The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-20

which Is the throat of the country. y
he salu the proposition Of the gentle
hian from Texas was that no altrra,in,
could be made in the condition Of enm
merce except ON FIVE days' notjra
lhrre was an impression that conures.
I~uiu ueternilne tue conditions on which
business should be done. An il eonId
Wv Wo'Ilu ne to prevent the western and
sousherh producers from getting access
w ,ne opeh markets OF the world The
congestion which now nreyailed III
every part of the country il the conl
gestlon of the products of labor
ana capital, and was duo 10 the
TACT that the channels of comnerne
hau Deen damned up b, protective and
obstructive laws. This the gentleman
irom Texas would Increase. Ifthis h;ii
was passed steams hips would 90 nm
lauen and the commerce of the orent
port OF New York, which was the ontlet
ior the commerce of the country, would
DC utterly paralyzed.
Mr.. REAGAN said the gentleman,s
great objection TO the pooling secti IN NJ
the phi seemed to be that II would com.
PEI me companies TO employ larger
NUMBER OF clerks. If the
a little further he wonid have ave-
seen that 1t provided that schedule rates
should be posted up. 1t was proposed
by law to remedy what the gentlemen
proposed to remedy by giving the rail.
roaus the right to pool. Ho (Reagan)
Woulu restore 10 the people the right ol
| competition, which would chenpen the
rates of freight and would tako from
the railroads the power to enrich them
selves ana inp0verish the people. The
sentleman from New York would ro,
vote Tor any provision ot the bill. and
proposed to oppose every effort to lnI
the II tstraint OF legislati regulation o.,
ne power OF those corporations to roll
and lunder the people.
NJ. DUNN favored the provisions of
tho pill, and In conclusion said: The
gentleman speaks of rich New Yorl
not being heard. Itis the hand Of Nan
YORK that IL put ON the throat of This
country and that makes this legislation
necessary. Let New York slack this
grip and this legislation win not be
necessary.
Mr. ilEWlrT'S amendment was lost
by u vote of lgOtoB.
Mr. HEWITT then offered an amend
mcnt permitting pooling contracts when
they were reasonable aud lust. lie dc.
nled tlat he was opposed TO legislation
on The subject Of Interstate commerce.
ana again Announced his willingness To
support the commission bill. EXpcri-
enre has established pools, ana pools
had established a commission. The
tlue mad arrived when thepublic should
oe recognized IN commission. He
called attention TO the fact that in 1874 IL
cost ~ l-lOcents to transport a usbei M
grain from Chicago to New York. whil,
last year the rate had fallen TO l9 cent.
rhis reduction had been accon,plishcd
ing. i'''
Mr. PHELPS thought the discussion
nad dlsclnsrd the unwisdOm and mius-
'lce OF TINS bill. IL was an attemut Ia
regulate railway management In ali
cases When these cases were infinite i'm
number and variety. How absurd to
thlhk That tho cases could all be held In,
Z cast-iron grasp. Railroads would ey
cry tlme evade, elude aud openly disc
oey thrso regulations and appeal To The
people aud the people would remit The
penalty. The people were satisfied with
ne reform and progress which had been
lnaue ny tAe great national laws. Had
these laws lost their power9 Was not
competition greater and moro powerful
nov than ever beioreY In New York II
mad once been said that nothing but the
national treasury could ever build ri
val TO tho Pennsylvania, the Erie aud
th0 New York Central RAILWAYS. But
lhe law OF competition stepped IN
anu SlOO,OOO,OOO, gathered without public
solicitation, had, through the Nickel
flato aud West Shore roads 10 stand ns
the representative Of the power of com
petition. Public opinion never acted as
quickly as IL did now, and railroads
were never so sensitive to il. II this
OH passed railroads would do one OF
TWO things: One was to violate every
provision of II aud fill tho courts so full
Ol notions against them that the
wheels OF Justice would he blocked.
inns would attract public attention
ana pubic attention would give redress.
rhe only other thing Tor the railroads
TO 30 was to give an order which would
sent every locomotive into the round
house, and the silence that would follow
would he ielt from Portland, Oregon, To
Portland, Maine, aud In that stiffness
| hlty millions of people would hear the
! only word which ciuld be heard, the
! familiar voice g. Tue snenkor
when he said: "'The gentleman from
,eNas asks unanimous consent 10 pass
the bill repeating the Interstate
commerce ac'," and nothing further
would he heard except the prompt ques.
ii n: ais there obIection?" Anu inst
~ sure as thunder followed Lightning
| The answer would be: "No ohie tion. -
Applause on the Republican side.
Mr.. cox, of New York, favored Rea
gau's blil,
Mr.. REAGAN moved that all debate
on the third section of the inter.stals
commerce bill close In five minutes.
The Republicans desired longer time,
and after hear'y an hour wasted in roll
calls ten minutes were accorded them
Mr. iiewllts amendment rejected with
out division.
la the course OF the discussion
MIR. bUDD cOntended that the proyis-
ions of the bill did not prevent "physi.
cal pooling" as Il contract distinguished
lrom moneyed pooling, aud though Mr..
Reagan denied that this was tho case he
permitted MIR. Budd to offer an amend.
lneht, which was adopted, to remedy
the difficulty.
Further consideration OF the bill was
post poned.
Mr., BLANCHARD introduced a loint
resolution, which was referred Ia the
committee on judiciary, promising N
constitutional amendment providing
that the power vested In the executive
to make treaties by and with
the consent OF the senate, shall not
be construed to embrace reciprocity
treaties affecting tho revenues of the
government, and reciprocity treaties al
lecting revenues shall not be made hy
the executive, or confirmed by the SEN
ate until congress shall have agreed H.
the proposed changes.
Recess until Sp. M, the evening ses.
sion TO bo for consideration of the zen.
sion bills.
Washington Notes,
JUDGE LAwRESCE A wITNR. \ AGAIN.
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