Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-19
TIE DAY N CONGRESS.
Cake On the E.nber Arbl-
tration BIN.


WAnnzHaruz, Nay I8.-Hais preasnaed
q msmoEisl ok the United Hfatse nnd
BraEii Sssauahip 0ompany. the Paside
Mail 61aams0ip Company, tie Nsw
| Yokk 4 Cabs Nail Steamship Cumnsnv.
/ he Red d Lkne 6aeamahtps, and the
keW York & Havana and Maxioan Nail
| H1aamEhip Companie1. In presenting
tue memorial. Hale remarked that hs
aeniad sQunEelY What had been said ID
oereniB newspapers. namely that an af
fenp& had bean mRda sollmproperly IN
naanoa Congress ID favor Of what ii
called sahsidlsa. Halo wished 10 Say Ia
aunneotinn with tie Esceat action Of tha
senate 10 regard 60 foreign mail. thai Il
this CREST e0orf 70 revive AmeriOan
oommsres eEsF prevailed N Congress Il
would nos ba done thFongh the inaasnes
oE any iobhy. Il coald only come about
beeanss he AmeEisan people were be-
oomtna uoEe and more interested IN Ahs
subisot, and snonsr oE later ConRrea
goaid have % reepond 20 ths popular
demaud.
H0ar presented 4 petition from the
Nsu Eaeland Methodist Episcopal Con
fsFence. urging the Unitec States 60 en-
foroe the terms Of the Oniness Treaty.
90 as le protest the lives and property OF
Chinese subjeeta In the United 6sstes.
RsfsErsd.
or motion Of Rfr. Dolph, the Senate
passed tha bill extending the limils Of
Portland. Oregon, 60 aa 10 inoIuds shs
east bank Of the Willamette river, epDo-
aIts the City ons mile TO & poins oppo-
aite the lower end of swan Island
A motion 10 pg9oeed with the oonsid-
aFati0n Of he Staten Island Bridge was
losi, y 70 -. The bili setains les place
On she calendar.
A. 2 O'clock tire Pension bill uas
pleoed before the Sonata. bat vas tenn
perarily laid asids TO permit Coke 70 ad-
dress the senate en- she House Labor
Arbitration bill. Coka did not favor
the establishment Of . permanent
Board 81 Commissioners, snnn as had
been recommended By the Presidents
message. Such . board be believed woul
inevitAbiy beeoms q tftbanal fayoFabIe
20 oorpcratloEa hoseYeE, little Il might
Be intended it shoald 90 beooEae. The
plan Of goluutaFy arbitration, provided
b. Honas bill. be contanded, vas much
better. The agbltraFa under tue bill would
Be- oh0aen IN eacn case by parties imms-
diafely interested, and would BE- chosen
becauso Of special knogledQs Of the
subject involved In Dispute. The CON-
missionere being voluntarily chosen
By the parties concerned, the de-
oisinns would be more acceptable 20
the parties involved than thet OF a per
manent board A. 10 responsibility Of
railway companies for the operation Of
their roads, Coke said they shoald be
compelled 70 keep their roads IN opera
ton, strike or no strike. and, on the
other hand, anyone who interfersd with
that operation should be treated With
the utmost severity. Public interest
vas the hKst consideration. Coke req
oanizsd the absolute necessity Of re-
strainipe railroads. No Que. be said,
could read the history Of railroad oevei
opmsnt without feeling profound indig-
nation and disgust that q system, which
like taat Of the railroads bad become
90 Indispensable q necessity 70 oIVili--
the handa Of q few individuals for
systametic robbery Of the people. II
vas 10 pay dividends on WaterBd steek
that wages on railroads were squoezed
down. TIE evil would never coTreet it
self. State governments and she Unit
ed States Government. while uniting 20
protect railroad property as they should
project railroad property aud the inter
ests Of the public from assauit OF am
ace, sboaid also unite 70 crush out
prsoticea which led 10 the labor diffisui
ties that had become 80 serious feature
in the railroad problem.
Mr. Logan, withoUt committing him
self 10 the eappors oE otherwise 9f the
House bill, Weald at the proper time
submit q sabatituss for it. Tue Hoase
bill provided for ARBITRATION, bat when
after tfoable had arisen and after arbi-
tration ahoald be appealed 10 and de
aision rendered. there vas no meana OF
putting the decision Into eject. He
would propose that q commission, 10 Be
called she Commission Of Arbitration,
shouid be selected By the President,
tnai she mes should be selected. part Of
them for their knowledge Of Law. and
part for their knowledge Of the labor
lna interests OF she country. and from
amone those interests; the coumis-
sioners 20 be i've Ia number. 70 have
power 10 examine witnesses. etc. de
Woald provide that when decision Is
made Il should BE- filed IN tue United
states District Court, placed on record
there. and should become q decree Of
The court. which would ssoars BY this
method information for decision,
which under the House bill
CWAt4 nus W NE1Is AME RUHlU
also make u the .duty Of she
CommisslOners 30 examlns all con
tEovorsies arising hstusen corporations
and their employea and 70 mske q re-
port 20 Congress. He Wsuld srect the
Bursan Of Labor into a Department Of
Llbog, and voald requira tns Csmmis-
sloneR Of L1her 70 eommunieate with
sll the corporations 20 ascertain partio
alaEa a. 70 the numbeE, character and
compensation Of the employees, the
pFioss Of foed, rent, eto., and 20 submit
comparative statements, % far as prae-
ticabie, Of similar particulars Fel8finG
10 Labef IN Earope. ete.
Tue Pension ban was then laid before
the senate.
Tha senate vent into Exsoatigs ass-
sion ana when The doors rsupsned it
adjourned.
Maaas.
WAsEzNoToS. MAJ ls.-Sadler, Of
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