Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-01
Mississippi I.EGI>IaGmre..rhirIy.
Ninth bay.

Ri called; result 81, ab.en,
The privilege Of The Senate we're tx.
tended TO Hon. j. u. Hal, OF Pamela
county.
Leave Of Absence gran ed Me,,!s.
Jewell aud Parish Tor tomorrow.
REGULATING RAILROADS DG'cU-si.N
AND PASSAGE Of THE BILL.
Acp relative TO excessive charges and
unjust determinations by railroads.
substitute OF Judiciary Committee
(Mr. Barry's bill was read and adopt
ed as the report Of the Committee.
Mr.. Jewell said the people probably
looked for action from the Legislature
on this subject with the expectation iof
having relief for the evils OF railroad
determinations aud ex,Orionaie.
charge. He admitted that the qnes-
ton was a complicated one, aud IL
would be difficult to frame q law that
would no practically effective In rcmc-
DIVING the evils. The bill before the
Senate had been prepared with a great
deal Of care by Mr.. Barry, who had
examined authorities aud shaped his
measure 90 that 1t would not col1ic'
with the Constitution. There wa. no
doubt 40 TO the power oil the LGgii q
ture 10 regulate the C matters; SAFE
and United States Supreme Court de.
cisious had seuled that. lie WAS 10
welded 10 any particular Till, bat il
the one under consideration wOull
remedy the evils, he would support il
there was also no doubt the people
demanded aud expecte! legislation on
this subject.
Mr.. West opposed he feature Of The
bill fixing certain prices for the trans
porlation of cotton-he had no objec
ton TO the rest of ii. lie said he tad
prepared 4 bill on the same SUBJECT,
which he had intended to offer. Mr.,
West gave illustrations OF the imprac
licability of fixing prices tor the future
fluctuations OF commerce were Ger.
tain, and 1t would be impossible 10 tell
what would be just charges. Mr..
West is we'll posted in Railroad mat.
terra, and gave good reasons for his
opinions.
Mr.. Gilbert moved to amend by
striking out the fourth section.
Mr.. Reynolds asked the meaning of
the words undue and unjust disciimi.
nation"
Mr.. Barry said the words meant what
they purported 10 plain English Ian.
guage. AS an instance of undue dis.
crlmlnation," he said that the Vicks-
burg aud Meridian Railroad charged
$3.50 for q bale ofcotton from Edwards
Depot to Vicksburg, and carried the
same bale from Vicksburg 10 New Or.
leans for 81.
Mr. Reynolds said these "undue dis.
ordinations" we're the results OF
natural cause.-the advantages of river
communication aud other transporta.
ton competition enjoyed by some
localities, aud not possessed by others.
Mr.. Reynolds also opposed the feature
ofthe bill fixing the maximum prices
for transporting cotton, saying 1t was
wrong Ia principle and practice. Al.
though not intended by its author, II
was an agrarian measure, and II put In
practice II would be the beginning oil
legislation to interfere with every bus
iness, aud In the course Of time II
would be attempted to pass q law reg.
ulating the number Of times q man
might kiss his wife each dsy. He said
this bill would not effect the big lines
OF Railroad running through the State
and beyond its borders, but would
injure the Railroads whose lines were
within lite limits, aud those In contem'
plaiion.
Mr.. Barry said Mr.. Reynolds argu
meat might capture a jury Of wool-hat
boys, but would hardly capture the
Senate. As long as |; was conceded
that the power was IN the State to reg.
ulate tariffs on Railroads, it was idle 10
talk of lie exercise having the effect 10
throttle railroad enterprises. He allu-
ded to the declaration Of the last Dem.
ocratic State Convention that Grail.
roads and other corporations should
be superviseable by the State" Mr.,
Barry said the maximum figures
In his bill were liberal; he had
it from good authority that
the prices at present charged By
Railroads were too high, and a burden
on the people. He asked: "Have
these Railroads the right to transport
immense quantities Of freights from
distant points at nominal prices, and
then pu, the pressure OF high prices on
LEGAL points to make up their losses? p
Mr.. Barry cited authorities to show
the right OF the Legislature to regulate
these matters, and gave instances of
Railroad Determinations that demand
ed redres9-onc, that OF a bale Of gool,
shipped from New York TO TupelO, at
a charge Of Sll, S. of which paid the
transportation TO the Mississippi Dor.
der, and Sc was the charge for carrying
II the remaining 10 miles. He tlen nj.
luded to the laws regulating interstate
commerce, and said the laws and Court
decisions did not prohibit the State
from controlling these matters within
Its own limits, even II by so doing
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