Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-19
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
THE UTAH BILL FINALLY PASS
ED BIZ THE SENATE.

Thirty-three Yeas to Fifteen Nays Tell
the story-The House Takes Up tho
Pacific Railroad Bill-ConsiderabIe
Time Devoted to Discussion, but No
Vote Reached.
WASHINGTON, June 1S.-In the Senate
to-day, after the reading Of the journal,
which contained an allusion to the Fitz
John Porter bill, the Chair stated that no
further action on that bill was necessary
than to have the action Of the House an
nounced to the Senate.
| Afterfurther remarks as to the pariiamenta-
/ ~ status Of the bin the Chair laid before the
! Senate the message ofthe House OF Represen-
4 tatlYes announcing the concurrence OF that
4 body Ia the report of the conference commit
| tee, which recommended that the House re-
! cede from its disagreement to the amend
ment OF che senate, and agree To the same.
| Ihis action takes the bin back 10 tho House OF
| Representatives rs finally passed. so far as the
action OF Congress is concerned.
The Senate passed number of private pen-
sion bills. Consideration of the Utah bin was
then resumed.
| Various amendments were proposed and
debated, some OF which were adopted and
| some rejected. The debate was participated
In by Messrs. Bayard, Vest, ingalls, Hour,
| Call, slater, Dolph, Brown, MaXey, LapRam
and Mcpherson. Among the amendments Of
Tered was one by Mr.. Hoar 10 strike out the
clause abOlshing woman suffrage ia tliosslltsla
ritory Of Utah. The amendment was rejected
by a vote of Il yeas to "a nays. Those voting
IN the Affirmative are Messrs. Blair, Bowen,
Brown. COngcr, Cullom. Dawes, Doph,
George, H0ar, Lapham, MandcrsOn, Mitchell,
Palmer, Pike, sherman, Vance and Wilson.
Mr. Brown explained his vote by saying that
he was personally altogether opposed 10
woman suffrage, but regarded it as an entirely
local matter, and rs it had been established in
the territory he would vote against the United
states Government interfering with it, All
amendments being disposed oil, the bill was
read the third time, and passed by vote OF
81 yeas to 10 nays The vote In detail was as
follows:
Yeas.-Messrs. Alliston, Beck, Bowen, Cam
eron of Wisconsin, Colquitt, Couger, Cullon,
Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Fair, Frye. Garland,
Harrison, Ingalls, jackson, Jones of Florida,
Jones OF Nevada, Lapham, Mcmillan, Mac
pherson, Malone, Manderson, Miller OF Cali
f0rnia, Mitchell, Morrill,, Palmer, Pike, Pugh,
Rlddleberger, Sawyer, Voorhees,, aud Will
son; total 80.
Navs.-Messrs. Bayard, Brown. Coke,
George, Hampton, Jonas, Kenna, Lamar,
Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton, Ransom, Vance,
Vest, and Walker; total, IS.
Then, at 6 ;25 o'clock, the Senate adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day further conference was
ordered on the post office appropriation bill.
Messrs. Townshend, OF Illinois, Holman and
Horr were appointed on the part of the House.
Mr.. Miller, OF Pennsylvania, offered as
question Of privilege resolution declaring
James X. Chalmers entitled to the seat from
the Second district OF Mississippi.
Mr.. Thompson, Of Kentucky raised tho
question OF consideration, and the House re-
fused TO consider II now, by bS yeas to l29
nays.
The Ohio contested case OF Campbell and
Morey beng then called UP, the question Of
Kentucky, aud the House also refused to con-
slder it.
Ine llouse then proceeded to considera-
tion OF the Pacific railroad bill, known as the
Thurman amendment bill.
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL.
The bill extends the provisions OF the Thur
man act TO the Kansas Pacific Company, the
Sioux City and Pacific Company, and to the
central branch of the Union Pacific Comnapv
1t allows the investment Of the sinking funds
of all the companies in their own lrsU mort
gage bonds or any United States bonds or
securities on their application TO the ex-
tlDgulshment OF the interest on subsidy bonds.
IL requires = per cent. annual compensation
for government services to be carried TO tho
sinking fund, ard also large annual pay
ment into the sinking fund. The twelfth sec
tion declares that failure on the part Of any
SI the companies TO comply with these re-
qulrements Tor SIX months SHAH operate as u
forfeiture of the franchise
The substitute offered by the minority OF the
Pacific Railroad Company provides for the
eXtinguishment OF the debt due to the gov
ernment by the issue by companies Of 3 per
cent. sixty years redemption bonds Speeches
were made by Messrs. ThrOckmOrton OF Tex
as, Thompson OF Kentucky, Post Of Pennsyl-
vania, Jordan OF Ohio. and Cassidy OF Ne
vada.
UNION PACIFIC's BAD SHOWING.
In the course of Mr.. Cassidy's speech, oppo-
sing the majority blu and Advocating the mi
norty, he said that he had before him the
statement OF the government experts who mad
just been examining the books of the Union
Pacific Company at Boston, and that tie
statement showed that there was falling offin
the net earnings of that company of 81 ils3 600
for the five months ending Nav 81 1894 M
compared with 1888; that the revenue and ex-
penses OF the entire system during the same
period showed deficit of S720,O00; that the
company IN order to pay its July dividend
would have to borrow or TO draw from other
sources q, 100000; that the debt Of the COM
pany on March 81, 1884, including the canital
stock, was S223, 1915, ,000' and that its goatine
debt, included in the grand total was sill 400
600 The Central Pacific Company had ccm-
piled strictly with the letter Of the law. had
paid every dollar required under the Thur
man act, and to-day was not a dollar iu ar
rears to the government.
TRIs COMPANY CLEAN HANDED.
It had besides sinking fund OF its own. In
Wnlch y % hau some $6,0o0OO0 and with which
that that corporation came to this Congress-
with clean hands There was no evidence
that u sought to wreck its property and I'M
load u on the government. He argued that II
would be wise to deal conservatively with
these companies and that the passage Of the
majority bill would have the effect OF increas-
ing local freight and passenger rates.
Mr.. Hewitt opposed both the minority and
majority bills as being inadequate TO the ppr-
pose. lie would move TO recommit the hill
with instructions directing the Secretary al
the Treasury to report, on the first Monday in
december, plan by which the account ~
May 2, 1871, should be enlarged by additional
payments to be made by the railroad comma
Mes so that the debt to the United STATES
principal and interest, should certainly be
paid at maturity, or at the expiration of any
extension That the Secretary may deem neces-
sary TO be made.
ON THE VERGE OF RUIN.
There was a misapprehension. he said. "a
TO the present condition Of the great comma
MES. They had been treated as II they were
prosperous. He wished that they were ~
one OF them, however, was standing on the
verge OF bankruptcy. It's dividends wouId he
passed, and he doubted whether they wouId
ever be resumed. What he asked was thar
the House should do with these companies
what every business man would do with a
debtor short OF means-nurse the debtor and
give MN an opportunity to pay his debt in
stead Of crushing him.
The discussion was continued by Messrs
Anderson OF Kansas, Laird Of Nebraska Rel
ford OF Colorado, and Sumner Of CaIifornfa
Mr.. Thompson, OF Kentucky, having chargo
OF the majority biz, offered an amepdme5t
making, IN the aggregate, the payment re-
CURED OF the companies 50 per cent instead
OF 30 per cent. The previous question xUaa
then ordered, and the House. at $40 o'cIocE
took recess till 10 o'clock q. M. to-morrow
The Eastern Pig Iron Association
READING, Pa, June 1S.-The animal
meeting OF the Eastern Pig Iron Associa-
tion, composed of the owners Of I00 f,,,
pa n ba A @NA~