Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-31
CONGRESSIONAL.
Hoar Of Massachusetts Occupies the
Day in the Senate on the Pa
cific Railway Bill.
The President in a Message to the House
Recommends the Return Of the
Alert TO England.
THE SENATE.

WAsHISuTON, Jan. 80 In the sen.
ate this morning, Mr. Beck OF Ken.
lucky presented memorial from a
number Of naval officers, protesting
against the passage Of the resolution
giving the thanks OF congress to
Commander Schley and Lieut. Emery.
The memorialists say that the Teso-
luton would advance these gem
tlemen one grade, and that this
advance would affect all
the officers now standing above them
in the list OF their respective ranks.
They say: While not wishing to
delract from the merits OF these most
excellent and worthy officers, we
would respectfully represent that their
services in the Greedy expedition were
not Of the character which entities
them TO such marked distinction aud
| advantage over their comrades -
Mr.. Hoar OF Massachusetts,, from
the committee on judiciary, reported
favorably the resolution providing
| that the two houHts of congress assem-
| BILE in the hall OF the house February
| IL TO count the electoral vote. Mr..
| Hoar called up the house resolution OF
| similar import, and after amending Il
to correspond with the senate Tesolu-
ton IL was agreed to- The amend
ment increases the number of tellers
Mr. HOar asked the unanimous con-
sent 10 take up the Pacific railroad
bill. He did not wish TO push the bill
TO vote to-day, but he would like 10
have the bill and the accompanying
report read, when he would make a
short statement on the subject ana
then propose To let the bill stand over
till tomorrow The bill and report
were then read,
Mr.. HoaT then continued his re-
marks. After referring to the evils
growing out OF the early management.
he said that the stock OF the Pacific
roads had almost entirely change q
hands, 1t was now largely held by
persons in humble stations in life, by
widows, orphans, aud the trustees OF
charitable and educational institutions
and the savings banks that held and
managed the funds of such persona
and Institutions. Adams, the presi.
dent of the road, had made an analysis
of the stock and from such analysis il
appeared that only about one-sixth OF
the entire stock was now held by per
sons who could be supposed to hold II
for speculative or ste k.jobhing pur.
poses. IL did not, therefore, seem to
Mr.. Hoar TO be just or right for the
United States to deal with the ques.
ton or the present condition
OF the Pacific roads by
constantly remembering and citing
against them the faults or wrong do
ings OF twenty years ago The roads
should be dealt with to-day with abso-
Lutte justice, taking care, of course, that
the interests of the government were
properly looked after. Mr.. Hoar con.
tlnued st great length ia explanation
aud advocacy OF the commissioners
bill, his argument for the NEST
part being similar to that
used in the report ac.
compaDying the bill, which he said
would be published.
After brief discussion participated
In 10y Messrs. HOAr, Sewell and OK n.
ger, the hour OF o'clock arriving, the
matter went Sver and the chair laid
before the senate the inters ate com.
merce bill on which Mr.. Pugh OF ALA.
bsma addressed the senate. He favored
the commission bill and opposed the
Reagan bill.
Al the conclusion of Mr.. Pugh's re
marks the senate went into executive
session, and when the doors were re,
opened adjourned.