Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-02

| of any acts causing, or intended 70
cause an illegal Interference nv overt
acts with the rights Of others, tbay
| promptly refused to agree 10 the
amendment ON the ground that it would
| elnasculate the bill, although at the
same time they admitted they did not
| intend, and did not desire, to be au-
| thorized To do any of the things ex-
| ccpted by the proViSo. With the
pr"riSo | would have supported the
| bill. Without II | could not. and did
| not, and shall not, support the bill.
| Second the bill contained 4 provision
| that no such agreement. combination
| or contract should be considered AS in
restraint Of trade or commerce.. This
was intended to except persons engaged
| III u trade dispute from the provisions
! of The sherman Antitrust law. That
| law makes all such contracts and
agreelnnts criminal ana imposes upon
the parties thereto penalties Of fine and
imprisonment. IT makes no dis
elimination between parties and in
dividualG. In its Application it is no
| re#pector Of persons. 1t dos not Sc
lect, as 1t ought not, persons engaged
in any particular business or occupa-
ton. as distinguished from other kinds
oil business OF Occur alton, as subject to
its penalty. 1t operates equally, and
alike, upon all.
If the results legiSlated against are
properly the subject of criminal legis-
lation all agencies through which such
results are produced must be- equally
within the penal provisions Of the act.
This bill proposed To make il lawful fer
men engaged in a trade dispute to do
what is was unlawful and criminal for
all other persons to DO. 1t made fish
OF ono and fowl of another. 7 shall
never vote for a proposition that makes
il crime for one set of men TO do
what another set Of men are author
lied by law to do. MIR. Gompcr3 in
sists upon the passage Of this meas
IRE. My position ON this particular
measure is beyond question the princi-
nal inspiring cause of his opposition I"
and dcnunciation of me. Mr.. McGilli-
cuddy is to speak i'll Warren next week.
Will he be kind enough to state
whether he favors a bill that will au-
thorize men to conspire to threaten
murder and makes il lawful for one
SET of men to do what it is crime for
her men to do. l oppose it. Does
he oppose it, or does he favor it?
1t should be said that Mr.. Gompors
has changed his proposition in relation:
to injunctionS somewhat, and while |
will not take time to analyZe in detail
his last bill, | will say that in sub
stance it includes the provisions of the
bill that | have already referred TO,
adding thereto this extremely
significant, and as il seems to ME very
dangerous, proposition. And Tor the
PURPOSES of this act 9 - the f!ght
"to carry on business of any particular
kind, or at any particular place, or At
all. shall not be construed, held, con-
siGered, or treated, or property, or as
constituting property right" That
is to say. the right. to do business of
any kind upon which every man must
depend for his living, is to be deprived
of al the attributes Of property. and
can be destroyed without redress for
the. man engaged therein and without
or any right on his part to the protec-
ton of til" law, to guarantee him in
the rrarrable and lawful exercise OF
that right. |
am opposed to the proposition that |
undertakes to deprive a man of the |
ness Of the protection Of the Law, and |
places il in Il position Whel'" It can DE |
DESTROYED at will. and makes the courts |
pnwerleSs to protect it from dead
w assaults thereon Does Mr.. Nc
C;iliruhdy favor or oppose inns
nronosition" Mr. Gnmptrs. his ally. |
insists upon it. Will Mr.. M"Gilli-
cuidy. if elected. vote for a proposition
that drpriyes the right to DO business.
Of the protection Of the law? bill
that outlaws business 50 far as any |
property right therein is concerned.
HAY. referred briefly. and without
any attempt at elaboration, u what l
believe t. be very significant and inn
portant issues projected into inns
campaign by the action of Mr..
Goinprr% Nv record upon them is
open 1t is Il record | have had ever
since ! have been y member OF the
House, and il is Il record | shall main
tain 50 long as am member thereof.
| welcome their discussion ana | am
ready to submit them to The intelligent
people al my district. no matter what
their business or occupation may be.
There are other Que: tionS to be S,Iir,
Of 4 general character, such 2" the
Tariff, upon which We fundamentally
disagree with our opponents.
Whether they purpose to attack the
policy of the Republican party, which
in the last analysis, II based upon the
proposition Of the pro-
lection of American labor and the
Of its rate of wage with
and steady employment,
the developments in the campaign
thus far do not show. That the policy
Of protection does foster American
labor and increase its rate of wage, is
There is no country any
" here whose Wage-earntrS receive
ANYTHING like the compensation, in any
industry. like those who work upon
American soil. our rate Of wages is
anywhere from 80 7" 100 per cent. in
excess Of that paid elsewhere.
our Democratic friends may point.
for the purpose OF confusing, and
avoiding the issue. to the fact that
is more or less universal.
ana is not confined to the borders Of
tEi, notion Let them point however |