The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-27
HOUSE.
Under the call of States the following bills were
introduced:

Under the call of States the following bills were
introduced:
BY Mr.. Springer of Illinois, for the admission Of
the whole of Dakota into the Union; also to estab
lish departments of labor and to create board OF
arbitration of controversies between LABOR ana
capital. The general duties of the department
provided for by this bill are to acquire and dlf-
fuse among the people useful Information on SUP,
iects connected with labor in the most general
and comprehensive sense of that word ana eSpec-
tally upon its relation to capital the hours OF labor
the earnings of labOring men and women and the
means of promoting their material, social, lntel-
lectural and moral prosperity. In the department
there shall be established a commission OF labor
consisting OF three members who Shall be charged
with the consideration and settlement py means
OF arbitration when possible of all controversies
between labor and capital. The commissioner IN
charge of the department Shall receive a salary OF
S4 600 and he and two assistant commissioners to
be appointed by the President shall constitute the
commission of labor. The commission OF labor
shall have power to investigate the causes OF all
controversies and disputes between laDof ana
capital whether such controversies and disputes
are submitted for arbitration or not and report
thereon TO the President who shall transmit tnef
reports to Congress. In all controversies OF us
turbdnceS Which may interfere With transit ana
commerce between the States, it shall be the duty
of the commission of labor to act as poard OF az
bitraton for the peaceful settlement OF such con,
troverSieS whenever the conclat0ry 01nceS OF Salu
commission may be invoked by the partleS there-
to, and in all controversies between the laborlng
men and their employers, the consequences OF
which are confined within the limits OF any otate
and which may threaten domestic violence, lne
by the President for the purpose OF Settllng sucn
controversies by arbitration on application by inc
legislature of such State or of the executive wneh
the legislature cannot be convened, All CUES
tionS submitted for arbitration shall be in wiring
and signed by the parties respectively and the de-
cision award shall have such effect only as are
provided in the articles of submission. All awards
shall be entered on record and copy furnished 10
each of the parties and one copy shall be trans
mitted to any court which may be authorized 10
take any action thereon. The proceedings OF the
commission shall be public except when the COM
mission are in consultation. .,
By Mr.. O'Neill of Missouri, Sympathizing Win
Gladstone in his efforts to secure a free pdrlid-
ment for Ireland.
Consideration of the bill called up by Mr.. Nc
Creary of Kentucky, to establish a Sub-treasuIy
at Louisville, Kentucky, consumed the remainder
of the morning hour. No action was taken.
The House then went into committee OF tne
whole (Mr Wellborn of Texas, in the chair Jon the
river and harbor appropriation bill. FAR prog
reSs was made with the bill until clause autnor-
Zing the secretary of to negotiate for the pur
chase of the works of the Green and Barren klVeI
Navigation Company in Kentucky presented an
opportunity for the fight over the Mononganeia
Navigation Company to break out afresh
Mr.. Boyce of Pennsylvania, offered an ameno-
ment authorizing the secretary OF war TO also ne
gotiate for the purchase of the works OF the MO
nongahea Navigation Company. -
BY MI. Wilkins of Ohio, declaring it is the
sense of the House that the wool tariff schedule
so far it relates to manufactured, should not
be reduced.
By Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio, resolution recltne
that by the action of Congress in reducing the tar
ff on wool that industry has been rendered unre,
muneratiYe, and declaring 1t to be the sense ol