Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-04

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Tie CREDENTIALS of Wen. NJ. EE4Ftz.
s.lecssd senator FROM the state OF SsS
FORK. witch Sete Gaus1aliy 3snRshF-
we're read Duriae the reading % toe
eFssenaisls. HosE n marked thst 10 bis
gs5zmeut certificate from the GoTeFn-
az % = slzHs simply saying tEst tee
terssu nstn.sd IN tke certificate vas duly
sssrsssi a SsBa.og from the particular
state named. tor given term vas
sufEeseut ersdeutisl according 20 the
rsz1ss Of shs SeEate and the laws OF
ibe nitea states.
Tae chair, Edmund-. said the papers
read dia noa contain any sertinoais
from the Governor, as required By the
CT 81 Congress. The papers we're re-
terred 70 she Committee on Privileges
and E.Aec.loEs.
The senate resumed consideration OF
the lntsr-St,ats Conn cree oil. Toe
question was Oh Plam6's motion 70 add
the words, lander similar eireun-
stances" 10 tae amendment oy Bsek.
fhe amsndn1a Bt pfOhioIss railroad com
taniss for charging more for transport
ing goods over parts of iis line tnas foF
transporting the same goods over US
whole line. Piome's Iaotiou Vas agreed
% BY yes -, nays ~
Tue aGsstasn then reeurrs1 % bocS >
amendment a. modified. Nanee thought
the eiOqaence Of the Senators Sas 10 an
inverse ratio 70 Ihsir disposition 10 DO
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| that 20 many people were Interested IN
railroad stoesks thai We ougnt not TO pass
| lass 10 Eussrist their charges. Ine same
Argument soald apply 10 the business
/ Of robbigz Z ..Jgz.s. j ae clamofs OF
/ railroad men we're like the protests OF
| chicken stsalels, wbo would inform leg
| t.lstofs that they Did not understand
/ ghe busir ess Of chicken stealing, That u
vas a very complicated businsss and
/ differed totally from he vulgar business
/ Of stealing things Other than chickens.
| rhs references 10 railroad aothoFitles "a
/ aexpsr,s," vas. ia Nanee'z Op,nIsu, as
though the chick u stea!eTs should insist
that one of their number, Bill sykes Tor
exam pie, should be coHsRlted by tie
/ Representatives OF tie people before
laws were passed on the subject oil
chicken stealing. because Bil Sj kts
Thoroughly understood the subject; BIZ
sykes had been in business forty years
| and could tell An old hen from paliet
IA the starlight IN the topiottlest apple
tree in the farnysrI. There Was IN
Vauoe's opinion enc great mystery about
the railroad Business, and that was tue
endurance and long suffering patience
Of the American people. Tue Cnllom
bill was the direct progeny OF the Cir-
uumloeut 90 office.
Beck said he would uov vote against
his own amendment, SINCE II had been
modified by the amendment OF Plumb.
II would make the bill utterly useless II
passed.
Beek's amendment Is modified Was
. then vJted down-yeas 8. nays Al.
Beck then moved to 10 amend the
House bill AS 20 permit reduction OF
rates without a previous posting Of DO
J tice 20 that effect, but requiring that a
notice be posted within five days
Agreed to b5 Is tot.
fine Honsa bail provides that no dis
orininalion shall be made bet Seen pas
senesrs on account Of race or color, bat
the furnishing of separate and equally
comfortable accommodations should
tot be deemed dIseTlni alton.
} Ingalls, moved W strike out all this
proVision, except the statement that
Ihere should be no Discrimination on
account Of raced or color.
ingalls, motion was agreed Ia. thus
striking out the provis1 regarding sep
srats accommodations" The vote for
stgikins out was 50 to IL. Batter and
Jackson being ths only Democrats vot-
log In the affirmative.
, An amendment then offered by Will
son to the Senate ,ill was agreed to, re.
qairiu2 railroads 10 give the benefit OF
reductions 10 shippers, who after re-
duetiOn OF rates by the railroad com
pasy, may within i've days, before the
publication Of the notice, have paid the
higser rates.
No further amendment was offered Ia
the House ball. CuliOm moved now ~
amend by substituting for Il the Senate
or Commission bill, watch was agreed
to by yeas Is, nays ~. The DE mocrass
voting Ia the affirmative were Colquitt,
Hampton, Jonas, MCPHERSON, Morgan
aud. PuRh. The only Republicans who
voted in the negative we're Edmunds
and Van Wyck.
Sewell moved 30 adj q new section,
providinQ that the bill shonld be con
stTaed az applicable TO all railways OF
Transportation companies engaged In
carrying freight from points IN the
United states through the Dominion OF
Canada to tide water, or other points in
the United States.
Oopeer said such provision would
destroy the water commerce OF the
Northwest. He protested against it's
adoption.
on motion OF Plumb the section pro
posed by Sewell was modified and
agreed 10 30 as TO make il read as fol.
lowe: This act shall be construed as
applicable 10 all railroad or transports-
ti0n companies engaged in carrying
freight from any place In the United
States through any foreign territory 90
any other place In tbs United States, or
from any place la the United States 10
any place outside the United States,
provided that this shall not apply TO
transportation wholly by water"
melton 10 sdjourn was here made,
and call for the yeas aud nays dis
eloaed the absence ef . qaorum. A roll
call vas then had and a qaorum Was
found TO be present. After some dis
eusslon as 10 the disposition OF the bill
tomorrow and the impossibIlity OF pass
ing II tonight, II was unanimously
agreed thai immediately after morning
business tomoFFow the ball should be
taken up and that the debate should
eease AZ TIRES o'clock, when FINAL vote
on the bill and all the amendments will
be taken.
Before the adjournment the chair an
bounced the appointment Of Chece 20
the Committees on Claims. Mines and
Mining. Revolutionary Claims aud No
man Suffrage. Adjourned.