Show ADAMSON Ad ACT DENOUNCED AS 6 fOR fORG G E B ILL Charles E. E Hughes Renew Attack on Administration for Abandoning Pr I in Face of Strike Threat CITES CIrES EXAMPLE OF GROVER CLEVELAND Political Expediency Place Above Public Welfare b h by Wilson Vilson Says Republican Nominee at Springfield HI Ill SPEAKER APPLAUDED SPRINGFIELD ui iii sept Charles E. E Hughes addressing ar an in the Arsenal here herc tonight his att attack ck on the administration ion tion for passage of the Adamson low law lowin in n U the face of the threatened r strike rike I Mr Hughes H discussed and called futile reasons advocated for it its pa sage quoted quotel from President Wilon's Wil Wil- ons ons on's address to Congress ress ong-ress on the th subject the tile statement o ol of Representative c A Adamson amson that t at the lawas law u Was as passed to me meet l me t an emergency I and nd ml cited n a declaration attributed tc to I Cleveland L in support of the contention that the law was tc a a render ender to force Wo we to have haYe seen Mr 11 Hughes said al aid I what appears to be toe the tho consideration o f C Immediate political expediency at the of pu public welfare Mr Ir Adamson said It is hasty legis- legis tion I r admit to meet an an Ir lr Hughes Hughe continued What em erg erg- force to toI I genc eney The rhe emergency of I which the administration had ted a Senator Underwood said taid Wo We o ha have hae e eno no 10 0 information on which to legislate nd and to fix rates of ot wages wages which we are arc going to and are arc attempting to do What Contrast the tho action of or the adminis- adminis ration the nominee added with hat that was said b by Grover Cleveland In 1886 with respect to labor legislation All 11 ii legislation on the subject should be bea e calm almly a I m I I y an and d d deliberately e I I b c ra tel y u undertaken nd e r ta k en with no no purpose of or satisfying unreal demands or gaining partisan vantage d It rt is idle to excuse the tho a action b by the for additional legislation with wi th rC expect to the future That legislation as was not obtained Wo Va are arc dealing with actually enacted en- en what hat was demanded and acted We c have an unjustifiable attempt to toso toe mc so e public sentiment with respect to an hour ight-hour working day in order to a bill hill which does not provide providen e ean an n hour eight work day a but hut relates sole to an increase In wages Weave Wo We 0 ha c ave seen scon tho choice of oC what seemed to o b be the easier wa way which escaped the nece of a determined stand for principle We e have hac seen what appeared to D be he the consideration of Immediate political expediency at th the expense of ot welfare Mr 11 Hughes spoke before a crowded ouse that frequently interrupted him to 3 applaud His speech tonight was his second cond in Springfield The first at the theato tale stale fair grounds s this afternoon dealt with his Ideas Idea in protection of ot Continued on page pasc 2 CALLS ADAMSON ACT FORCE BILL Mr r. Hughes Attack on Wilson Wilson or for Joi Surrender of 01 Principles Continued from pago P 1 American Industries American rights and He Ho nJ also o touched to tonight tonight to- to night on the protection of American rl rights ht Th The America of or which I have a visIon vis- vis Ion the ton the America of oC tho future Is future Is an America maintaining American rights rightson on land lant and j sea without 11 h 1 fear 11 or favor or OU nun i lIC 1 UA u iu LU nj OJ eni Tho The a cheered and applauded loud loudly Mr Ir loft Jett Springfield at 11 p. p m m. for tor Milwaukee He lie will reach reah there tomorrow night and will deliver dell six speeches en cn route Calls L i Force Foree HIM Mr Ir Hushes Hughes after declaring that tho the Just Int Interests of at labor arc aro the tho concern of oC all all an and asserting that ho d desired to see safe and wholesome conditions of work adequate opportunities for tor education and recreation rea reasonable hours hears of at labor Jabor and fair wages was said In part The Adamson bill Is a force bill It was as legislation without Inquiry without without without with with- out knowledge The demand b by the administration for tor such legislation as uJ the price of or peace pe was a humiliating spectacle It Il was ns certainly n. n serious misuse of or official power a a. abdication of moral authority The excuses presented arc are futile Tho The Cu Adamsen bill Is not a 3 bill providing provid- provid In ing ng for tor an nn hour eight workday It Il does not fix hours at all It regulates wages ge Its ts provisions do tIo not require any employer em em- poyer to employ any my set of or ormon mon mn for only eight hours a day hour Eight day daO laws are arc to avoid fatigue und and overstrain overstrain over ver strain by prohibiting employment In excess of ot the thc requirement There Is nothing of ot that sort In this bilL h t It does Is to provide by law for an nn Increase In wages for tor certain men They may work Just as long lont as before The They may work wore ten hours or more They are aro simply Imply tC to get more moro pt pay The act provides pro that thol In contracts contracts con con- tracts for tor labor and service cI eight ht hours shall be deemed a days day's work and the measure or standard of a days day's work for tor the tho purpose of ot reckoning tho ho compensation compensation com corn for tor services to all employees of the sort described Mr Hughes quoted the Adamson In law showing he ho said In plain English that the men affected are not required to work v fewer hours but aro are to have ten hours' hours la pay for tor eight hours' hours work with additional pa pay for foj- foj extra hours U to Fix Wage o Wo Aro Ve have words may seem to mean menn one ono thing and In fact mean n mother the candidate continued Tho The phrase eight hours hours' da day Is apparently used to tickle the public car In order ardor to o establish something different U If f I it t were propose proposed to give a H eight eight- thour t- t hour lour work da day why were ere not work for tor longer hours and tin contracts l for tor longer lonser service ser prohibited under penalty penalty pen len alty save ave where emergencies 9 exist It Is said thir bill will have haTe a a. ten ten- dency deney to procure an nn hour eight-hour da day clay This Tills I Is extremely doubtful but wo aro dealing leahing with what the bill actUal actually enacts not with Inconclusive c suggestions lions ions of tendencies toward something else cle which is not cn enacted ted This bill must bo ho Judged judge by what It provides not by what It does docs not provide It Is nothing more than a l. l measure to fix wages oe and us as a a. measure mea meas ure to fix wages wu It must be Judged If It as ns such a r measure Ure Its passage was Justified justified Jus Jus- It needs no further excuse excuse- If not not Its passage p Is la not to be condoned b by reference to another hour eight-hour work worl dl day which it docs does not establish Such reference can only bo regarded as JS iv it subterfuge We Vo are arc therefore not concerned with anything that Is said of or the Judgment Judg Judg- ment mont of or society with respect to an hour eight-hour work day dar There Thero Is plainly plain plain- ly no jud Judgment ment of or society upon the In- In creao of or wages this bill requires If IC the tho l al-l asserted jud Judgment ment of or society Inspired it wh why does docs the act apply appt only to n II limited number of or railroad men relatively few The Tho obvious fact is that there was as a demand b by certain men for tOI an Increase In their own on wages and tho ho administration in adVance advance ad nd- vance of oC surrendered to this demand ll Pointing Pointing- out that tho the Adamson damson bill Itself conce conceded ed that the subject v was ns one requiring Investigation In Mr Hughes HuShes aid ald that If IC there was an anything re requiring requiring re- re quiring a n. careful Inquiry It was a apro pro proposition affecting dju readjustment either cither of oC rates or of or expenses of at carriers carriers car car- upon whose efficiency th the the- community com pom- om- om depends Ho lie continued What hat Is fair fall and right must be bedone bedone done but what whal Is fair and right must first be n ascertained When hon railroads ads arc aro required to expend additional millions millions mil mil- lions this burden Lurden must ultimately fall fan fallon on oil the tho public If H expense ef arc are necessarily Increased beyond what hat existing I will stand stan the rates must be In increased in- in crea creased ed In-I In It was proposed In substance by tho administration that Increased rates should bo be charged to shippers so sn far tar as requested to pa pay this increase o or of wages Assurance wa wag given that no obstacle o of law would bo ho suffered to stand In tho tim wa way of oC the tho railroads Increasing their revenue to meet resulting In Increased Increased In- In creased ed expenses cs so BO far as development o o business ss and of their administrative admin c efficiency lid did not prove ado ado- ilia to to meet th them m me Wo e e ma may pause pauso to ask Is the RI significance of ot tNt reference to nb ob of law The law provides Pro lor lorI I rates and an appropriaTe percentage e for fixing of reasonable rates by the Interstate commerce com mission Were cre the these o proceedings and tho the provisions pro of law the tho obstacles of la law w to which reference was as made mado Were Yere tile the they to be overcome o If necessary r to accomplish the desired Increase Burden Pained on to Public It must be understood that the tho burden of or Increased rates Is pass passed cd on Oil onto onto to the public lUbliC It necessarily affects a host of or activities agricultural an and in industrial in- in Increases of or wages for tor selecting classes of ot men on railroads might re result result re- re sult suit in restrictions on a great number of or other not only those employed b by railroads but upon those employed In industries throughout the country If It the latter laUer be required to operate under Increased transportation charges Again what becomes of or present adjustments adjustments ad ad- and business agreements re relating relating relating re- re lating to the men whose services are involved In this bill if wages ages are fixed b by law In this manner Manifestly wo we have hero an ex extremely cx- cx t- t Intricate Que question of or rates end outlays What was waa the manifest dat duty of the executive Plainly to Insist that hat Investigation should precede action and that nothing should be bc yielded to 0 force lorce I It was stated b by the ex executive e In his address to Congress that the tho matter I had been agitated for tor more th than n a n ear car Vh Why then was It not Investigated I Could not tho the administration command all necessary machinery for fair and fwd thorough Inquiry No Not only did tho the administration tall fall to take proper propel ac action action action ac- ac tion on Its Ita own Initiative but the bushness business bush busi ne ness s men of oC the country appealed In vain aln to the administration for gation gatton Their request won no favorable ta action Time rIme was allowed to run and then came the surrender that shocked the people throughout the land landi Was Vas the crisis crisis' unforeseen een Yh Why was It permitted permitted permitted per per- to arise when tho ho administration tion was forewarned Stand for lor Arbitration I 1 stand for tor tho the principles of at arbitration arbi ration In Industrial disputes Labor I least of ot all can afford to have that principle surrendered It is a civilized method a as opposed to the lie Injurious contests of ot force toree which Impoverish la labor labor la- la bor her and imperil the tho social order The essence of or tho the matter Is a n. fair and rea- rea hearing of all parties concerned and a Just determination according to the facts It Is no answer to say Bay that tho the awards of arbitration are not always Just The Tile effort eort should be bo to Improve reasonable methods not to subvert sub them Railroad companies refusing ar arbitration ar- ar have been condemned at the bar of ot public opinion and great progress Drog- Drog ress tess has been made In the direction of peaceful and reasonable settlement of or labor disputes To say that fair and prompt arbitration arbitration arbitration tion could not flOt kayo been had In this case Is to Indict both the tho administration and ami the American people Mr Hughes held that there was Vas no Justification of f the yielding of prin prin- ciple Of Ot those who sought to excuse the administration on the ground round of or exigency he ho would ask he ho said how far do O you propose to yield to force 1 Asserting Asserting- that force can reject courts ns os well as arbitration that It can cm dispose dis dis' dispose pose with an any part of ot the order orderly procedure pro pro- of government which it may oppose Mr Hughes continued When force torce Is la proposed and arbitration Lion ion IB is refused there Is but one stand to take tako and that I Is to La appeal to tile the Judgment of ot the tho c country to vindicate indicate te the processes of ot reason renson Had Bad tho the executive exe exe- e when hen arbitration was declined at once directed the entire force of oC public public pub pub- lic lie opinion a ag as he be easily could to the tho demand for the recognition of oC the principle principle prin prin- ciple for arbitration I have have- no dou doubt t the he would have ha won and the nation nallon would have ha been his lila debtor I Had tho executive c go gone at once to Congress for tor immediate authority to se secure secure se se- cure prompt and thorough investigation of ot the stated grievance in advance ance of action and had he thus made Instant provision pro for tor an nn Inquiry s fco entire entirely I competent as to command the lie respect of ot the country countr I 1 am satisfied there could have ha been no strike triko Wo We are still tIlI ruled by public opinion and no administration need fear tear results If It It stands firm firmly for Cor essential principle Mr tr Hughes explained that he was not speaking of the propriety or ad advisability ad- ad of or fixing wages b by law but butof butof butof of a n. amore more fundamental question questIon question-legis- legis legislation lation according to tho the facts as op opposed opposed op- op posed to legislation under pressure In inthe the tho absence of ot Inquiry He continued con con- We Ya Vc have undoubtedly too much leg without adequate consideration but there are usually the tho forms Corms and presumptions of le legislation consideration tion ion on the tho m merits of ot proposals Here lIere oven even those were absent Within a n few tew hours on demand of the tho administration Congress provided a mandatory wage increase Involving millions of or dollars without an any Idea whether the tho increase was or was not justified And this action was taken In connection with the essential Instrumentality instrumentality mentality of ot commerce the tho arteries of ot our commercial life lite Mr Ir Adamson t said ald of Ills his bill It Is Ish h hasty lost legislation I admit to meet an au emergency What hat emergency The emergency of force torce to which the administration admin had capitulated Mr Underwood sal said We have no Information on which to legislate and to lo fix rates of ot wages which we are arc goIng go- go o- o 1 leg Ing to do lo and are arc attempting to do Contrast the tho action of or this administration adminis adminis- ration with that of Grover Cleveland In 1886 who ald with respect to labor legislation All Mi labor legislation on tho the subject should be calmly and de deliberately deliberately de- |