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Show AMIIIIIK l.H.IHMTIU. .111. hUlillllY. Hum: time alnco a bill waa Introduced Intro-duced In the Legislature which aimed at the atoilltlon of theatoreaud lodglui house abuecs practiced by many mining min-ing companies. The pro'oicd statute was loaded with wind; couiequenlly It waaahelved, aaa Ivglilatlve abaurdlly. It propoaed to prohibit mine owners and mining com antra from engaging In luvrcnutllo bualness, or from kee lug lodging houses. The genlua whu framed the meaaure did not apiarto know that the conitltutlonal light to engage lu any lawful trado or calling extended to mining companies aa well aa other i-uople. All the merit there waa In the proposed meaauro was Ita otject the cure of abuses which ought to bo corrected, the specific for the dheaao was however, much worao than the malady. We obeervo that Mr. Morau, a "LU-eral" "LU-eral" member of tho Council, has dla-tl.igulahed dla-tl.igulahed himself by Introducing a till of re almilar character to the one already referred to. It la a to In slater to tho ft rat one, the features of each Iwlngdlitlngulahedfor their aUurdlly, as any Intelligent reader can perceive by acanulng them. The Aral section provldra that all persons, companies, corporitloua, etc., engaged In mlulug and certain other specified lines of bualness shall pay their einloye aa provided luthu act. Thla la eprclal legislation wlthie ven geauce, being totally at variance with the theory of American Institution., that all citizens aru entitled to equal treatment under tho law. Theclasseaof buelnese men covered by the lultlal aectlon are required by the one lhat follows to arltle with their employes for labor performed nt least once a mouth, and It la specially provided thataimeut must be made In legal U. H. tender or lu caeh orders, which ean bo assigned by the persons lu whose favor they aro mado lo other partlra, , It will be observed that the second section, If It iveru possible for It to he good law It la not, however woul I act as a prohibition against employers and employed entering Into any arrangement ar-rangement that woull be mutually agreeable for settlement of wages for labor performed to be made every thirty-two daie or nuy other time lu exciaa of ono month. Thla la a direct Infringement of the liberty of the Individual. In-dividual. Bectlouthreolsa "corker." It pro vldeathat no order sli.il ho made by pe))letngagel III tbo lilteaot business referred to In the net except for cash, redeemable In thirty dave, -,abl tu "employe or be-in r," bearing legal Interest, In-terest, "rtiopersun, firm, corporation, comiaiie or association," etc., "sho shall Utile for nj, ment any otbi r paper or order" shall bn deemed guilty of n mlaJcuieuuor, aud shall be riitcctrd to u lino of $1JJ, or nuy other sum liithedhcretloiiof the court, the line tu go tu the la nelll of the cmmoii school fund of tin. district u herein Ihe orlmtehnllliavelnciiioimnlttt I '1 tins, ll III .nobs reed, that It I prootcd In plan! criminal prosecution against flruii, corporitloua, cjuiatiii an I asoclatlona and convict them ol misdemeanor, all of which la mini flatly abeurd, aiauch proceedings ran only to entered, In any case, agalnat Individual, Hixtlon four la Intended to remedy tho two price evil of which mluera who obtain their eup lira from tbe atore of their employers ajcctally complain. Hut It la Impotcntlortliatpirpoee. It provides that when companies or iter sons aotl gooda to their workmen at a higher rate than to others buying foreaab, the debts of the purchaser ao treated shall not re collectable. Thla feature amouuta to an amalgamation of Judicial and h-glalatlve powers, nnd, consequently, won't do at all. The fifth and ell-Ins secllou la almply alm-ply astounding. We Insert thsgrcster lerllon of Hi "Tbat If any peraon, firm, company, corporation nr eor lallon shall refuse, for the apace of twenty day", lo settle aid I ay any pari of their said employes at the Inlerl ale of time as provided In acotloli t! of Ibis act, r shall neglect or refuao to redeem re-deem any cash orders herein provided for, ullhln Ihe time epeelllod If presented, pre-sented, an I ault should be brought for the amount due ami unpaid, Judgment for tbo amount of aald claim proreit to lio duo and lint-aid nlth a penalty ofone ier centum of such amount e.lJe.1 thereto for each and every month's delay shall lie rendered lu favor of the plalntltrin such action." The proposed act, luone of Ita sections, sec-tions, rccognlzra the exlatlug rate of legal Interest (ten cr cent.) and In Its clealugone j rovldes for the making and enforcement of a Judgment which decrees In favor of a plslntlir another rate "nue per centum" for each mouth's delay, or twelve r cent, per annum. Thefmrarrnf that law we hope It was not Mr, Moran either wanted to seaa a pronounced champion of the worklngman, or ho Is exceedingly Ignorant Ig-norant of consistent and constitutional leglalatlnn. We pointed cut tho abaurdlly of the bill lor the purpose of preventing mining comranl.a from conducting mercantile riorrssnd lodging lodg-ing hnuars, and did not anticipate Ihe Introduction ol another meaaure color Ing a atlll broader ground of absurdity. We object lo the Ae-eint ly be Ing made ridiculous by such exhlbltlonaof wont of unicratjindltig. Impossible and lm-practicable lm-practicable bills ought tobenliped lu the bud, and not permitted to see Iho light of day. |
