The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24
CONGRESSIONAL
HOUSE..

said that thntiON, nmttiiON, Dec. 19.-Hewi,
evil cs, IT,, wniie pooling might be /. "
vvn, tnere were many ' au;is ,.., Ie y
% we!e remedies for other oraato, s ~aic c1l.e
% wnlc9 would become into1erah'si ia Gvi!' u
t;t; wUula the evils Of unllmiteS o",e, "",e =
ht,taon. hn. Large business honses Spe hI 'e
oeen compelled to emni"., ses % nav
railroed So,e nsa business was to 20 froI,
maho 1u Se omoe to railroad office an
conas mnne bargains. More than that ' tn
itPanies intaPPaes themselves which wer
fn" fm.e1aea to be common carr,er
t;"n ~ao tnemseives reduced by the M sc
.On VI petty hacksters. who wer,
compelled tn have an armv of o,~.L'
W register the freight on evarv ~ ~
voice " freight shipped over thai,
unes. THIS evil was 80 enormom. %
snat It led to the only practicahie
remedy. which was pooling.
Ii pooling, is honestly conduota,, >,
gave stability In the rate of freIoht
ana equal terms to everv oustos,ar
and carried out the erest ] nrino;n'l
OF equal rights to ali men Hp,e Hpu
snould the evils Of the pooling ar.
ttaneement be overcome? The pen.
t!eman from Texas (Regan) said. b.
zoe aoolltion of pooling. That i
would consign the country to chaos
rom which pooling had extracted it.
Let 1t be regulated by the appoint.
meht OF q commission. Th.. com.
mission would be approved bv those
familiar with the subject. but the
Oil to abolish pooling would be con-
trary to their Judgment. There was
an impression that Congress could
determine the conditions. on which
the business should be done. All it
could 90 would be to prevent west
nrn ana southern producers from
getting access to the open markets of
the world.
If this bill passed, the railroads
would do one of two things. One
was to violate every proposition of it.
and hil the courts so full of actions
against them that the whe. ls of
justice would be blocked. This
would attract the public attention
and public attention would give re-
dress. The only other thing for the
railroads to do was to give an order,
which would send every locomotive
into the round house and the silence
which followed would be felt from
Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine,
and in that stiffness $4,000, 900 of
people would hear the only W ,rd
which could be heard-the familiar
voice of the speaker when he said
" the gentleman from Texas asks the
consent to pass q bill re-
peallDg the inter state commerce
act' and nothing further would be
heard except the prompt question
u Is there any objection" and Just As
sure as thunder followed tightening
The answer would be "no objection.0
Applause on the Republican side.
Cox, of New York, favored Rea-
gan's till. At this point Ermentrout
from the committee on
accounts and privileges, q resolution
the manner in which the
expenses Of the committee investi-
ysting the conduct of marshal Lot
Wright, should be dr. bursed. A
dispute arose as to the occupancy of
The floor. by Kelfer, and the Repub-
icans, feeling aggrieved at the ruling
of the speaker. demanded the yeas
and nays On the adoption of the res
1t was adopted. Reagan
moved that all debate on the third
,ection of the interstate commerce
,ill should close in five minutes.
The Republicans desired longer time.
md after nearly an hour wasted IN
,oll calls, the ten minutes were &C
corded them. Hewitt's amendment
was rejected without division.
In course of the discussion Budd
that the provisions did not !
prevent physical pooling, as contra
from monied pooling,
md though Regan denied this was
he case, he permitted Budd to offer |
IN amendment which was adopted
20 remedy the difficulty. Further |
of the bill postponed.
The speaker laid before the house a
from the the secre-
ary of the interior asking An appro-
,riation of $6O, 1000 for the protection
md improvement of the Yellowstone
yatfonal Park. Referred.
SENATE.
George was particularly condemn
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