Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-04-13
WASHINGTON.
The House Labor Arbitra-
tiOn Bill.
AMENDMENT IN THE SENATE
Vote on the Question of Considering
Nominations in Open
Session.


SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April ia resolution
offered by Beck was agreed to appointing
Gibson Of Louisiana to membership OF
the Senate Committee on Commerce, in
place of Jones during the present tenn
porary absence of the Senator from the
Senate.
Riddleberger moved to take up the
resolution relating to the consideration
Of the Executive nominations in open
session. He refused the request to per
nit the Indian appropriation bill to be
taken up and he insisted on the yeas and
nays, which resulted In the defeat Of the
notion yeas 7. nays 81. This vote is
not in any sense test of the strength Of
the open session movement, inasmuch as
many of its strongest advocates, includ-
ing Senators Plat, Teller and Gibson,
voted in the negative.
Logan submitted an addition to his
resolution relating to executive sessions.
The addition recites the Senate rules
which the resolution proposes to amend.
On motion of Hoar the Senate went into
executive session and the nomination Of
Senator jackson to be Circuit Judge in
place of Judge Baxter was unanimously
confirmed.
Senator Sherman submitted in the
Senate to-day an amendment to the
House Labor Arbitration bill. The
amendment was ordered to lie over and
be printed 1t is as follows, To strike
out all after the enaeting clause OF the
bill and insert as follows;
SECTION |. That a commission is
hereby created called an Arbitration
Commission, to consist of twelve mem.
bers, composed as follows: Two mem
bers of the Senate to be appointed by the
President of the Senate, three members
Of the House of Representatives to be
appointed by the Speaker OF the House
and seven members from civil life to be
appointed by the President Of the United
States by and with the advice and con-
sent OF the Senate, not more than four
of whom shall belong to one political
party, who shall be selected for superior
intelligence as to the industrial and
larboring interests Of the country. The
Civil Commissioners shall receive as
compensation for their services each at
the rate of $40 per day when engaged in
duty and each member of the Commits
sion shall receive actual travelling and
other necessary expenses.
SEcTIos 2. That it shall be the duty
of said Commission to take into consid-
Grafton and thoroughly investigate all Of
the various controversies that have
arisen or may arise between employers
and employed, whether they be corpora
lions or associations or private indi-
viduals, and whether engaged in trans
portation. manufacturing, mining or
other industrial interests of the United
States, SO far as they relate to such con-
troversies between rival and competing
com panies OF between transportation,
manufacturing and mining companies
and their employees. and for the purpose
of fully examining matters which may
come before it, said Commission, in
the prosecution of its inquiries, is en-.
powered to visit such different portions
and sections of tbs country as it may
deem advisable.
SECTION 3. That the Commission
shall make to Congress final reports OF
its investigation and testimony taken in
the cause OF the same not later than the
first Monday in December, 1886, andtes-
pecially OF such measure or measures
as in its judgement may be expedient
and within the constitutional power of
Congress to adopt for the decision and
settlement of such controversies and
L.. -.
tine same.
The Indian appropriation bill was
taken up on motion of Mr.. Conger and
after debate by Messrs. Conger, Dawes,
Dolph and Plumb the amount Of the
appropriation for Indian Schools in
Alaska was increased from SIS, 900 to
so, 900. The bill was then passed sub
stantiaIly as reported from the Com
mission and the Senate adjourned
HOUSE.
The Committee on Rules reported a
resolution for the appointment of a Sc
Iect committee Of seven, to be appointed
by the Speaker, TO investigate the
causes and extent Of the disturbed con-
ditions now existing in the relations be-
tween the railroad companies engaged
in inter state commerce and their en-
ployes in the States of Illinois, Missouri,
Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. The res
olution provides that the committee
shall have power to send for persons and
papers, to sit during the sessions of the
House, and to visit such places in those
States as may be necessary in order to
facilitate investigation. and it shall re-
port during the present session such
recommendation as it may deem proper
to make. Adopted without division.
Morrison, Chairman of the Committee
on Ways and Means. reported bill to
reduce tariff taxes and modify the laws
in relation to the collection Of revenue.
Referred to Committee Of the Whole.
McKmstry presented the views of the
minority OF the Committee.
The District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill passed without discussion or
substantial amendment. The House
then adiourned