The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-15

Senate took up the navy apprOJ riatiOn |
bill. The senate appropriation. commit
tees amendments were coricurred in
and the bill passed.
The CHAIR LAID before the senate the
Interstate commerce bib.
Mr.. SLATER offered an amendment,
prohibiting charging higher rates OF
compensation for transporting the same
kind and amount of property a shorter
than for a longer distance. Senator
Slater described the operation of the
principle of discriminating against
short hauls and the suffering of western
communities in consequence.
Mr.. CALHOUN said the amendment
was important, but in his opinion its
adoption would result in disaster to the
railroads.
Mr.. VAN WICK favored Mr.. Slater's
amendment and cited an illustration of
the determinations practiced by rail
roads and the combinations made by
companies to resist all attempts of the
public to remedy the evil.
Mr.. CULLOM said the adoption of Mr..
Slaters amendment would seriously in
jure not only the producers of the west,
but the consumers of the east. 1t
would injure hundreds of thousands
of people.
Mr.. VAN WICK had often heard this
statement, but had seen no proof of it.
The people of Nebraska, as well as those
of Iowa, Illinois and other states, were
suffering from the eXtortions of the rail-
| roads. He would like to know how
| community could be benefited by rail-
roads charging, as they did, on an in
stance, cited by him, $500 for
carload delivered 600 miles
east Of San Francisco, and charg-
ing only $500 for carload
delivered in San Francisco, 900 miles
beyond.
| Mr.. HOAR favored commission, and
said the Massachusetts railroad COM
mission had accomplished results hardly
less than marvellous.
| Mr., COKE inquired whether q com
mission could act for the whole United
States as adVantsgeously as for a single
state.
Mr.. HOAR thought it could not enter
into so much minutia, but IL could do
great good.
Mr.. SLATER explained that his
amendment would have tho effect to
prohibit companies from charging
from Chicago to any point west Of New
York q greater sum than it charged
from Chicago to New York.
If it charged 500 car to
New York it should not charge more
than 500 car TO auy point between
| Chicago and New York. lie de-
fended his amendment as tending
| TO build up places Of moderate size in
stead OF concentrating population and
| business so denSely In a few large cities.
He also cited eases of extorton growing
out of discrimination by railroads in "a
vor Of large cities.
| Alter further debate,
MIR. HARRISON called the attention of
the senate to the death Of Hon. Schuyl er
| COlfaX, who had been the presiding Off
Ger Of the senate and vico- president of
the United States.
After few brief but feeling words of
eulogy of deceased by Mr.. Harrison and
Mr.. Sherman.
MIR. HARRISON, offered a resolution
reciting that the senate had heard with
| great sorrow of Mr.. Colfax's death and
out OF respect to his memory the senate
do now ndiourn.
| The senate accordingly adjourned.
HOUSE.
! Mr.. RANDALL sent to the clerk =
desk and had read letter received
from the secretary OF stare, informing
the house that one Of the certificates OF
the electoral vote of Oregon, and one of
the certificates of tho electoral vote OF
Iowa, not having been received by the
! president pro TEN of the senate, il be-
came incumbent on him to send 4 sDe-
cial messenger to each of those states as
required by law. The secretary re-
quests that an appropriation DO made to
pay tho expenses and compensation of
these messengers.
The SPEAKER laid before the house
a MESSAGE from the president on the
same subject.
INoTE.-Ehe missing certificates are
duplicates required 10 be sent by mail.
Ihelr nOn-receipt viii not effect the
counting OF the electoral v0to, a. certiii-
Gates have already been received from
|. Oregon and Iowa 10y messenger, but the
law, under which the secretary of state
has acted, is manlltOrvl
Mr.. RANDALL then introduced n bill
= which was passed, appropf.Jtiug Il 500
for compensation and expenses oi these
; messengers.
Mr.. MILLS Introduced = bill to create
: q revenue commission. Referred.
. This is simi ar to the bin introduced
IN the senate by Mr.. Beck, on the 9th
/ inst.
: Mr.. WELLER introduced p bill TO re.
| fund the bonded debt of the United
: States to ~ per cent interest, to reduce
, taxation on circulating bank note cur
= rency and 10 secure such cur
: roncy against unnecessary disturbance
1 and nuctuatlon, by applying the ma
= tlonal revenue economically To the pay
d. ment OF the public debt. Referred.
Mr.. THOMPSON asked unanimou,
a consent for the passage of q bill amend
0 ing the Pacific railroads acts, so as I,
= provide for the construction OF roa(
!. from Sioux City, Iowa, to q point on tn,
, Union Pacific railroad west of the lOOtl
/ Meridian.
= Mr.. REAGAN objected.
o Under special order tho house prO
o ceeaed to consideration OF business re
= ported FROM the committee on foreigi
o affairs.
a The first bill considered was the sen
alto French spoliation claim bill.
d After short discussion the bill passe
d yeas, Isl; nays, II.
ID II refers claims TO tho court Of clam
SO Tor classification and report to cor
n gress.
n. Mr.. WAIT called up the Chinese In
20 demnity fund bill, and after short @,
10 PLANTATION the bill passed.
Id IL authorizes the president TO caus
I'd the residue of tho Chinese indemnit
n fund to be converted into coin an
y. cause $3.50 400 to be returned TO IN
K. Chinese government and tho balanC
or converted into the treasury, provide
III tuHt Delore lhe payment To China, I'll
ot secretary OF state shall pay from q
ne fund to tho executors of G. II. He'll $3.50
10 600, ON account of the loss of his vessq
il the kenieOr.
at On motion OF
hit Mr.. RANDALL, tho senate ament
es ments to the bill for the payment
fl messengers TO be sent for certificates
tho electoral votes OF Oregon and low
m were concurrod in, and the house ~
to jourued.
n
nv Washington Notes.
a. THE M'KEEVRR CHARGES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lI,-Tho charge
nd preferred against Gen. McKeevor /
of Gen. Hazen have been returned To- Il