New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-20
xLvIth coNGREss--IId SESSION.

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rHE INTERSTATE coSMERcR RRsoIurlos-THE
woAip's FAIR BILL PASSED IN THE HoUsE-A
pxtl 10 PENSION MEXICAN VETERANS.
senate. .WAsnixeroE. April 10. 1880.
In the Senate to-day O bill was passed to
eteyiae that whenever the Circuit and District Courts
on tbe United States are held at the time and place
: there shall be but ono grand and petit jury.
Mr. WALLACE (Dem., Penn.l, from the Select Com
lttee inquire into alleged frauds In the late eiecnon
submitted report wh,ch ordered to be printed
Mr.. TELLER tsep, COLI announced that minority
report on tae subject would be made.
The Army Augmentation bin vas reported back ana
Spiacoa on the calendar.
Bills were introduced NJ follows:
10 amend OF July go in regard 70 the Postal ser
regard q Circuit and District ogS SG United
ana with Nicaragua TO adjust oams
The Joint cseIution commission to consider ana
report on interstate commerce was taken UP tut oOn
Dy Was amended 50 as to provide for the
appoiniment Of three Senators by the Senate aud three
REPRESENTATIVES, by the House ana three ciSeHS ny '0
Pending debate the resolution went over o.Dovo
The Ssnate resumed consideration u fhe Geneva
Award Bill
MT. CARPENTER IRep., WIS., continued bis speech in
spSg1s y pe from Charles H. Cole feFnsy Of the
stranoe Company OF North America Of PIMA IN
pseslSent Of the COMPANY tho latter has said the com
pnny sa and rad only in osses adding
tSs te company would scorn take any pnrt OF the
snow that the Company paid only $27 Losses He
fSsu sent 70 the Clerks desk ann Lad read Ielegrams 70
deo wv Mr patt ana Others denns the statements
of harles II. Cole MI Carpenter then alleged 1nS 1
Caleb cgshng mnst Be srer "a u wT r ECU
essoaal sos and d,T Tsn SuTm OF Oos
sssree dated October n, 1872 which hr. CARPENTER
read secng t to tn sn f RLiV"'e
Mr. cARPENTER said he had some interest i In the
ZEE isesso Us I aaEe nIm Carpenie wanied
aasyt 70 M cnssngs sgnaTTs ~ enc aGast a
ayits though the senator from Maine tcolae as pre-
JUDGED n H 1s s sen 70 the
lad re0d On aflsYt ~ j. Langton WARD, attorney ana
sa be- aa SHOWN the document referred MIR
cas and ts Mr. Cushing nSd s1ST ,Sss , n sun an
opinion or nayi1g ever seen .I It before the arstor
Mr. CARPENTER-Tbep you bad better not. don't
want 70 trouble you angheE n Th9 Senator 81. 6 9sa
Spsssh In further Remarks Mr. Carpenter said he I'D
not support part Of the bill which passed claims
f ,S saTpus 90 Great Britain any after an
the riGnfu claims were paid he would o 40 ~ on cue
sSopkeeper had handed him by mistake in making
comnaes should not be PAID for actual losses though
they Inade money In other risks After an argument on
da s Rsts y Arbitration was not likely fayOrlte
proceeding among nations hereafter II we Vtated the
70 sufs of the Geneva Tribunals lab0rs.
BLAME % Me- pT0Ce eco to ssS% SSa Xof. s
AVE- Sr sx tSiss against the pay of the insurance
companies The Senator now sought to explain those
postponenent Of the underwriters claims Mr.. Blaine
Thought explanation very Inadequate IN lace OF the
by Sifa as Mr. cusaings opinion WINS such bitter pm
senator RON SG s%S cot that an s aaa HSS
from the attorney Of the insurance companies e
che attorney Of the companies IN the Hobbies
ofConeress. lie w0u1n any no more on tnns point ne
fntsertty and national faWe-Richard SpCford OF
Ne1SusSpOrt. Mass ME- spo1oFd bad seen tna. the he
enthentety Of the document had been questioned by
and sssged to state 1d that this 81 S I6p
sr g. me aS Of ore
snhmisson to the Judiciary Committee OF the House
ss ps rst came no for consolidation. From time
tins has been reprinted by the friends and the ator
Il sow appears Tor eroaiO1 in the two hOuseA In
on pva aSn o. sSs Seore he
those eceaions the same views
E Sss e tHs w VIII P6as BE- ss there i no
ever Of suthentiey OF the paper 10 question ar
itself TO subrogated as an ordinary party 70 sur
read from the decisions s o. inc ts
ny also read statement by the Hon W. D. washburD,
Claims al Claims Of excluded
by the companies bee luse the companies nad received
az seis sosaP from One T6Grmsn said the other
day that best instrue,lCn the judiciary committee
men was that q proposition IN 1874 % pay them
only 1s.a n from tSs Record of May Is 1874
a ,pS that MT Morrill, MEL moved amend
sntt Ray ING o s naSs as GfIsrwsrS Mr. Thurman
nrss no, a0endment including the Losses By the She
saassh sna Mr mor aeSepaed the as
part OF his own. and the double amendn ent was thcn
feeoed receiving only votes, so the nine Voies
were not for war premium men but Tor the excupaea
Mr. THURMAN Dem. ohiO,-Ths Senator is entirely
mT 1ssIAINE-why did the Senator say that the
pfnslniTaRR nsa Gr Morrill,. who the
aofv
Ton Of his Colleague, still member Of tins body DIR.
aamp and Without cry anu sG f.
would sItengtlle1 his amendment.
ma Mr. s TiMuRaISe VIII see about that The Senator
NAV 20 on. will answer when he is done.
Mr. BLAME went on g ssy That the 1S "a, S9m
had under the 81 & p s ho eod ow a
actual loss 10 their war business MI Blaine asked Slr
yisica for whose benefit the war premium was withheld
frem me paypae8t to the insurance companies not TO
BAYARp said the mention was to pay only what
Se 81 has shp ana the insurer should receive all his
actual ioss which waS what he PAID minus what he re-
w JBiiIaR~Tnen IN case the companies bad received
ms much ia premiums they lOst yOu would not give
'D MT BxYaRD-rha. would be arguing on an absurd.
Mr.. BI.AINE--Not at ALL will read letter from the
presldnt Of az insurance company IN BapGoT Me-
o ny In which he says Underwriters charged al
s,es war risks premiums based tho idea and hele
Sss esss so Ssrs ps we're
made on that expectation. have been director IN our
1rneop Marine Office from the beginning OF tho war
aud This the rule under which we made 100 per cent
IN MN war risks" There Is honest insurance man
sselsiased Mr. Blaine They knew It was not an Ord-
prrV Fsk whore the hull would DO found, to which sub
Foeon could attach. They adjusted their Rates for
total losses.
Tne amendment proposed by Mr. Ests~ 60 turn the
Obj seemed Co aa aSs the wSrs SrOpOscn that
could pOsdbly be made We had snirersd much In the
where mat having obtained Stb 900 from England
ws could not find any ehferers 70 give tt 20,
W. had lost not only morally but in money He would
yeare at the fas eFItcem % that the Halifax
oplA Tngi