Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-07-04
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| cial)-The hypocrisy of the Southern
Democrats who pose as friends of la
Dor" in the House of Representatives
| for political effect but who do nothing
in their own states to relieve the
conditions of the workers, was bitterly
arraigned by Representative Driscoll,
of New York, a Republican, in al
scorching speech in the House.
His denunciation was brought about
by the brazen hypocrisy of Represen-
tative Hef1in, of Alabama, in declar-
ing that there is no man in this
House who will vote more readily for
those who TOLL The House had un-
der consideration the naval appropria-
ton bill, and Uncle Joe Cannon, the
reactionary member from Illinois, Of
fered an. amendment that only coal
mined under the eight hour Workday
be purchased. Apparently Cannon's
move was to help the mine workers,
| out the real reason was that the coal
mined in Cannon's home district is
already mined under the eight hour
| day land he was merely serving the
Illinois mine owners OF course, most
Of the members did not see the point,
and the sight of the reactionary Can
non posing as friend of labor"
aroused the envy of all the other men,
bers and there was general rush to
praise the workers. Most of the hot
air came from the Southern Demo
Gratis.
The declarations of the Southern
Democrats were so obviously humbug
| that Driscou arose and asked permits |
sion to insert in the Congressional
| Record certain extracts from the laws |
and constitutions of the Southern |
states were the so-called "friclds of
labor" hail from.
There has been a good deal of
buncombe here this afternoon" de-
clared Driscoll, more playing to the
| galleries and for home consumption |
than usual"
"The gentleman from Alabama-Mr
Hefiin-greW SO red in the fact that
feared he might burst a blood vessel
in avowing his sympathy for the down
trodden workingman, and his desire |
to relieve him Of It
There are several other able and
influential members of this body, |
among them prominent candidate
for the Democratic presidential nomi- |
nation Let the mreturn to their own
states and repeal those outrageous
statutes which are the relics of indus
trial slavery and peonage Let them
get in step with the march of progress
in other parts of the country Let
them by their acts give evidence of
their good faith and sincerity as
friends of the plain people, and they
will be listened to on that subject
With attention and respect"
After fight with the reactionary
Southern members same mem
bers who form a majority of the
Committee on the Judiciary who re-
ported and voted for the Clayton Anti
injunction bill and who have been
loud tnouthed In their protestations Of
love for the working peope- Driscoll
secured permission to insert in the
Congressional Record extracts from
many of the laws of the Southern
states that show how these so-called
! friends of labor" knife labor in the
back in their own districts.
The extracts quoted by Driscoll
show that in Alabama it is a crime
punishable with fine of not more
than 800 and Imprisonment in the
county Jail not more than three
months to persuade a worker to leave
his job; that boycotting or unfair lists
are strictly forbidden. Similarly, in
Texas and Georgia and in all of the
Southern states, there are Anticipated,
outrageous and barbarous laws against
labor.
And yet the Democratic Representa-
tives who offer no protest against
these conditions in their own states
are constantly advertising themselves
as friends of labor" in the halls of
the National Capital.
A few days after Driscoll delivered
his speech. Representative Bartlett, Of
Georgia, took the floor and with con-
siderable pride pointed out that
Georgia has law against the employ
ment of children below the age of ten
years. That children between the
ages OF ten and sixteen are enslaved
in the factories and cotton mills of
his state he did not dare deny.
PULLMAN EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED.
| Washington, June 27.-In the cir