Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-06-24
TURNSDOWNCLASS
LEGISLATION
Congress Refuses to Exempt Union
Organizations From Terms u
Conn.erce LAWS.


WASHINGTON. June 24.--Labor
organizations have lost their fight to
gain exemption from prosecution un-
der the ANTITRUST and interstate COM
merce laws. Following lively debate
and by vote Of Iss to 100 the
house agreed to the senate action
striking out provision in the sum
dry civil appropriation bill that would
have effected this immunity.
When the sundry civil bill was be-
fore the house that body lacked on an
amendment by Representative Hugh
es of New Jersey. democrat. pro-
viding that no part OF the appropria-
ton for the enforcement Of the anti
trust law shall be spent in the prose-
cutlon OF any organization or indfvid-
ual for entering into any combina-
ton or agreement having in view the
increasing Of wages, shortening OF
hours or lettering the condition Of
labor, or for any act done in further
ance thereof not In Itself unlawful.
The senate struck out the amend
ment. The house then instructed its
conferees to stand by that provision.
and the senate conferees resenting
such an ironclad direction, refused 10
consider the item.
Stirs Up Hornets Nest.
Representative Tawney OF Minneso-
ia, one of the house conferees. moved
that the house recede from its posi-
ton and concur with the senate's
action. The motion stirred up a hor-
nets nest.
On the final vote, which gave a
Knockout blow to the Hughes amend
nent and left the way clear to an
asier agreement ON the sundry civil.
i'll, the following republicans voted
nth the democrats for the amend
nent
Austin of Tennessee, Carey. Coop
+, Lenroot, Nelson and Stafford of
Wisconsin, Davis of Minnesota, Fish
New York, Greene Of Massachus-
its, Focht and Reynolds OF Pennsyl-
ania, Hubbard. Kendall and Woods
Iowa, Hayes of California, Kron-
iner of Maryland, Lnndin. Roden-
erg and Wilson of Illinois. Mur-
pck of Kansas and Poindexter of
ashington.
The democrats who voted with the
publicans were Bartlett of Nevada,
lerley of Kentucky and Page Of
nth Carolina.
For Political BuncOmbe.''
Sixteen present did not vote and
eral were paired.
During the debate Representative
Tney said he hoped the house
pld recede and concur with the
ate, as to this amendment, assert
that the amendment was offered
political buncombe
e protested against congress ty-
the hands of the government in
enforcement of criminal law, and
that the amendment worked a
DISQUALIFICATION Cual WOuiu IuSIl-
policy that some day would
ke the very foundation of this gov
nent."
r. Hughes denied that his pur-
was political. He said the
ge of demagogy was easily made,
that in theory acceptance of the
"a demagogue." is man who
to do after the election that
h he promises to do before cleo
Madison of Kansas denounced
hughes amendment as an attempt
rite into the law legalization OF
secondary boycott
e information that the house had
tied the Hughes amendment was
we'd with indignation" by the
tive council OF the American
ration of Labor, now In session
according to the councils own
OF its meeting.
Is regarded" says the report
betrayal Of the rights and
ests Of the workers OF the coun-