The Washington herald., 1914-06-03
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HOUSE BUNKOED
BY union LABOR
Moore Scores Fellow-mem-
bers for Adopting PRO
vision of Doubt"
POLITICAL cOWARDICEp
Gompers and Others in Galleries
Laugh as He Shakes Fist
at Them.
POLITICAL cOWARDICE!'

dramatic denuncistion OF the 21 men,
bers who on Monday voted to exempt
organized labor from prosecution under
the law was delivered in the House yes
terday by Representative Moore, OF Penn
sylyania, a Republican.
Representative Moore charged that in
adopting the labor provision the House
had yielded to bulldozing and tactics "
terrorism employed by labor leaders and
had run like q flock Of sheep from the
issues involved.
Shaking his fist at the gallery where sat
Frank Z. Morrison and other labor lead
crs, Representative Moore declared that
he never would subscribe to the illegal
classifications'' sought by the unions or
any other body of citizens. He charged.
in effect. that the House had submitted
to the unions in a spirit of political cow
ardice and that all responsible would be
censured by the people.
Representative Moore was angry be-
cause he had been twitted by Bull Moose
Murdoch, of Kansas, and others for his
absence from the House on Monday. He
denied that there was any doubt as to
where he stood on this proposition.
Il would hold myself despicable IL
ever voted to exempt Sam Gompers or
Frank Morrison, or any other labor lead
er from the operations of the criminal
laws Of this country" he shouted. Il
would not vote to exempt them or John
~. Rockefeller or any one else from
those same laws. 1 would not be in
fuenced in my vote by the presence Of
these men in the galleries
Labor Leaders Laugh.
At this the labor leaders laughed. Mr..
Moore was enthusiastically applauded as
he concluded. Most of those who ap-
proved his sentiments supported, on Mon
day. the provision which Mr.. Gompers
says exempts the organizations that he
represents from liability under any OF
the acts declared by the administration
bill TO be unlawful.
With the informal adoption by the
House yesterday of the Clayton bill. that
body has now disposed of two of the
antitrust measures. Debate on the third
bill. which empowers the Interstate Com
nerce Commission to supervise the issue
of railway securities, was begun late
afternoon and continued at
session held last night. 1t is the hone
)f the leaders to complete consideration
II the railway capitalization bill Satur-
lay or Monday. The three bills will
then be formally passed and transmitted
10 the Senate.
Section Is. limiting the power of the
Federal courts in issuing injunctions in
abor disputes. was attacked by Repre-
Moore, and others. but II was
adopted In amended form just as II had
been approved by the administration and
BY organized labor as represented by
Sompers. Democratic orators refused -
accept any amendment except the one
approved in conference, in which the ad-
and organized labor were
1t was at this point in the proceedings
that Mr. Moore jumped into the debate. |
He insisted that the liberties that would |
be enjoyed by union labor under section
IS might interfere with rights now per- |
mitted under the law by nonunion labor. !
Mr.. Moore, in a heated debate with !
Eolstead, of Minnesota
asserted that the language of section Is !
meant "an invasion of personal liberty. 10
say nothing Of the invasion of the rights :
,f property"
Does not that" he shouted. mean an
INVASION of the constitutional right of /
the citizen and that men, organized or
lnorganized, embittered against one Of
their number vr prejudiced in the ex- /,
IRENE, may sit on the doorstep of your |
house and discuss with your wife while /.
she is preparing the evening meal, your |
right to work.
And If it be a crime in the presence |
II the labor representatives who have !
'een in the galleries debating this legis- |
alton for the. last ten days to make this !
declaration in favor of the rights of the /
OF this country, regardless /
Il union or nonunion. then / stand con-
'icted before them; but before the people ,
md before my conscience i am grateful |
or the opportunity to say that / would
lot vote for special legislation exer,ntipv
rime. nor for the amendment offered /
~ the gentleman from Kansas CMr.
durdock), who is playing politics and
las been playing to the galleries from
me end of this debate to the other"
One important change was made in the
nu-trust bill yesterday. A substitute
vas offered and adopted for section u,
making guilt personal The effect of
he substitute is to make a conviction of !
corporation extend at once to the off,
ers of the offending corporation. Il