Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-07-12
IN CONGRESS.
Senate Endorses Presidents
Course on the Strike,
But Refuses to Declare for Voluntary
N or Compulsory Arbitration.
House Passes McRae Railroad Land Grant
Forfeiture Bill Without Division.

WASHINGTON, July ll.-In the Senate a
question of precedence was raised between
Blackburn, who wished to proceed with the
appropriation bill and Daniel who wished TO
have PETERS resolution taken up with his
own substitute, offered for it yesterday,
which sustains the action of the President
and administration. Finally Blackburn
yielded and Daniel took the floor. After
the resolution and substitute were read,
Daniel said that on consultation with sew
eral senators. Democratic aud Republican,
he would offer an additional clause to to
the substitute The additional clause was
that while the Senate explicitly declares its
determination to endorse the the action of
the executive in the enforcement of laws
and in maintaining the supremacy of the
constitution 1t deems it proper to declare its
adhesion to the principle of arbitra-
ton of difficulties and controversies
between employers of labor and employees,
as recognized in the laws of the United
States and to express its condemnation of
the refusal of q party 10 such controversy
connected with the late disturbances in Chi
cago and vicinity, to submit such diili-
Guilty and controversy to fair, impartial
arbitration, and its determination also to
use, in the promotion of such arbitration,
whatever constitutional powers it may pos
sess. The additional clause was fully dis
cussed and finally withdrawn by Daniel.
| His amendment of yesterday, after being
modified, was adopted by the Senate with
| out division. II is:
Resolved, that the Senate endorses the
prompt and vigorous measures adopted by
| the President of the United States and the
mem bers of his administration to repulsc
and repress by military force, the interfer-
ence of Law less men with due process of
the laws of the United States, with the
| transportation of mails of the United
States, and with commerce between states.
The action of the President and admiuis-
tration has the full sympathy and support
| of the law abiding masses of the people of
| the United States, and will be supported by
all the departments of the government and
| by the power and resources of the entire
| nation.
George asked that the Presidents message
to Congress in 1886, on the subject of
arbitration, be printed in the record in con-
nection " ith the debate and it was so or
dered. Gallinger offered an amendment
declaring that the Senate approves the prin-
ciples of voluntary arbitration as means
of settling disputes between employers and
employees. Patt said the supreme question
was whether the Presilent, whom we
elected to be the Chief Magistrate and
| Chief Executive was the Chief Executive,
or whether a man who called himself Pres
iJent Debs was President and Chief Execu-
tive. Any other question injected into this
discussion was entirely out of place. He
objected to anything except straight,
square, manly endorsement of what Presi-
dent Cleveland had done, and would vote
against anything else.
| Sherman said that while he would vote
for an arbitration proposition every day in
the week, he was opposed to it here as an
attachment TO an important resolution which
ought to be adopted by itself, simple and
alone. A vote was taken on GalliDger's
amendment and it was rejected; II to 35.
Then Daniels modified resolution was
adopted.
| The diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton bill was taken up and passed.
| The pension appropriation bill was taken
up. The bill appropriates for army and
navy pensions $50, 900, 900. The only inn
portant amendment to the bill, as it passed
| the House was the insertion of two clauses,
provided, that so much of the act approved
Dec. 81, 1898, as provides "any pension
heretofore, or may hereafter be granted to
any applicant, be deemed and held by all
officers of the United States to be vested
right in the grantee, to the extent that pay
ment thereof shall not be withheld or sus-
pended until after due notice to the grantee
of not less than 30 days. The commits
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