The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-27
Both Give Stat entts'' |! ) Of y
Positions on II E,Tl'p'llo {, \ j J q 4
ers'Liabilit J \ &.
AIR D Y AN SSUEE:,. ;. 4.
THE g AlMPAllGl:;; G; !
MI. Willard Tells WhysH He " oted 81:
Against the d Measure N! = M Whet, When.
His Amendrnen Was as !, p De:-s "
feated Swanson s Says: = Is: &c
He Strongly Favored "a
the Principle. ~

the Principle.
THO principle Of the employers NJ la
& bility{ oct, which after years ~ Of hard
fighting was Incorporates IN the sta tlltc
law of Virginia, promises TO bo "a factor! et y
infthe gubcrnatorial ,campaign Just open en- /
3%ing pin Virginia Indeed the %at :EtA titudc
y Of the aspirants for the ID Democratic nom W VI
inuaition toward that measure and It's ef ef.S}
NJ fcct upon their candi idacy. j. so far t.s the
4 support Of tho working men sis con- /.
4 csrned IL already being discussed VI with
warmth i & may .groW hot be eforo ore H the
j Snowy of winter hnvo ggone. J33'
Tho Richmond 4 corrcspo OF the tho
washington POST In a special sent Y to- a
Al that paper on Monday commented upon pl'7l Z
the reported fact that aptaln Willard5 = liar
would receive tile hearty support Eoi g
Slarge proportion OF tho labor 1cn8 Of Inc
u State, 3 because he had. II was said, been 1
ms trlt,lental In securing the posse &c o.
tho seiuployersB liability act ENri ends in 2
A gs1Ynshington OF N.Y. Swanson took excep u
tions ID this statement and drew o. terl-S
II tlons$to& the A fact that Capain NYi Hard
while d member OF the House Of.Delegates,$
voted against the, measure. he Vent
81 further, anu to represe tnt Ives sof 8Bp
.glnIa papers quoted from the report 9 ol &
II thu Virginia LcgIslnt tive oard Of "a IEs
road 4 Employees which Il created \ " as Pre-, D
4 found sensn ton when publisilcd ". Aut.| y.
gust n son, TO show thnt plain " Ilardss
u was icferrcd ~ to \ as among those NJ VINO
fought III very hard. M This re port With
B,Ybich q pcople r,terestpd in;S pilitlcsf are
Il still familiar, Includes ] udgeg Mann ar, 1
q sutherguspirantSfo for Governor, q aislbr1ts hose
who voted " ngninstf the bill nd 5 ~ 81.
4 sSWarspn'n name appears second III ne
llst OF those who q to 7, the
n measure and ught us ne aa = rd rlEa
Captain lizard S FP osition., n
Ss lizard vi her, seen Hast nlghts ls
;stt dsissd Tor ~ AID " u
objected to iD set froin
Washing iact s
ga1uo tjng from the irginias Lei slAtlye t,
s$s,oard & 81 railroad 3 Erploy ugustss
only a part Of tho rap A#nse
used. Cap tain Hard sal ID q his at titutle
was then and his views are no VI tha Z the
s. provisions of tho employers llu bi lity Dill
8 Should apply not only to railroad ta8meIl
& but to all mon engag ged in ha sli zarootlls y
IL ,ss !. q
m when the bill In question wassbefiolre3 .il
the House OF Delegates n +. illard. Al
tlien d member or that bod 70 Sc IN lli nis
& seat and stated to the late y q 4
u liam II. Iseddy, pat ron Z OF tho meas
that if he Mr.. Reddy) would accept. an
u amendment making the provi ions Of thia
$il,iIl amply. to ii corporal tions and manu-
facturing establishments enga ged 4 IN any
V hazardous employment. that be lslr.,
& yyllla-d) would not only vote & for II thc;
& birl but lend 1t his cordial support " ~
yideclined to accept his am endnent.
h md Mr.. Willard stated that, he would
oppose the bill. 3. q 3s%. III
M. Willard said further ta1a when
\ the employers liability bill, Us applied
n exclusively to railroads, Wa 8 inade "a 1 an y,
issue In and endorsed by tho = elnocrattlos ~
State Convention In Norfolk = thlea years ear 8
20, ana when the recent sGonst1tnt'onai "a.
convention made the passage OF this plil ill
d, g,,n:,da tory oil the Log lslaturc, he gave
ii his cordial support, WI out, however,
II a any degree changing his views - 9 toi
i thc Justice Of tho matter inYolye & 5s
33.I Think he continued, my posi- tlon
Is Is understood BY, every railroad man, IN IN
A the state, and X nm grntifed that unuer!
Ia proyisions OF the cxist ting ] y "; each
railroad man has the protection which no
& Justly. deserves. a Y ct, ! wish that every
siaboring man in Virginia enEag ged N ~ SIM.
liza, hazardous employment should nave l
f5eqval protection 81 !.
The G ommittee's Is Report. ssg
5 81 ,frY5 willard referred to the following
n,,otations from tho report OF the leg
aIat!yo board (August, 1890. whlc y con-
Sstains tho criticisnl referred 70 above ;.is
VI rage z: I: Before giving tho recorded
vote, we would like to make sre c1al llleu'
Il lion 81 some who fought Eus very hard.
n notably Hon. Joseph u, WI illard. Of Fair
+. FAX who offered IN amendnlen proYld
II Ing that itllis act hould apply to q .cor-s
noratio1,s aud manufacturing csta pllsll-
5lnents, and all agrtc ultural and y classes
OF labor alike, This amend nlenl wa 8 iF sde-
4 feat ed" @ g5s8 M Y. 81 5ts..3a y.
a'5 Again on ;pag sc 12 Mann, Of I,lnellburgf
Il Nottoway and Brunswick voted g galnlsslt lsl
4 sit,'..|st5. " e ss & u Y.
Again, On IA go 49, OF tho same report,
you will IND, he said !, We 4MsslFe 70
Z call special attention to- those Nho were
h for an, lgainst us--sell or rhoElai 8 N W
tin Congressman Swanson, Lieplttenant-, 8,
Governor Echols. Lawyer Phlegar, Law IA w
yer Ferguson, of Appomatt0X a !; p norke cop
Il er,of the Senate Donald, Sergean t-at,A rms
Of sepate Watkins, Clerks of the Hpuse|
George Lindsay and g. 3, B Mann, /. depot
q lgent at Fishersville on Chesape ke and
i Ohio Railway, shepberd; { Clerk OF Senate
IoIdhH gAt| " btSSc 9pttSltAoA'5 ~ ~ ~
very hard. .l5 81. Il .8s II
Attorney. g General Montague, Congress-
sman Jones. Hon, g, v. Meredith1 Of
Richmond /, CONGRESSMAN Lamb and y pdgoi
Lamb, Maj 8 Tyler son of the s G oYrs
ernor; City Attorney 4 Cabell, Of Dam
7 @yllle; City Attorney Pollard, pe Rich,t
4 n,ond s Mr.. James 4 Y. " Trehy, Hnf Mort
{. folk; Dr. ]. w, Bryant, OF Crewe, these
y gentlemen deserve our special tion
n,,lJ 4
fully say that these gentlemen are tlls
3 workingnan' e friend. y 5. \,
SWanson's Pointed Denial,
AZ Congressman Swanson was seen In
washington last NJ g hit by II he Ttmes-D Dis-
patch correspondent and declared With
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