The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-15
The Senate.

PRESIDENT, reported bill, which was
passed, providing for the compensation
and expenses of special electoral mes
sengers to be sent to Iowa and Oregon
for the returns of the late Presidential
election in those States.
Edmunds' bill to place General Grant
on the retired list, with the full rank
and pay of General, passed the Senate
after short debate, yeas 40, nays 9.
Edmunds spoke strongly and feelingly
in favor of the.bill. Among the Demo-
Gratis Maxey, Voorhees,, George, Gibson
and Jonas spoke in favor The Senators
who voted nay were Beck, Cockrell,
Coke. Harris, Pendleton, Slater, Vance
and Walker.
HEdmunds, calling Frye to the chair,
took the floor and called up the bill
Yesterday, offered by him, providing
that the President may appoint to the
retired list, one person who has occupied
the position OF general. commanding
any armies of the United States,
or the general-in-chief of the United
States army. He moved to amend
it by adding with the rank
and full pay of such general,
or general in chief as the case may be"
The amendment was agreed to.
Cockrell desired to record his vote
against the bill, not knowing whether
the yeas and nays would be called on it.
The retired list was not the place for
private citizen. 1t had been created for
officers, who being still in the service
had been rendered unfit for duty There
was neither justice nor propriety in
placing private citizen on such list.
General Grant was now enjoying. the re-
ceipt of $15, 900 year, which was enough
for the support OF any American citizen.
The Senate, on motion of Hale, took
up the naval appropriation bill. The
Senate appropriation committees
amendments were concurred in and
the bill passed
The Chair laid before the Senate the
interstate commerce bill.
Senator Slater offered an amendment,
prohibiting the charging of higher rates
| OF compensation for transporting the
same kind and amount of property for
shorter than long distance. SEN
ator Slater described the operation of
the principle of discriminating against
"short hauls" and the sufferings of
western communities in consequence.
Cullom said the amendment was an
! important one, but, in his opinion, its
adoption would result in disaster to the
railroads.
Van Wyck favored Slater's amend
ment and cited illustrations Of discrimi-
nations practiced by railroads and
sist all attempts of the public to remedy
the evil.
Cullom said the adoption OF Slater S
amendment would seriously injure not
only the producers of the west, but the
consumers of the east 1t would injure
hundreds of thousands of people.
q Van Wyck had often heard this state
ment made, but had seen no proof Of
it. The people of Nebra ska, as well as
Iowa, Illinois and other States, were
suffering from the extortions of rail
roads. He would like to know how 6
community could be benefited by g
railroad charging, as they did, in an
instance cited by him, $500 for a car loaC
delivered 900 miles east of San Fran
cisco, and charging only $500 for ca
load delivered in San Francisco, Coz
miles beyond.
Hoar favored the commission, anC
said the Massachusetts, railroad commits
sion had accomplished results hardly
less than marvellous.
Coke inquired whether the commits
sion could act for the whole Unitet
2 States as advantageously as for singh
State.
= Hoar thought it could not enter int
, so much minutiae, but could do grea
good. (tf
= Slater explained that his amendmen
!, would have the effect to prohibi
company from charging fror
New York greater sum than it charge
from Chicago to New York. If
n charged 500 car to New York,
q should not charge more than 500 ca
: to any point between Chicago and Ne'
D York. He defended his amendment a
/ tending to build up places of moderat
size instead OF concentrating population
and business so densely in a few larg
cities. He also cited cases of extortio
G growing out of the discrimination {
t, railroads in favor of large city.
n Allison thought that Slater's amend
d ment was radical departure from til
n principles OF the commission embodie
o in the bill. 1t would be fixing a cas-
S iron rule. The sharp competition of tt
Is railroads and water routes rendered til
n establishment of such a rule, on a ma
n ter so material, undesirable. The pril
d ciple of the amendment would be in
It possible of application, without seriol
g effect.
n Allison, for one, preferred to favor Il
S, appointment of a commission of EN-
s; nent men, as provided by the bill, |
thoroughly examine the subject and gi,
their combined and mature judgmen
and not take the hasty judg -nent of OF
man who had not examined the subjec
He believed in making haste slowly
le this matter. Commissions had bee
is successful in several States. Let COZ
N mission be tried for the United States.
at Harrison called the attention of IL
b. Senate to the death of Hon. Schuyl
Colfax, who had been presiding cffic
ne of the Senate and Vice-President of Il
ne United States.
After few brief, but feeling words
eulogy of the deceased, by Harrist
and Sherman, Harrison offered resol
h. ton, reciting that the Senate had hear
st with great sorrow, Of Colfax's deaf
ne and out of respect to his memory, Il
lg Senate do now adjourn.
It The Senate accordingly adjourned.
e The House
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