The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-14
GENERAL WASHINGTON NOTES
The New Bill on Interstate Com
merce Adopted in Com
mittee.
ConRressman Acklen's Case Other
Matters or Interest Current
At the Capital.

WARRINGTON, keD. 1S.-ID0 HOUSE OOmUeTco
Committee took up the subject Of inter State
commerce this morning.
Mr. McLane offered his bill rs an amendment
20 Representative Rsaasn's bill, whereupon MIR.
Henderson offered his bill as q substitute for
11r. McL,ne's bill. WHOA WAS adopted. The
question then recurring to the original Tues.
dAy uroesedluas. the Henderson bill was Of
1sred as substitute for the Reagan bill, and
after being amended. on motion OF Mr. Bliss,
In several particulars. WAS ad opted by vote
OF nine to six and ordered to be favorably re-
ported to the House. with the request that an
early day be set for its consideration.
THE PROVISIONS or THE HENDERSON BILL.
The following is a tynopss oi To Hender-
son interstate commerce bill: The bill pro-
vides for the appointment By the President OF
i board of commissioners of Interstate com
neroe, TO be established ~ bureau Of the In
torior Department: aatd board shall supervise
th0 business of railroads passing from one
State OF Territory into Or through another
mate or Territory. Or to and from any foreign
oountrY: such supervision 70 be limited to
questions 81 commerce IN 4 not TO extend to
pRniee. except within the mits OF the Terri
tories Or u! the crossng ~ navigabe waters.
md md require ih reports aud information
from such railroads. and annually report
their doinxe to the Secretary of the Interior.
Crimination in freight charges and include
their findings and recommendations on this
Ths's ena, report Se'F ., lave Ts009, on
General Of the United states The bli further
than a fair compensation for transportation.
under. penalty OF f'rt.ituges and the penalties
for sse S enns sns s2sN
bNgk8 In favor uf or against any shippers; 1t
directs the board to Investigate the practice OF
Rereoa. II ANY is required It prohibits
arrangements preventing the carriage Of frei9h,
from being continuous from the shipping poin!
to destination. A violation Of the provisions oi
the not II made punt liable by forfeiture tp the
Rorsons damaged OF a sum equal to three times
bs s. sait IN q the uated States eonrs ana tne
offender shall further pay, tor each offsnse moi
less than $1,000. one half To the United States an
sand dollars are appropriated to carry the pro-
yislons Of the bin into eYsct np to June 3o 1881
MR. sHEERs's SUNDAY Law.
The. Hnuse Committee on Military Affairs
asSaef T. sps.rs e ss M
bands On Sunday.
THE EXODUS INVESTIGATION.
Tho Exodus Committee To- day examined sav-
oral witnesses, whose testimony contained no
now fa,ts. One witness read extracts from In
diana Republican papers, declaring that there
II XND NOfk Ia l0ulHuA IUr the C1lOrA0 9mIgfAOJB.
The COMMITTEES adjourned until Monday.
ARGUMENTS IN FAvoR OF THE NICARAGuAN
ROUTE.
Gen. w. d. Barrett, OF New York aud Gen.
File. = gentleman familiar witt South American
eountres. argued to-day beforeth he House select
lntoroceanic canal committee Ia favor OF the
NieArnRuan route, and advocated control OF the
cAnal by the American government
THE INDIAN TERRITORY BILL.
The sub committee of the Senate Committee
on Terrltories consisting OF Msssrs. Vest. But
ler and Logan. rep,rted to the full committee
70 day bill providing for the organizstio OF
Aterritorial ,rm Of government In the Indian
Tqrrttory. Aztec discussing the bill the CON-
mlttoe adjourned without taking flnal action.
THE ACKLEN INVESTIGATION.
Messrs. Rice.. Bicknell and Herndon have
le0n appolnted a eub-commtttee Of the House
Foreign Affairs Com mittee to examine the evil
dence In Acklen's case. A member OF the COM
mtttee to- day said to . reporter: Don't ask me
what the report will be: the facts are bad
enough"