The Washington times., 1906-08-22
GOMPERS PUTS LABEL
OF LABOR ON STATESMEN

eAll ltoIllIaFl Frme4y Tor an extra
.Its abolition would be harmful. It's
modification must bee approached with
care.
Declaration Of Principle.
Mr. Gompers comments on the above:
THE eight-hour law applies 10 work
men directly employed by the Govern
meut. OF by contractors doing Govern
meut work. IL is q declaration of prin-
Cipla as well as a law. The action of
Congress uulIying ITS application u
foreign lab0rcrs employed in the Pana-
ma canal construction ls "a violation Of
the principle.
In labor disputes the issuance Of in
functions Isl an invasion OF personal I'D
eFIy and freedom. There is not now IN
any OF the statutes of the United States
any provision OF law authorizing the Is
suance OF iDJuuCtI0ns iu such cases.
ReT. Indl- Voted for Suspension Of
eight-hour law iu canal zone. II would
not as me- understands it, affect Ameri-
can labor Regarding injunctions- he
says.
Il am not in favor NJ such a Iimita-
lion Of the power OF the courts 10 issue
iniuuCti1us as viii materially impair the
value OF that proceeding in the proJec-
ti0n Of life ard property
on the above Mr.. Gompers comments
Logical MI. CrumpaCkeT.
Because climatic conditions are much
worse TN the Panama canal zone, Mr..
Crumpacker thought il advisable 10 vote
for the annulment of the eight-hogr law
I'm that t0rrld country, so that now men
may be compelled 10 work there under
burning sun and I'm a miasmaUc atmos-
phere ten or eleven or more hours day.
What logical reasoning and constructive
craftsmanship,
Labor asks and insists upon e con-
stitutiOnal guarantee OF the labOrers
equality before the law with other clu-
Zeus because II has found by experience
that it is often Disseminated against
Infuucticns against which labor protests
are those issued against them as class.
and our bill viii o0Vlate the abuses 10
which Mr. Cr0muGCker refers. ana re-
store the principle Of equality before the
Representative J. f. Andrus Rep..
New York;, reported 10 be the richest
man in Congress, said.
7 am moi prejudiced for or against
auv organization or interests mat seek
TO improve conditions and believe legls-
lation should be Tor men. rather than
for man
Mr.. Gompers, on the above:
',AFr Audrus is delightfully."- vague and
not premdicPd,' but he had his vote
recorded for the nulllhcauOn or the
eighJ-hOur law IN the Panama canal
construction
Champ Clark a Friend.
Representative Champ Clark CDem-
Mo- points to his record as a consist
cnt friend Of labor and specifies his at
titude on Chinese exclusion and his 7p'
position 10 the repea. of the eight-hou
law in Panama. lie adds:
ut strikes me that if the labor or
ganizations are going into politics they
would do well 10 help the men who are
here and who are known TO be thei'
friends"
Mr.. Gompers comments:
"The positiou taken Dy Mr.. Clark is
exactly the attitude OF labor IN us dec
laration. Let us stand by our friends
Mr. Clark has always demonstrated ms
friendship for labor ana Jhe people gen
orally In every honorable manner.
REPRESENTATIVE H A. cooper tRe2.,
Wis.,. on the anti-injunction bill says;
"I believe that writ OF injunction
should be issued when necessary 10 pre-
vent irreparabIe injury 10 property or "a
a property right for which threatened
injury there would be no adequate REM
edv at law. A court has the right "a
enjOin either labor or capital from using
force fraud. or violence, which tend Ia
infict such irreparable INJURY. but no
court has the right 10 enjoin either la
Dor or capital from peacefully and law
fully using persuasion and argument IA
effect its purposes.
Mr. Gompars makes the following
comment we commend to the atten-
tion of Mr., Cooper and all whom fl
may concern, thar an Injunction ought
not 90 be issued by any court when ii
is claimed there is force or fraud or ,,io-
lenCe used or contemplated in a labor
dispute for theTe are laws row in
existence dealing with those guilty Of
such conouct and dealing with them
much more equitably than docs the in
junction"
Other replies to be printed in the
FederdtlOEist are from the following.
Bartiett Dem, Gal; Bean. CDem..
Tex, Bowers. (Dem.. Afiss), Bates,
CRep-, Pa; Burgess. tDem., TeX): Pen
nett Rep. y. W, Bingham. CRep.-
Pa: Frank Clark, CDem., Fla-l; Buck
nsyn. tRep., Miun); Dixon. Dem.. Ind
Bradley. (Rep-. n. VI Fitzgeralt.
Dem.. n. ": Capron, tRep.. r. IL
Finley. Dem. S. CO; Calder. Rep. n.
": Floyd ODcm.. Ark); Gillespie. Dem
Tex: Gill Dem. Md: Curtis, Rep,
KanD; Cocks, tRep-, n. "; Glass.
Dem. Va: Granger. CDem., r. y;
Goldfogle. (Dem.. y. u