Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-26
TO WAIVE o-HOUR LAW
Proposed Provision of Urgent
Deficiency Bill.
OPPOSED BY Mr.. WILLIAMS
Previous Question Ordered by 1853 to
Previous Question Ordered by 1853 to
9S.
AMERICANS ARE NOT AFFECTED
Resolution Reported to the House by
the Committee on Rules-Republ-
cans Warned by Minority Leader.

After twenty minutes spent in an unsuc-
| cessful attempt to get consideration of MIR.
Mann's Qll) general bridge BILL the House
| postponed pension day until tomorrow for
| the purpose of completing the urgent de-
| ficiency bill.
Before taking up the bill resolution was
| reported from the committee on rules max
/ Ing in order" in the bill the provision
waving the eight-hanr law on the 18TH
| mus of Panama amended so as 10 apply
only to alien labor. In reporting the rule
| Mr.. Dalzell demanded the previous ques-
| ton which, II ordered, would have pro-
| vided twenty minutes debate on each side.
| Mr. Williams, the minority leader. desr-
Ing, he said, to discuss the question OF or
| dering the previous question asked for
seven minutes in addition to the twenty.
| This Mr.. Dalzell refused. whereupon Mr.
| Williams made it necessary to call the roll
| of the House on the motion
Previous Question Ordered.
| The roll call resulted in ordering tho
previous question 153 to 9S. Mr.. DalzelI
| in discussing the rule, said there were con-
| trolling reasons why this amendment should
| be considered at this time
Mr.. Littauer, who followed SAID the pur-
pose of the rule was to give the House
| an opportunity TO express itself on the ques-
| tlon of waving the eight-hour law for
allen laborers on the canal. The inability
10 secure sufficient force OF unskiled
labor on the work. he said, was one cause
of delay.
rs not the purpose of all this to do the
work by Chinamen?" asked Mr.. McNaTy
CMass).
'~The Chinese exclusion act controls that
question: replied Mr.. Littauer.
Does that act apply to the canal zone?"
Il think it does"
Il think it does not" concluded Mr., Nc
Nary.
Replying to Mr. James CKy) Mr. Littauer
declared: American laborers cannot work
there, and If they should the eight-hour
law would apply TO them He indicated
that this class of alien labor would get
the same daily wage for ten hours as they
now get for eight hours.
Mr.. Clark asked when the Chinese ex-
clusion act was applied to the canal zone.
Mr.. Littauer admitted he was not fully
advised.
rs It not proposed to allow Chinese to
come there?
Mr. Tawney said while there had been no
ruling the subject, Chinese We're not al
lowed to go to the canal zone.
Warned by Williams.
Addressing himself directly to Speaker
Cannon, Mr.. Williams began his castigation
OF the proposition by saying: Either the
republican party. of which you, Mr.. Speak
er, are the most distinguished chief outside
the White House-Capplause)-is guilty Of a
Haunted itself as supporting our entire fs-
cal system and to maintain American
standards of hours and wages-and yet, at
the very first opportunity that presents IT.
self, the republican party, represented by
you and the committee on rules the other
two members of that committee-Grosvenor
and Dalzell-beng perhaps the ables, men
and most typical republicans in this House.
bring in a rule to do what? To let the
United States, as an employer of labor, set
the example of defying and dispensing with
its own hours of labor"
Mr.. Williams said he had predicted that
'one more drop Will overthrow the cup of
your insolence-and this is about that drop
that will do e.
The efforts of Mr.. Williams were seconded
by Mr.. Fitzgerald IN. " and Mr. Under
wood (Ala.(.
The Rule Adopted.
The House finally voted to adopt the rule.
Dilatory motions were made by the mi
nority to prevent the further consideration
of the bill.