Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-20
GIVES KENDALL
CREDIT FOR WORK
r. WILLIAMS OF oLlvET DETAILS
WHAT SIXTH DISTRICT CON-
GRESHAM HAS DONE.
HIS GREAT EFFORTS
After Investigating Record Of Repre-
sentative in National House,
Former Ottumwan Relates
Activities Of AIbian.

After thoroughly investigating the
during his term in congress, r. Will
liams of Olivet, formerly Of this city,
has come out In an interview favOring
the reelection Of Mr. Kendall. 1T is
with much pride that say that Mr..
Kendall has responded to every call
without evasion, hesitancy or excuse
during the last session of congress-"
says Mr.. Williams. Mr.. Kendall voted
for the following measures, which
were passed and OF especial interest
to labor:
THE railroad employees standard
ization Of equipment bill, "a safety ap-
pliance act), on December Is, 1909.
"The mine workers bureau of mines
bill, January Is, 1910.
1.-THE amendment to the employers
liability act, February %, 1910.
"The eight hour amendment to the
appropriation bill for the construction
of revenue cutters, March 2, 1910.
"The eight hour amendment for the
construction Of battleships, Golfers
and other vessels of the navy, April
e, 1910.
The postal savings bank bill, which
passed the house June 2, 1910.
Active For Miners
''Mr Kendall took an especially
active part in the house in behalf OF
the mine workers bureau OF mines
bill. His speeches upon the subject
were carefully prepared and ex-
cellently delivered, and it is no more
than right to extend every credit to
Mr.. Kendall for his active work In be-
half of this very necessary and
meritorious legislation.
From the commencement of the
second session of the sixty-first con-
gress Mr.. Kendall made special eff
fort to advance the eight hour bill,
(H. r. 15441), endorsed by the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, and when he
found 1t impossible to secure action
by the house committee on labor, he
introduced house resolution No. 706 on
May 10, calling for the discharge OF
further consideration Of the eight
hour bill, OH. r. 15441), and that the
bill be Immediately considered in the
house as though regularly reported by
said committee. This resolution was
referred to the committee on rules. OF
which Representative Dalzell OF Pitts
burg is chairman.
Worked For Eight Hour Law.
1.-THE house committee on rules
neglected to give the bill any con-
sideration; therefore, without undue
delay, Representative Kendall on June
A. introduced an amendment to the
sundry civil bill providing that all
public work included in that appropria-
ton bill, for the United States govern
ment, by contractors and sub-con-
tractors, should be performed under
the eight hour regulations. The amend
ment was ruled out of order by Mr..
Mann who is chairman of the commit
tee Of the whole house. and on an ap-
peal being taken, the house sustained
the decision OF the chair and rejected
the amendment on the ground that 1t
would have applied to unfinished con-
tracts.
''Mr. Kendall Immediately followed
the subject up by making another
eight hour amendment with the pro-
vision that it should cover all new
contracts to be let under the BILL 1t
was Immediately objected to by Mr..
Tawney, of Minnesota, and the amend
ment was ruled out on point of order
by the chair.
ION June 2, 1910, the house, while in
committee of the whole, adopted the