Show REPUBLICAN X IH LABOR OIt I LEGISLA lION TION 1 ON Since Its Vel very Inception the tho Republican Re TIe- publican party part has been legislating In Ineve eve every a Con Congress for tho the uplifting of labor and the betterment of conditions conditions condi condi- for all Through gh 1 our tariff laws the tho working people of the United States Slates have been beon protected against the of the outside outside outside out out- side world and wages toda today arc are from two to lo ten Cr times the tile amount received elsewhere Through our financial legislation leg leb- the tho wage earner has always alwa's received a n full dollar and his sa savings an and Investments have been fully protected pro pro- Not only have wages constantly con cOil Increased and hours of labor been reduced but sanitary conditions havo have been heen constantly Improved and In Inand Inspection In- In and liability laws have given to our working men and women conditions conditions con con- and n adi advantages ages better very much better than In any other countr coun coon tr try All the tue great national labor laws Jaws on OLl our statute books p put t there by hy bytho tho tile Republican party part Among the principal ones are RIC the tho following Slavery The Slavery The great reat revolution which exalted labor and freed tho the country from flom the curse of slavery was accomplished accomplished by the Republican party against the fiercest opposition possible ble b by the thc combined forces of the Democrats and their silica allies Still true to its original Ideals of freedom the Republican party palt after alter a lapse of forty years cars since the emancipation proclamation of Lincoln abolished slavery In the Philippine Islands Act passed h by a Republican Senate and Republican House and signed b by President Roosevelt Jul July 1 I 1902 Involuntary Servitude of For Foreigners Foreign Foreign- ers In ens-In In I 1874 the third Forty-third Congress which was Republican in both bolh houses prohibited under heavy penalties the tile holdIng to involuntary services of any person person person- forcibly l in any other countr country Peonage The Peonage The act abolishing this kind of forced labor was as passed by the Thirty ninth Congress when both bolh houses were Republican by lIy a large majority March larch 2 2 1867 Tho The Coolie Trade Trade The The legislation prohibiting the coolie trade Is the work of the Republicans The act of or 18 1875 5 closed our doors to the paupers and criminals of Europe and amid the exclusion exclusion sion sJon act of 1882 stopped the Immigration tion ion of the Chinese Upon the annexation annexation an an- of Hawaii In 1898 the immigration gration of or Chinese thereto was prohibited prohibited prohibited pro pro- b by a a. Republican Congress as ns was migration of those already In Hawaii from fr-am the islands to continental United States In President Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roose Roose- velt's administration the Chinese ex ex- exclusion exclusion elusion laws Jaws havo have been extended to tho the entire island territory of the tho United States Act pat passed ed by the tho Fifty Congress and approved April 29 29 1902 1002 Immigration The Thc The Republican party party- ha has favored tho the American standard of living not only b by abolishing compulsory com corn labor but hut also by excluding tho tile products o of the cheapest foreign labor through h protective tariffs and by restricting the Immigration of or unas- unas elements from Crom other races The Tile Importation of foreign laborers under contract was first prohibited in 11 1885 1886 but owing to defective provisions provisions provisions provi provi- for enforcing the law continued almost unchecked until the meats ments made In President Harrisons Harrison's administration Acts of the Fifty- Fifty first Congress ss which was Republican an anIn In both branches an and of the Fifty Fifty- second Congress signed March 3 3 u 1891 1801 n and March 3 3 1893 respectively The Republican party part has Increased the tho restrictions upon the tile Immigration of cheap foreign labor In the tho new law of 1903 1003 Act passed by the Fifty- Fifty seventh Congress both houses being controlled by the Republicans and signed by President Roosevelt March 3 1903 Convict Labor The Labor The law abolishing the tho contract system of labor fr United States convicts passed the House March 9 1886 and the tile Senate February 28 1887 All the votes a against the tho bill were Democratic Tho The law providing providing- for Cor the construction construe construe- ton tion of new United States prisons the employment of convicts therein exclusively In the tho manufacture o of such lIch supplies for the government Fo as can cun he be made without the use uso o of machinery was passed by the first Fifty Con Congress rc s. s which was Republican In both branches branch branch- es es and signed by President Harrison Harlson Chapter of the Acts of 1890 n. Protection of Seamen This Seamen This was wis accomplished ac ac- ac- ac b by the second Forty Congress Con gress when both houses were Republican lican and the tho third Forty Congress also Republican Inspection of Steam Vessels Accomplished Accomplished Ac Ac- by tile the Fortieth Congress which was controlled by the R I leans Inspection of Coal Mines l in the Territories Ten Ter Provided Provided for by the lie Fifty Fifty- first Congress both houses b b. b bing in ins under un un- der CI tho the control of th the n Republicans Approved ApprOVe 1 by lJJ President Harrison Safety Appliances on Railroads The original act providing for foa automatic automatic automatic auto auto- matic couplers and power powe n f-n n locomotives es and cars used In Interstate Inter Intel state traffic raffle was passed b by t tho h. h FIt Fifty second Congress and signed b by Pro Pro-l- dent Harrison March larch 2 2 18 1893 3 Owing to lo decisions of or tho the courts now new legislation legis- legis lation became necessary and the ka rII Fifty Fifty- seventh Congress Republican pa pat passed ed eda a greatly Improved law which was wa signed d by b- President Roosevelt March 2 1903 Report of or Accidents The Accidents The ICI sixth Congress ress Republican passed etl a law requiring common rs to 10 tomake tomake make monthly reports of oC t tr to the Interstate commerce commission Approved by Pi March 3 1901 Hour Eight Law Law The The first eight eight- hour iOUI law ii In this country was vas t enacted ni by the tho Fortieth Congress and approved by President Grant in 1868 I t. t Ic ap- ap plied to nil all artisans and laborers cm- cm b by tho ho govern government t. t In Ill the Fiftieth Congress the tIme hour eight da day was established for 01 letor let let- ct- ct l ter or l' l carriers The Tile bill hili passed th S Sn nate n- n ate which was Republican without division In President Harrisons Harrison's administration tion ion the tue el eight liner hoUr ht-hoUr law was extended to include persons employed by contractors con eon tractors on public works Chapter 52 of the Acts of 1892 Department of Labor Tie rhe The nc ae creating cre er- tile the United States Stales bureau CI of labor was passed b by the tile Fort Forty eighth hrh CI Congress j 1884 and sl signed ned by y President dent lent Arthur In the Fiftieth Congress res re's 1888 the bureau was removed from the Department of the Interior am and made mado an all independent Department of If Labor all the lie votes cast against a the he bill h being boing Democratic In 1 1903 03 a It He- He Congress on ress established the tho Department Department De Dp- De- De of Commerce and Labor am nEal made Its head hea a cabinet officer Boards of Arbitration Arbitration Act Act passed im at the Fifty fifth Congress Republican lican and signed by President MeKin- MeKin Ic hey ley June I 1 1898 Incorporation of National Trades Unions Unions Provided Provided for Cor by act o of Congress Congress Con Con- gress gaes In Utah county Republicans declared In convention their appreciation of tile the work Time The Republican is doing and plainly expressed themselves Together Together To To- gether with tho tilO many other we we have ha received from the party part throughout the tho state this Iris I is gratifying Readers of Tho The Republican will be pleased at the report of reduced freight rates for the transportation of grain on the railroads S of or the Intermountain Intermountain Intermountain Inter- Inter mountain region There Is Js a Q better da day coming for Cot shippers for producers and for 01 consumers In this section of country And Anti we wo believe it H Is a better day for fOl the lie railroads as well No one can tell much about what wha Now York will do rio in the tho coming election elec- elec lion tion but the latest news Is to the effect that the straight Democrats are arc not hot going to support Hearst the nominee nomi nomi- nee ace of or the Buffalo convention Tammany Tam Tam- many and the tho friends of Hearst hissed tho the name namo of Jerome Torne ome and yet ct Jerome c certainly stands for the lie best element clement III in that party part It is not Hot unreasonable to tn t suppose that there there will be bc another ticket in tho ho field Held It will wll probably be bc a Jerome ticket and amI while It wll vIll naturally draw something from the time Republican strength in the city it willbe will wll willbe be vastly more hurtful to the Demo Demo- cracy And the straight Republican ticket will be elected with a proper prope ni majority ty Tho The San Francisco Chronicle says There will wll be bo no orchestra In the now new endowed Theatre of Chicago The union musicians could coul not get et along with tho the managers and the latter cu cut tho the Gordian knot b by deciding to lo do without music It Is Js not ilOt likely that tha the lie example will wil be followed generally generally gener gener- ally but there thero are many people who ho wonder onder wh why it Is thought necessary to destroy the effect of a fine dramatic dra dra- matic performance b by the Introduction of unsuitable music between the tho acts The drama may bo be assisted by br the uso of appropriate music but the araso av- av rage crago orchestra generally avoids furnishing furnishing fur fUr- anything of the sort It Is just as likely to try to help out Macbeth Macbeth Mac lac- lac b beth th with a pathetic of Mar Mary Kellys Kelly's Beau Deau or 01 some similar tuno tulle as ns It Is to present music suggested sug sug- sted by or adapted adopted to the tragedy truedY Our sympathies for or the San Francisco theatre goers But Bul we havo have often orten thought that such orchestras as those at the lie Salt Snit Lake an and antl the Orpheum I 11 ii this city constituted a distinct atti attraction at- at ti traction action to tho those e houses Tho performances performances per per- of actors may be bo good and ant they ma may bo blo bad though bad though they gen gen- ally eally are good But tho the music is Js al alwa always always al- al wa ways s 's line lino Mr Arthur Edwards In inho inthe the tho ono one one and Mr Weihe in the other havo have assembled musicians who add materia materially II to tho the pleasure pleas of tin un even even- rug ing |