The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-03


Cleveland-The National Finances.
WARRINGTON CITY, April Sin the house
Friday memoiill of ship@rights and
caukins Knights of Labor, OF Philadelphia,
protesting against the pas. age o. the free
ship bill, wasprSs l.ted by Harmon of Penn
syNaaia. referred.
Hatch OF Missouri reported the aslicul
tural appropriation BILL and it was Ieferred
70 the committee oil the who'll
The house then on motion Of O'NSi,l o
Missouri, dispensed with private business and
went INTO the committee OF the whole on the
labor arbt alton bill-all debate on the first
section eing limited 10 thirty minutes
An en- iments were offered by Foran of
Chic, providing that i, on the written propo-
sition OF either party to the controversy to
submit the differences to arbitrat: Oh the
other party shall re use, the party submit-
ting the proposition may re uest a jude of
the UniteI states court TO au ont an
arbi.5r
ty Dioble of South Carolina providing
that the commissioner of lal or on the re-
quest Of either rarity to controversy shall
order an investigation to be made
By Negley OF iennsy ivania providing that
the board Of ar1it. alton snail in iuire into
the ractice of certain railroad com; anies
OF nainta ming company system OF life
Insurance TO evade the pay meat of damages
for loss OF life through negligence or other
wise
Phelps of New Jersey had no doubt that
e aboring men would get their lights 1t
was only a question OF the time and manner.
and hp a ID lfcal L.
dreaded the pro ess, and he would do
what he coA.d to make those processes
mole efficient ami more orderly. They
would let h rig hts they lac ed as they
mad got those Trey poss ssei-tarough public
opinion The pending bill enabled the
working men more quickly to prove his
wrongs. 1t gave him a simple proce to
make them known 1t gave system of
bitration which had not the perple ity, OF
completely, or Subtlcty of law, and which
any man could avail himself of without ex
p nSe. 1t was process which would COM
IN md attention because it was public; it
woI!d command respect because the bill
en- led the poor workm0n without delay
an expense I ca ly =, nspicuously to
| prove and ec1rJ his wrongs
Willis OF KENTUCKY expected to vote for
the bill Its opponents agreed that it was
a harmless measure, and then proceeded to
pour out the VIA Of their wrath upon it.
| This hall had been callei the audience hall
OF tine nation He had seen all the mono
| poles oi the country here, and when this
organization Of the Knights OF Labor came.
| though their voice be bus whisper, as this
| bill was for one. he would listen to and
heed Ii. \ few years ago the tonnage
| of the rivers and canals and lakes
Of the country hal been 12,9D,n00
tons To day four men in the
union hold in their grasp and control four
| times that amount of tonnage Those four
meH could reduce the wages OF 1900 men
| these four men, organized in their own in
tere,t could coatrol an aggreg lie capt.
| amounting to 500, 00o, 600 II the laboYers
organized and asked congress for the poor
| privilege Of Icing heard by peace III arbitra
ton. in the lame of justice, in the name of
equal right, let their complaints be heard.
and public opinion be invoked
ONeil declared that tie Knights of Labor
were in favor of a. btraIion He stood here
appealing for law, justice and for right, for
10 day the Cuu try was almost on the verge
| of a oil ano, People were standing idle and
| suffering for food in the west. on account Of
| the strike, while constit ,tional cranks stood
| clubbing on the floor Of the house.
| He appealed to the members to stan
| by the committee on iabor, TO vote down
amendments and to put their heels on that
| class of men who would suggest nothing.
| who were mere ohstructionists and barn aclef
| on party and who ought Ia have better
| sense.
buchanan of New Jersey favored the
I'LL, and hoped that it would not b. fioa' ed
TO the sea Of oblivion on a torrent of tn
The amendments were all voted down, but
| the first section of the bill was modified in
Sc eral particulars The committee then
passei on to a cousid ration Of the secoal
| section.
| Breckenridge o. Kentu Ky mored t,
strike out so much of the section as gives
the board of ar itrat.on power To iministe
oath5, subp Sna Witnesses etc. Ha said that
the effect of the motion would be to make
the bill less oh ectionabl, on con.
stitutional grounds He prot st again
the passage of the hin, believing
that it was ave, and might be danger
Gus mistake 1t was the co 'ners stone of q
superstructure which was to lie erected on
it 1t was a ssed the growth OF which
would hereafter give the country trouble