The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-10

traitors shall take an oath TO honestly,
fairly and faithfully perform his du-
ties, and that he is not personally inter
ested ia the subject matter III eontro-
versy, which oath may be administered
by any State or Territorial officer au tn
orized to administer oaths. The third
person selected shall be the president
of the board, and any order. finding,
conclusion, or award made by major
lily Of such arbitrators shall be OF the
same force and effect as il all three con-
Cured therein.
1t shall be the duty of the board of ar
duration, Immediately upon their Sc
lection, to organize at the nearest prac-
ticable point to the place OF the origin
of the difficulty or controversy, to hear
and determine the matters of difference
which may be submitted to them in
writing by all the parties, giving them
full opportunity to be heard on oath, IN
person and by witnesses, and also
granting them the right to be repre-
sented by counsel and after conclud-
ing it's investigation the board shall
publicly announce its award, which,
with the findings OF fact upon which 1T
is based, shall be reduced to writing
and signed by the arbitrators concur
ring therein, and with the testimony
taken in the case. shall be filed with the
commissioner OF labor Of the United
States, who shalt make such award
public as soon as the same shall have
been received by him.
1t shall be the right Of any employees
engaged in the controversy to appoint,
by designation in writing, one or more
persons to act for them in the selection
of an arbitrator to represent them upon
the board of arbitration.
Each member Of the board shall re-
ceive the same compensation as United
States commissioners, and the clerks,
stenographers and witnesses the same
fees as those attending before United
States commissioners, which fees and
compensation shall be paid by the
United States.
On a point of order raised by MI.
Dunn the bill was referred to the COM
mittee Of the whole, and the House i'm
mediately went into committee (Mr.
Springer in the chair) for the consider
alton of the measure.
Mr.. O'Neill said that for the past
two months the committee on labor had
been engaged in draining every avenue
where there was reasonable hope Of Sc
curing information as to some feasible
methods, consistent with the Constitu
ton and the laws that would provide q
mode Of settlement OF the disastrous
disputes between capital and labor.
The committee had decided that the
pending measure was the best that it
could formulate. 1t was a simple, vol
untary arbitration. IF this method
failed, then he could see. but one other,
and that was the strong arm Of the
government to take the giant corpora
tions by the throat and tell them that !
they must yield to arbitration that
they must submit the differences be-
tween them and their Workmen to some
peaceful agreement that the govern
ment could not have the condi-
tion of affairs that to-day pre-
vailed throughout five States of the
Union practical revolution, all busi-
ness suspended. and the people OF great
81 tr,,r bo.j
of food and fuel. He did not pretend
to say who was to blame. He simply |
knew that the workmen had said that I
they were willing to arbitrate their
grievances, and he knew that the presi- /
dent Of the Missouri Pacific had not |
yet consented to do it. In the mean
time, thank heaven, the sober second !
thought OF American Workmen had /
kept the strike within bounds, and he
was Convinced that they would prevent |
any disastrous consequences until the /
termination of this issue.
Mr. Weaver (Greenback, Ia.) was
primarily opposed to all legislation on
the labor question, because in its very
nature it could not be effective. The
cause OF the dlscontent throughout the /
country was the neglect on the part Of I
the laW-making power of the country I
to preserve the prosperity of the Tepub-
lie. The remedy must come from a
proper law regulating Interstate COM
merce, and from law which would /
create condition in our economic sys-
tem so that the employer could afford
to pay the laboring man what his labor
was worth. The remedy was to give /
the country an increased volume Of
currency.
Mr.. Glover (Dem., Mo- gave notice
that he would at the proper time offer
as substitute for the pending bill the
bill introduced by him OF Monday,
which is based on the English law, ana
which provides for compulsory arbitra-
ton.
Mr.. Reagan (Dem., Tex opposed the
bill on the ground that it would take
from the local tribunals, where it be-
longed. the adjustment and settlement