Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-06-29
FIGHT TO GAIN EXCEPTION FROM
PROSECUTION LOST
IN HOUSE.
TAWNEY SAYS TWAS A PCLITI-
CAL MoVE-HUGHEs
MAKES DENIAL.
COMMITTEE ON HIGH COST OF
LIVING OFFERS REPORT
OF MAJORITY.

Washington, June 24-The labor
organizations have lost their fight 10
gain exemption from prosecution I'M
der the antitrust and interstate COM
merce laws. BY a vote of 1873 to $50
the house yesterday agreed to the
senate action striking out the provis-
ion in the sundry civil bin that would
have effected this immunity.
When the sundry bill was before
the house an amendment was offered
by Mr. Hughes of New Jersey, demo
crat, providing that no part of the
appropriation for the enforcement OF
the antitrust laws shall be spent in
the prosecution of any organization or
individual for entering into comb1n-
alton or agreement having in view
the increasing of wages, shortening
OF hours or the lettering of the con-
dition of labor or for any act done in
furtherance thereof not in itself I'M
lawful"
The senate killed the amendment.
Eestey day Mr.. Tawney of Minnesota,
Zone of the house conferees on the
bill, moved that the house recede
from it's position and concur with the
senate's action. The motion stirred
up a hornets's nest. Many, conscious
of a possible labor Interpretation of
their vote in the coming elections, par
ticipated in the debate to make clear
their positions.
The following republicans voted
with the democrats for the Hughes
amendment:
Messrs Austin of Tennessee, Cary,
Cooper, Lenroot, Nelson and Stafford
Of Wisconsin, Davis of Minnesota,
Fish of New York, Greene of Massa-
chusetts, Focht and Reynolds of
Pennsylvania, Hubbard, Kendall and
Woods of Iowa, Hayles of California,
Kronmiller of Maryland, Lundin, Rod
: enbarg- and Wilson of Illinois, Muir
dock of Kansas and Poindexter Of
Washington.
The democrats who voted with the
republicans were Bartlett of Nevada,
Sherley of Kentucky and Page of
North Carolina. There were 16 pres
ent who did not vote and there were
also numerous pairs of democrats
with republicans.
offered fer Political Reasons.
Mr.. Tawney declared that the
amendment was offered for pure po-
litical buncombe. He protested
against congress tying the hands OF
the government in the enforcement
eff the criminal law and declared
that the amendment worked class
discrimination which would institute
a policy that some day would shake
the very foundations of the govern
ment"
Mr.. Hughes denied that mis- purpose
was political.
He said: 1T is significant that the
republican party, built on the idea of
striking the menacles from the black
slaves, should seek now to put the
menacles on the white slaves-the Ia
boring men of this country"
Taft Wins Fight.
The bill was sent back to the con-
ference with the Hughes amendment
eliminated
The action marked a successful ter
mination of the fight by President
Taft against what he termed class
legislation of ar, Improper sort, and
apparently the removal of the last real
obsfaelleri1l the, way of the adjourn
ment of congress, within the next few
days.
Entitled to Equality.
Mr.. Taft spent the entire day and
bent every energy toward the defeat
Of the amendment. He declared that
if it cost him the support of every Ia
boring man in the country, he would
not approve such provision in the
law. The laboring man, he believed,
asked only equality before the law
and was entitled to no more.
incidentally the president sent a
long telegram last night to the con-
veution of the brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen at
St. Paul, in which he outlined his
views on the matter. The telegram
was in response to message of pro-
test from the convention.
Discusses Forest Reserves.
The senate spent the greater part
Of the day in considering the bill look
ing to the creation of forest reserves
IN the White mountain and southern
Appalachians. Messrs. Newlands and
Burtson spoke in opposition and it
soon became evident that fiiliboster
for the defeat of the bill was in
progress.
1t was discovered yesterday that
the public buildings billcarrying about
500 COO 600 as Il passeh both houses