Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-10-13

Mr.. Greenawalt the following morn
ing by one of the members Of the
committee who remained and was
friendly to the miners.
Next morning Smith went to Plum
mer and asked him II his attitude OF
the previous evening was to be consid-
cred az an indication of the policy he
intended to pursue in connection with
the miners bill; ii he, Plummer. In
previous evening. Mr.. Smith threat
ened to report his action to your COM
mittee, coupled also with the threat,
which seemed to be the only thing
that could be used to get him to PROM
Use fairly, that If his attitude was re-
ported to the committee 1t would do
Plummer considerable injury. Plum
mer again promised Smith that he
would have the bill reported out the
following week, the house having ad.
journed for the present week.
Plummer Is Unfriendly to Labor.
After the house reconvsned and
the bill was not reported by Plum
mer's committee, we came to the con-
clusion that it was a continuation OF
his old policy of evasion. We then de-
termined to get after some of the Re-
publican politicians who were consid-
cred to be Plummer's superiors in the
y.
from him that he would take action on
the bill Immediately. He delayed this
until the time was too short to get 1t
through the senate.
"PLUMMER'S WHOLE ATTITUDE
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS BILL
WAS ONE OF EVASION AND UN-
FULFILLED PROMISES.
Your committee would be charit-
| able to all men, and in rendering this
report 1t Is not our desire to present
any charge against any person or per-
sons who did not concede to all our
wants and requirements. Every man
has a right to his individual opinion,
and your committee would honor every
| man who renders cl expression OF his
individuality We would not judge
and condemn any man as being, un-
| favorable to us and the measures CON-
mitted to our charge simply because
| he did not coincide with us in all our
methods and measures; but in report
| ing to the officials and the executive
board of this, the strongest representa-
tive organization of labor in Central
| Pennsylvania, we are passing our un-
| biased opinion on Mr.. Plummer's at
| titude toward the laborer by using his
attitude to us and our bill as evidence.
WE WOULD SAY TO OUR FELLOW
CRAFTSMEN IN DISTRICT NO; 2;
DURING OUR ATTEMPT TO Sc
! CURE THE PASSAGE OF THE VAR
| IOUS BILLS. THAT MIR. PLUMMER
IS NOT FOR US. AND THAT HE
WHO is NOT FOR US. ACCORDING
TO THE EXPERIENCE OF YOUR
COMMITTEE, is AGAINST US.
PIummer Against the Liability Bill
Also.
On April the house again recon-
vened. When the time came for the
presentation of resolutions, Represen-
tative Schofield presented the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, That house bill known
as the general liability bill be taken
out OF the hands OF the judiciary COM
mittee and come before the house as
a committee Of the whole.
Both Scofield and Garner made
lengthy and very able speeches in
favor of the bill and the resolution.
Garner named the judiciary commit
tee the Legislative graveyard 1t Is
| needless to say with the antagonism
shown by those who were antagonistic
to the bill and the methods used by
those who were representatives of the
entire people in the practice of their
| retarding policy, with the evidence
submitted, that the bill was over
whelmingly defeated. The vote stood
| IA for placing the bill on the house
calendar and Ill against.
Influential Outsiders Appealed To.
"On April we interviewed Smith
and Boulton and they interviewed
Plummer and secured the promise
from Plummer, as previously stated.
April 5-Still no report from the
committee, but we were assured that
it would be reported out that night
before the house convened. Evening
again came, with Plummer's promise
unfulfilled.
april 6-Brother Hamilton went to
Captain Delaney and asked him ii he
could not do something to get the bill
out. Delaney stated that there was
but one chance left He would see
| Durham.
april delaney reported that he
| had seen Durham and Durham had no.
tilted Plummer to discontinue his op-
position to the bill. This Plummer
| promised to do, stating. however. that
4 1t was impossible to report before
| Monday morning.
"Your committee. realizing that the
session was too far expended to en-
courage any possible hope of getting
the bill through the senate and to con-
tinue staying in Harrisburg, when. In
the estimation of your committee, the
purpose of our mission could not be
| accomplished at this session, was only
needless expenditure of time and
money, left for home"