The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-04-16
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS

action, the labor arbitration bill. Mr..
Kelley OF Mo, said: By his remarks yes.
terday he did not mean that the gentlemen
on the committee on labor had deliberate
ly perpetrated a trick and n fraud. He
knew that gentlemen who could submitthis
bill to the ~workingmen OF the country
as n provision for the speedy settlement
of trouble between employers and en-
ployas We're quite too innocent to deli
berately attempt a fraud or Il trick.
tLanghter.1 Mr.. Powderly had done
more to advance the principle OF arbitra.
ton than all the frothy %eloquence that he
tMr. Kelley and his associates had uttered
yesterday and to-day. Mr.. Powderly's
paper had been read and considered by the
heads OF corporations, and they had said;
III this is the spirit OF workingmen, we
must regard it, He (AIr. Kelley had seen
so many rauds and tricks perpetrated on
workingmen that he had hastily used the
words for which he now ~apologized to the
members OF the committee on labor.
The house voted to dispense with private
business and consider the Observation-Disclosures
bill. Four sections OF the measure were
adopted, accompanied by Il large number OF
speeches. The most notable ut%terance
was that OF NJ. Lawler OF Illinois when he
said that il Jay Gould could be hanged
to n lamp post in New York it would be a
pItooliiS ~ VIZ ~ o. iN liApt
and second sections OF the abor
arbitration bill, as agreed upon
by the house, provide for II
board OF arbitration, which shall possess
the power belonging to United States com
missioners appointed by the circuit court
OF the United States; but in no case shall
any witness be compelled to disclose the
secrets or produce the records Or proceed
ings OF any labor organization Of which he
ma " he an nttlrpr or Inplnhpr and amy or
der. finding. conclusion or reward made by
a majority oi the arbitrators shall be OF
the same force and effect as ii all the arbi-
traitors concurrcd therein or united in
making the same.
The House by a vote of 1876 to % passed
the labor arbitration bill. On motion OF
Mr.. Kelley, the title of the bin was amend.
ed so as to read: IL provide n method
Tor settling controversies and differences
between railroad corporations engaged in
interstate and territorial transportation
OF property and passengers and their EN-.
ployes."
SENATE.-Mr. Cameron offered a resolu-
ton, which was agreed to, appointing the
following: Mr.. Sherman, chairman OF the
committee on foreign relations; Mr.. Har-
rison, Il member of the same committee;
Mr.. Spooner, Il member OF the committee
on the District OF Columbia; Mr.. Stanford,
a member OF the civil service reform COM
mittee, and Mr.. Mitchell (Or.), a member
OF the committee on additional
dation for the library.
Senator Sewell gave notice that on Mon
day he would ask the senate to consider
the bill passed by the house for the relief
OF Fitz John Porter. This measure has
been so thoroughly discussed in the senate
that Mr. sewell hopes to get a vote on it
without unreasonable delay.
HousE.-Ihe house passed under suspen-
sion OF the rules Il bill granting pensions TO
soldiers and sailors OF the Mexican war. 1t
is estimated that there are from II, 900
to13,ooo survivors OF the Mexican war in
Guiding the widows, and the cost to the
treasury will be from 81, 600, 900 to 1,500,-
0 annually. Those who opposed the bill
did 50 because it provides for pensioning all
survivors of the Mexican war, regardless OF
the TACT whether they performed any actual
service or not. 1t is held that there is quite
a large number OF men who enlisted during
the last month OF the war who never left
the recruiting station. 1t is probable that
the bill will receive the approval Of thesen-
ate. Following is the text OF the bill:
That the secretary OF the interior be di-
rected to place the names OF all the survive
ing officers, soldiers and sailors who enlist
ed and served in the war with Mexico for
any period during the years 1915, lS46,
LORI iotc, aut WlleEG ilOIlOTlDly us
charged and their surviving widows, on
the pension roll at the rate OF IS per
month, from and after the passage OF this
act. during their lives.
Section 2. That the secretary OF the in
terror is directed to make such rules
and regulations as are necessary to carry
this act into effect; provided, that where it
shall appear that Il discharge is lost,
secondary evidence may be permitted, and
| where IT hD IL Drlnnlf - ~ n All Mt I,, ra
ceived a land warrant, that shall be sutfi-
cient evidence OF an honorable discharge,
unless the evidence shows that he procured
it by fraud, and provided, further, that
this act shall not apply to persons under
political disabilities.
SES,rE-Th consiaaroti,r az the RIM
bill was resumed and Mr. Joran snnta IN
further adyorncy Of II Raferr;ngt 6 q ease
recently exnosed of the management of
an American ~c;tizen in NH NJ Tooon
said:
Onr c;t;zens ,n;oht ha ;r,,o,,J f,r
wear or more in Cnh, ond ,e orn ma bia
to assert orr stranyth 70 sac,Hr, +han,
even q trial he d;scIa;,naa INV feal;na
OF PERSONAL nffense in what senator's had
sald against i've biil. II what senators
mao AIMED was that he should declare him
sen on some points at winch they had
limited, he tAr. Logan would say that he
was no communist. lie believed IN every
niIh owning what he mad lnbored Tor. He
aia not peiieVe IN murder, the destruction
OF properly, or tiie burning OF towns, hut
IN Saying thatli any man asserted that he
!Mr. Logan was not the Trend OF honest
iabor, thht man misccistrMed hln. Ii he
had the power ne would bulld
ehat "n''a pfotect thc racine coast and
make the harpors OF all our great clt'es
hristie with suns that would blow down
any navy or army that shouid approach
our coast. tie would nave an army and
nay! tl1itb wouid NOT De the laughing stock
OF the world.
public buildings and grounds, renorted tn.
yorablv the bill nppropriatiur S16O 900
for the purchase of additional ground nd
Joining the public building ut ST PAM
r.. IN