Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-02
WRTY-NIATH CONGRESS-.
First Session.
SEN ATE.

agreed TO.
ihe river and harbor bill was ordered
printed and TO lie over in abeyance
Mr. Sewell, from the committee on the
library, reported favor4bly bill appropriate
ing sooo,0OO for the erection of monument
10 abraham Lincoln. After short eulogy &c
the memory of Lincoln bv Mr.. Cullom, who
introduced the bill, the bill was passed.
mr van Wyck's resolution, submitted yes.
terday, was placed before the Senate. inquir.
ing as to the connection of the commissioner.
OF the District of Columbia and certain cor.
porations of Washington. including gaslighl
companies, national banks and horse rail.
roads.
Mr.. Van Wyck denounced these corpora.
tions as monopolies and that they had NO
right to exist as such. The commissioners OF
the district, he said, had no right to prevent
competition, as they were doing.
Mr. Van Wyck's resolution was agreed to.
MIR. Platt made few remarks in reference
to the resolution some time since introduced
by him, providing for the consideration of
executive business in open session. (This
resolution has been adversely reported by
the committee On rules Mr.. Platt remark
ed that AS point of order might be made on
the resolution that it changed the rule with
out notice, he moved that on Monday next
the proposed amendment to the resolution
specifying the particular rule of the Senate,
be taken up.
At the suggestion of Mr. Logan, an under
standing was secured by which his army bill
will be taken up on Monday next, immediate
ly after morning business and the considera-
ton continued throughout the day, and if
necessary from day to day until disposed of
Mr. Platt consented that his Washington
Territory bill might be informally laid aside
IN order to permit of this action on the army
bill, but on the condition that the Washing
ton bill would not lose its right of way.
The hour of 2 O'clock having arrived the
Washington Territory bill was laid before
the Senate, and Mr.. Dolph resumed the floor
and continued his remarks in favor of the ad-
mission of the Territory.
Mr.. Morgan also spoke in support of the
bill.
The committee amendments to the bill
were then voted on seratim and agreed to.
Mr. Dolph moved an amendment, which
was agreed to, exempting from the provision
that required school lands not to be sold for
less than five dollars an acre certain lands
already disposed of for the same purpose at a
lower price.
Mr.. Voorhees, submitted a. an amendment
his bill last presented (ensbling acO provid-
ing fer the admission of Montana. This re-
mains the pending question when the bill
again come before the Senate.
The chair then laid before the Senate a
message from the President transmitting the
report of the governor of Alaska and the re-
port of the secretary of state relating to the
claim resulting from the seizure of the
schooner Lord Nelson in the war of 1912
At 5 IL, on motion of Mr.. Ingalls,, the Sen.
ate went into executive session.
In ten minutes the doors were re-orened
and the Senate adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
In the House today Mr.. Bland Of Missouri
from the committee On coinage, REPORTED
beck a resolution reciting a claim that agents
Of the sub-treasury at Boston refuse 20 pa,
out silver dollars when requested, and calling
on the secretary of the treasury for informa-
ton as to the truth of the assertion; adopted
The House then went into committee 0,
the whole on the labor arbitration bill.
The general debate was to be closed al
four O'Clock.
Mr. Gibson of West Virginia said tina
Congress should not look upon the question
as a labor question or capital question, but 81
great political question. While arbitration
strictly speaking, was unconstitutional, Con
gress had a right to put its hand on ever,
common carrier in the country and curb it II
its charges, and having this right it also hat
a right to protect it from hostile organiza
tons He went on to criticise the bill be
cause he contended it accomplished nothin!
and he advocated the passage OF the inter
state commerce bill with a compulsory pro
vision requiring commissioners appointed
under it to take hold Of all controversies be
tween capital and labor and settle them int
the interest of the public and in behalf of tbt
country.
Mr.. Craine of Texas, membsr of the
committee on labor, defen0 ed the bill agains
the adverse criticism and argued in suppor
of its constitutionalitv. Ii i'll becomes tn,
gentlemen from Georgia and Virginia (1am
mond and Daniel) to talk about the c0nstitu
tonality of the bill when if rumor is spoke cor
rectlv they intended to vote for that mons
frosty known as the Blair bill, which was al
unhoiy offspring of i'll assorted alliance be
tween the bleak hills and chilly atmospher,
of New Hampshire and the blue grass anC
warm atmosphere of Kentucky. Mr.. Grain,
argued that if Congress had power to regulate
the interstate commerce it had power to pre-
vent the stoppage of that commerce.
Mr.. Tarnsey of Michigan, a member O.
The committee on labor, defended the bill
which appealed to the highest arbiter ther,
wa. in the land-public opinion and public
judgment
MIR. Long of Massachusetts regarded thu
hill as a well drawn measure. 1T was oil
line with prudent legislation and sound think
ing. and was applicable to the present exi
gancv Itwas wise measure in what /
didn't attempt to do quite as much as in whs
| il did attempt, and it ought to be passed ex
actlv IN the form in which the committee haC
renorted it. The bill was not merely dec
lara,ion of the existing right-it had positiy
force. To-day, if the humble employe shoult
ask a powerful corporation to listen to arbi
| trstion on Il question of differences, tn
chances were one hundred to one, that in an.
ordinary case the corporation would decline
| pass this bill and let the working man de
| r,.nd arbitration and it would be granted l.
him.
Mr. Bound of Pennsylvania locked upol
the bill as establishing poor mans cour
| and therefore he advocated its passage.
Tn closing the debate Mr.. O'Neill of Mis-
sonri said that every compulsory law places
On the statute books of any country hat
nroven a failure. The desired result coul'
| only be secured bv conciliation. When pub
| lie opinion was behind measure it was pow
erfui. He quoted from the views of polifiea
economists which had been considered by th
committee on labor and which upheld tn
pripciple of reconciliation and arbitration
At the conclusion of his remarks the bill
vas read by sections for amendments.
Mr.. Kelley of Pennsylvania said that b.
b;s remarks Yesterday he did not mean tha