New-York tribune., 1910-06-24
PRESIDENT WINS FIGHT
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explained his position with great par
ticularity TO hundreds of thousands Oh
workingmen, and in no single instance
did abe fail ultimately to obtain their
cordial applause which at times amount
ed to a demonstration of the utmost en-
thusiasm. There is little reason, there-
fore, to believe that the rank ana ME
of the labor organizations will be Sc
riously disappointed at the positioh
taken by President Taft in this case
It was the Presidents fight on this
amendment to the big supply bill wnicn
caused rumors to spread that there un-
doubtedly would be a delay In the ad-
journment of Congress. Mr. TART feIt
he had a longer fight before him than
proved to be the case, and was doubt1ul
of the result until the vote was finally
taken. When informed of the result he
made no attempt to conceal his gratifl-
ca ton.
The House Recedes.
Following a lively debate, by vote
of 1873 to 13O, the House agreed to the
Senate action striking out the Hughes
amendment, which provided that no part
of the appropriation fol-. the enforcement
of the antitrust laws shall be spent
in the prosecution of any organization
or Individual for entering into any COM
bination or agreement having In view
the increasing Of wages shortening OF
hours or lettering the condition of labor
or for any act done in furtherance
i,, yf,5I
The Senate struck out the amendment.
The House then instructed its conferrees
to stand firmly by that provision, and
the Senate conferrees, resenting such an
ironclad direction. refused to consider
the item. To-day Mr.. Tawney, of Min
nesota, one of the House conferrees.
moved that the House recede from it's
position and concur in the Senate's ac-
ton.
Vote on Hughes Amendment.
The motion stirred up hornets nest.
Many members-none unconscious of the
possible Interpretation of their vote in
the coming elections-took part in the
debate to make clear their positions.
On the final vote, which struck out
the Hughes amendment and left the way
clear to agreement on the sundry civil
bill, the following Republicans voted
with the Democrats for the Hughes
amendment:
Austin, of Tennessee; Cary. Cooper,
Lenroot, Nelson and Stafford, of Wis
consin; Davis. of Minnesota; Fish, of
New York; Greene of Massachusetts;
Focht and Reynolds, of Pennsylvania;
Hubbard, Kendall and Woods, of Iowa;
Hayes of California; Kronmiller, Of
Maryland; Lundin, Rodenberg and Will
son, of Illinois, Murdoch, of Kansas, and
Poindexter, of Washington.
The Democrats who voted with the
Republicans were: Bartlett, of Nevada;
Sherley, of Kentucky. and Page, CT
North Carolina. There were sixteen
present who did not vote and many
pairs of Democrats with Republicans.
In the debate leading up to the vote
Mr.. Tawney said he hoped the House
would recede and concur with the SEN
ate declaring that the amendment was
offered for pure political buncombe. He
protested against Congress tying the
hands of the government in the enforce
ment of criminal law, and declared that
''the amendment worked a class dis
elimination which would institute a pol
icy that some day would shake the very
foundations of this government"
Hughes Defends His Scheme.
Mr. Hughes, author of the amend
ment, denied that his purpose was po-
litical. He said the charge of demagogy
was easily made, and that in the ordi-
nary acceptation of the term a dema-
gogue is a man who tries to- do after
election that which he promises to do
before election.
There are many members he
shouted, ION the Republican side Of the
House whom 1 am glad to acquit of this
charge of demagogy 1t is significant
that the Republican party, built on the
idea of striking the manacles from the
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