The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-18
OLNEY's VIEWS.
He Gets Them Forth in Full in Il
Letter to McGann.

Letter to McG;ann.
Washingt0n, Jan. I'M. Olney ac-
con1panled the bill sent to Mr.. McGann,
at the latter's request, with statement
of his views on the several provisions OF
the original bill, and his reasons for such
new medlter as had been incorporated INTO
1t. The attorne y-general S statement
starts out by dlSclalnIng Tor every one
save himself, amy responsibility lcf the
views contained IN his letter. his nfSt Cd
jecLIon Is as TO What is called the run
man clause, which Is too obviously atned
at Mir. Pullman TO be otherwise construed,
but hitting as well every olhef manu-
f&cturer OF cars. The vital obJecuon 10
the clause is d manufacturer OIL cars is
not engaged III interstate commerce and
does not become so engaged WneLller ne
sells or let's cars to carrier, VINO Is, ana
any attempt TO bring MN wlthln the act
must prove aborUIVe and tenQ 10 us
CrGClt the act generally. On the OIler
hand, Mr. OIney is of the opinion Lldt
every person engaged IN operating d CIR
used III Interstate commerce, ought 10
come within the act 1t Is the attor-
ney-generdlS Judgment that tle permit
nent standing commission proVloeo 1or
by the Did Tor all cases is NOT only not
needed, but would be of less value tnan
special commission provided fer each case
as ii may arise, but 1t rs net pelieFeu tLdl
controversies are likely to occur so often
tablishment of the cumbersome ana
costly machinery provided Tor by Ine Dill,
Once such a commission is established
it will never be gotten I'D OF. Inc CD
lection that this COMMISSION might pc
needed for the purpose set forth IN section
that the conditions of employment SUD
ject to the aoG may be investigated ana
ascertained-Mr. Olney meets with the
suggestion that the interstate commerce
commission as at present instituted might,
With equal satisfaction, obtain all the M
formation called for, and acting with the
commission OF labor it might properly
be charged, by a. special act OF Congress,
with the duties of mediation and concil-
iati0n.
Section s of the bill, '"That arbitration
should be reSorted to for the Setuement
eff controversies between employers and
their employees Mr.. Oiney says need not
he discussed. 'tThe only ALTERNATIVE is
Industrial wars and they are as llIo5lcal,
as brutal and as Wa5teful as the wars
by which international disputes are often
accomplished"
Tribunal Should Be Special.
Assuming arbitration to be both de-
sirable and needful, MIR. Olney contendS
that its tribunal should he Special body
organized ON fixed principles with refer
ence to each particular case as II aIisSs,
rather than a permanent body with gen
eral jurisdiction over all cases. Inc
machinery of arbitration, he thinks,
should not be put in motion at the in
but only at the instance of class, that is,
of a whole body Of employees performing
the same business, and OF the same grade,
lin order that all may be represented in
the proceedings and all be bound by their
results. The effect ito be given to the
enforcement of it., Mr.. Olney regards as d
matter Of great consequence.
In the first place, the arbitration trlbu-
nal is not judicial In character, but ad-
ministrative-it does not pass on rights,