Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-02
MORE LABOR DEBATE,
Mr.. Gibson Wants It Settled BY An
Inter State Commerce Bin.
THE o'NEIL BILL KNOCKED AROUND
Again, Characterized As a Trick and a
fraud---Adyocates Of the
Measure.

fraud.--Adyocates Of the
Measure.
WASHINGTON, April l.-Mr. Gibson, oi
West Virginia. criticised Mr.. 0'Nsifs Ar.
bitration bill because, he contended, it &C.
complished. nothing, and he advocated the
passage of an interstate commerce bill,
with compulsory provision requiring the
commissioners appointed under it to take
hold Of all controversies between capital
and labor and settle them in the interest
Of the public and in behalf Of the country.
The pending measure had been hastily
drawn and should not be forced through
the. House. Whist was the cause Of this
panic2 Was it that railroad attorneys
were seeking some advantage for their
roads, or that some men we're attempting to
secure perpetuity among the massesH Tie
bill
4 ohUUlD bE hbCOAMlTIED
for careful consideration and at the proper
time he would make motion to that end.
Mr.. Cain, of Texas, member OF the
Committee en- Labor. defended the bill
against adverse criticism aud argued in
support OF its constitutionalitY. The gen.
tlemsn from Virginia Mr.. DsnieD had
said this bill would cost the country too
much. Ifit had cost the Government ST.
00l 600 to have prevented the late strike
the country would not have suffered be.
cause theresult had been paralysis oetrade;
the avenues of commerce had been Oh
structed business had become stsgnsnt
and thousands Of men not connected with
the Knights of Labor had been thrown out
OF employment. The evil to be remedied
was not an evil which arose between the
lsboripg men aud railroad companies pri-
msrily but an evil in WHICH
THE MASSES OF TIE PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED
They we're the ones who were the suffererS.
It was better for the country to pay out
million OF dollars for the purpose Of pro-
vidiug arbitration than to have the country
in the condition in which it had been dur.
ing the last few weeks whereby there had
been loss to the country Of over
$3O,OOO,OOO.
Mr.. Anderson, Of Kansas, said the labor
question in its broad sense was not the real
question at issue, bHt the real issue pressing
upon Congress was whether legislation
should be enacted to
COMPEL COMMON CARRIERS TO PERFORM
THEIR OBLIGATIONS.
The great problem to be solved was the
protection Of the people during struggles
between capital and labor. His opposition
to the bill was that it was purely tempo
rsry measure.
Mr.. Tarsney, Of Michigan, q member Of
the committed on labor, defended the bill,
which appealed to the highest arbitration
there wss in the lsnd-to public opinion
and public judgment.
Mr.. Warner, (Missouri) congratulated
the Committee on Labor that amid the ex-
citement when the gentlemen were ANXIOUS
to rush to the front Qt the hattie as champ
ions OF labor ithad brought in
A SENSIBLE AND CONSERVATIVES MEASURE
as the one under consideration.
Mr.. Osborn, (Pennsylyanis), gave the
bill his cordial support.
Mr.. Lock, (Msssachusettsl, iayolsa the
bill, ard Mr., RoGnd. Of Pennsylvania, sd.
voestsd its passage.
Mr., COnnOr. (In!!::nois). earnestly sup.
ported the bill.
In closing the debate Mr. 0'Neil, (Mis.
souri), said that every compulsory law
placed on the statute books Of any country
had proven failure, The desired result
could be only secured by coDcilistion.
When public opinion was behind meas
ure it was powerful The bill was then
read by sections.
In speaking to vervsl amendment, Mr..
Hammond, Of Georgia, attacked the bill,
which be asserted instead Of belOg bill to
protect labor Ess ons TO
PREVENT STRIKES IN THE INTERESTS CT THE
CORPORATIONS
and at the expense oi the United States.
Every man who believed as the gentleman
from Pennsylvania Mr.. Kelley did, that
the measure was a trick and O fraud, ought
to vote against it The House proposed
to crystslizs into q statute lag, something
which nobody said was good and many
people said was trick to get rid OF the
question
Mr., Kelley, OF Penn sylvsnia. said that by
his remarks he did not mean that the
gentlemen on the Committee
on Labor had deliberately perpetrated
trick ard fraud he knew that the gen.
,lemen who could submit this bill to the
workipgmen as provision Tor the speedy
settlement Of troubles between employers
and employees wey'
eUiTE roo INNOCENT
TO deliberately attempt fraud or trick
Laughter Mr.. Posderly had done more
TO advance the prpciplsot arbitration than
all the fro,by eloquence that be Mr..
Kelly and his associates bad uttered yes.
terday and to-day. Mr. Pozderiy's paper
bad been read spd considered by the beads
Of corporations, ard they hsd said If this
il the spirit of the vorkipgmen We must
regard it." For many years be Kelly
had denounced ss frauds ssd tricks Just
such bills as this vh'ch pretended to be IN
the interest Of the vorkingmen. but which
we're not of any political benefit to them.
He had seen so many frauds and tricks
perpetrsted on workingmen that be had
incontiDenily used tie ~ords for which he
nov spolopized 10 the innocent members
Of the committee on labq..
wsst Virginia Personals.
Special 70 ~ RegGty.
WlsHIxoros, April l.-Among the visi.
tors at the Capitol oday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. K. Wheat, of Wheeling, accom-.
panied by Mrs. Virginia Wheat Of Corn.
ing. Iowa, and Miss Fannie and Maud
Caldwell. Mr.: ..1 sFs. Wheat are On
! :scir :.sscc,r way to New York, but have stopped
-nk g., -. ,s-,,b tr;auda for n sea-