Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-06
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/ Hour-Disagreements on AppOrtion-
ment Bills Causing the Trouble.
! WASHINGTON, July 5.-In the Senate
/ to-day, on motion Of Mr.. CulIom. the
Senate took up the bill TO establish a COM
/ mission to negotiate interstate commerce.
/ 1t provides for the appointment of a COM
mission to consist Of five commissioners,
at salary Of s., 500 each, who shall have
supervision Of all matters pertaining to
/ the regulation Of commerce between the
1 States and the methods Of operating the
railroad companies engaged in inter-
State commerce. Sixty thousand dollars
is appropriated for the purposes of the
commission for its first years operation.
/ Mr.. Cullom said that in the presentation Of
1 this bill there was no intention Of expressing
the railroad companies. The State COmmls-
slOns Tor the regulation of railroads had Op-
/ Grated to the advantage Of the people and Of
/ the companies, so far as the powers Of the
I Commissioners extended. but as the railroads
| had spread thcmsolyes all over the continent
I a National Commission was necessary to an
/ adjustment Of the interests Of the whole peo-
I pie and the roads. II was his belief that
I very considerable power should be given to
I the National Commissioners to settle disputes
Z in order to avoid too much litigation. This
I would be beneficial to both the people and the
/ companies.
Mr.. Allison presented the conference report
on the legislative, executive and judicial ap-
l VrOpTiatiOn bill, which was then read. The
houses agree on everything except on three
l points, namely, those relating, first, to the con-
I tingent fund Of the Senate which provides
/ compensation for Senator's clerks, the second
I for the printing in the Congressional Record of
speeches not delivered, and the third for the re-
/ ductlOn Of the internal revenue collection and
customs districts. The Senate agreed to the
I report.
Mr.. Allison said that the committee would
/ like some expression of the sense of the Sen
ate as to the unsettled points.
Mr.. MaNey thought that the printing of un-
/ delivered speeches costs more than the Sena-
| tors clerks.
Mr.. sherman moved that the Senate recede
/ from the amendments prohibiting the print
| ing Of undelivered speeches. The Senate. he
/ said, might regulate its own speeches, and he
| viii favor a provision in the Senate rules pro-
! hibiting the printing of undelivered speeches,
| yet the House may as well feel that it was
part of its prerogatiye to control its own
| printing.
Mr.. Vest hoped that the printing limitation
/ would be adhered to.
Mr. Ingalls, referred to the vOluTaious mat
. ter recently printed in the Congressional
| Record, though not delivered IN either House
! of COngress-matter involving the reputation
Z and honor of the Senate-matter that was
( absolutely false. He was opposed to the
printing of mdelvered speeches, yet he
thought the appropriation bill not the best
place in which TO deal with the question.
Messrs. Dawes, Morgan, Bavard and
I Maxey defended the provisions for Senator's
/ clerks, both on the ground of actual necessity
for a proper and prompt performance of
! senatorial duties, and on the ground of the
constitutional right of the Senate to regulate
the number and duties Of its own employees.
| All expressed the hope that the Senate
would stand by its original determination.
Mr.. Allison said that the.great difference be-
tween the two houses, after all, was that the
House insisted on putting new legislation into
appropriation bills. all of that legislation
being unconsidered by the Senate, aud some
of it vicious and absolutely wrong in prin-
ciple.
Mr.. Bayard reminded Mr.. Allison that the
Senate was not without fault in that respect,
calling attention to the provision for new
cruisers in the naval appropriation bill.
Mr.. Allison replied that the proposition had
been decided by the Senate not to be new leg
islatiOn, but said that when the House in =
sisted that certain provisions were new legis-
latiOn, it would be the duty of the Senate to
recede.
Mr.. sherman withdrew his motion, and the
Senate further insisted on its remaining
amendments, and ordered another committee
of conference. The Chair reappointed Messrs.
Allison, Dawes and CockrelI as such com
mittee.
The question recurring on the Interstate
commerce bill, Mr.. Miller, of New York,
moved to postpone 1t until December next,
stating that while he fully sympathzed with
the purposes Of the bill il was manifest that it
was one of the most important measures of
the session, and could not properly be dis
cussed in the limited time now at the disposal
of the Senate.
Mr.. Miller's motion was agreed to and the
bill went over accordingly.
On motion of Mr.. Blair the Senate then
took up and passed number of private pen
sion cases.
The resolution was not agreed to.
Mr.. Logan submitted the report of the con-
I ference committee on the fortifications bill, TO
| which the Senate agreed.
On motion of Mr.. Blair the Senate pro-
/ ceeded to the consideration of the bill to pro-
hiblt the importation of foreigners under
/ contract or agreement to perform labor in the
| United States. During the reading of this
bill at $3.50 O'Clock the Senate went into eXecu-
! tive session. While still in executive session
at 4:I5 O'Clock, recess was taken until s
/ O'Clock.
The Senate met in executive session at s
| O'Clock and remained with closed doors for
/ half an hour, when it took another recess till 9
/ O'Clock, and then resumed the executive ses-
Z sion.
At $3.50 o'clock the doors were again opened
A message from the House announced the
/ persistence OF that body in its disagreement
\ to such of the Senate amendments to the con-
sular and diplomatic appropriation bill as
\ allows $25O,OOO to be expended by the Presi-
\ dent to meet the expenses attendant upon
/ foreign intercourse, and such as relate to the
/ appointment of a commission to ascertain the
| best modes of securing commercial relations
I with South America.
THE SENATE STANDS FIRM.
/ The Senate insisted on its amendments, and
agreed TO the report of its own cOnferees, and,
/ having ordered new conference. the Chair
/ appointed the original conferees Messrs. AL
/ lis, Hale and Cockrell.
Mr.. Hoar announced that the conferees
I of both houses on the electoral count bill had
/ had several meetings, and while no report had
\ yet been authorized, he thought it proper to
| state that no progress toward an agreement
/ had been made. He saw no possible hope of an
/ agreement, unless the Senate was prepared
/ to put the whole matter of the electoral
/ count into the power of the House, either as
/ separate bOdy,Or what was equally objection
/ able, into the power of the body made up of
members Of the Senate and House voting per
/ capita.
Every member of the Senate, Mr.. Hoar
Il thought, without any exception and without
\ distinction OF party, regarded such PROPOSE
tiOn as entirely unknown to the constitution,
and totally inadmissable IN principal as well
I as lmpracticable and ineXpedient in practice.
A message was received from the House of
| Representatives requesting the return of the
consular and diplomatic bill. This was for
\ the purpose of correcting an error in the an
/ nOuncement of the action of the House. The
/ corrected announcement showed that the
| House had receded from the disagreement as
| to the South American commission, leaving
as the only subject of difference between the
two houses on that bill the $250,000 which is
Z understood to relate to the Nicaraguan canal
| franchise.
The Senate, at 1880 O'Clock, went again into
/ executive session, and after a few minutes
took another recess until II O'Clock, when the
! executive session was resumed.
Within a few minutes the doors were re-
/ opened. and Mr.. Allison submitted the con-
and judicial appropriation bill. The report
! announced that the conferees had come to an
! agreement on all the amendments except that
relating to the contingent fund of the senate
covering compensation for Senator'S clerks.
I The Senate further insisted on the amend
ment and ordered a new conference The
! Chair reappOinted as such committee Messrs.
| Allison. Plumb and COckrell.
Further consideration of the bill to prohibit
importation of labor under contract was, on
motion Of Mr.. Brown, postponed until Dec.
/ II next.
RECESS AT 12:30 O'CLOCK.
WASHINGTON, July 6, 8 A. M.-After some
important legislation the Senate, at 1890
O'Clock this morning, took recess of half an
hour.
AT l o'clock business was resumed. On
motion of Mr.. Manderson the Committee on
Transportation of Routes to the Seaboard was
increased in membership from seven to nine,
and authorized TO sit during the recess Of
Congress for the purpose of gathering sta
tlstical information. The Senate then took
another recess of half an hour, at the eXpi-
ration of which time the recess was extended
| to . O'Clock.
IN THE HOUSE.
The House met this morning at O'Clock,
! with not more than half a dozen members in
attendance. The journal was very long, and
at the conclusion Of its reading!Mr. Randall
announced that there were no conference re-
ports IN readiness, Whereupon the House took
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