Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-21
CONGRESS-.

CONGRESS.
| SENATE:-The interstate committee bill
1 Was taken up. Mr.. Sewell's amendment,
4 requiring ten days notice Of reduction OF
rates, was withdrawn. An amendment of.
iered by Mr.. Wilson (Iowa), which would
punish men who knowingly ask for or re-
ceive reduction q rates was rejected.
amendment OF Mr.: Plumb's offered
for him in his absence by Mr.. ingalls,.
prohibiting members Of congress, officials
OF the government and their families from
accepting free passes, and prohibiting rail-
| road companies from giving them such
passes or reduced rates. The amend ment
was finally, on motion Of Mr.. Logan, laid
| on the table 10 lssszsEs> ~, = .4,s@ -
Mr.. Hoar presented Q memorial OF the
Republican central committee OF the state
Of Ohio. charging that the election OF Hon.
Henry B. Payne to the United States SEN
ate was secured by bribery, fraud and cor
ruption, and requesting that the senate in.
vestigate the matter. Referred to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections.
| Mr.. Blair, from the committee on pen
sions, has reported fav orably the bill which
has once passed the senate, giving a pensi on
to every honorably discharged soldier OF
the late war who is disabled, and de-
pendent parents OF soldiers who died in
service or from disabilities contracted.
HousE.-There was a little breeze in the
house in the discussion Of the army bill.
Mr.. Grosvenor moved to strike out the
appropriation for the judge advocate gene.
rails department. He said that the de.
/ partment decided cases without any knowl-
edge OF law, and that the ystem followed
| by the department was outrageous.
Mr.. Wheeler (Ala,) said that Gen. Holt
! had been appointed Judge advocate general
| in order that Gen. Mcclellan might be
| struck down.
Mr.. Hepburn replied to some remarks
previously made by Mr.. Bragg, in which he
alluded to him (Mr. ,Hepburn) as the sboil-
| ing pot from Iowa."
had seen fit to make some allusion to him.
In all matters of legislation he never
looked behind; he only looked before.
Every act OF his was taken for the purpose
of adding by his feeble efforts to the great
ness of this country. It became his duty
in this house to defend Abraham Lincoln
and Gen. Grant against charges and gross
assaults. He had made no charges
against Lincoln. The charges had
Mr.. Stanton misses on the Repub.
lican side,] who had sought and attempt
| ed to break down officers OF the army who
had not sustained the line OF policy he b ad
| sought to inaugurate
6ENATE.-The Cullom Interstate COM
merce bill passed the senate to-day by q
vote of AZ to 4. After being amended to
destroy the intended effect OF Senator Cam
| denis amendment, which required railroads
to charge the same rates per ton per
mile for a long distance that was charged
for a short distance. The effect OF this
the short-haul principle to larger
number OF instances than it did
as originally reported from the com.
mittee, but it does not reach so
far as intended by the Camden amend
ment. 1t is a compromise between the
| two extreme views. It does not make the
! rate between New York and Chicago, for
| example, the maximum rate TINT could be
charged between intermediate points, but
it does prohibit railways from charging a.
higher rate for a shorter than for a longer
distance on all shipments from any given
point, Of arrival. As the Camden amend
| ment originally stood, the rate from Chi
cago to New York was the highest that
| could be charged, and between intermediate
points the rates were to be proportionate,
according to distance.
Mr.. Morga offered an amendments ue-
| claring the proposed commissioners to be
executive officers merely, and denying the m
legislative and judicial powers. This was
| rejected. The bill then came to q vote and
| was passed-ayes AZ, nays 4. The mega
tive votes were those, of Messrs. Brown,
Colquitt, Morgan and Ransom. Anumber
| OF pairs were announced.
o, a aqy;'sse af. Rsgmm rising to "qoeston
The Record this morning was incorrect.
It made Mr.: Wheeler (Ala.) use the lam
guage yesterday, 1.-THE conspirator, E. M.
Stanton" while the language employed
had been "The arch conspirator Edwin M.
Stanton"
! Mr.. Wheeler admitted that he had used
the prefix '.arch," but stated that he had
| struck it out from the Record because it
The correction was ordered made. The
house then went into committee of the
! whole on the diplomatic and consular ap
preparation bill.
sENArE-The general pension bill was DE-
bated. Mr.. Blair of n. r., did not bellies
that the amount of money involved would
sxceed $25, 600, 900 a year.
| Mr.. Berry OF Ark, thoughtit time to call
halt. He did not believe the Union sol.
| diers wanted this bill. Az q rule they were
men able to take care of themselves.
Dem ocrats and Republicans, however,
had We'd with one another in giving pen
sions to the soldiers of the late war, while
the Mexican soldiers were neglected and ig.
nored. Mr.. Logan differed with Mr.. Berry
as to the parallel between the Mexican sol
diers and the soldiers covered by the bill.
He would, at the proper time, move that
no pension hereafter paid to any soldier
should be less than S.. We had some
pensions OF 81 and 81 a month. Mr..
Teller interposed to say that there were
! over 26, 900 cases of 50 a month pensions.
Mr.. Logan-Whata magnanimous pension!
Great God! Mr.. President, is not this rob-
berry? Is not this destroying the peace of the
people OF this country?
HousE-A resolution was adopted call
ing on the president for Information as to
| what steps had been taken for the investi-
j. Adams by the Canadian authorities.
Mr.. Rice (Mass.) argued in support OF the
! propositions. He cited historical parallels,
and said.
| When England, through her carelessnsss,
had let loose the cruisers which had driven
our commerce from the sea, tho United
States had enacted indemnity, and he
trusted that there would be now an arm
as long and a voice as strong to exact in
| demnity from England for the injuries her
subjects were now perpetrating and seeking
to perpetrate upon American fishermen.
| The Rock Springs Chinese indemnity res.
olution was discussed without action, and
the diplomatic appropriation bill was
passed. The bill enlarRing the sphere OF
the department Of agriculture was consid-
srea. ,.,,1,:*E. .fsss.. .s., &.
SENArE.-Among the petitions was one