The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-03
COURTS SHORN
OF INJUNCYIONS
IN LABOR CRISES
Continued from Fret Pope.

business or happens to be- and 30 FORTH
Does that mean that any person or per-
sons organized or unorganizcd may as
semblc in or AZ the house Of q working
man7"
Yes. any number" agreed Mr. Vol
stead.
"And interfere with his peace and risn,
Of employment continued Mr.. Moore.
rs not that an invasion OF personal
liberty. to say nothing of an invasion of
the rights of property? Does not this
tend 90 restrict the liberty and labor Of
the person owning or occupying tina,
houser"
II think II does" replied Mr.. volstead.
Citisens' Rights Invaded.
Does not that mean an invasion OF
the constitutional right OF the citizen and
that men. organized or unorgsnized, en-
Filtered against one of their number or
prejudced in the extreme, may sit on the
doorstep OF your house and discuss with
your wife while she Is preparing the eve-
ming meal your right to work.
Democrats combsted Mr.. Moore's con-
pute with labor would be abridged by
section 49, Mr.. Moore ansriiy declared
that his contention was well founded and
insisted that under the law he would
not make fish OF one class and fowl of an
other. He concluded:
And IL II be a crime in the presence
OF the labor representatives who have
been In the galleries debating this legis-
lation for the last ten days to make this
declaration In favor OF the workingmen
OF this country regardless OF union or
non-union, then I stand corrected by them
and am grateful to say that would not
vote for special legislation exempting
crime, nor for the amendment offered
by the gentleman from Kansas. tMr
Murdockl, who is playing politics and has
been playing to the galleries from one end
OF this debate to the other"
Moore Charges Cowardicc.
Mr. Moore charged that in adopt
/ Ing the labor provision the House had
/ yielded to bulldozing and tactics Of ter
| rorlsm employed by labor and had run
like a flock OF sheep from the issue In
volved.
Shaking his fst AZ the gallery. where
sat Frank Il. Morrison and other labor
leaders. Mr.. Moore declared that he never
could subscribe to the legal classified
tons sought by the unions or By any
other body OF citizens lie charged In
effect that the House had submitted &c
the unions In a spirit OF cowardice anC
that all responsible would eventually be
censured by the people.
Mr.. Moore was angry because he hac
been twitted BY Mr.. Murdoch OF Kansas
Progressive. and others for his ilbsenc,
from the House yesterday. He denied
that there was any doubt as to where h,
stood on this proposition.
Il am opposed to sxempting any elias,
Of citizens from prosecution under tn,
laws" shouted Mr.. Moore. II would hoit
myself despicable IL ever voted to ex
empt Sam Gompers or Frank Morrison
or any other labor leader from the op
erations of the criminal laws Of thi
country. I would not vote TO exemp
them or John ID. Rockt Teller or any oil
else from these same laws. I would no
be Influenced in my view by the presenc,
OF these men In the galleries
At this the labor leaders laughed sheer
ingly. Mr.. Moore was Enthusiastically ap
plauded as ne concluded.
With the Informal adoption by tn,
House to-day of the Clayton bill tina
body has now disposed of two of tn
antitrust measures Debate on the thirC
bill which empowers the Interstate Com
merce Commission to supervise the is
sue OF railway securities. was begun lat
this afternoon. II Is the hope OF tn
leaders to complete consideration OF III
railway capitalization bill on Saturday o.
Monday. The three bills will tn n be for
mally passed and transmitted to the Sen
ate