The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-24
CONGRESS RErua1S TO EXEMPT
UNIONS FROM SHERMAN
ANTITRUST LAW.
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Now Has Form Adopted by Senate
House Agreeing to action in
Striking out the Emempt.
ing Provision.

| der the antitrust and interstate com
merce laws. BY vote OF 13S to Ia0
the house tcslay agreed to the sen,
ate action striking out the provision
~ the sundry civil bill that would
nave effected this immunity.
When the sundry bi1l was before
the house the amendment by Hughes
OF New Jersey, Democrat, was ADOPT.
ad, providing IT, pa;t OF the an
preparation for tho Enforcement al
the antitrust laws shall be spent in
prosecuting any organization or indf
yidual for entering into a combina.
ton or agreement having in view In.
ereasine wages, shortening hours or
bettering the condition OF labor, or
for any act done In furtherance there.
OF not in itself unlawful"
The senate killed the amendment.
Today Towney, Of Minnesota, one OF
the house conferaes on the bill,
moved that the nOuse recede from its
position and concur vita the senate's
action. The motion srsrrel up nor.
nets nest many conscious on the
possibility of labor unions interpra-
tation of their vote in the coming
elections, partleipa.--g in the debate
to make clear their positions. TIE
following Republicans voted with the
emocrats for the Hughes amend
ment: Austin, or TENNESSEE Gary
Cooper, Lenrb0ts. Ne7soii. afia Staf.
foord, OF Wisconsin: avis of Minneso
Ia; FisA, Of New York; Greene, OF
Massachusetts,; Focht and Reynolds
Of PENNSYLVANIA; Hubbard Kendall
and Woods. of Iowa; Hayles, of Cal.
ifcrnia; Kronmiller, OF Maryland;
Lundin Rodenberg and Wilson, OF
Illinois; Murdock, Kansas; Poindex
ter of Washington.
The Democrats who voted with the
Republicans We're: Bartlett, Nevada
Sherley, of Kentucky; Page, of North
Carolina. Sixteen were present VINO
did not vote, and there We're numer-
GUS pairs OF Democrats with Repub
Leans.
Tawney declared that the amend
ment was Offered for pure political
bnncomba. He protested against
congress tying it's hands with govern
ment enforcement OF the criminal
Law, and declared that amendment
worked class discrimination when
would institute a policy that some
day would shake the very founda.
lions of the government"
Hughes denied that his purpose
was political
He said: 1T is significant that tho
Republican party is built on the IDEAS
of striking the manacles from the
blacks Of slaves, and should not
seek to put manacles on white slaves
the laborng men of this country
The bill was sent back to confer
ence with the Hughes amendment
eliminated.
The action marked a successful ter
minating of the fight by Taft against
Wnat he termed class legislation of
the improper sort and apparently re
moved the last real obstacle in the
way Of the adjournment OF congress
witain the next few days.
Taft spent the entire day and bent
every energy toward the defeat of
the amednment He declared that h.
it cost him the support of every labor
man In the country he would oppose
such provision of the law. The Ia.
boring man, he believed. asked only
equality before law, and was entitled
to no more.
incidentally the president sent
long telegram tonight to the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen at 81. Paul, in which he
outlined mis- views on the matter. A
telegram In response 70 the message
of protest from the convention was
also answered.
The senate spent the greater part
OF the day in considering the bill
looking to the creation OF forest re-
serves in the White Mountains and
southern Appalachians. Newlanls
and Burton spoke in opposition and
1t soon became evident that fill
buster for the defeat of the bill was
in progress.
1t was discovered today that toe
public building bills carrying about
$20,O00oo0 as It passed both houses,
does not carry any actual appropria.
tion of moneys but merely authorizes
the purchase of sites and erection OF
buildings.
II was explained that the superin-
tending architect OF public buildings
is so far behind with his work that
there was no use appropriating
money for any additional buildings|
for NJ least sixteen pznths n eomn.'