The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-12
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private personal right, became a pub
/ lie matter and duelling was stopped in
the interest of the public. Time was
when a quarrel between a slave and
| his master was a private matter and
the master had private rights with his
slave. That was stopped. Time was
when a. mans money invested in bank
stocks oE railroads was considered
private money. 1t was considered an
infringement of private rights to inter
fere with that money, but government
| affected all money invested in banks
and public utilities with public inter-
ests and regulated and controlled that
money in the interest of the public
and took away personal rights for the
private good.
For Safety of Public.
1.-The pirates right was once a pri-
vate right but that right was removed
for the public good, and now when la
I Dor and capital engage in brawl
which threatens daily processes of civ
iliZation, we are taking away the right
to that brawl and saying the quarrel
must be settled in public interest.
Now, the chief interest which the
public has in this quarrel between
! labor and capital Is the interest of JUS
tice to each. Government demands
that every man participating in gov
! eminent shall do so intelligently. To
do so inteIligently he must have time
and opportunity in his youth for an
education; leisure in his manhood for
! information and reflection and steady
employment to teach him habits of
thrift and give him a stake in the
country.
1.-The public in establishing wages
will be interested. not in labor as a
commodity but in labor as a citizen,
and in ten years the labor unions will
look back to this step of the Kansas
| legislature as the day that heralded
the emancipation of American labor.
The public is interested in capital
chiefly, to see that capital gets Justice,
that it has fair return and a. profit
sufficiently large to encourage enter
prise, which is our God-given gift
the gift which distinguishes America
from all the world, and by trusting to
the public. that is to say, trusting to
the organized forces of society in gov
eminent, to adjudicate wages. capital
will find just and equitable bureau.
or court. or commission, or what you
will, and in ten years capital will re-
gard this day as the beginning OF a
new era in its organization. We are
not trying to throttle capital and la
Dor in Kansas but to emancipate them
from their own stranglehoid upon each
other, and to establish an equitable
and living relation between them"
Urges Consideration Capital.
I Doctor Kulp urged that rights of
capital as well as organized labor must
be considered in the new legislation.
He stated that combinations of wealth
were necessary in the nation and that
rights of labor unions and collective
| bargaining, as well as the right to quit
workeven the strike itself-must be
recognized. in many instances.
But if the state possesses the right
to conserve the morals of her people,"
said Doctor Kulp, there must be
somewhere the right and power to
protect the community as a whole. II
that Is not true, there is no govern
ment in Kansas. If that is not true,
you are adjourned-go home. If such
| law is not constitutional, then in Gods
name, let's do the thing we have al
ways dOne-make a constitution that
meets our demands and our needs.
| Our rights as a people can always be
| conserved and will be conserved now
"I believe in the right of an individ-
ual to quit work. believe in his right
| to counsel with another man or sew
real men 70 quit work. But is there
no Limitation to this right? There
must be a limit somewhere. When
that right is assumed by agreement,
there must be somewhere a social
| Limitation.
| 1--WE have the right of free speech
and plenty of it. But in certain ex-
gencies there is a limit. These rights
cease when they conflict with the
rights of the public as whole, If
not, there is no government The
| right to destroy things is no right.
IF we haven't the right and the
power to prevent strikes being made
| instruments to start revolution, we
| haven't the right to defend our gov
eminent, 1 believe this bill defines
! the point correctly and that with its
| adoption will come requests from
labor interests not covered in its pres
| ent provisions to come under its gen.
| era1 scope
May Pass it This Week.
| Kansas legislators today started the
| second week or the special session
with determination to send the indus
| trial court bill to Governor. Allen for
his signature before Saturday night.
Discussion OF the bill was resumed in
the house at 10 o'clock this morning.
| Legislative interest in Kansas is CEN
tered in the final passage of the labor
| court measure with its provisions
| seeking to prevent strikes and lock-
! outs So far speeches before the joint
| sessions have received most careful
! attention. but have changed few if any
votes. Both houses, it is beiived, will
pass the bill by safe margins. Once the
court measure is out of the way, the
] legislators will prepare to start for
! home.
| 1t is today apparent that the senate
may get down to consideration of pro-
visions of the court bill almost as soon
! as the 4-0use. While numerous speak
ers have been before the sessions in
the house, the senate judiciary COM
mittee has been whipping together
various proposals for changes in the
bill The bill will be reported back
to the upper house Tuesday or
| Wednesday. Discussion of its proVi-
sions will be taken up Immediately.
Senate. leaders believe the bill can be
passed before the end of the week.
Conference Possibility.
There is a possibility that the bin
will go to conference. In that event 1t
| may not reach Governor Aliens desk
until some time next week Should