Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-02
KILN. CONGRESS-.
ARBITRATION IN THE HOUSE OF RE-
rREsgYTArIvEs AGAIN.
Speeches by Several Members Yesterday
Mr. Kelley. Of Pennsylvania, Rises TO
Make Personal Explanation.
WASHINGTON. April l, 1886.


The Senate adjourn to-day 1t be till
Monday next. Agreed to.
The bill for the erection Of monu-
ment in Washington 10 the memory Of
Abraham Lincoln at n cost Of half
million dollars was reported from the
Library Committee and passed.
Mr. Plat 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 Com
mitiee on Rules. Mr.. Plat remarked
that as the point Of order might be made
on the resolution that it changed a rule
without due notice, he would on Mon
day next propose an amendment to the
resolution specify ing the particular rule
OF the Senate which he proposed to have
amended by the resolution.
At the suggestion Of Mr.. Logan, an
understanding was secured by which
his army bill will be taken up Monday
next Immediately after the morning
tinued throughout the day and, if neces-
saiy, from day to day till disposed Of.
Mr. Plat consented that his Wash
ington.T Territory bill might be informal
ly laid aside in order to permit Of this
action on the army bill, but on condi-
tion that the Washington bill should not
lose its right Of way.
At2o'clock the Washington-Terri-
tory bill was laid before the Senate.
Mr.. Dolph explained the financial
condition Of the Territory, and from
figures cited argued the undOubted
ability Of the people to maintain State
government. The climate he des-
cIibed as "cool in summer, mild in
winter, and remarkable salubrious."
No country on the face Of the globe, he
said. possessed an inland sea which for
beauty Of scenery, extent Of unob-
suucted nayigable channels, or safe and
commodious harbors, could compare
with Puget sound. Imagination could
hardly anticipate the future in store for
that Territory.
Mr.. Morgan spoke in support Of the
bill. The only objection TO it, in his
mind. was that il authorized the Presl-
dent TO admit State by proclamation
IL be should find the conditions to have
been complied with. lie thought that
provision Of doubtful consiitutionallty
and wisdom. 1t was the business Of
Congress, not the President, to admit
anew State. This objection, however,
would not keep Mr.. Morgan from sup
porting the bill. He submitted 70 the
Committee on Territories the propriety
Of substituting action by Congress for
the Presidents proclamation. The
committees amendments to the bill
wee then voted on SeTiatim and agreed
TO.
Mr.. Voorhees, submitted as an amend
mont his bill last presented (the ena
blirg scU, providing for the admission
Of Montana. This remains the pending
question when the bill comes before
the Senate again.
At 5:l2 the Senate went into eX-
ecutive session. In ten minutes the
doors were reopened, and the Senate
adjourned until Monday.
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, rising
to question Of privilege, said
lie found in the Record this morning
that the gentleman from Missouri (Nr.
.O'NeilD yesterday had stated that he
MIR. Kelley had made a speech on the
bill prohibiting the importation OF con-
tract labor identical with that he made
on the arbitration bill. He had not
heard that statement.
The House then went into Committee
Of the Whole (Mr. Springer, Of Illinois,
in the chain on the labor arbitration
bill, the general debate to be closed at
o'clock.
The bill was discussed by Messrs.
Gibson of West Virginia, Grain OF
Texas, Dunn Of Arkansas, Buchanan
of New Jersey, Worthington of Hi
nois. Tarsney of Michigan, Anderson
of Kansas, Osborne of Pennsylya-
MIA. Long of Massachusetts, Bond
of5Pennsylyania, Cannon OF Illinois,
and others. In closing the debate Mr..
O'Neill. of Missouri, said that every
compulsory law placed on the statute
books Of any country had proven fail
uIe. The desired result could only be
secured by Cancellation; when pubic
opinion was behind the measure 1t was
powerful. lie quoted from the views
of political economists, which had been
considered by the Committee on Labor,
and which upheld the principle Of con
citation and arbitration, and at the con-
clusion Of his remarks the bill was read
by sections for amendments.
In speaking to a verbal Amendment
Mr., Hammond, Of Georgia, attacked
the bill. which, he asserted, instead OF
being a bill TO protect labor, was one to
prevent strikes in the interest OF corpo-
rations and at the expense OF the United
States. Every man who believed as the
gentleman from Pennsylvania tMr.
Kelley did-that the measure was atrlck
and iraud-ought to vote againstit. The
House proposed 10 crystalline into a
statute law something which nobody
said was good and many people said
was a simple trick to get rid OF the
question. -,
Mr.. Kelley, Of Pennsylvania, said
that BY his remarks yesterday he did
not mean that the gentlemen on the
Committee on Labor had deliberately
peIpetrated a trick or fraud. He
knew that the gentlemen who could
submit this bill to the workingmen of
the country as provision for speedy
settlement by employers and employees
were quite too innocent to deliberately
attempt a fraud or trick. Laughter
Mr.. PowdeIly had done more TO adj
vsnce the principle of arbitration than
all the irothy elOquence that ne
tMr. Kelley and his associates had
uttered yesterday and to-day. Powder
ly's paper had been read aud consider
ed by the heads Of corporations and
they had said, If this is the spirit OF
the woikiDgmen we must regard It,"
For many years he tMr. Kelley had de-
nounced as frauds and tricks just such
bills as this which pretended to be IN