The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-10-08
confirm.

Senator WoolsOn moved an amend
ment, providing that the Commits
sioners should be confirmed by the
Senate, instead OF the Executive
Council. Larrabec voted Nay upon
| this amendment, also. See Senate
Journal 1878 pages 352 and 1853.
He .farors determinations against
the people.
Senator Haines offered the follow
| ing amendment to the bill:
SEC. IL. No railroad corpora
ton shall charge or receive for the
transportation Of freight to any sta
ton on its road a greater sum than
is at the time charged or received
for the transportation Of the like class
and quantity OF freight from the
same original point Of departure to Il
station ut u greater distance on It's
road in the same direction. And
two or more railroad corporations.
whose roads connect, shall not
charge or receive for transportation
Of freight to any station on the road
OF either OF them, a greater sum than
is at the time charged or received
for the transportation OF the like
class and quantity OF freight from
the original point OF departure, to a
station mt a greater distance on the
road OF either Of them in the same
direction. And no railroad corpora
ton shall at any time discriminate
against any person, company or cor
poration, by charging or receiving
more from one person company or
corporation, than it ut the same tine
charges to any other person com
pany or corporation. for Transporting
the same class and quantity Of freight
over the same road in the same di-
rection. Any railroad corporation
violating any OF the provisions Of
this section shall be liable to the
person, company or corporation in
jured, in double the amount OF dam
age, with reasonable attorneys fee,
to be taxed by the court as COSTS
Larrabee voted against this
amendment. See pages $50 and 357
Senate Journal, 1878.
He .farors Pooling.
Senator Haines then moved the
following amendment:
1T shall be unlawful for any rail-
way company to make or enter into
any contract, arrangement or stipu-
lation OF any kind with any other
railway company running in the
same general direction, to pool or
divide in any manner or proportion,
the joint earnings upon the whole or
any part OF the freight transported
over such roads, to or from any
point either within or without the
State, and violation OF this prCvi-
sion shall render the railway COM
pany so violating the same, liable TO
u penalty Of $1,000 for each month
for which such earnings are SO d.
vided or pooled, to be secured for
the use Of the school fund in the
name of the State. The venue OF
such action shall be in any county,
to or from any point within where
any such contract, arrangement or
stipulation shall be made, whether
wholly or partly preferred in this
State"
Senator Larrabee voted against
this amendment, also. See page
1853.
He acants to let them increase pres
ent rates.
Senator Rumple moved to amend
by adding to section IL the words
Provided. that no railroad company
shall be allowed TO increase its pre-
sent rates at competing points on its
line OF road" Larrubce voted
against this amendment. See page
1858.
He ,rdnts to exempt them from pen
allies already incurred
Senator Foster moved to add the
following provisO to section Is:
''Pr0ri led. However, that no claim,
action. right OF action or judgment,
existing against any railroad com
pany by virtue Of the provisions Of
chapter GS, of the acts OF the Fifteen
tn General Assembly. and growing
out of over charges, penalty for over
charges or other cause OF action
specified and provided in said chap
ter 6S, shall in any wise be repealed
or affected by this act, but the same
shall be and hereby are expressly re-
served from the operation OF this
act"
True to his record, Senator LARA
bee voted against this, also. See
pages $50 and 36O.
Upon the final vote to repeal the
Grange Law" Senator Larrabee
voted YEA. See page 367.
1t will be remembered that this
Grange Law was enacted by what is
known as the Anti Monopoly Legisla-
ture. The railroads fought it with
but the Supreme Court
OF the United States finally sustained
its constitutionality. Is was after
this just decision that Larrabee vot-
ed for the repeal OF the law. Is
there a farmer in Iowa who will vote
for Senator Larrabee with this re-
cord staring him in the face?
10000 Miners IN I0,cd SnuJJed. !
The Republican platform Of two
year, ago talked lovingly to miners
and made honied promises. 70 car
ry our these pledges Senator Cassatt,
IL Democrat, introduced Senate File
2lS, "a bill for an act TO regulate the
weighing Of coal in mines and to
establish n uniform system Of weights
and measures" and Representative
Cloud. il Greenbacker, intro iucea
the same in the House. This bill
was satisfactory to the miners, and
is so excellent that il has since been
adopted by the Missouri Legislature.
and is n law in that State. On
March 8 the committee on Mines
and Mining reported the bill, recon-
mending that tit do not pass Or
March ~, Senator Cassatt moyed
that the bill be made Il special order
for 10: 80 to morrow morning." Sena-
tor Whiting voted for: Senator Lar
rabec voted against, with enough
other Republicans to defeat the bill.