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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-11-08
WHAT THE MACY BOARD HAND
ED SEATTLE MEN.

The Macy Board, constituted to
adjust wages in the shipyards oper-
ating under government contract,
has, after due elaboration extending
over several months, handed down a
decision actually reducing the wages
of Seattle shipyard workers. They
have, in addition, added insult to In
jury by declaring their decision re-
troactive and announcing 1t as
very liberal adjustment and only
allowed because there will be no fur
Their adjustment until April l OF next
year. Under the terms of the award,
were it not for the saving clause that
any wages now being paid shall not
be reduced, Seattle shipyard work
ers would actually owe their employ
ers money.
The board says it was created Ito
preclude during the duration of the
war any general advance in wages
beyond that justified by a general
and material increase in the cost OF
living" and urges the workers tc
accept their decision in the spirit
that 1--WE are all soldiers in the battle
for democracy" and chose left be-
hind to carry on the fight in the
shipyards must not expect to take
advantage of the shortage of man
power which the war causes to ad
vance their prewar standards"
Working on this hypothesis, th'
board is functioning admirably. Ger
tainly they are not allowing an.
general advance in wages beyont
that justified by material ant
general increase in the cost of liv
ing" and they are not allowing tn
workers left behind to take advan
tage of the shortage Of man-powe
to advance their prewar conditions.
Accompanying their decision l
some of the inverted economics o
the days of Noah in which they de
clare the increase just granted viii
cause a further rise in the cost o
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-11-08
UNIONS AND SECRETARIES.

American Federat,On-Frank Morri-
;9n; A F. of L. building Washington
u state Observation-Disclosures Perry ray-
lor, p. o. BOX 1885. Tacoma. Wash.
olympia Trades C0uncil-Fred Hud-
son. sos Columbia. ,oo
Allied Printing Trades Council-F. L.
6atterlee. 315 East Fourth.
A aarsca% r F. f DID, No.
Bookbinders-Al Galloway, Sl6 East
Carpenters and Joiners-C A. Gloyd.
Clerks Association - Mrs. Bernice
Cook. and waters - Juanita Smith.
observation-disclosures Bender. Cherry
Joaraey@en Barber.-Paal Werner.
Laundry Workers--Alice Payne. 5th
and Water streets.
Machinists-C. Van vlack, a54 Frank
musician. - Elmer Jones. Frederick
.r r.iPtf n k pssirciers 900 %" %ir.
Plumbers ana Steamfitters - Robert
,Harnah, Tumwater.
Printing Pressmen-H. l.. Wortman'
j SSeetmstaI workers---J. 2. Harmon.
; financial secretary; c. ]. Wiseman, re-
'0 saips.rd LsSore... R,xxe.. and Fs.-
teners-Secretary, l.. H. Gorham; finan.
cial secretary, Geo. A. Wiley. Union
hall, Third and Washington.
Single Viewers Morton Bissell
care Olympia Single company
Joiners &C. D. Adams, secretary. 10;
ounce street: c. v. Ely. fnancial sec
retary, 1902 Cherry nhone, S07R:
steam Engineers-A. J. Stocks Al
Tenth street.
Teamsters and ChauReurs-Lott Nc
Gonigle. 1921 Pacific.
Recorder building.
Tirnberworkers, No. PA. r. John
ston. r.. d. No l, Olympia,
Donald Tumwater.
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able as between the person of large
income and the man with only a
daily wage.
The labor men urged that the
drives be made separate and distinct,
so that each proposed service might
make it's particular appeal to those
asked for contributions.
Emphatic objection was made to
the method used in determining the
sum which should be charged to the
individual, it being suggested that
accumulated wealth as we'll as wage;
and income might properly be con-
sidered.
The finance committee had pre-
pared an estimate of the wages or
agreed upon a sliding scale of per-
centages in fixing the sum which
must be contributed. These percent
agas ranged from a per cent, appli-
cable the wage Garner getting SO a
day, to 1.5 per cent for the man with
an income of $1,000 year. Accu-
sideration.
Tho union delegates called atten-
ton to the fact that in the case Of
the wage Garner contribution would
mean an actual sacrifice, while in the
case of the person with an income OF
$1,000 year it would mean simply
the letting loose Of small portion
of a considerable amount of "velvet."
The union men also thought that
accumulated wealth should take its
place in line, and that in determining
the quota of each person geometrical
progression. should be used in max
ing the figures. Also, that in the
case of men with families. wages
which do not rise above the amour:
given by government statistics as
being necessary to the support of
family ($1,6OO a year, should not
be considered as subject to assess
ment.
The council of defense met Satur-
day and a member Of the labor COM
mittee appeared before that body
and reiterated the objections pro-
posed to the finance committee.
The finance committee. Friday
night, decided that the labor dele
gates were properly members of the
committee, but, apparently piqued at
the temerity of the labor men in ques-
tioning the reasonableness of plans
proposed, finance committee leaders
took steps to 60 over the heads" Of
the Trades Council committee, by
calling in members of the recent
Liberty Loan committee of the
Trades Council. Reverend Hart
naively informed a member of the
labor committee that help of the
Liberty Loan committee had been
requisitioned to collect from the en-
ployes in the shipyards days pay
from each as his contribution to the
fund for the seven war service insti-
tutions.
AS one of the very pertinent criti-
cisms was of the budget figures pre-
sented. as being highly favorable to
men of large income and therefore
correspondingly unfavorable to the
wage Garner, while apparently ex-
empting the wealthy, with no stated
income, the opinion of the labor COM
mittee is that the budget should be
the subject of further conferences.
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VETO VS.. DEMOCRACY.

We are interested and impressed
but not convinced by the argument OF
lawyer correspondent in this
weeks issue in favor of the exercise
by the supreme court of authority to
declare acts of congress unconstitu.
tional. We readily admit the neces-
sity of providing processes of judi
cial review by which acts Of executive
and administrative officials can be
brought into harmony with the pop
ular will as that will is expressed in
law. But the tombstone should be
the latest law applicable in each in
stance, and the enactment of that
law by congress and the signing OF
it by the president should be accept
ed as conclusive evidence of it's valid
ity. AS Justice Clark has pointed out,
congress contains many lawyers. and
neither congress nor the president
would approve a law which ran coun-
ter to any clear and specific prohibi-
ton or limitation in the Constitution.
Early American constitutions did con-
sist of statemets of principles in
terms general enough to leave legis-
lative bodies the wide measure OF
freedom necessary for effectual ac-
ton, and, as Justice Clark has point
ed out, it is precisely the usurpation
by the courts of power to veto legis-
lation that has driven the people to
pad their constitutions with specific
provisions of a statutory character.
And if Mr.. Jackson wishes to procure
the abandonment of this clumsy de-
vice for circumventing the meddle-
some activities of the supreme court,
he could do no better, we believe
than Join in support of Senator
| Owens bill.
The Public confesses to being a
rather ruthless pragmatist in this
matter, and we should not be greatly
disturbed to see any ancient form or
statute that interfered with the evo-
luton Of democracy consigned to the
dust which already covers many OF
the original designs of our forefath.
ers, such as their plan to give the
choice of a president into the hands
of a body consisting of two electors
from each state. We favor the Over
bill primarily because we believe II
democracy, and see already too man,
obstructive factors interfering witt
the process Of translating the popu
lar will into action. Child labor leg
islation is a case in point. When WI
add to the difficulties of obtaining
action by both houses of congress
the necessity of reconciling our leg
islation with the prejudices of an
five justices of the supreme court, tn
result is a dangerous paralysis 0
popular government. But in this in
stance we need not be ruthless, w
can even appeal to that abject reveI
ence for men who met in Philade
phia in 1887 to frame the fedora
constitution which is professed 6
frequently and fervidly by the Me-
! York Times and statesmen of tn
Root and Sherman school. Justic
Clark has recited the facts with re
spect to their deliberations on tn
point and his accuracy can easily b
\ confirmed by those who care to il
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vestigate for themselves. Said he:
Neither was the power (to declare
acts of congress UNCONSTITUTIONAL
granted to the United States judges
by the convention at Philadelphia in
1887. The reactionary element which
was in charge of that convention was
not inadvertent to the great advan-
tage of an irreviewable body having
power to negative the will of the
people. Even in such a
convention, thus composed and thus
secluded from the influence of pub
lie opinion, the persistent effort to
grant the judges such power was re-
peatedly and overwhelmingly denied.
The proposition was made, as we
now know, from Mr.. Madison's jour
nal. that the judges should pass
upon the constitutionality of acts Of
congress- This was defeated June
4, receiving the votes of only two
states. 1t was renewed no less than
three times, i. e., on June 6. July
81, and finally again, for the fourth
time, on August Is, it was brought
forward, and though it had the pow
erful support of James Madison, al
forwards President Madison, and
James Wilsodn, afterwards justice
of the United States supreme court.
the proposition at no time received
the votes of more than three states.
On this last occasion, August Is, Mr.
Mercer thus summed up the thought
of the convention, as evidenced by its
vote: He disapproved of the doc
trine that the judges, as expositors
of the constitution. should have au-
thority to declare law void. He
thought the laws ought to be we'll
and cautiously mad>, and then to be
incontrovertible'
The supreme test of our govern
ment will be it's ability to restore
equality of opportunity and individ-
ual freedom through orderly and
peaceful processes. No thoughtful
and well-informed person takes it for
granted that we shall succeed. The
most that we can do is to hope and
strive for success Today the most
valuable single ally of those who
scott at political action and preach
revolution is our federation of the
judicial veto.
We are rejoiced that at it's st. Paul
convention the American Federation
of Labor adopted resolutions in
structing the executive council to
have a study made of "the successive
steps which have been taken by our
federal and supreme courts through
which, without constitutional au-
thority and in opposition to the ac-
ton of the constitution conven-
ton, they laid hold on power which
they now exercise, and providing
that legal council be consulted with
so that an adequate measure may be
prepared and introduced in congress
which will prevent any invasion OF
the rights and prerogatives of the
legislative branch of our govern
ment by the judiciary" THE Public.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-11-08
KENNEDY SLIPS OUT OF THE HAY
LONG ENOUGH TO PAY DUES.

A. Kennedy, one-time active men,
Der of the Trades Council, represent
ing Painters and Decorators, is now
ranching it near Lacy, having charge
of the Matthew" place Ranching
has it over singing white lead AMI
then some, according to Kennedy.
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o NEWS OF OLYMPIA LABOR ORGANIZATIONS =
1ym1A

protest and the initiation of an i'm
mediate appeal of the award.
The Washington times., 1918-05-03
"BROWND DEVILS"
IS NAME GERMANS
GIVE AMERICANS

were not the fact It would be impos.
sibls TO go on In the awful work to
which they have set their hands.
He also dwslt on the characteristic
American habit OF making a joke OF
the most serious work. when you
are rigged out in hip boots. a slicker,
steel kelly and gas mask, you are
jake and unless the situation Is one
that demands silence, the boys have
their little joke and often sing their
own familiar songs. When the days
or weeks work is done. and we get
back TO our dug outs for few hours
sleep, after possibly straight
twsnty-four hour session with Fritz.
the one objectionable sin which you
will not forgive, is to have a shell
burst just close enough to wake you
UP. 1t is then that one realizes fully
that sherman was right about war.
only that sherman didn't know any
thing about IT,"
Private AIowref and serEt. John J.
Hefernan, a Washington boy, are so
far the only two OF Pershing's nifty TO
come to this city. These nifty men
were selected from iour OF the Amsri-
can divisions now in France TO come
here, and in addition to boosting the
Liberty loan, incidentally give to the
people OF the country q personal ac-
count of the conditions at the front
and to take back with them their i'm
pressions Of the manner in which the
people at home are backing up their
men
The Washington times., 1918-05-03
RAGGED SKY LINE
HOTLY CRITICISED
BY JOHN BARRETT

Severely crlticising the lack OF uni
fornIty OF a skyline in building in this
city. John Barrett, director general
of the Pan-American Union, in speak
ing on "Pan-Amsricanism and Its
Mighty New Meaning After the War"
before the Arts Club last night. told
OF the attention cities in South and
Central America are paying to the
artistic appearance OF their munich
palities.
Mr.. Barrett deplored that there is
70 little appreciation OF the beautiful
in this country. and urged that the
plans for every new building 10 be
erected in Washington be submitted
to the fine arts commission before
its erection.
Art Is ideallsm." said Mr.. Barrett,
and "ideallsm makes for inspiration,
courage and heroism. We lack in
idealism and we must encourage art
IN every respect"
The Washington times., 1918-05-03

Beautiful stylish plaids checks and stripes,
also plain white skirts CT superior quality Eabar
dine; great style, with expensive big pearl button
The Washington times., 1918-05-03
MEXICO CITY AIDS LOAN.

Americans in Mexico City and vicin
ity have subscribed S3s4.O5O to the
Liberty loan, the American consul gen
eral at Mexico City has notified head
quarters here. This represents an
ovsrsubscFiption of $234.O5O.
The Washington times., 1918-05-03
AUSTRALIA EIGHTSTO
FINISH" SAYS LEADE

AELBoURNE, Nay S.-"Austrail
fights to . finish!" declared Senate
Gardiner. labor leader. IN . spsod
today.
This Is no time for peace. The M
asking peGcs II a madman aad
traitor
The Washington times., 1918-05-03

The world 70 30 full OF good things
20 eat We really can spare some Of
the wheat and neat.-D. G. Food Ad-
ministPatoF.
The Washington times., 1918-05-03

We must neet the sacrifice e q
front VITA sasrines at hoBs-n. Z
Food AdmlnlstrltoF.
The Washington times., 1918-05-03
As HE Is TODAY.
As Ia WIS Al f7.

Corporal Tanner aRsctonatsy called
his. Wills for Of Columbia
He seVenfour years old Washing
wenyeght portraits
Tanner said:
The old picture taken when little
old just when the civil began and everybody
talking and patriotism the same as today"
The Washington times., 1918-05-03
Today and Yesterday
JAMES TANNER.

These portraits part o series apPsariag IN Ths Times
shoOng eknoUn Washington they and they
appeared in younger days Todd VS. portraits are Of
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-07-12
$4,000 Finnish Workmen
Arrested, Deputy SAYS

AMSTERDAM. July Al.-oince me
Germans entered Finland, $4,000 work.
men there have been arrested and many
OF them have been executed, declared
Hugo Haase, leader of the minority So
cialists, in a recent speech in the reichs-
tag, according to a verbatim report pub
lished by the Hetvolk. The deputy
also criticized German rule in Livonia
and Esthonia.
, After pointing out that those who pro-
voked civil war in Finland were re-
sponsible for the calling in of the Ger
mans, Deputy Haase said:
The list of those sentenced TO death
in Finland contains the names of for
mer premier and about fifty Socialist
members Of parliament, some of whom
already have been shot. Owing to the
numerous daily executions the town of
Sveaborg has been renamed NGolgotha.
The speaker then referred to the sup
preston of vernacular newspapers in
the provinces of Livona and Esthonia
and added:
Fifty persons recently were arrest
ed at Dorpat and German military die
tatorship rules everywhere. A boy,
aged ten, was sentenced to a long i'm
prisonment for concealing arms. while
fifteen-year-oId was sentenced to
death for picking up a manifesto. For
a similar offense a woman named Julia
Daft was executed"
Deputy Hazse then read a letter from
a Bolshevik, now under arrest, which
said:
Julia Daft is dead, but her last
words will live forever. as will the last
maledictions she flung at the Germa n
hauRman and oppreSSors."
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-07-12
SCHOOL TAX BILL IS
POSTPONED BY HOUSE
Members Are Absent Arrang-
ing for the Funeral of
Senator Weaver

On account of the absence of several
members of the house. due to their ap-
pointment on the committee to arrange
for the funeral of the late Senator w.
H. Weaver, consideration of the Elder
local school tax bill was postponed an
til Friday morning by vote of the
house on Thursday.
1t was recommended that the meas
ure be brought up for consideration
when the members of this committee
are in attendance as they are vitality
interested in the bill.
house conference committee com
prising Representatives Culpepper, of
Meriwether, and Bale, of Floyd, was ap-
pointed by the speaker to meet with the
senate conference committee to consid-
er the age of consent bill passed in the
senate on Wednesday.
Lacking three votes of a constitu-
tional majority a bill introduced by the
Meriwether delegation setting aside the
first Friday in December to be observed
as Temperance day in the schools of the
state failed of passage. The vote was
80 to 81.
The budget bill, introduced by Mr.
Pace, of Sumter, providing for the es-
tablishment of the budget system in
financing the state departments, will
probably be made a special order for
Thursday of next week. A request to
this effect was filed Thursday morning
with the rules committee.
BY vote of the house on a motion by
Mr.. Jones, of Coweta, all speeches on
the floor of the house during the re-
mainder of the present session will be
limited to thirty minutes each.
John H Mock of Albany, was sworn
in Thursday morning by Justice Marcus
w. Beck, of the state supreme court to
serve as representative from Dougherty
county, succeeding w II. Burt, now in
the military service.
A feature of Thursday mornings SEES
sion was the introduction by Represen-
tative John Y. Smith, of Fulton, of three
bills intended to impose greater re-
strictions on parties litigating in. the di-
vorce court These measures were
drawn along lines suggested by Judge
W. d. Ellis, of the Fulton superior court.
The Fulton delegation also introduced
a bill removing the limitations on coun-
cilmen and aldermen of the city of At
lanta, so that these officials may be
elected to succeed themselves as often
as the voters desire.
By vote of 119 to 0 the house passed
bill by Mr.. Mccall, of Brooks, to pa.
pensions of 500 per year to Confeder-
ate veterans wounded in service or who
contracted disease during the war Eff
forts were made to eliminate veterans
owning more than $4,000 worth of
property, but this attempt was inef-
fectual.
Action on the measure introduced by
Mr.. Ayers, of Jackson, to provide for
the election of superior court judges by
the voters of their respective circuits
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-07-12
SENATE VETS TRY
TODEFER ACTION
ON PROHIBITION
Try to Call Up Wire ResoIu-
ton Following Defeat of
Ruling That Amendment
Was Out of Order

WASHINGTON, July lin a final
desperate effort to stave off wartime
prohibition, senate vets today planned
to call up the wire control resolution.
BY keeping this before the senate con-
tinually until disposed Of they hope to
persuade senate leaders to recess for
the summer, leaving prohibition un6is-
posed OF.
A second move, counted on to be more
effective. is the sounding of a warning
that wartime prohibition, suddenly i'm
posed, will ruin banks holding liquor
obligations, and seriously interfere with
the raising of war revenues under the
new tax bill.
Senator Simmons, chairman of the f.
nance committee, is to present figures
showing that more than half a billion
would be required to get out of bond
the 170,000,000 gallons of whisky now
on hand The tax on this is $500
gallon.
Simmons will argue that it would be
impossible to set the money necessary
for withdrawal of this liquor. He will
point out that many banks are heavily
loaded with warehouse receipts and
notes, against which they have loaned
large sums to distillers, wholesale gro
GERS and druggists, to pay floor taxes.
Unless the banks are given time to re-
lieve themselves of this paper they Will
fail, Simmons will warn.
He will submit figures showing how
prohibition will reduce the national
revenues at time when the need is for
every dollar that can be raised, even ut
the expense of peoples clothing.
Upon the showing thus made, Sim
mons is being urged to ask that the
senate allow the finance committee to
work out a plan for grauual reduction
of the revenues, and for safeguard
banks. If this is agreed to- it would
mean postponement of prohibition for
period considerably longer than the five
MONTHS provided for in the amendment
now pending.
If proponents fthe telegraph resolu-
ton are able to force consideration Of
that meas sure, Simmons will hold his
arguments and figures in reserve. Cor
use when needed.
Drys claimed today that all doubt
that prohibition is certain, 50 far as the
senate is concerned. was removed By
the vote late yesterday on the ruling
of Senator Salisbury that the prohibit
ton amendment was out of order. Some
known drys voted to sustain the chair.
and even with these men arrayed
against them, the drys won by a vote
of SO to 80, and Saulsbury's ruling was
overturned.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-07-12
BoISheviki Hurry Measures
To Combat Allied Forces

STOCKHOLM. July 1.-THE Bolshe-
vik war commissariat of the northern
region OF Russia following the landing
Of allied troops on the Thurman coast,
ordered hurried war preparations, it was
learned here today.
Military units have been ordered
formed and the worlImen and peasants
Of the classes OF 1S96-97 have been call
ed into service for at least six months.
Three hundred Serbian and italian Of
ficers have been arrested at Archangel
upon the order of Premier Lenine. it is
reported.
American Consul Pool and British
Consul LOckardt visited Foreign Minis
ter Tchitcherin at Moscow and denied
they had published n secret statement
Urging allied intervention.