The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-29
LABOR LAWYER SAYS
ADAMSON RAILROAD
BILL is GOLD BRICK"

tablish an eight hour day and that
the work day is limited only by tho
stNteen-hour service act is tho opinion
OF Attorney Clnwson, who says:
1.-THE Adamson act does not state
that his work shall cease with eight
hours, but that II shall simply be n
basis for reckoning compensation and
that II shall be considered standard
days labor. II further does not pro-
vide penalty for anyone who requires
or permits service beyond the sixteen
hour period
Under the Adamson act a man may
work twenty-four hours We have
only one law which imposes penalty
for working more than sixteen hours,
and that is the so-called hours Of sorv-
ice act"
Alarm over the discovery Of the
Joker in the Adamson law is spread
ing through tho ranks Of the passen-
ger train crews. striking instance
ul their attitude was furnished by the
action OF William b. Dorsey. 25l North
Arsenal avenue, indianapolis. n Van
daiIa railway engineer. who always
has voted the Democratic ticket He
publicly announced that he would vote
for Hughes because OF the presidents
part In tho passage Of the Adamson
law.
The Republicans are working hard
to regain the support OF the working
men attracted TO Wilson by his pro-
LESSONS OF service 10 the cause OF
union labor
Democratic Extravaganza.
pAnnh1tpnu Qtntp tipRnt ia
elected II will be largely because OF
the extravaganza charged up TO the
Ralston administration. which MIR,
Goodrich. the Republican candidate for
governor. has been Analysing on the
stump with telling effect Congress-
man Adair, the Democratic candidate
for governor, has been on the defcns-
i've from the start in this respect.
The Democrats now have eleven OF
the thirteen representatives in Con-
gress. The Republicans claim they
will make gain OF seven members.
In the Terre Haute district Eugene
V. Debs, long time national Social
list leader. is running for Congress on
the Socialist ticket. The reports from
that district indicate that so many
Democrats Will vote for Debs that
Congressman Moss, the Democratic
candidate. probably will be defeated
and Everett Sanders, the Republican
candidate, elected.
The temper OF the farmers, not only
in Indiana, hut throughout the North
and West, was. disclosed by the atti-
tude Of the farmers national congress,
which met here last week. The south
ern delegates and agents of the admin
Istration stroye unremittingly through
out the sessions TO obtain an indorse-
ment Of President Wilson. The north
ern and western delegates defeated all
these efforts and forced the adoption
OF resolutions which constitute a Sc
we're Indictment OF Wilson legislation
and policies.
Complaint by Farmers.
I'VE protest against any advance in
rates to compensate for Increased
wages" declared one resolution, refer
ring to the presidents proposal TO
transfer to the consumers the burden
OF the cost OF raising by twenty-five per
cent the wages OF the railroad brother
hood members.
Another resolution advocated the ap-
portionment OF the Smith Lever law
fund for agricultural extension work
by farm acreage under tillage instead
Of rural population. as now provided
by the Democratic act for the pur-
pose of increasing the allotment to the
the South.
The congress urged the adoption OF
the Susan B. Anthony equal suffrage
amendment to the constitution in ac-
cordance with Fundamental principles
OF human equality. real representative
government and economic justice"