti,nlianal measure ui !
aDut Fam aopposed 90 sivinr The
!, \ YafepeA g this state i pisse Of
Y aaai4lalioa ,shat sill be nflno ,bene,
dfto's 1sss! I refuse ,oa'lenp,' 10
decisive them. They have been
v5eis~.sssh .ha- rspahliosaSeAp the,
republiceg PITY proposes 10 d.sl
fairly MnAMn. . When & k,s<.
shf%hhIai yi,A rYoun. # s5nit:l
th(n lid My W be loi ii
enpsy. msaninglefs words
!. .vssYt <>flM viewSf,hi.-
declaration. which represe{ It's ihr,
views u the majority in th$ i{lis
latere, *that there scanbe nj de6b I
a T. Which patty is thes,ru{ fdssuI|
Of the working man aud which j.
endeavo'i"x y saljs' hi. ypp&s
's.'qBoO Css|t9s.*"'.'' s |
s. me Of the democratic papsis
!, are SayinR that. the reuub,iCAmx ar.