The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-08
WASHINGTON.
OF TIE ARDIrRA-
TION BILL in THE
HOUSE.
TIE BILL DENOUNCED BY ROGERS
OF ARKANSAS As UTTERLY
WORTHLESS
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE.


HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-The speaker laid
before the house a Communication from
the acting secretary of the treasury trans
hitting estimates from the interior de-
partment on the appropriation of 81 ,0O0,-
600 to pay additional pensions allowed
by act of March IS, 1888 Referred.
Mr.. James. of New York, called up the
adverse report ON the free coinage
bill.
Mr. O'Neill, of Missouri raised the
question of cons Iteration in order to call
up the labor arbitration bill.
After an informal discussion in which
an anicable arrangement was sought to
be arrived at, Mr.. Bland, of Missouri, sig
nitied his Willingness to yield the hour to
the labor bill, as the gentleman in charge
of that bill thought it might be passed in
that time.
On division, the house refused, 6S to 70
to consider silver bill.
The proposition was then made, that if
instead of taking the yeas and nays, one
hour might be given to the discussion of
the silver bill, but to this, Mr.. O'Neill OBJ
jected, stating that he wished the labor
bill to come up Immediately. Lost; yeas.
So; nays, 1876. This only emphasized the
previous action. For the time being, the
silver bill was laid as de, and the house
went into the committee of the whole on
the arbitration bill.
Mr.. Rogers, of Arkansas, regarded the
bill as perfectly worthless, and with the
exception of the fifth section, perfectly
harmless. unless it might be construed as
a step in the wrong direction. That sec.
ton gave the cover to railroad corpora
tiuns 10 put their hands into the United
States treasury to enable them fight
working men.
Mr.. Warner, of Missouri, offered an
amendment providing that members of
the tribunal of arbitration shall receive
compensation of $40 day for the time
actually employed. 1t also prescribes
fees and compensation to be allowed a
clerk, stenOgrapher, marshals and wit
nesses, provided that tribunal shall have
power to limit the number of witnesses in
each case, whose fees shall be paid by the
United States, and it appropriates suf-
ficient sum to carry the provisions of the
bill into effect. ...
Mr.. Tillman, of South Carolina, offered
an amendment to tue amendment, pro-
viding that not exceeding $1,000 shall be
paid out of the treasury to defray tx
penses of any single arbitration. The
amendment was agreed to, and Mr.. War
ner's amendment, as amended, was adopt
ed.
The committee then rose and reported
the bill to the house.
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, moved to re-
commit the bill with instructions to the
committee on labor to report in lieu
thereof current resolution expressive of
the sense of this congress that so far as
practible, all controversies between en-
ployes and employers should be subject 10
arbitration by voluntary agreement or in
accordance with the law.
The motion was lost and the bill was
passed. Yeas, 1885, nays 81.
the following is the negative vote:
Allen, of Mississippi; Barnes, Belmont
and Bennett, of Kentucky; Crisp, GRAFTON
and Davidson, of Alabama; Daniel Faran;
Forney Glover, Hall, Hutton and Jones.
of Alabama; Norwood, of California;
Perry, Reagan, Rogers, Sadler, Skinner,
Till'.lan nda Tucker.
On motion of Mr.. Kelly, of Pennsyl-
vania, the title of the bill was amended
so as to read, to provide a method for
settling controversies and difficulties be-
tween railroad corporations, engaged in
interstate transportation of property
and passengers. and their EN- ployes.
The debate on the silver bill was then
begun.
Mr.. Fuller. of Iowa, argued in favor of
a double standard. and charged that Off
Gals of the treasury department we're vio-
lating the laws and thwarting the will of
the people in refusing to pay out silver
for obligations of the government.
Mr.. Barksdale, of Mississippi, opposed
the suspension of silver coinage. as did
Mr. Caldwell, Of Tennessee.
Mr.. Adams, of Illinois, spoke in OPP
position to the free cointge proposition,
and the house then took recess until 1850
p. IN.
At the evening session of the house Mr..
GaIlinger. of New Hampshire. argued in
favor of the suspension of silver coinage.
President Cleveland's 'inocuous disuui-
etude" was exactly what the silver dollar
needed.
Mr.. WOODBURY., of Nevada. defended
the silver dollar from the charge of dis
honesty, and argued in favor of an un-
limited coinage.
Mr.. Price, of Wisconsin, addressed him
self to the argument of the gold men that
further coinage of silver would have the
effect of driving it out of circulation.
and controverted the correctness of that
position. and denied that the Bland dollar
was dishonest dollar. The mistake of
the gentleman who made this assertion
was that they compared the bullion value
Of silver with the coined value of gold.
Mr.. Niece, of Illinois. submitted an ar
gument in opposition to the suspension
Of silver coinage, and then, at 9:l5. the
house adjourned.