St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-04
of st. Paul, who has been here urging certain
railroad legislation in the senate left last
night for New York.
ROUTINE REPORT.
The Senate.

WASHINGTON. req. o.-belOre Tue scuate
met this morning, Senator Riddleberger's 6
desk was the center of attention Of visitors
and such senators as were in the chamber. A
beautiful floral harp rested upon it, the tribute
as is presumed. of Senator Riddleberger's
Irish admirers. The harp is over two feet
high. The frame was composed of tea roses,
I.japonicas, hyacinths, heliotropes and mig
aonettes. The base was of azalias, phorbias,
lilies, and other rare exotics. The strings
of the harp were wreathed with smilax.
s''Is that a Welsh harps" Senator Dawes
asked Senator Jones, of Nevada.
'No," Senator Jones replied. ''It is the
harp of Erin.'
Senator Miller, of New York, presented the
credentials of VIM. NJ. Evarts elected United
States senator from the state of New York.
Senator Dawes, from the mmission on
Indian affairs, reported favorably the bill to
authorize the secretary of the interior to ex-
tend the time for the payment of each of the
several annual installments to be paid by the
settlers on the Omaha and Otco Indian lands
to such time not exceeding one year as he
| shall see fit
The senate resumed the consideration of
the interstate commerce bill. The question
was on Senator Plumb's motion to add the
words under similar circumstances to the
amendment offered by Senator Beck, which
amendment prohibits a railroad com pany
from charging more for transporting goods
over part of its line than for transporting G
the same goods over its whole line.
Senator Plumb's motion was agreed to,
yeas 26. nays 20. The question then recur-
red on Senator Becks amendment as modi-
fed. On this Senator Vance took the floor.
Senator Vance thought the eloquence of
the senators was in inverse ratio to their
disposition 10 do anything effective. It had
been said so many people were interested in
railroad stocks we ought not to pass laws to
restrict their charges. The same argument
would apply to the business of robbing hen
roosts. The clamors of railroad men were
like the protests of chicken stealers who would
inform legislatures they did not understand
the business OF chicken stealing; that it was
a very complicated business, and differed
wholly from the vulgar business of stealing
things other than chickens. The reference
to railroad authorities as ''experts, - was, in
Senator Vance's opinion, as though the
| chicken stealers should insist that one of their
number, Bill Sykes. for example, should be
constituted by the representatives of the peo-
pie before laws were passed on the subject of
chicken stealing, because Bill Sykes
thoroughly understood the business.
] Senator Beck said he would now vote
against his own amendment since it had
been modified by the amendment of Senator
Plumb. 1t would make the bill utterly use
less, if passed. He severely criticised the
/ bill.
Senator Cullom defended It, and said the
"a
his bill, that its friends belonged to corpor-
ations aud were trying to do nothing were
declaration that, as matter of fact, were
simply untrue. He (Cul.om) had never in
| his life had rive cents worth of interest in
any railroad. He had drawn the senate bill
himself and If passed it would afford the re-
lief sought by the people.
| Senator Beck's amendment as modified
was then voted down. Yeas 6, nays 4.
| Senator Beck then moved to so amend the
house bill as to permit a reduction of rates
without previous posting of notice to that
effect but requiring notice to be posted
within five days. Maxey favored the Reagan
| bill. Il was a constitutional measure, he
said, and would afford the relief desired
Senator Sherman said there was no doubt
that congress had perfect con stitutiona al right
TO regulate interstate commerce. He thought
| the senate bill the most conservative of the
measures presented. It was the duty of
congress to protect the people against these
corporations, but he would not 90 so far as to
destroy the corporations. They had been in
strumentalities in the development of our
country.
Senator ingalls, moved to strike out the
provisions except the statement that there
| should be no discrimination on account Of
race or color.
Senator Ingalls' motion was agreed to, thus
striking out the proyiso regarding "separate
accommodations. The vote on striking out
was thirty-four yeas to seventeen nays, Butler
and jackson being the only Democrats vot-
ing In the affirmative.
An amendment was then offered by SEN
ator Wilson to the senate bill and was agreed
to, requiring the railroads to give the benefit
Of the reduction to shippers who, after the
reduction of rates by railroad COM pany, IN ay
within five days before the publication OF no
tice have paid higher rates.
No further amendments of detail Offering
to the house bill, Senator Cullom moved now
TO amendment by substituting for It the SEN
ate or commission bill. Agreed 10, yeas 35,
nays 1S. The Democrats voting in the af-
firmative were Colguitt, Hampton, Jones,
Mcpherson, Morgan and Pugh. The only
Republicans who voted in the negative were
Edmunds and Van Wyck.
Senator Sewell moved to add a new section
providing that the bill should be construed as
applicable to all railroad or transportation
companies engaged in carrying freight from
points in the United States through the Do
minion Of Canada to tide water, or TO tide
water or other points In the United States.
Senator CoDger said such provision would
destroy the water commerce of the northwest.
He protested against It's adoption.
On motion Of Senator Plumb the section
proposed by Senator sewell was modified and
agreed TO, so as TO make 1t read as follows
''This act shall be construed as applicable TO
all railroad or transportation companies en-
gagged in carrying freight from
any place in the United States through
any foreign territory to any other place in the
United States, or from any place in the
United States to any place outside of the
United States; provided this shall not apply
to transportation wholly by water.
A motion to adjourn was here made and a
call for the yeas and nays disclosed the alb
sence ofa quorum. Roll call was then had
and quorum was found present. After
some discussion as TO the disposition Of the
bill tomorrow and the impossibility OF pass
ing it tonight, It was unanimously agreed
that i'm m ediately after the morning business
tomorrow the bill should be taken up and
the debate cease at 9 O'Clock. when the fnal
vote on the bill and all amendments will be
taken.
Adjourned.