The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-21
HAND LEASE LITERATURE.
LOTS OF 1T AT WASHINGTON
some of the Developments scaBdalous-
The President Orders the Army on
the Oklahoma Boomers-in-
ter-State Commerce.
XLvIIIth Congress
SENATE.

roIItes to the seaboard to sit during the
sesson for the purpose of securing fur
tber statistical information regarding
past transportation, etc.
Mr.. PLUMB offered preamble and
II resolution, which went over until to-
morrow. The preamble sets fourth that
T, widely extended belief prevails that
unoccupied lands in the Indian terri
4 tory are subject TO settlement, but that
D the president does not concur in such
4 opinion, and that he considers it to be
his duty to remove, by military force,
those persons now on these lands, and
in consequence there seems to be dan
ger of conflict; therefore,
Resolved, That the president be re-
quested TO advise the senate as TO the
status of the land in question, as viewed
by the executive, the actioS taken, if
any, to eXpel persons seeking to settle
thereon, and the reasons Tor the same,
together with any other information in
his possession bearing upon the existing
controversy.
Mr.. COLQUITr presented the ere.
4 dentials Of Joseph e. Brown, reelected
senator from Georgia. Referred.
\ bill was reported favorably from
the committee on public lands, TO pro-
vide that whenever lands have been
L withdrawn from sale because Of grants
III
such Withdrawals have been afterwards
terminated, or where lands have been
reduced in price to Sl.2j per rcre, and
such lands have been purchased in
good faith and patents obtained there
ii Tor without having been first proclaimed
by the president, such patents shall be
valid, "where, on the 18th of January,
1885, there are no conflicting claims.
The senate then proceeded to the con-
sideration Of bills on the calendar.
Among tho bills passed was one au-
thoriZing the president of the United
. States TO appoint a commission, COM
| posed OF one or more army officers, To
act in conjunction with commission
TO be appointed by the state OF Texas, to
ascertain and mark the point whore
the Tooth meridian of longitude
crosses Red river, and appropriating
$4,000 Tor the necessary expenses OF the
commission.
The senate resumed consideration OF
the Interstate commerce bill. The
house bill (the Reagan bill, SO callad)
having been already in the senate twice
by title and placed on ths calendar, was
now taken from the calendar and read
in full.
The question before the senate was on
the motion OF Mr.. Cullom, heretofore
made, TO strike out all after the enact
ing clause on the house bill and insert
instead the several provisions of the
commission bill already debated and
agreed 10 in the senate. The latter bill
was now also read in full.
Mr.. BECK said the house bill APP
preached the question directly and did
not attempt TO approach il through
means of doubtful constitutionaliiy
The railroads, he said, and their best
trained attorneys, could not place the
subject matter of the bill in position
more favorable for themselves, II they
tried, than was done by the senate in
agreeing to the commission bill. The
senate knew the house would never
agree 20 the commission bill. Senators
were simply trying 10 give the railroads
another chance by giving them COM
mission against when the railroads
could urge In the courts the ground of
uncOnstitutionality The railroads had
in one period of sixteen months given
the Standard Oil company rebates
amounting To SlO,OO0,OO0. such discrim-
ination showed the necessity for inter
ference on behalf OF the people.
Mr.. BECK moved to amend the
house bill by striking ont from first
section the provisions regarding dis
ordinations IN passenger aCcomuoda-
ton and discrimination ON account of
said, in the condition in which it had
been originally brought into the house
by Mr.. Reagan. MIR. Beck said he
would also move to amend the house
Dill so as to prohibit railroads from
charging more for carrying freights
aver part of their road than they
charge for carrying them oyer the
whole length of their line. If railroads
were common carriers all persons
along the lines ought to be treated
with common fairness. The
extort from people along the line what
they lose by gambling IN freights at the
end of their roads. the question was,
whether congress would have the cour
age to declare TO the railroads what con-
gress knew tho people wanted the rail-
roads to know. Unless the railroad
companies were checked they would
very soon control both houses Of con-
gress. IL the proper laws were first
passed Mr.. Beck would then favor a
commission, not to legislate, but to in
vestigate and report.
Mr.. MAXEG recognized the great adj
vantages conferred on society by rail-
roads and had no pref
udice against them. lie had
never owned a railroad bond nor q share
of railroad stock in his life. The ques-
ton now, he said, was, on the one
hand, whether we should have a conf
mission to supervise the railroads, ORION
the other hand, should pass laws for
their regulation, and leave all infrac-
tons of the laws TO be- dealt with by the
courts. With the constitutional rights
OF congress in the premises, and as a
strict state-rights man, as many were,
no recognized that congress had such
rights, but he opposed the proposed
commission. With regard to the house
bill, MIR. Maxey thought any measure foi
railrCad legislation must necessarily be
tentative. The power and the wealth OF
railroad men were increasing danger.
ously fast, Almost every railroad in
Texas was under the control of Jay
Gould. As between the house and the
senate bill, Mr.. Maxey favored the
house bill, believing tho commission
bill would do no good.
Mr.. COKE rose to address the senate
on the bill, but yielded TO motion TO gc
into executive session.
A message from the president was
laid before the senate, transmitting in
formatisn M TO the relative increase In
foreign commerce Of Mexico, Central
and South America, the Spanish WesI
Indies, Hayti and San Domingo,snd the
share Of the United States therein.
h'oi oAeculiVe heshloui tno sonuto au
journed.
HOUSE.
Mr.. OATES, from the commlttee OF
public lands, reported bill prohibiting
aliens and foreigners from acquiring II
Ito TO and owning lands In the United
States. Placed on the calendar.
MIR. HEWITT, of New York, from tn,
committee on ways aud means, reported
abill amending sections 3Ol0 Of the Re
vised Statutes, 30 II will read M follows
"Section S0l9. There shall be Above,
on all articles wholly manufactured iron
materials of import, on which the dutie
have been paid when exported, a draw
back equal In amount TO the duty pait
on such materials, and no more, to b,
ascertained under such regulations al
shall be prescribed by the secretary o
the treasury, and all provisions of Law
inconsistent herewith are hereby re
npalad "