05/11/1887
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"I am constrained to recommend to Congress legislation upon this serious and pressing subject."
"I am satisfied, however, that something may be done under Federal authority to prevent the disturbances which so often arise from disputes between employers and the employed."
"If such a commission were fairly organized, the risk of a loss of popular support and sympathy resulting from a refusal to submit to so peaceful an instrumentality would constrain both parties to such..."
"The laboring man may well insist, with manly courage and as a right, upon the same recognition from those who make our laws as is accorded to any other citizen."