Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-04
4sth Congress--second Session.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.

SENATE-Mr McPherson introduced a bill l directing the Secretary of the Treasury to discontinue the issuance of treasury notes of denominations less than $5 and to cease the regular monthly coinage of the standard sll- yer dollar and issue in lieu thereof silver cer- tifcates for bullion deposited in the Umted States mint
 The resolution introduced yesterday by | Senator Vest directing the Committee on In dian Affairs to investigate all alleged illegal | leases of grazing lands in the Indian Terri l tory. and to report by bill or otherwise, was | amended so as to include Indian reservations ! and agreed to. :, On motion of Senator Sherman the select | committees of last session were continued TOT | the present session, and the pres1d1ng oHcef l was authorized to fill vacancies.
 At1:15 a large batch of nominations was received from the President, covering ap- pointments, etc., during the recess, lnclud- ino Huoh McCulloeh of Maryland to be Sec refary of the Treasury, Frank Hatton ot Towa to be Postmaster General, John Schuy- Ter Crosby of New Hampshire to be hrst as. sistant Postmaster General, James Harlan of Iowa to be presiding judge Of the court oI commissioners of Alabama claims, ana w al ter o. Gresham of Indiana to be circuit
 iudpe of the United States for the seventh judicial circuit All the nominations sub mitted in executive session were referred to appropriate committees. The nomination or ex-Senator Harlan as presiding judge or the court of Alabama claims, 1t was stated | by several Senators, was referred by mad vertence. the intention being to confirm without reference. At :45 the doors were oDened and the Senate adjourned until to- morrow.
 | Ho1rsE-After the transaction of some un- 1 important business, by unanimous consent | the morning hour was set aside ana the l House went into Committee ot the Wnole on | the bill making provision for the support oI | H. I,14 ,i,r fhco e | vsar ending June 30, 1885. General debate
 was dispensed with and the bill was agreed l to as it came from the Appropriation com
 mittee and reported to the House and passed. | The interstate commerce bill then came
 up as unfinished business: Mr Seymour, Of l tbe general features of the bill, but thought some of the minor details of it might with 1 safety be omitted.
 MT. Long of Massachusetts, followed. He
 said the result of the agitation of the ques-
 tion for the past ten years had shown that
 pubIic opinion was more effective than any Ieoislation could be. He presented statistics to show that the evils complained of gradu-
 ally cured themselves and that freight rates were being reduced through other sources , than legislation There had been, he said unjust, unreasonable and impolitioN discrimi 7 | nations, which it was the duty of Congress i to prevent. Congress had, he held
 power to regulate all interstate com
 nerce in this respect, but tn
 waterways and highways carried
 their own remedy by competition, and tn hill wisely confined itself to the railroads. H did not believe the Reagan bill fixing penal ties to be enforced by law could be made ct S fectiye and therefore favored the proposition
 for board of railroad commissioners: Il
 Massachusetts, where the commission
 CTS had no power beyond that s investigate and recommend, the ral if road company had dared to resist th
 recommendation of the commissioners o Remedial enactm ents, cast iron laws, he al o oned would be scoffed at, resisted an t evaded or be only spasmod1caliy enforced s while if proper men were selected TOT con T Le nissioners, the measure could not fail to [ f successful MT. Long proceeded to poll
 out the differences between the committee le bill and that of MT. Reagan, supporting tf o measure coming from the committee. :,
 MT. Peters, of Kansas, started out wlt
 the proposition that the cost ot transport ,o tion to Marquette was direct tax upon u 'o nroduction which did increase the value SC the product in it's market, but came from u 7n pocket of the producer, and tn bt any extortionate rate charged by COT .s mon carriers impoverished the pr D. ducer alone. Evidence that wrongs ha ot been perpetrated by the common carrie P upon the producer is found in the fact tn a nearly every State in the Union has legl at lated upon the subject and the action wh1 ng Congress has taken for the past ten yea
 Mr- Peters contended that there had be'
 unjust combinations by which completlo l
 the friend of honest commerce-completl 'er upon which the producer had the rlgnt la reIv-vas destroyed He favor o1- the remedial provisions of -he bill and iieved they carried with them the power me enforcement and heartily endorsed the arg les ment of Mr. Long in support of the comm ely sioner feature of the bill.
 of On motion of MT. Morrison 1t was order
 that when the House adjourn tomorrow ess be to meet on Monday next.
 Tas MT. Anderson Kane obtained the floor ,us et 9.35 n m the House adjourned.