The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-19
LABOR ARBITRATION.
Che House Bill Under Discus
sion in the Senate.
SENATOR'S COKE AND LOGAN
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SENATE


,,g.sH-v=rox May ls.-Hale pre-
..,ted q memorial Of the United States
! Rrazfi Steamship Company, the Pa
i6o Mail Steamship Company, New
yo-t & Cuba Mail Steamship Company,
Pad .Dr Inc of steamships. aad New
wi ana Havana and Mexican mail
steamship companies. In presenting
,be memorial. Hale remarked that he
dsnied squarely what had been stated
in certain newspapers, namely, that an
.--empt had been made to improperly
;,8oence Congress in favor of what is
called suDsiules. hale wished 10 say,
n connection with the recent action OF
the Senate IN regard to foreign mails,
that If this great effort 10 revive Ameri-
- commerce ever prevailed in Con-
49, il would not be done by the in
Srance OF any lobby. 1t could only
come about because the American peo-
Me we're growing more and more in
fsrestsd in the subject. and sooner or
q Iete- Congress would have TO respond
. the popular demand.
Hoar presented a petition from the
j sew England Methodist Episcopal
conferences, urging the United States
m enforce the terms of the Chinese
treaty so as to protect the lives and
nronerty of Chinese subjects IN the
i limited States. Referred.
ON motion of Mr.. Dolph, the Senate
passed the bill extending the limits of
Portland, Oregon, so as to include the
east bank of the Willamette River, OPP
poslte the city, one mile, to point OPP
posite the lower end of Swan Island.
The motion 10 proceed with the con-
sheraton of the Staten Island bridge
bill Ess lOst-22 to d. The bill retains
its place on the calendar.
At , o'clock, the pension bill was
placed before the Senate. but was tenn
porsrily laid aside 10 permit Coke to
address The Senate on the House labor
arbitration bill.
Coke did not favor the establishment
of q permanent board of commissioners,
such IS had been recommended by the
Presidents message. Such board, he
believed, would Inevitably become a
tribunal favorable to corporations, how
ever little il might be intended 1t should
so become. The plan OF volun-
tary arbitration provided by the House
bill. he contenGed, was much better
Arbitrators under the bill would be
chosen in each case by the parties i'm.
mediatelY interested, and would be
chosen because OF their special
knowledge Of the subject involved
IN dispute. The commissioners being
voluntarily chosen by the parties
concerned, their decisions would be
more acceptable TO the parties involved
! than that OF any permanent board. As
1 % the responsibility OF railway COM
/ lzaies for the operation of their roads,
JOke said they should be compelled to
KIP their roads in operation, strike OF
strike; and, on the other hand, any
O-sWho iRterfered With that operation
should be treated with the utmost Sc
Tsrity. Public interest was the first
eOnsidera ION. Coke recognized the alb
5Olute necessity of restraining railroads.
No one, he said, could read the history
OF railroad development, without
feeling profound indignation and
disgust that a system which like
that of the railroads had become
80 indispensable necessity to civiliza-
ton, should be an fundamentally in
the hands of a Jew individuals for a
systematic robbery of the people. 1t
was to pay dividends on watered stock
that the wages on the railroads were
squeezed down. The evil would never
correct itself. State governments and
the United States government while
uniting 10 protect railroad property, as
they should protect railroad property,
aud the interests of the public from
assault or damage. should also unite to
crush out the practice which led to the
labor difficulties that had become so
serious feature oi the railroad prob
lem. - -.
Mr.. Logan, without committing him
self TO the support or otherwise of the
House bill would at the proper time,
submit substitute for il. The House
Dill provided arbitration; but when, af-
ter a trouble had arisen end after arbi-
trSton should be appealed to and a de-
clslon rendered, there was no means of
putting the decision into effect. He
WOULD propose that commission to be
called the commission on arbitration.
ihOuld be selected by the president that
he men should be selected. mart of
them from their knowledge OF law. and
part Tor their knowledge OF the labor
ing interests OF the country, and from
among those interests, the committee
% oe hive IN number and to
aaFe power 10 examine witnesses,
VIC DE would provide that
Shen 2 uecislon Is made, it should be
nied N the United States District Court.
placed on record there and become a
decree Of the court, which would secure
rmethod OF information for decisions.
under the House bill that could NOT he
aone- he would also make il the duty
the commissioners TO examine all
lestons o; controversy arising between
Srpor ailons and their employees and
SAKE a report 10 Congress. He would
s ene buseau Of Labor into a de
trtment Of labor and require
e Commissioner of Labor 10
SsnInunicate with all corpora
.'ns to ascertain the particulars.
10 the number. character and COM
psnsation Of employees, prices of food.
III, etc. and TO submit comparative
,s.sSments. "a far a. practicable. of
P.iar particulars relating 10 labor in
hHOpe. e.c.
>, he pension oil was then laid before
&c Senate, which went into executive
sSH1son, end VIXEN he doors -ecpened