The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-10-27
SENATOR LIPPITT.
The Republican Nominee Makes Cleal
His Record on Public Questions.

His Record on Public Questions.
The members of the Republican
Club of Rhode Island were treated to a
clear and convincing statement of Sen.
ator Lippitts views on public questions
at the meeting in Infantry Hall the
past week. The Senator made a most
pointed reply to his opponent, and in
addition TO that, refuted the lie indus
triously circulated by ignorant or NAL.
icious persons about the rate of pay
that labor deserves.
Senator Lippitt said:
"The Democratic nominee for Senator
has decided that it is necessary for him
to tell where he stands, because he says
my record is known and his is not He
makes rather an interesting document.
lie says that / have failed to support
any legislation which protects the
young, regulates the period of work, or
compensates for injuries.
"Well, that is important, If true, but
the facts are that he is mistaken. / not
only voted for the Child Labor law, but
spoke for it 80 effectively that when the
democratic Senators of South Carolina
and Georgia were trying to convince the
senate that it would be impossible for
Southern cotton mills to run under this
law, that in something like five minutes,
so thoroughly convinced the Senate of
their being in the wrong that, although
they were starting for long debate,
that line of argument was promptly
dropped and the bill shortly passed.
81 voted for the Compensation for In
juries bill. Not only was not opposed
to it, | was very decidedly in favor of
it. And in 1912 voted in favor of ap-
plying the eight hour law to clerks in
first and secOndc class post offices.
In Support of Industry.
"He says / failed to support legisla
tion to open new channels for industry.
He is most decidedly mistaken in that,
for i have invariably voted in favor of
such legislation.
"But one thing l have not done. i
have not voted for any bill to close the
channels of American industry. Now,
Mr.. Gerry, in his statement, tells us
something about where he stands to-
day, but he has not told us where he
stood when he was in Congress. What
he did there was to vote to close chan
nels of American industry He voted
to close the channels of the principal in
dustries in this State. He voted for the
Underwood tariff bill, and / voted
against it; and the Underwood tariff
bill was a bill that was to close 10 per
cent. of the chnncls, among other things,
of the woolen and cotton mills of the
State of Rhode Island
"Thc thing that | have been trying to
do from the first day l went to Wash
ington is to vote for those measures that
would open larger opportunities of en-
ployment for the working people of
Rhode Island and that would assure
them of getting the highest possible
wages.
"Now, in spite of that, for the last
month or two there has been circulated
around the State of Rhode Island, by in
tcrested parties, statement that / had
some time declared that a dollar a day
was enough wages for working 'man
IL seems to me that the conduct of a
campaign for position as important as
that of United States Senator should
be carried on by argument. But when
it is declared that | said that dollar a
day is enough wages for working man,
it is not an argument-it is a lie. /
never said such thing, nor thought
such a thing and / challenge anybody
TO produce record of any such remark
made by me. On the contrary, my every
effort in Congress has been to give the
workingmen of Rhode Island as many
opportunities for work as | knew how
to. That has been the policy of the Re
publican party from the days Of Abra-
ham Lincoln until to-day, and l have
always supported that policy"