The Portland daily press., 1885-02-04
XLVIIIth Congress--2d Session
SENATE.
WAsrTN1ToI Fab

before the Senate met this morning Mr..
kiddleberger's desk was decorated with an
immense horal harp, presumably from Irish
admirers.
The Senate was called to order at the usual
hour.
Mr.. Miller of New York presented the ere.
dentials OF William NJ. Evarts, elected Senator
by the State of New York.
Mr.. Edmunds stated that the papers read did
not contain any certificate from the Governor,
as required by act of Congress.
Ihe papers were referred to the committee
on privileges and elections.
Inc Senate then resumed consideration of
the interstate commerce bill.
The question was on Mr.. Plumb's motion to
add the words "under similar circumstances
to the amendment offered by Mr.. Beck, which
amendment would prohibit a railroad company
from charging more for transporting goods
over part Of their line than for transpor ting
the same goods over its whole line. Mr..
Plumb's motion was agreed to-26 to 20.
The question then REQUIRED on Mr.. Beck's
amendment as modified, and as modified it was
then voted down, to 40.
Mr. Beck then moved to SO amend the House
bill as to permit the reduction of rates with
out previous posting Of notice to that effect,
but requiring notice to be posted within five
days. Agreed to, 46 to 7.
tThe House bill provides that no discrimina-
tions shall be made between passengers on
account OF race or color, but the furnishing of
separate and equally comfortable accommoda-
tions should not be deemed DISCRIMINATORY
Mr. ingalls, moved to strike out all this pro-
vision except the statement that there should
be no discrimination on account of race or
color.
Mr. ingalls, motion was agreed to, thus
striking ont the proviso regarding separate
accommodations. The vote on striking out
was 81 yeas and II nays, Messrs Butler and
jackson being the only Democrats voting in
the affirmative.
The amendment then offered by Mr.. Wilson
to the Senate bill was agreed to, requiring
railroads to give the benefit of reductions to
shippers who after reduction of rates by the
railroad company may, within five DAYS before
publication OF notice, have paid higher rates.
No further amendments of detail offering to
the House bill, Mr.. Cullom moved now to
amend by substituting for it the Senate or
commission bill.
This was agreed to-yeas 80. nays IS. The
only Democrats voting in the affirmative were
Messrs. Colquitt, Hampton, Jonas, McPher-
son, Morgan and Pugh, aDd the only Republi-
cans who voted in the negative were Messrs
Edmunds and Van Wyck.
Mr.. Sewell moved to add new section,
which was modified by Mr.. Plumb and agreed
to, 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 terri
tory to any other place in the United States or
outside the United States; provided this shall
not apply to transportation wholly by water"
1t was unanimously agreed that Immediately
after the morning business tomorrow the bill
should be taken up. and that debate should
cease at O'Clock tomorrow, when final vote
on the bill and all amendments should be
taken.
Adjourned.
HOESE.
Though the scenes attending night session
OF the House were enacted last night,they were
not marked by that degree of hilarity which
generally characteriZes them, and the hours
tedicusly dragged their slow lengths along. 1t
was after o'clock when the friends of the
bankruptcy bill succeeded, after many efforts
in having call of the House ordered, and it
was not until LAO that the Sergeant-at-Arms
brought in the first batch of recslcitrant mem
bers. The same trite and threadDare excuses
which have done duty for years were offered,
and were greeted with the same burst of deris.
i've laughter, and were in every case deemed
satisfactory The new recruits voted for the
next motion to adjourn, which at 2.15 was
carried-yeas 70, nays 81.
At today's session of the House, Mr. Bland
OF Missouri from the committee on coinage,
reported back resolution calling on the Sec
retary of the Treasury for information as to
whether the clearing house association at New
York or any national bank refuses to receive
silver dollars or silver certificates in settlement
of their balances, and whether any official of
the government accedes to such practice 1t
was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Eaton of Connecticut, the
Senate amendment to the House resolution
making arrangements for counting the electo-
raj vote was agreed to.
The committee on naval affairs reported
back the resolution calling on the Secretary of
the Navy, for information as to what amount
of money has been expended by the naval ad-
visory board, and what changes have been
made from the original plans of hulls, boilers
ETC., Tor the Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Dol
phin, and the cost of such changes. Adopted.
The Speaker pro tenn. (Mr. Blackburn) an
nounced the regular order to be consideration
of the resolution providing that for the remain
der OF the session one hour every morning shall
be devoted to the disposal of measures called
up by individual members, unless five objec-
tions are made thereto.
Mr.. Keifer of Ohio moved to amend BY
"ten." Agreed to.
The resolution as amended was then adopt
ed.
The House then, at 1.45, went into com nit
tee of the whole, Mr.. Hammond of Georgia in
the chair, on the river and harbor appropria-
tion bill, general debate being limited to three
hours.
At the close OF the general debate the first
section of the bill was read.
Mr.. Reed, OF Maine, made q verbal amend
ment for the purpose of calling the attention
OF the committee to the fact that nearly all
tho time devoted to general debate had been
consumed by friends of the bill.
Mr. O'Neil of Missouri, criticised the appro-
priation for the Mississippi river, in that only
$60O.O0O was appropriated for improvement be-
tween its source and the Ohio river. That
was not fair share of the pork. Naughter)
Pending action, the committee rose and the
House adjourned.