New-York tribune., 1884-12-20
AGAINST THE REAGAN BILL.
MIR. PHELPSs ARGUMENTS.
WHY TIE BILL WOULD WORK INJURY-THE GOOD
RAILWAY MANAGERS DO AND THE EVIL sfhe'

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U.su,xoroN Dec. 19.-The House made
u,,,o ronre.s today with the Reagan BILL The sections
20 ,robihit rebates or drawbacks and poolhg "ere
passed without substantial amendment Inc DEBATE u"
,he pooling section elected earnest protests from
6 Hewitt and william Walter Phelps, not oly "sa"''
that nortcuar section but against the "hoe measure
Mr. Hewitt criticised with severity the attitude Oh MS
own marty in the House OF Representatives uins 'no
, , roor. toward the great commercial and bnsi-
- i,orests of the country He said the voice o Ne"
Work had been silent far In this debate necse 'o
bu,iness men OF that great emlor'"" VI o
merce were almost In despair ol "'y i''ons
action by the House OF Representatives Ihey huu so
the House strive to repeal the hesumpt'on "c. anu P
nope the resumption OF specie payments ana they HI"
or n force down the unwilling throats OF the business
,,orost, of ,hc country crude and harmful silver law"
and now they saw II try TO pass measure INC cno
which would be to cripple and paralyzc 'he cooio''
ineres, Of the country Mr. IIcwtts speech was ny ho
means rellshod by Reagan aud MAJORITY vi 'no Do"'
Gratis. ,, - 49,. n
snecr. -
AN rurrps's SPEECH AGAINST TIFF MEASURE.
ta,or IN tho debate Mr. Phelps obtained the moor ITO
had not spoken minute before nearly All lne ''o'p',
roct bnd Hacked around him. and they listened win
the closest attention to what he had to say ho ""'
loudly nppaudcd ~ he sat down. Mt ino'P' N"'"
Inrsc 10 oppose tho amendment. Iho disc""Nio"
lid. a., cunhn.ize the unwisdom and Injustice
of tho hl II 10 n vain effort To make codo whch hha'
control the management Of railways In all ch'o' b"
,hce cases nre infinite In number, ana very h'''S ~
,,o u variety How absurd 10 suppose that MI thcAo
cnao. can held In the iron grasp oi nan "o"o" "",'
h,, s,ic,,ons A.oluc rcstrctiorN belong to morals,
Int hayo no control IN railway management Whofo '"'"
caso makes H. owu right aud wrong You may ""y 10
man. "Thou shalt not steal thou shalt not commit
adultery thou shalt bear faae witness : Tor ''i''
adultery aud Islander everywhere ana Always "r""B'
| But You cannot say Ia II railway company
" You shall not discriminate, you shall not
rebate. you shall not pool" because In many cases
all these methods right and In many cases 'hey arc
nccessoryncccssary even the very existence of the
road And because they necessary ofteh TO thelf
very existence the railways will cude ovade ana openly
transress the restrictions, looking to popular opinion To
shield them from the penalty just the gentleman from
Texas If his life threatened, would Nloa'e All Id"
! in defending it and escape al punishment
TIE PEOPLE NOT INDIFFERENr
Nor in so doing are the people Indifferent to thei
ichts they are watchnl OF them and are willing to
udge the future by the past They sec that the laws OF
men and the laws of nature have shielded them In the
past Why should they doubt them III the ftufe Inc
law Of common carriers in every inhhi;s injustice
and incnuaity the laws Of nature acting ia e spefe OF
commerce. make the greed and ambition Of man the
instrument, Of Justice and equality. They see that
united result has been constant triumph "l prog
res and reicrm. Does any one dispute history Are
there moi more railways and better service than ever he
forcl Have more trains ana better more equip
ments aud better, cheaper and more encent manage
ment eyerywhercl Does the gentleman from Texas
deny goods and passengers are carried cheaper Dy
than anywhere else IN the world, and cheaper by MS
now than before Perhaps he fears that these great
laws of nature have lost their force Have they Was
competition ever more aggressive ON W"le dh on Hu
why the gentleman from Newly lork MT Hewitt cannot
take his first excursion over new road without sceis
from his window the turycylng parry hht aicaul i,Ns
thc deadly parallel" llaughtcr and II You fear that
some Obstacles mighty. remember that ten years
ago we all said with the Ere; tMc 'ellIal nnn u,c W
Pcnnsy Railways in the field Newl OK can secure
no relief except from the resources OF the National
treasury. But while we spoke, competition, raising
SI0O0O0OO0 without public knowledge or public 'olc
the arena and there they will remain. Appansel Nor
has the desire to succeed IN business ceae 10 e rue
MANAGER. were never more socitous for business and
never more ready make sacrifices 10 get H. Ihey
know that rivals so many they must them
selves create aud develop 4, and IN one, one
siqea s ,e SSrrrnee2t SsI' Shsy aid @ ' Gm in iis
eSGn or nae s a never s wn
pany that wished to open mine or lactory could ger
The miner the manufacturer fix his own rates for
the years experiment
THE POWER or PUBLIC OPINION.
Nor has the power OF public opinion weakened. II
controls the management OF railways a management
and as individual men Tho management knows that
the snrcst path 10 bueues- IL that Of public favor that
the popular road makes money and 10 this popu
lafity they spend money layi.hly they make conces
einne gcncro.y Nor /. generally enough stress laid
the of the and thcr natural desire
as men 70 have thc appreciation Of their
nclghbors and to secure that good re-
port that good reputation. which is the highest prize
Of NE. Don't con found the managers Of the railway of
lators IN IT, securities whom dc-pisr II f. the spccu
laios and The stock EXCHANGE that receive the public
attention; j. the railway AMI ~ manager VINO ne
serve H. II IS u great injustice u coniound theu
The managers are men of high character and
abilities. Their Is profc .ion. aud they feel proud OF
il. They are faithful, public spirited md n; a rule;
with whom thry deal I'm their desire 10 retain and de-
this good opinion oi thcli iunaee thy are more
ant ~ saciinccihrir road than the public
pnt The the great spccuatof4. unlike yon or me- or
them remote from intercourse with the customers Of the
@ @lnal are p ,oii, r ,.g ~ Hic thir ,a,,ns
ore allied To the roads almost never Interfere with their
tto,k That tlrv eczc tlcy bold Il for day un they
have worked their own wicked viii on n, and then they
rr 'i II ibnr rr9i, Il LONGER 4 Is 6niy 70 tier, boira
of directors which shaft suigi them 70 manipulate The
lhr managais ~ ilr fof innanimr gu ,r with thgt
rrrat Nntiut-s md hitt nD r1ir ronrcciou win The
.lIY 9,tp "Ns,t 4tnnals ,Tan ',sn at H.
e,r.t., t+es,, te iAtt, IA r.. Rt ebrt ,iet ssa
,N.-isitie iri iit ni irH iairN.4 tai ~ 'ht rrte
p'i itt r 40 W s'anh 10 'hp aan- sh' nHa fereite
iuW HtslRieiNss WI ~ nisReGARnEp.
Ir Wru, tAr iaga N aaa Ani 0 NaNge epntnNe ihrir
Wuk pi pFps'pao anh gengH VIA ailempi Va rpsiFle
NnY pasa restrictions NhllA Viii minfarg Win these
scner laws which arc WORKING uut tr results You pre-
tend to Wishi lour elpfl ls vain, your cstucllons viii
he disgegaldcd 40 you ask ne huwi The railways-if
hescrcslrcons should becomo laws will ostcn at0usly
break them all They viii invite litigation until the
| wheels Of the cuurts are Cogged. That
| viii challenge IrihlG attention aud public
attention Is lress or they viii issue an order, which
the whole railway system shall obey, that every locomo-
tive from sea shall stay Ia i- round house Then
! there will follow silence from Portland IN oregon to
| Portland IN Maine. that can be felt and only voice
will hcard-thr familiar voice Of speaker "Ihe
gentleman from Texas asks unanimous con
sidrT bill tO repeal act entitled An Act To Regulate
Interstate Commerce Is there olecuonT Mr..
speaker lust the report follows the flash
shall hear, the end OF the matter, The Chair hears
| none"
During the debate S. s. Cox sent TO the Clerks desk
and had read portion Of open letter 10 himself by
defeated Democratic candidate for Congress IN Iowa
who protested AGAINST the policy Of sons naming
spccncav the Electoral COmm .siOn. the Utah Commits.
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