The Connecticut labor news., 1921-05-13


 have the Legislature legalize his act and Ipartly succeeded. He then sought to amend 1t further by adding a clause that II the courts upset any part of the bill that wouldn't mVaIldate the other parts and then the rumpus began.
 Representative Wall of TOrrinetOn himself lawyer and member of the judiciary committee, could stand the juggling no longer and declared that if there was any doubt about legislation be- ing unconstitutional it shouldn't be adopt ed. Buckley ignored him and went on to say he had another amendment which would eliminate the penalty clause and Mir. Wall then offered an amendment which would repeal the "anti-boycott and IpiCketting' law, but was ruled out of or der by Speaker Huxford
 WALL RAPS LAWYERS.
 Leader Buckley, coached by Perry, then defended the bill putting up again the out-Worn wall that it protected labor and the public as we'll as the employer That brought MT. Wall to his feet again and he charged that the bill was being tolSted upon the state by two sche1ning 1 lawyers and that evil purposes were back Ot the measure and 1t was not meant for public welfare While he regretted not being able to agree with his committee members he said he couldn't sit still and live up to his oath of office. MT. Wall did not name the lawyers but declared one of them "a lineal descendant of the inn Ipcnltent thief" The other he said was roaming lion who had offered the bill in at least six other states and had been kicked out.
 Mir. Wall continued that the lawyers he had n mind were in sore straits as to how they could continue to work the inj junction IagalnSt Labor to their future profit and therefore sought new legislation. He charged that there were certain persons III the Manufacturers Association "who sneak in like maggots" and seek pernicol1s legislation. The bill IS a misnomer, he declared and was meant to deceive and instead ot protecting the public would create havoc. In states where such leg islatiOn had been enacted it created an l. W. w.. and he didn't want any l. w. w. i'll Connecticut. Mr. Wall declared 1t was time for capital and labor to get together and that the present state laws were sufficient to take care of strikes. lie said the inj unction process in labor disputes had been abused, that 1t resulted III involuntary servitude. He said he did not speak as a union man.
 More Opposition
 Representatives Dennis of Bridgeport, Meech of West Hartford and Pendleton ot Preston opposed the bill. MT. Pendle- lon moved that the vote on the bill be roll all. Representative Andrews of Dan urp opposed the bill on the ground 1t was oppressive i'll character of that re- pressive legislation was bad He said 1t was not fair to employer or employee The move for the roll call threw a fit into Buckley, who tried to head 1t off by calling attention to the lateness of the hour, IS o'clock and the other matters O1 the calendar. That didn't stop the l. ouse, however, and the first afternoon l eSsion of the Assembly ensued Buck ley tried to explain that he had no oppo- | 1t1on to going on record personally, as Indeed he need not have, but he was evi- ently afraid of his followers if they had t) show their hands.
 Representative Stoddard of Wood- ! ridge, however, called his hand by show ing there wasn't much other business and Insisting that the matter was of enough importance to have the members re- corded. Speaker F4uxford then called for the vote on the motion and when it was taken declared the motion that the formal vote be taken by roll call had prevailed. 1 Buckley then moved a recess evidently so that he could herd his crowd and it was taken at 80 until 2:15 o'clock
 Fakes Up Recount
 Buckley lost no time during the recess but got busy on the clerk of the House, J. Frederick Baker of New Haven, a prOtege of Col. l. M. Ullmann, and left bower to Representative Perry. When the House reConvened Speaker Huxford l nnOunCed that a recount during recess had shown the motion for a roll call had Ot prevailed but had been short five of the necessary one-ffth of members pres ent. The announcement was such an ap- parent attempt to head off a roll call that members all over protested and a general hubbub arose.
 Mir. Wall again stepped into the breach and insisted that he had voted with the idle that prevailed' and demanded re- consideration. Buckley went at him ham mer and tongs but couldn't shake him and fl lally Speaker HuxfOrd ruled that MT. IlWall'S statement must be taken at its face value. Mr. Wall continued to insist that tle motion had prevailed and Buckley to deny it until finally Speaker Huxford again declared that according to his pre- vious announcement, the motion for a roll cali had prevailed. Buckley asked him ii he meant that i'll face of what the re- count had shown and MT. Huxford de- IClared he did, quoting old precedents for his action. It was apparent that he took little stock in the recount made during recess despite Buckley's engineering.
 Buckley Retreats
 Buckley then counted noses i'll the House and finding that many of the farmers whom he depended to put the bill across had gone for home, he moved a tabing of the matter. So much opposi- ton had his tactics aroused, however, that the first viCa voce vote was doubted and a rising vote called for. This was un- occasionally in favor of tablng and 1t was done. Buckley was so overwhem- ingly defeated in the first skirmish that lit peeved him and he went into a sulk, leaving the Hous indignantly.
 The bill was on the calendar again on "Wednesday and Speaker Huxford asked that it be passed temporarily so that other business might be transacted before the argument that was sure to follow on it, took place The opponents of the meas ure had gained considerable strength over might, of which House Leader Buckley undoubtedly was aware and after a nasty look over the gathering and ascertaining that they were all there and ready to fight" he "explained' that the bill was .crroneousy on the calendar as starred for action that day as he had 4noved the day before to have it tabled and it was still
 on the table.