The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-06-06
TABOR ASKS M0!RE'
- NOT sA7ieriEp WITH TIN
TWO PRov!sIoNs u CLAYTON
ANrLrRusr Sill.
ese Hes Rsfdesd % Psrwit Actual II
smption o. Labor UnIons From
Application u the shsr-
"a man Law.

~ APRu0Au0V ~ tuo 0uor
n man. Law.
~ oEoR0E CLINTON.
Washington.--In the omnibus anti
trust bill prepared by Representative
Clayton ana his fellow members of the
judiciary COMMITTEES there are two pro
visions the progress Of which employ
ers and representatives OF the labo,
unions Of the country win watch anx
4ousit and for different reasons. One
OF the provisions limits the power Of
the federal courts to grant injunctions
IN labor disputes, and the other pro
vides jury trials for persons In con.
tempt Of court.
An attempt probably viii be made to
amend the measures 90 a. to make
them more pleasing to the labor repre-.
sentatives. II these attempts succeed
and the bills are made a. drastic az
labor would like to have them, and II
che senate falls to eliminate the pro
visions. It seems to be generally be.
ateved that President Wilson will inter
pose his veto.
The two provisions do not 60 nearly
- far a. labor would like to have them
80. For years the labor leaders have
tried 70 secure the passage of bin
which would exempt the unions from
the operations Of the Sherman anti
trust law. II will be remembered that
President Taft vetoed . bill which
contained provision forbidding the
expenditure Of certain government
monies to pay tho charges for the
prosecution OF labor unions and farmer
organizations under the antitrust law.
Mr.. Wilson signed q similar bill. but
did It under protest.
Labor Interests Want Mors.
It was believed that in the antitrust
Dill which the Democrats were to
prepare there would be . specific pro-
vision exempting labor unions and pos
sibly farmer organizations from prose-
cution under the antitrust law. The
presidents warning given last spring
seems. however. to have had It's effect.
90 the house judiciary committee In
preparing the antitrust bill gave labor
only part of what 1t wanted. The
labor interests thought 1t only q small
part. for they hold that the limitation
of the power Of federal courts to grant
In labor troubles and the
jury trials for contempt do not consti-
tute anything like such program as
the workingmen wish to have put into
law.
AS has been said. these Clayton anti
Injunction and contempt bills are q
part Of the general antitrust legisla-
ton. A delegation Of representatives
In congress visited the president in an
endeavor to persuade him to urge Mr..
Clayton and his colleagues Of the
house judiciary committee to incorpo-
rate more radical provisions in the bill
in reference to injunctions. They
urged that actual exemption should. be
given to labor unions from the applica-
ton Of the Sherman law. There Il
good authority to say that Mr.. Wilson
refused point blank to do what the rep
resentatives urged and It IL limited that
he declared he would veto any bill
containing provision exempting the
unions from prosecution under the
Sherman law II It should come to him
In . form written any more strongly
than the provision as 1t now stands In
the Clayton bill.
Civilian for AIaska Work.
All the preliminary work Of the sur
vey of the Alaskan railroad, which II
to be constructed by the government.
ID to be done by q civilian engineer.
william G. Edes, assisted by q cav
airy ofilcer Of the United States army.
Lieut.. Frederick Mears. The build
Ing of the Panama canal first was put
Into the hands Of the civilians, but
afterward It became necessary to
transfer the work to the engineer
corps Of the army. Washington u
asking why . civilian engineer has
been detailed to the Alaska work.
Secretary Of the Interior Lane REQ
the appointment Of an en-
Blu0oE IIOuu CAVlA14 bAAcp oks<A 49, ~
commended that the young cavalry ON
Ger. Mears. should be named a. an -
listant TO the chief engineer. Both
Of the appointments were made By
the president. and then there was .
curious happening. Lieutenant Mears
called ON Secretary Of War Garrison
to pay his respects and to report his
departure for duty.
"Well. where are you goingr'
ITO ALASKA said the army ofhces.
who gave ron the authority to 50
70 Alsska r
srhs secretary Of the interior" an
swered The young onacer. somewhat
III nsxs Is me- Said sscrstas,y
GARRISON. Hthat ~ ssoretaxy Of the
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