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Show PRAISES WORK I mm coiii Representative J. H. Ma, Thinks Conditions JUSj fied Adamson Bill, FAVORS 8-HOUR DA! Says Country Deniandec Action Be Taken to Pre. vent Disastrous Strike, ! James H. Mays, Utah member t the lower house of congress K the Second diatriet, rehirnoij j... Friday night to assume his ahare the work in connection with the su and national campaigns. Mr. M:iys j,;-... to spend the next week or ten davj arranging his business affairs so t: ., the remainder of the time before e!; tion may be devoted exclusively to a-paign a-paign work. He probably will r p headquarters at the Newhouse b within the next few days. "I have absolutely no apologies offer for the work of the recent of congress -' Mr. Maya declared ve.;-day. ve.;-day. "In fact, I am proud of : has been accomplished and of thefc; that 1 was privileged to be a men of that legislative body. In mv c: ion the work of congress during tV jV two years has brought about iiiore p gressive legislation than that oi i himilar period in the history of thee" try. ' Beneficial Laws. "The work of congress and of thee tire administration during the past years has included practically all t things for which the Progressives oft. country stood. Neither the corpora! nor the individual has been the vi-consideration vi-consideration in the deliberations of i. administration, but such legislation : has been enacted has been put on t statute books with a view to looL; after the best interests of the ptu and the country as a whole." When asked regarding his attitude : the bill providing for a tax ou coj Mr. Mays said that he did not vote . that particular feature, but that he . vote in favor of the revenue bill, vr. . . included the provision for tax on oc: and asserted that under the same col tions he would vote the same way &a "There were a number of bills bff congress asking for large appropriate in which Utah was directly interest-he interest-he said, "and I believed it to be to' best interests of the state to sand -a revenue bill which would pros money for those appropriations. Ii: much as Utah; was to receive large fc-fita fc-fita from such appropriations T belie it was no more than right that sow her industries should contribute It share toward the revenue fund. "For instance, among the bills fr which Utah was to derive benefitF. the. ones providing for money for tn: ing canins, for the building and inu' iue of highways in the state, for destruction of predatory animals, : rural credits programme, and un en sive preparedness programme. In of these Utah was directly inters and T deemed it proper that the f should contribute its share toward " fund that would make these proe" sive activities possible." Favors Eight-hour Law. Mr! Mays expressed himself as h?E" ly in favor ot the Adamson bill s approved the action of President son in the controversy between i' railroad companies and the transfer, tion brotherhoods. iue impression that trie oroi:-hoods oroi:-hoods forced the bill through eoir-is eoir-is a mistake," he insisted. "Then zens of the United States forced i bill through. The brotherhoods did i get what 'they wanted, but the cili?f" did. The calamitous strike was ave"-; For a week before the strike was have gone into effect I received a of telegrams daily from both Kep-licans Kep-licans aud Democrats in Utah, urp-that urp-that every effort be put forth to the strike. Even a ' ' stand-patt'r like Uncle Joe Cannon was p-OK?-'-' to vote in favor of the bill on J: strength of public demand. There f been a question in some quarto quar-to the constitutionality of the the same question has been raised ' garding compulsory arbitration, reality the Adamson eight-hour r' ; t no more or no less than enforced -tration. Neither of the partfes dirt'1 affected gained just what was but under the circumstances bote', compelled to accept it for the tin ing at least. . "Governor Charles "E. Hughes impressed im-pressed himself as favorable to pulsory arbitration and there are members of congress who favor it gress was the only body iu the I r; States with the necessary legal feasor feas-or power to a't under the couH. that confronted the country diiria?;-railroad diiria?;-railroad strike crisis, and 1 ben-; congress justified its existence in one instance if it never did beio--never will again. "The bill was an emergency m-ure. m-ure. Something had to be to prevent the railroads and 1 meree of the country from tied up indefinitely. The "; throughout the country demanded the strike he averted at whatever and the brotherhoods ordered tne f.. unless certain conditions were m1 l, der the circumstances there vv1" ; ing for congress to do but to cn- emergency measure, which it dw- Predicts Eight-hour Day. "I am ln-artilv iu favor ot tho e-hour e-hour day, at least iu so far J.11"' connected with the movement ot ',, t rn (Vic arc concerned. I bclic1;. it will be only a auestion oi t11 ". practical all workers wiil he , eight hour dav. The farm may exception to the rule. There ors are out in the open '"'V governed largely by cinHunst:i,,,';ji , there is no responsibility as ,:!r,y.- safety of tho public is concerned.. lover 'the safety of tho public .. corned it is imperative. th:it ou'r caution bo taken that is within i'1- |