Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-04
IN SENATE AND HOUSE.
The Interstate Commerce Bill to be
Pushed to a Vote To-Day.

! gers desk was the centre of attention of !
visitors and such Senators as were in the |
chamber. A beautiful floral harp rested |
upon it, tribute, as is presumed, of Mr.. |
Riddleberger's Irish admirers.
The harp was over two feet high. The
! frame wasscompOsed of tea roses, japonieas /
! hyacInths heliotropes, and mIgnOnettes. The /
| Dase was OF azeallas, euphorbias, lilies and |
! Otner rare eX0tlcs. The strings of the harp |
] were wreathed with smiax.
is that Welsh harp?'' Senator Dawes |
! asked Of Senator JONES' of Nevada
/ of Erln.' '0 -i'-
The Senate was called to order at the usual
! hour.
Mr. Miller, Of New York. presented the
| creuentlals OF lllIam NJ. Evarts, elected /
Ihlied states senator by the State of New
\ ork. The credentials, which were unusually
| lengthy, were read. During the reading Of
| the credentials Mr.. Hoar remarked that in
! his judgment, a certificate from the Governor
| OF the state simply saying that the person
/ named IN the certificate was duly elected a
| Senator OF the United States from the par
/ lcular State named for a given term was a
suInclent credentlal according to the usages
OF the Senate and the laws of the United
The Chair, Mr.. Edmund.. stated that the
| papers read did not contain any certificate
| IRON the Governor as required by act of Con-
gress. The papers were referred to the Com |
mltJee on Privileges and Elections.
Inc papers consist of copies of the proceed |
| lngs In the State Legislature during the Sen
rect copies by the officers of the two houses.
Nothing from the Governor is inclosed.
MI. Morgan introduced a bill, accompanied
| by memorial on the subject from the Tegis-
lature of Alabama, providing for a loan of
tents to the Association at Mobile. Ala, in |
| control OF the Interstate drill. The bill and
memorial were appropriately referred.
On motion OF Mr.. Cullom. the senate then
resumed consideration of the inter- State com
merce bill. The question was on Mr.. Plumb's
motion to add the words ''under similar cir
cumstances.' to the amendment offered by
Mr.. Beck, which amendment would prohibit
railroad companies from charging more for
transporting goods over part OF its line than
for transporting the same goods oyer its whole
hne Mr.. Plumb's motion was agreed to by a
vote of 20 yeas to 20 nays. The question then
required on Mr.. Becks amendment as
modified.
MIR. VANCE's STAND.
On this, Mr.. Vance took the floor and made
a long speech.
Mr.. Vance favored the House bill. Mr.
Beck SAID that he would vote against his own
amendment since it had been modified by the
amendment of Mr.. Plumb. 1t would make
the bill useless If it passed. He severely cri-
tcls ed the bill. Mr.. Beck's amendment as
modified was then voted down by yeas to Al
nays.
Mr.. sherman followed in long speech unon
the general subject covered by these bills
starting out with the statement that he pre-
1erred the Senate bill, but would have voted
for either the House or Senate bill If the other |
were out of the way.
MIR. kenna came next in opposition TO the
H. |
MIR. Beck's amendment permitting reduc- |
ton OF rates without previous notice was
agreed to by 46 yeas to nays.
Ihe House bill provides that no discrimina- |
JlOn snail be made between passengers on ac-
count OF race or color. but the furnishing of |
separate and equally comfortable accommo-
datlons should not be deemed discrimination. |
Mr.. ingalls, moved to stri Ee out all of this |
provision except the statement that there |
should be no discrimination on account of
race or color: Mr.. ingalls, motion was agreed |
TO, thus striking out the proyisO regarding
separate accommodations The vote on |
Striking out was 81 yeas to II nays, AieSsTs. |
Butler and jackson being the only Demo- |
Gratis voting in the affirmative.
An amendment then offered by Mr.. Wilson
10 the senate bill was agreed to recurring ,
railroads to give the benefit of reductions to
shippers, who, after reduction of rates by a |
railroad company, may within five days be-
lore the publication of the notice have paid ,
him per rates. No further amendments of | (
detail Offering to the House bill Mr.. CullOm |
moved to now amend by substituting for it
the senate or commission bill. This was |
agreed TO by 80 yeas to Is nays. The Demo
Gratis voting III the affirmative were Messrs, |
CoIquitt, hampton; Jonas, Mcpherson, Nor
gan ana Pugh The Orly Republicans who | ,
voted In the negative were Messrs. EdmUnds
and Van Wyck.
4 new section proposed by Mr.. SeweII was
agreed to as follows This act shall be con- |
strued as applicable to all railroad or trans
portatlon companies engaged in the carrying | I
OF freight from any place IN the United States ,
through any foreign territory to any other }
places IN the United States or from any place
IN the United States to any place outside OF
the OnlIeu states, provided that this shall
not apply to transportation wholly by water" {
motion to adjourn was here made, and a | I
call for the yeas and nays disclosed the alb }
sence of quorum. The roll call was then
had, and quorum was found present. After |
some discussion as to the disposition of the |
pm 70 morrow, and the impossbility of pass
ing IL tonight 1t was unanimously agreed
that Immediately after the morning business
tomorrow the bill be taken up, and that the
debate should cease al o'clock tomorrow T
when the final vote the bill and all its {
amendments should be taken. The Senate +
then at Z 10 O'Clock adjourned
IN THE HOUSE. ,
Though the usual scenes attending the night I
session were enacted last night thCy were not | r
marked by the degree of hilarity which gen Q
orally characterize. them, and the hours tpdi-
oHsly dragged their slow length along, 1t was
after O'Clock when the friends of the bank
ruptcy bill succeeded, after many efforts in I
having call of the House ordered and it was l
not until l:45 O'Clock that the Sergeant-at- q
Arms brought in the first batch of recalci- G
trant members. The same trite and thread |
bare excuses which have done duty for wears 4
were Onered and were greeted with the same | o
bursts of derslve laughter and were in every
case deemed satisfactory. The new recruits |
voted for the neXs motion to adjourn which,
at 2:l5 was carried by 70 yeas to 81 nays b
In the House to-day, on motion of Mr., | b
Eaton, of Connecticut, the Senate amend | y
ment to the House concurrent resolution | +
making arrangements for counting the cleo =
toral vote was agreed to. t
Speaker pro TEN. Blackburn announced the
regular OTuef TO De consideration Of the TesO- |
luton providing that for the remainder of the | 9
session one hour every morning shall be de- |
voted to the disposal Of measures called up by
INDIVIDUAL members, unless five objections are
made thereto. t
Mr.. Keifer, of Ohio, moved to amend by Y
striking out the word ''fve'' and INSERTING | },
ten 1t was agreed to. =
The resolution as amended was adopted t
The House then, at As o'clock, went into | e
committee Of the whole, with Mr. Hammond | t
OF Georgia. in the chair, the river and (
harDor Appropriation bill the general debate | /,
being limited to three hours.
The general debate upon the bill was par
tlclpated IN by Messrs. breckenridge of Ar |
kansas, Price of Wisconsin, Ochltree, Stone. | n
Of Massachusetts, Washburne of Minnesota, | n
Hepburn of Iowa, and Funston OF Kansas | =
After the debate closed, the first section of | =
the bill was read.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, made verbal amend g
ment for the purpose of calling the attention I
of the committee to the fact that nearly all f
the time devoted to general debate had been :
consumed by friends of the bill. 1
Mr.. O'Neill, of Missouri, expressed his graf
ltude that the Chairman of the Committee on | n
Rivers and Harbors had been gracious enough Fl
TO allow the members to print their speeches | =
IN the record. He had not been able to secure ;
time to make his speech but he could Il
at least express his views by making t.
motions to strike out the last word. | y
He proposed at every stage of the bill to offer n
That amendment until his views regarding | !,
river and harbOr improvements were inn h
pressed on this committee. Laughter He
had that right under the rules, and fortu-
nately he had disposition to see that his rights
were preserved in tn, respect. He criticised
the appropriation for the Mississippi river in
that only 100000 was appropriated for i'm n
provements between the sources and the OHIO n
river. Pending further action the committee I
rose and the house adjourned. n
ARCTIC EXPEDITION LEGACIES. q
Congress Refuses to Formally Thank 2
the Greedy Expeditions Officers. |,