Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-04
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understand the business Of chicken stealing
that il was a very complicated business, enc
differed totally from the business Of stealing
things other than chickens. The reference <
railroad authorities ~ experts" was, in
Vance's opinion, as though the chicken steal
ers should insist that one Of their mum
Der, Bill Sykes for example, should
be- consulted by the representatives Of tn,
people before laws were passed on the subject
Of chicken stealing, because Bill Sykes thor
oughly understood the subject. Bill Sykes
bad been in The business forty years and could
tell an old hen from q pullet by starlight in
the top vt the %loftiest apple tree in q farm
yard. There was, in lNance's opinion, one
great mystery about railroad business, and
that was the weak endurance and long suffer.
ing patience of the American people.
Beck said that he would now vote against
his own amendment since II had been modi
ted by The amendment Of Plumb. 1t would
make the bill utterly useless If passed. He
severely criticised the bill.
Cullom defended 1t, and said that from the
persistent declarations of the opponents to his
bill, that its friends belonged to the corpora.
tions, and were trying b. do nothing. They
we're declarations that, as n matter of fact.
were simply untrue. He (Cullom) had never
in his life had five cents worth of interest in
any railroad. lie had drawn the senate bill
himself, and il passed it could afford the re.
lief sought by the people.
Beck's amendment as modified was then
voted down-yeas 6, nays Al.
Beck moved to so amend the house bill as
to prevent a reduction of rates without the
previous posting Of a notice TO hat effect, but
requiring the notice to be posted within five
DAYS. Agreed TO. Yeas 46, nays z.
The house bill provides that mo discrimina.
ton shal be made between passengers on &C.
count of race or color" but furnishing sepa.
rate and equally comfortable accommodations
should not be termed discriminating.
Ingalls, moved to strike out all this provi'
sion except the statement that there should BE-
no discrimination on account of race or color.
ingalls, motion was agreed to thus striking
out the provision regarding separate accom-.
modations.
The vote for striking out was 81 yeas to II
nays, Butler and Jackson being the only dem.
ocrats voting in the affirmative.
An amendment then offered by Wilson to
the senate bill was agreed to, requiring the
railroads to give the benefit of reductions to
shippers who, after the reduction of rates by
the railroad company, may, within five days
before the publication OF the notice, have
paid higher rates.
Cullom moved to amend the house bill by
substituting for it the senate or commission
bill. Agreed to, yeas 80, nays IS. The dem.
ocrats voting in the affirmative were Colquit.
Hampton, Jonas, MCPHERSON, Morgaa and
Pugh. The only republicans who voted in
the negative were Edmunds and Van Wyck.
Sewell moved to add q new section which
on motion of Plumb was modified and agreed
to as follows: "This act shall be construed
as applicable to all railroads or transportation
companies engaged 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 that this shall not apply to
any transportation wholly by water"
After some discussion as to the disposition
of the bill tomorrow and the impossibility of
passing it tonight, it was unanimously agreed
that Immediately after the morning business
tomorrow, the bill should be taken up, and
the debate cease at three o'clock, when the
final vote on the bill and all amendments will
be taken.
Adjourned.