Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate Declares Inauguration
Day Legal Holiday in the
District Of Columbia.
Hewitt Moves to Strike Out the Pool
ing Section Of the Reagan In
terstate Commerce Bill.
After Long and Hot Debate Under
the Five-Minute Rule the
Motion is Defeated.
THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l9,-The. chair
laid before the senate n memorial from
the produce exchange OF New York
urging immediate and definite action
in regard to the Spanish treaty. Re
ferred.
The senate passed a bill making the
4th of March Ct the presidential In
auguration years a legal holiday in the
District Of Columbia.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Glib
son of Louisiana ~ transfer the United
States barracks at New Orleans into Q
Louisiana state agricultural college for
educational purposes. Referred.
The interstate commerce bill was
then taken up aud Mr.. George of
Mississippi addressed the senate. He
severely criticised the railroad custom
of charging all that traffic will bear
The people OF the South had especially
suffered from the discriminating rates
of railroad companies. These com
panits made themselves in effect
partners of all the farmers Of the
country, retaining 10 themselves
however, the right TO say what
proportion OF the partnership profits
each partner should receive. Mr..
George was particularly cnndemuatory
of the pooling system, by which he
said the railroad companies were en-
abled to extort outrageous charges from
| the people all over the country IN order
| to make up for two companies' fratici-
! dial struggles at a few competing points.
! A great railroad man had been credit.
| ed, Mr. George said, with using the
expression "damn the ruhlic.n The
public. on the ether hand, were con
tinually dealing out indefinite damna
ton to the railroad companies, bu
that did not affect the companies
They could only be affected in thei
position by legal enactment and prope
government supervision.
MIR. Allison Of Iowa, from the com
mittee on appropriations, reported Ia
vorably the house resolution providing
that when the two huHses adjourn Sat
urday IL be to Monday, January s. 1857
On MIR Hale's suggestion the resu
luton was laid on the table for Tia
present.
Mr.. Hale, from the conference con
mittee on the naval appropriation bill
reported that the committee was una
BILE to agree. He explained that tn
house conferees insisted thu
the senate must TAKE III
house billas it had been presented &
the senate, that being a lump appr'
priati0n for the coming half year Tn
senate conferees, he said, thought the
an Objectionable method OF passing ~
preparation bills and had held to thu
ground.
Mr.. Hale moved that the senate II
sist on its amendment.
a vote was taken by yeas and ma,
on Mr.. Hale's own motion. II WI
unanimously agreed to-yeas, So /; nay
none.
Mr.. Vest Of Missouri submitte
somewhat modified the resolution
heretofore Offered by him relating
the proposed Nicaragua canal sufye
ing expedition. The modification d
clares il to be mot eXpedienp' to sci
out such an expedition. The origin
resolution had declared IL 'illegap
send the expedition without the a
thorlty of congress.
Mr.. Vest said he would call the ms
ter up tomorrow.
AT the conclusion of the morni
business an executive session was ht
and the senste adj purned,