The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-31
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS-.
The Senate Preparing to Pass the
Union Pacific Extension Bill
The Government Very
Generous.
The House In Committee of the
Whole on Private Calendar
Message on the Alert
FORTY.EIGHTH CONGRESS.
The Senate.

q memorial from q number of naval officers
protesting against the resolution giving the
thanks OF Congress to Commander Schley
and Lieutenant Emery. The memorialists
say the resolution would advance these
gentlemen one grade. and this advancement
would affect sll officers now standing above
them on the list of tIeir respective rounds.
They say that while mot wishing to detract
from the merits of these most excellent and
worthy officers We would respectfully repre-
sent that their services in the Greedy expedi-
ton were not OF q character which entities
them to such a marked distinction and ad
vantage over their comrades"
Mr.. Hosr, from the Committee on Judici-
airy, reported favorably o resolution provid
ing that the two Houses OF Congress be as
sembled in the hall of the House, February
Il, to count the electoral vote. Mr. Hoar
called up the House resolution OF similar i'm.
port, and after amending it to correspond
with the Senate resolution it was agreed 10.
The amendment increases the number OF
tellers.
Mr.. Hoar asked unanimous consent to
take up the Pacific Railroad bill. He said it
was an extremely important bill. 1t under
took to deal with q vast government prop
erty, or Indebtedness to the Government
and undertook to remove from further dis
cuseion great many complicated questions.
The bill was one that excites good deal
of interest in the country. Mr.. Hoar sup
posed he was not saying anything that
would be disputed when he said ii had cre-
ated large interest among stock brokers
Newspapers were full of charges and coun-
ter-chages regarding it, and while he would
make no charge against the press of the
country as body, some OF the statements
were, OF course, inspired by the interests of
speculative dealers in stock. The bill. Mr..
Hoar added had not been stimulated nor
insugatsd by any Railroad Company, but
was the result of an original Investigation
by the Senate Judiciary Committee. which
bad looked very carefully into the whole
subject. He did not wish 10 push the bill to
vote to-day, but would like to have the
oil and accompanying report read, when he
would make short statement on the sub
iect nd then propose to let the bill stand
ever till tomorrow.
The bill and report were then read.
Mr.. Hoar then continued his remarks
After referring to the evils growing out OF
the early management of the road. he said
that now the stock of the Pacific Railways
had almost wholly changed hands. 1t was
now largely held by people in humble sta
tons or spheres and trustees of charitable
and educational institutions and savings
banks that held and managed the funds OF
euCQ persOus 6uQ lu5tlJQuOu6- MI. ADAMS
the present President, had made an analysis
OF the stock. From such analysis it appears
that only about one'sixth of the entire
stock was now held by people who
could be supposed to hold it for speculative
or stock jobbing purposes. 1t did not.
right for the United States to deal with the
question of the present condition of the Pa
cific Railways by constantly emembering
and citing against them faults or wrong.
doing twenty years ago. The roads should
be dealt with to-day with absolute justice
taking care, OF course, that the interests of
the Government were properly looked after,
Mr.. Hoar continued at great length in ex-
PLANTATION, and in the advocacy of the COM
mittee's bill. His argument for the most
part was similar to that used in the report
accompanying the bill, heretofore published.
Mr.. Garland said the bill, as now pre-
sented, was substantially the same as that
reported by himself last summer from the
Judiciary Committee, except that for rea-
sons then stated to the Senate, the Union
Pacific had been omitted from its provisions.
One particular in which the present bill
differed from the former was in applying a
remedy for the defect found in existing
legislation regarding the payment by the
roads of the current interest.
After brief discussion, participated in by
Messrs Hear. Sewell and Congor, the hour
OF 2 O'Clock arriving the matter went over,
and the Chair laid before the Senate the
Interstate Commerce bill, on which Mr..
Pugh addressed the Senate at some length.
He favord the Commission bill and opposed
the Reagan bill.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Pugh's remarks
the Senate went into executive session, and
when the doors were reopened adjourned,
The House.
The House was called to order by the
Clerk, who read q communication from
Speaker Carlisle designating Mr.. Black
burn as Speaker pro tenn. for
the day. The Chair laid before the