Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-20

| WASHINGTON, December i9th.-Ihe bill
| reported by Dolph, from the Committee on
| Public Lands. was passed, granting the
| Lost Lake and Mount Hood Improvement
Company the right of way for public road
| over the public lands of Oregon.
The interstate commerce bill was taken
up, and a lengthy debate ensued.
| AT the conclusion OF the morning buSi-
| ness, Vest introduced a bill which was re-
| ferred to the Committee on Commerce. Ee-
pealing Section Il ,ll9 of the Revised Stat
| utes, which has permitted Government
| Inspectors, in certain cases, to take steam
| registers from vessels.
| After an executive session the Senate ad
| journed
HOUSE
WASHINGTON, December l9th.-Consider-
| alton of the interstate commerce bill was
resumed, and Hewitt said that while pool
ing might be an evil, there We're many
| evils which were remedies for other greater
evils The evils of pooling were intended
TO remedy those which had become intol-
| cradle They were the evils of unlimited
competition. Large business houses had
! been compelled to employ clerks whose
| sole business it was TO go from railroad
Office to railroad office and make bargains.
! More than that the companies themselves,
which were intended to be common car
riers, found themselves reduced to the con
I dition of petty hucksters; who were
compelled to have a great army of
| clerks to regulate rates Oh every in
voice of freight shipped over their line.
| This evil was 50 enormous that
| it led to the only practicableremedy, which
was pooling Pooling, if honestly con-
Quoted, gave stability in the rates for freight.
| equal terms to every customer, and carried
| out the great principle Of equal rights to
| all men How should the evils of pool
| ing arrangement be overcome? The gen
| tleman from Texas (Reagan) said by the
abolition ofpooling. That would consien
the country to the chaos from which pool
ing had extracted il. Let it be regulated
| By the appointment of a Commission. A
| Commission would be approved by the
| Judgment of men familiar with the subject,
but bill to abolish pooling would be con
| trary to their judgment There was an
| impression that Congress could deter
mine the condition on which business
! should be done. All it could do was to
| prevent the Western and Southern pro-
| ducers from getting access to the open
markets of the world. The congestion
which now prevailed III every part of the
counry-a congestion of the products of
labor and capital-was due to the fact that
the channels of commerce had been
damned up by protective obstruction laws.
This the gentleman from Texas would in
crease If this bill passed steamships
would 90 unladen, and the commerce of
the great port of New York, which was an
outlet for the commerce OF the country.
would be utterly paralyzed.
Reagan said the gentleman great objec-
ton to the pooling section of the bill
seemed to be that it would compel the com
panies to employ large number Of clerks.
further he would have seen that it provided
that the schedules Of rates should be
posted up. 1t was proposed by
faw to remedy what the gentleman pro-
poses to remedy by giving the railroads the
right to pool. He Reagan would restore
to the people the right Of competition,
which would cheaper rates of freight, end
would take from the railroads the power to
enrich themselves and impoverish the peo-
. pie. The gentleman from New York wetld
not vote for any provision OF the bill, and
, purposed to oppose every effort to lay the
restraint OF legislative regulation on the
power of these corporations to rob ano
plunder the people.
Dunn favored the provisions OF the bill
and in conclusion said: The gentleman
, speaks of the voice OF New York not being
heard. Ii is the hand OF New York that is
felt on the throat of the country, and tina
makes this legislation necessary. Let tht
/ gentleman remember that. Let New Y orf
slacken this grip, and this legislation vii
not be necessary.
! Hewetts amendment was lost-t9 to 90.
| Hewitt then offered an amendment per
mitting pooling contacts, when they were
reasonable and just.
Phelps thought the discussion hac
disclosed the unwisdom and injustice
of the bill 1t was an attempt tc
regulate railway management in al
cases, when the cases We're infinite ir
number and variety How absurd it wa
!. to think that these cases could be held Il
9 the same cast-iron grip, The railroad;
9 would every time eyade elude and openly
c disobey these regulations and appeal tC
: the people, and the people woulC
remit the penalty. If this bill passed
r the railroads would do one OF two
!. things. One was to violate every PROPOSE
= ton of it and I'LL the Courts so full of ac
tons against them that the wheels of jus
= | tice would be blocked. This would attrae
i public attention, and public attention woulC
give redress. The only other thing for th'
. railroads to do was to give an order WhiCf
!. would send every locomotive into tht
'' rOund-house, and the silence which fol
= lowed would be felt from Portland Oregon
to Portland Maine. and in that stillnes
56.0D0000 people would hear the only wor,
. | which coula be heard-the familiar voict
s of the Speaker, when he said, THE gen
. tleman from Texas asks unanimous con
9 sent to pass the bill repeating the Inter
. state Commerce Act y and nothing furthe
would be heard except the prompt ques
ton : Is there objection ?'' and just as sur
as thunder followed lightning the answe
5, would be. No objection. Applause Oh
5 the Republican side.
/; Cox, of New York, favored Reagan's bill
q AT this point Ermentout presented from
x the Committee on Accounts a privileges
= resolution regulating the manner in which
- the expenses of the committee inyestigat
ing the conduct of Marshal Lot Wrigh
should be disbursed
A dispute arose as to the occupancy Q
the floor by Keiter, and the Republicans
feeling aggrieyed at the ruling of tn
Speaker, demanded the ayes and noes ol
the adoption of the resolution.
1t was adopted.
VI Reagan moved that all debate on tn
! third section of the interstate eommerc
bill close IN five minutes.
The Republicans desired longer time an
after nearly an hour was used in roll-calls
I ten minutes were accorded them.
Hewitt's amendment was rejected with
out division.
Further consideration of the bill wa
postponed.
A recess was taken until p NJ. the even
ing session to be for the consideration c
the pension bills.
Senate Combinations.
WASHINGTON, December 19th.-The fol
lowing were confirmed by the Senate tc
day: John G. Brady, COMMISSIONS
Alaska, Sitla; George 2. Ihrie, Commits
sioner Alaska, Wrangcl; Chester Seebal
Commissioner, Alaska, 0unalasks; Thos
District of Montana and Idaho.
The Interstate Commerce Bill.
WAsHINGToN, December 19th.-No sub
stantial progress was made by the Hous
to-day in its consideration of the interstat
commerce bill. Two sections were dispose,
of, but more than one-half of the bill re
mains to be considered, and its foes ar
nrimpd with amendments and SDeeches in