Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-17
4Sth COngress---SecOnd Session.
WASHINGTON, January 16, 1885

WASHINGTON, January 16, 1885.
 SENATE-Anong memorials presented was one by MT. Cameron, Pennsylvania, from three thousand cigarmakers of Philadelphia, Pa, setting forth that ratification of the pending Spanish treaty would throw out of employment more citizens of the United States than there are inhabitants in Cuba and Porto Rico, and protesting against its ratification. A number of other petitions against the ratification of the treaty were presented and appropriately referred.
 MT. Frye, of Maine, from the. Committee on Commerce, reported favorably bill to establish port of entry at Mount Desert ferry, Maine. MT. Frye urged the immedi- ate consideration and passage of the bill in order to accommodate the growing summer business The bill was passed.
 Mir. Sewell, of New Jersey, introduced a joint resolution to refer to the President the controversy between the United States and Venezuela in respect to the award of the mixed commission. It was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
 MT. Hoar offered resolution, which was agreed to, directing the architect of the Cap itol to place in the room of the Senate wing in which Vice. President Henry Wilson died marble tablet recording the fact and date of his death. MT. Hoar in moving the resolu- tion briefly eulogized MT. Wilson, saying among other things that he noticeable instance of the opportunities afforded by American institutions to the humble citizen to rise to eminent position.
 A message from the House of Representa- tives was received announcing the disagree ment of that body to the Senate amendments to the temporary naval appropriation bill and asking for conference, which request was granted, and the Chair appointed conferees.
 The bill laid over from yesterday, author izing the President to appoint three commis- sioners to the International exhibition at Antwerp and appropriating $25, ,000 for the expenses of such commissioners, was amend ed by adding authority to appoint one com missioner to the international exhibition of patents to be held in London and to defray the expenses of preparing proper exhibit of American patents, and as amended the bill was passed.
 At 2 p. m. consideration of unfinished business-the Senate interstate commerce bill-was resumed Mir. Van Wyck deliv- cred a carefully prepared and very pointed speech on the general question of the az gressions of corporations. 1n Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, he said, the people were com pelled to burn their corn for fuel for want of an outlet at reasonable rates of transporta- tion. The farmers of Wisconsin and Minne- sota were selling wheat below the cost of production, while the people in the mining districts of Pennsylvania were denied the privilege of producing more coal and were suffering for want of the corn burned on the prairies and thousands in New York and other States were making shirts at three cents each and perishing for want of the wheat which in the West was being sold below cost of production. He ridiculed the Senate bill as plan to appoint seven men with salaries, with expenses greater than those of Cabinet ministers, with no power to correct abuses or right wrongs, but only to write essays. The Reagan bill as it passed the House was infinitely better. It declared offences, af- fixed penalties and allowed the citizen to proceed for a remedy in either a State or federal court. He asserted that it would be unfortunate day when a Repub- lican Senate declined to accept measure adopted by Democratic House in the inter est Of the people. The Senate bill was moral suasion very much wasted.
 After further debate MT. Brown began history of railroads, commencing with the s'first railroad that ever ran on the face of the earth" That opened travel from Iiverpool to Manchester in 1880 and tracing their devel- ap:nent to the present day, dwelling especial ly on the vast sums which had been invested in railroads and lost by the original investors through the popular elamer for low rates. He analysed the system of charges adopted by the railroads, defending on economic grounds the carrying of light freights on return cars | long distances at lower rates than were | charged for local freights.
 | At 5:10 MT. Morgan rose and moved an l adjournment, remarking that he saw the