The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-07
DR.. was the next speaker.


Mr. Emory asserted that the great
body of workingmen In Connecticut
are at peace with their employers and
that the union men represent but a
small proportion of the workers of the
State.
He read from the decision Of the
committee appointed to investigate the
anthracite coal strike In 1902, which
states that there is but one war-mak-
ing power in this country-viz., the
government. and that the government
does not recognize labor wars, So
called
Mr.. Emory then assailed Mr.. Hun
ters speech.
Here YOU have a. man." he exclaim-
ed, telling us that if we do not legal
iZe the unlawful acts which he asks,
then his unions will commit unlawful
acts anyway, will destroy property, will
bring about sabota ge-''
That's not so,'', came from several
members Of the committee, while Mr..
Hunter jumped to his feet.
81 said nothing of the kind. I pro-
test against having my remarks dis
torted in that manner exclaimed Mr..
Hunter
"Mr. Emory ought to know better -
hotly exclaimed Lyman Tingier, Demo-
cratic House leader. This commit
tee heard what Mr. Hunter said. It's
an insult to our intelligence for Mr..
Emory to attempt to misrepresent in
that manner"
storm of applause followed this
remark. lasting for several minutes.
Chairman Banks vainly raped for
order, and when quiet was at last re-
stored. declared that he would clear
the galleries if further demonstrations
followed.
Mr.. Emory was then allowed to pro-
coed. He confined most of his time
to showing that the Senate Bill "a is
not an exact duplicate of the English
bill. but is more drastic and leaves out
an important amendment to the Eng
list act.
Then you don't object to the Eng
lish act?" asked Representative Tin
gier.
81 certainly do. 7 consider it very
Objectionable said Mr.. Emory; ''be-
cause this bill is more so, does not
make the English act less So
Mr.. Emory declared that the bill as
proposed to the committee would be
unconstitutional and that the measure
in England was possible only through
the fact that England has no written
constitution and that anything enact
ed by parliament there is unquestion-
able law
But thank Cod he said, eve have
a constitution that guarantees equal
TlSulS 10 ALL dIlu WOIl let q I1ldl Gull
NIT social suicide even if he wants
to-
He traced the effect of the Trades
Dispute act upon non-union men, show
ing that if nom union men lose their
Jobs through the unions, they have no
redress.
Senator German then asked:
IF a lawyer violates the ethics of
his profession. don't you take away his
privilege of practicing at his chosen
profession?''
"No. we DON'T said Mr. Emory, ''the
court does that and it only revokes a
license that has been extended to
him.
Samuel Beardsley of Shelton. ques-
toned some of Attorney Emory's re-
marks and asked him if the Adair
case. recently decided. did not consti-
tute a boycott against union labor.
Mr. Emory said he did not think so.
Owing to the lateness of the hour
the hearing was adjourned for two
weeks. The manufacturers have not
had chance to finish their presenta-
ton and will take it up when the next
hearing resumes.
According to the statement of At
torney Gross, it will be interesting,
for he remarked:
We'll show them how this thing
actually works out in Hartford