The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-18
A LIVELY DEBATE
OVER INrEn.srArE COMMERCE.
h''1 !" mo House, Yestcrlny-Tho Color
Question Comes up-No.DocI,lonIss Issnch.
@-harker In the Toils-Confrmu.
tion OF MeCuiloeh still Uncertain.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE House to.
day resumed tho consideration of tho
Interstate Commerce bill, the pending
question being on tho motion TO table the
motion to reconsider tho vote by which
tho House adopted the amendment Of
leFed by olfara, providing that my pcr.
son having purchased ticket 10 be con.
veyed from one State to another shall 70.
ccivc tho same treatment and DO afforded
the same facilities as those furnished any
other holding a ticket OF the same class,
without discrimination. =
Tho motion 10 reconsider wag tabled.
Yeas, l40; nays, l20.
Mr. breckenridge offered as substitute
Tor Crisp's amendment, an amend ment
providing that nothing in the net shall bc
construed to deny 10 railroads the right to
provide separate accommodations for pas.
ssengers rs they may deem best for buL.
lie comfort or safety and that nothing in
the net shall be understood rs relating to
transportation between points wholly
within ono State. =
Mr.. breckenridge said he did not wish
to sec the rights OF the colored man limit
cd or restricted. One objection he had to
inc amendment Of the gentleman from
Georgia Crisp was, he spoke OF the col
GU people as contra-distinguished from
White people. Gentlemen were mistaken
II they thought tho Southern people wish
cd to abridge the rights OF the colored man
under the law. But Congress prevented
asserting passengers from standpoint OF
public convenience and safety it infused
thesocial question into the commercial
question.
Mn. REEDS Irony. N
Mr.. Reed ironically expressed his plea.
sure at seeing the question changed from
one Of color into one OF assortment. The
House which had determined to pursue
these robber barons had before it plain
question, whether it would by enactment
confer upon these same barons the privil-
ege OF assortiny their passengers. Ger
tainly some treasury regulations must DO
adapted rs to the method Of assortment.
Laughter. Was man to be assorted
on the ground OF size or moustachc? lie
objected to having these robber barons rs.
sort passengers on any fanciful basis they
might undertake to set up.
Mr.. Reagan said the gentleman from
Maine (Reed) might make himself tumor-
ols about assortment, but the fact remain
cd it was the custom Of railroads to assert
passengers in Maine and everywhere else.
II the gentleman went to train unaccom-
panied by a lady he would not be admit
ted to the ladies' car,
MIR. Reed denied that was true Of Maine.
Mr.. Reagan said drunken men would
not be admitted to the ladies car. Did
the gentleman desire that the conductor
should be prohibited from using that dis
cretionr, MIR. Reagan attached no import
ance to the amendment Of the gentleman
from North Carolina. 1t adopted no new
principles and his only objection to it was
it had not been considered by the commit
tee, and was connected with the regulation
OF the transportation OF freight. 1t had
been voted in for the purpose Of defeating
the bill by appealing to the sentiment Of
men who would vote on sentiment and
forget the object Of the amendment.