The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-06-10
THE FoRTY-NlNTH CONGRESS.
Senate.

senate.
Mr.. Beck, of Kentucky, in intro 'ucing
bill TO prohibit members of Congress from
&C ing us attorneys and employees of railroad
companies that hold charters or have had
grants from tho United States, remarked that
there had been much elimination in 10th
houses about members of Congress being
employed by railroad companies, This
bill, he said, was intended to see If
a rem dy could not be provided for the
trouble.
The bill makes it Unlawful for any member
of either house to accept employment as at
1orney at law or payment for services OF any
kmt from aly railroad company or any
officer or agent thereof which obtained its
charter or any grants of a ID or pecuniary
aid from the United States. Violations OF
its provisions is made msdemeanor punish
abe by fine not to exceed $1,000 or i'm
psi onment o. more than one year,
Mr.. Miller, of n. Y, Gale up the hi eX-
tending the oigh,-hours law to letter carriers.
the Senate re,unel consideration of the
Northern Pacific forfeiture bill.
Mr., Dolph, CT Ore, in defending the bill,
denied with emphasis the suggestion by Mr.,
Van Wyck, that the his Dry of the bill showed
it to be in the interest of the railroad COM
ptny. III the sena,or from Nebraska meant
TO insnuats what Mr., Dolph had en- sub
ttlntialy stated in some newspapers,
that he (Mr. Delphi was in any
manner connected with the Northein Pacific
railroad company or any other railroad conf
pany ever incorporated by act of Congress,
or to which any grant was ever made, or
which had any interest what yer before
Congress, the statement of the senator fl ON
Nebraska was wrong. He (Mr. Delphi never
hal dollars worth Of interest i'll the North
IRA facldc company, nor had he ever had
any connection with that company, since he
had been member of the Senate. He
aliir ed that the amendment of the Senator
from Nebraska MIR Van Wyck) would be in
the interest OF the Union Pacific and other
road-.
MIR. George of Mississippi believed the
bill wholly insufficient as accomplishing
nothing in the discharge of the great duty
which tho American congress owed to the
American pc pso in the matter of the for
fciture of un armed lands 1t simply
amounted to a proposition that congress
should declare forfeited a piece of land to
which the railroal company did not pretend
to have any right.
Mr.. Plumb of Kansas offered a resolution,
which was referred to the judiciary commit
tee, directing tho committee to investigate
certa charges brought in the senate Friday
that the Union Pacific railroad company had
issued large amount of fraudulent stock
and bonds, before the senate act upon pend
ing bills in the interest of that company.
The conference rek ort on the posto!ilce ap-
preparation bill was called up and the senate
insisted on its amendment, and reappointed
Messrs. Plumb, Beck and Malone as the con-
ference committee.
The Senate passed the bill 'to prevent the
acquisition of real property by aliens"
Mr. Sherman of o called up the supple
men al Chinese immigration bil-that which
explains the meaning of the original bills on
the same subject passed in 1892 and 1854, and
it wa; passed as reported from the committee.
Mr. Sherman called up the bill to indemni-
fly til, Chinese for losses incurred by the riot
at Rock Springs, Wy.
MessrS Sherma and Edmundj of VT
spoke briefly in its favor, and Mr.. Mitchell
aCninSt if.