The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-01-25
THE LAWMAKERS WORK.

Senator Stevens yesterday intro
duced bill in the legislature proyid-
ing for the settlement of differences
between employer and employees. 1t
authorizes the creation of boards of
arbitration and Cancellation. The
measure is said to have the endorse
ment of the State Federation of
Labor. The measure provides that
within thirty days after the passage
Of the act the governor shall, with
the advice and consent Of the senate,
appoint state board of arbitration
and Cancellation of three competent
persons. One of them shall be an
employer of labor, one a member
selected from some bona-tide trade
union and not an employer of labor,
and who may be chosen from list
submitted by one or more trade and
labor assemblies in the state, and the
third shall be appointed upon the rec
ommendation of the other two, and
shall be neither an employe nor an
employer of skilled labor. If the two
first appointed do not agree on the
third member within ten days, the
appointment shall then be made by
the governor.
The bill further provides that when
ever any controversy or difference
arises, relating to the conditions Of
employment or rate of wages between
any employer and his employees, if at
the time he or it employs not less
than ten (10) persons in the same gen
town within this state, the board
shall, upon application, visit the local
ity of the dispute and make careful
inquiry into the causes thereof, hear
all persons interested therein who
may come before them, advise the re-
spective parties what, if anything,
ought to be submitted to by either or
both to adjust said dispute, and
within ten days after the inquiry
make written decision thereon.
This decision shall at once be made
public, and short statement thereof
published in biennial report. The
application must be signed by an en-
ployer, or a majority of his employees
in the department. in which the con-
troversy arises. In all cases where
the application is mutual, it is pro-
vided that the decision shall be bind
ing upon the parties concerned for six
months, or until sixty days after
either party has given notice in writ
ing of his or their intention not to be
bound by the same.
Senator Barr introduced a bill to
regulate the practice of medicine in
this state 1t re-enacts the present
law, except that three homeopathic
physicians are placed upon the board
instead of two, as provided by the
present law. 1t also makes it discre-
tionary with the board of examiners
whether the graduates OF medical
schools shall or shall not pass another
examination before being permitted
to practice in the state.
The resolution of Senator Day
against the pooling bill before con-
gress was passed under suspension OF
the rules.
Representative Feig introduced a
bill providing for a reduction OF tele-
phone charges.
A resolution was introduced by Rep
resentative Gibbs which requested
the general government ITO grant TO
the State of Minnesota in perpetuity
the old buildings and the grounds
upon which they stand, which constr
tute the old and original Fort SMELL
ing, to be forever used by the State OF
Minnesota as a museum of natural,
military, civil, botanical and archie
logical history of this state" Our
members were requested to use their
influence to secure the granting OF
this request.