The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-13
roRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
SENATE MIN AIFEcTIvd THE
pACIFIO RAILROADS.
n sinking FUND 90 Secure the Cow
ornmcu, Against Loss - Appropri"Iiha
eloO, 600 for MILITARY Posts on ihc YER
,...ann-rhc 4 rxnn Bordcr OuttnRcs.

rnmcut Against Loss ApprOpri"tina
eloO, 200 for MILITARY Posts on thc YER
Iow-oue-rhc exam Border Outf"Re''
w,sutSeroN. July 12.-The Chair Ia'u
bcfor, the Sen TO the House bI'l TO "uenu '''
Pacific R,iroad acts. whcn was rend oy ''''e,
Nj Edtnunds rep, VIZ moved tn the n'''
he referred ~ the Comm ittec IN the Juu'o."S'
He sud that committee was instructed W
,ss,luti,n II he sentte to Inquire III p.eV'so-
lv the condition Of things covered oy TINS houSo
h,n the committee had been MAKING mat ih-
o,,rv. and nreparod bill un the SUBJECT
Nr west Utep, L,) spoke In vor ~ having
.,,,i, roterred TO the Committee On Railroads,
y, xh,cn he was Chairman. lie did not knowt
m,t,er OF i'm poftincs No to which COM
-. 4, should be referred. This subject mad
-, ,,itted to the Committee on the Judi
hv resolntlon OF Jan. last, aud up to this
.,,, mat committee had not reported on that
,.soution. rne Judiciary Committee WIS evil
IDENTIFY anxious TO get rid Of 1t, as the Chairman
Mr. Elmunds) recently Introduced q bill on the
mi jecf and had II referred to the Com mittee
nm railroads L o Committee had con sideTed
The whole question, aud had reported TWO hiils,
which were on the calendar, aud could be called
up an time. -, 81, .
subject by request. as tue record would show,
ana mad 1t referred to the Committee on ln,,l
road by request OF the parties Interested. the
bul now sent over by the "A ouse was to regu 'ts
the judicial rights OF these railroads, ana vas
pot to take lands from the IN, a. proposna bs
considered NJ the Committee ON the JuulCtMy.
Nj Thurman dem, Onto favored me, me rei ,s
inittee still had the subject under consideration
IL was a dIed rule Of parliament uy law not to
send a child to nurse witch Ill not care Tor
n The Commit tee on X iilro tbs mad reported
me sure Inconsistent with the House oil, and
hnw to send the House bill to the COMMITTEES
would be TO send IL to a nurse that did not care
for H.. .,.. ..., A., a..
senator from Onto (dr. Thurman was not war
ranted ny the facts. There was no good reason
10 suppose that the COMMITTEES on Railroads was
Mr. Edmunds-what you nave reported Is hos
tile 10 II ,
feeling In The IN tier, but the bill should tlko
the fegui r course.
Nr Eimunds argued that the bills already re-
feportrd NV the Committee on X dlrOads were
prepar q Dy the railroad como mics. or suggest
Cd by them and were not 10 become operative
until accepted by a vote of the Board OF Direc-
After further discussion, tho morning hour ex-
pir,d. ana II WIS laid over.
w. Hamhn thep., Mel presented the creden-
tials Of J. q. Blaine, appointed United state
sen,tor in place II Lot NJ. Morrill,. resigned.
Read and placed on file.
Mr IN rnan Dem. Oh,o) from the Com nit
tee on tue judiciary, reported back the resolu-
hon of the Senate OF January last, tnstracung
the commit ee tn inquire into rOus matters
rel .ting to z oidc railroads, aud the three oils
IN rodu ed 10y Messr.. Dorsey and West IN 'n-
uafy and March ,st to amend tue Pscinc II ALL
road scts. with a WI ~. en- report aud Dili Ia
amend aud alter the Pscinc hirpsd 'cts OF lsi'
and 1854 IL oruerud that the report 90
printed and the oil re placed on the c .iendar.
1t trovides that the net earnings OF the Pa in'
railroads al II be ascert aimed 10y deuuctuE ON,
the actual operating expenses from the ~ osi
! receipts, without any altO"hnce Tor Interest
payments. Inc other mao provisions req IRE
! mat the companies snail paw annually into u,
Uaited States Treasury. to create a siukinr funf
wch sums respectively a. Will aggregate. In con
4 nectton with the i've per cent. payments ana ths
amounts earned for Government transportation
d per cent. 81 their respective net receipts a,
Ab We defined, aud n tnis ehDrld leave them un
able to pdy their Interest ON PRIOR mortsages
the seer tary VI tho TREASURY m y AGATE the -
Ger cent. requirement sum iently TO allow n &.
permanent claims to De . .tished. Inc amount.
Of tu.se ann isi payments Re e>titnsted nv me
blla xlljDUO each for toe Union and Central
Pacific ,Ompanies, and $3p,vVv for the h ns;u
Parnc.
on tue conference committee ON the sundr'
Civil service Approprfat bill On ccount u
sickness. and Mr.. WINDOW (Rep., Mimi was ap
puinted ~ his place.
hill for the EQUALIZATION Of oounties TO soldier
VINO served Ia the hate war for tue Union, 50
tnatit would he the unhnisned business In tue
morning hOur Tomorrow.
Inc Chair ruled tnat it could not he called ar
IN the morning as unfinished business, but mus
be ken up by vnte eacn oay.
VT. Logan tnen moved To make The I'LL Q
eal order Tor some future gay. Messrs. Ed
On motion Of MIR. Paodork (hep.. Neb.) tn,
senate jiint resolution authorizing tue tresi
dent e. accept the service OF volunteers TO ait
IN ppressng SIOUX Indian hostiliies In thu
Nortn~rs,, was taken from tne taDls aud re-
A. feirrd ~ the Committee ON Military Affairs.
II ih- senate then Resumed the considerable on
II of the articles Of tmpe ,chment against W, W
/ BeIAnap, late Secretary OF War.