, 1881-01-06

wuuld not bo permitted to lcn0nnce |
nll who disagreed with him. 1icnRali's |
course In advocating Ills substitute, wlIfIcby |
right l,e uniy llcllt tic floor to rcpDtt the |
Committees, or tho Henderson hl1l, flt his
capacity ns tic organ 0f tho Committee, wns,
In Il parliamentary scnsc, grossly wrong, nlltl |
In every other Hensn unfair. 11ut Reagall |
was too carnest or too blunt, or too detrr.
mined, to SEQ or acknowledge this, and IT.
sisted t,pon delivering his speech, which llo
did. It certainly was
4 VERY ABLE PRESENTATION or TIE CAsE.
Mr.. Reagan claimed TINT Congress in.1 c,,-
tire Jurisdiction over tho. subject ot inter-
State commerce, ai1d that It was we'll settled
by the courts TINT tito United States Govern
'nent las the snt,ic power to control Inter-
State commerce tlM1t the Suites i,aye TO colt
troll con,nerce within tic States. liz desires
to 1lAre railroads restricted, not by taking
away from then, their power Of tliscr[mtnn-
ton, but By limiting tltctr power tq, dlscrtt4i-
nntc between places. lie wfs|les That Con-
gress shuuld provide tint more could
not bc charged for a shorter thnn for
longer distance. The cat-lond lie would
take rs unit. Tho schedule Of printed
rates which many corporations now CHIN
nre posted up. ho said. nro not observed, even
II they Aru pDstGtl up.
HE CITED SEVERAL INSTANCES
to show wlicru tho officers OF railroad COM
palcs hau mn,ic ttfstinct misrepresentation
on the subject. The grcntcst difficulties
wl,1c! Suites havo found III administering
their laws. lie had discovered from thorough
research, were IN tile matter Of obtaining
evidence. All thcsu difficulties were re-
moved, llo clnt1nca, by his bill. To
those WHO inquired how ho would
determine What Interstate commerce
Is, lie replied tint tho origin and
destination Of merchandise determined It's
character, and that the shippers, md not tho
railroad companies, lnnrk tho packages. II
my package shipped within State wns
marked TO point beyond the limits Of tho
State, TINT packaEe wns Interstate co,n-
mcrcc, alul the railroad company carrying 1t
worltl come within the jurisdiction of tho
Federal law. II Ills bill should pass. 1Ie was
asked
4 duOD MANY TROUBLESOME QUESTIONS,
particularly BY the advocates OF the Conl-
mission plan. Mr.. Rice, Of Massachusetts,
for instance, wished Mr.. Reagan to explain
wliat power Congress Ind to control tho
New York Central Rai!ruad, which Is
n corporation running entirely Within the
f.mtyo1 cnn,tl hu n,nornt,a In f,.,ro,,,, ,,r,-
,,nxntl Io,y no r., ,vhtci, + rao,trn,,
frn, f,o"o,I H.. mi ~ a,,a, +,a io,.na ~,
,vstnr i"ns,,,nb ~ ,,or,on,s Mi ,not,os ~, ~
nrovls,or fnr ,ho cnntro, ~ rnr,,Inttau ~ ~
wotnr nav,gntton
o~r S ou ,,tt, err,ox, .,o,,,,.,..ra
out,,or.l,. tlot vii ~, ,a;sn', ,.,. .,,a a
,,amta of tho Ronrn, I,,I T., ,h,t T. I.ort,,t
,,"t,s l., ,a,.ar ~ ,,.o.os sa,,,. isl.,,
intoe ,,roct tc,,Iv IL, Y,.or ~ raiir"n,, 80
,"ra,,,,a .,a,, ~ =" t,oA ~ ~ 'H.to@' W.s' ~ sU
troI ,vi'o ~ on.tra,,. ;tS,' t1 ya s.n. LII r,,,
inr;siicttcn nvor ,r,,tn - ,,,n,,,; s"e'a " ~
mt r,Iw .o rnnercss ,tn",a m" ssen' ~ ~
t.,rs f,,.st tons w',ro mt n,,,ira,,: o"nr ,", H.
scsn.a i, tho t,o,s.. ~ tho H., s'r ,.., ."o
1ns;n a,d tno h,s e,ns -" a. o 'n ~ "v,J .,,a .o
will 1.-Two hotter answers to.norrnw. tf'h,
mnst srnclrc npa,vnr t1nt In %, ~, ,,,,, t,,,t
ti., ~ IN ,,,,', ~, .1s
nina thn inris,iction md t1,ot t,,o ,,o,,."nsa
f,v tltir nokn, ,rn,,i, .a,v t,'at t,,o,,
in.er.statn c","norc', nnH >, ,"s,,,,, 's .n "u.o
Ec.|rrol t,rts,tict;on au, ,,or flo wauSns1. sSJ
{,antrnf ,vnuii hn so,n,,aII,,,, ~ .oa,..';."
| thts Inv 1"'-0
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.ra,.a,, Do,,o,, tns nn.,,... Ia" .,h., Elss
III ,, t..sau an.tIs. ei9so's ", t.s po'1s'
| .a,,., sn,rn.t..u l.. ..,.....,, ,s !, .-..'
"o ,.a.s, s'' .,.s as !ese1'eu. Nv. however.
a.".sa ."ts "o oni'ss'oi " at'einp' lo cohtfoi
n"'e. ~ s"sses ~ . n.s ~! "ns snlait'onal,
~ tno aen9on uiat' Nh'se sa'!loaas hlaY
sonse..'es . a aglens oohGfess. tleY cannot 'le"
,es as,.n nou tn'Snty, ,n anu alls phpl'e water.
u.t... "uano. a... 1Mu ""1ess say ',n. oe OF lug
w.. m.a"sst "a. po'nts VI ne"kus 1ll1 ~ tho iact
,'ss's, ~" W nso pt.eies "n.eh ~ cstno'ses'
~ s"n M ss"'cc1y n"Ac cIens taat congress
Ms 1',. 'ng no"et ~ eontfol ule'' Ne"
aotk sentinls nai'roaa' q. cofaofntlol'
N"u!ts "!s"in y os"'e, ana ulo op
af,nosa - n,,oa* ,,a"'a'',, @ u"' , a''.uu 4'e5
s.',,'' 4o's"" WA '''ottosts' "tlu
;. .asl..aso ., Inv cse1} o1lg WHO uoes NOT hgrA
~ ~" ,!.e'A - eo,up'' ns't pcfA"ps ehaFge
t'''s 1'e"ss''' > WI - fa'"cf
IN THE 1SrE1sEsrs or TILE NEW YORK CEN
T1sAi s;s HoAn, on, =,
w 'ho cn'neca,hR li,'A III tne ereat throuRt
Iotlu ol tta'e,' "na opposcu 10 othef ro"tes
thls ~ cna1eea ny so'hs OF INC railroad men
nnotheF po,a'1 WHICH tae opponents OF INT
iseaGa'i oll! 1honRht was weak oils