The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-05-14
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

South America, BRAIN, etc., Delng adOpteu
SO to IS. TIL bill finally pass
ed. The principal provisions are:
THE postmaster shall make contracts
with American steamships for the trans
portation OF United States mails from the
ports OF this country to those OF Central
and South America, and shall IA so cents
a mile for the number Of nautical miles
| Travelled in going from ports Of departure
to ports OF destination and return. A line
OF semi-monthly steamers shall be placed
upon the sea between New York and Rio
de Janeiro."
HoUsE.-Mr. Hall Uowa) called up the
Campbell Weaver contested election case,
but against this case Mr.. Willis (Ky.)
raised the question OF consideration, it be-
ing his desire to discuss the river and har-
Dor bill. He failed in his object by one
vote, however, and the election case was
proceeded with. After debate for an hour
and a half, the resolution OF the majority
OF the committee was adopted. 1t con-
firms the right OF the sitting member, j. b.
Weaver, to the seat.
Mr.. Green called up the resolution allow
ing the contestee, William A. Price, from
the Second district OF Rhode Island, thirty
days within which to take further testi-
mony, and the contestant, G.. II. Page,
thereafter to take testimony in rebuttal.
Wholesale bribery is alleged by the con-
testant, involving the cOntestee himself.
After debate the resolution was adopted
yeas, 11S; nays, 80.
SENATE.-In the debate on the Interstate
bill, the pending amendment
was that of Mr.. Camden, being an absolute
long and short haul clause applied to each
railroad separately.
Mr.. Spooner opposed the amendment,
because it would strike at the interest OF
, producers Of the west, and because it was
vicious in principle.
1t would result, not in a reduction OF the
through rates, but in an increase of local
rates. 1t would %injure the farmer OF the
West while not benefiting farmers who de-
pended on local rates. The amendment
sought to deprive Chicago OF it's natural
advantages for competition, and would
put on the statute books a legalized dis
elimination worse than any OF the rail
road companies had perpetrated. The
| West could shio it's wheat to New York,
Philadelphia, or Boston, if through rates
were increased under the Camden amend.
ment, but would have to ship by way OF
Montreal, The present was no time for
the people Of this country to indulge in
| radical experiments. He criticised the
feature OF the bill which would give the pro-
posed commission authority to allow as
exceptions, from time to time, the right Of
railroads to make a smaller charge for q
longer than a shorter distance. Such
authority, Mr.. Spooner would not give to
a board composed OF anybody but angels.
He would accept it, however, if it complied
with a provision which at the proper time
he would propose as an amendment.
Messrs. Call and Riddleb erger sup
the am endment it was agreed to-
yeas, 20; "a. The technical
form OF Mr.. Camden's amendment
thus agreed to is to strike out from the
long and short haul clause Of the commit
tees bill the words, From the same orig
inal point Of departure" The only Re-
publicans voting in the affirmative were
Messrs. Conger, Malone, Merrill, Riddle
berger and Sherman. The only Democrats
voting in.the negative were Messrs. Brown
and Mcpherson.
HoUsE.-The bill discussed a one for
the relief OF certain officers OF the volunteer
army. 1t provides: All soldiers OF the
late war who re-enlisted as veteran volun.
teers, and afterward were discharged to re-
ceive promotion and receive commission
as officers in the army, shall be paid all in.
stallments OF veteran bounty which were
withheld from them on account of their
being so commissioned and mustered, the
same as they would nave been entitled to
receive had they completed their term oil
enlistment without promotion and re-
ceived an honorable discharge.
On motion of Mr.. Holman, an amend.
ment was adopted extending the provisions
of the act to the widows of such reinstated
volunteer soldiers as may be deceased.
Mr.. Boutelle offered an amendment ex-
tending the provisions of the bill to enlisted
men in the navy and the marine corps
Adopted.
SENATE.-There was a long debate on the
Interstate bill. Many amend.
ments were submitted and ordered printed,
among them the following:
BY Mr.. Misunderstanding that when
ever any common carrier shall violate OF
refuse to obey any requirement ofthe com
mission, the latter may apply to the Unit.
ed States circuit court for o hearing on
short notice in the matter complained OF,
without the formal pleading necessary
in ordinary equity suits. The amendment
further authorized the court, If it find the
company guilty OF disobedience, to cause
it to forfeit a sum not to exceed $500 a
day after a day to be named by the court.
(Mr. Edmunds explained the object OF his
amendment to be to make it impossible
for railroad companies to tie up com,
plants against them by legal proceedings
an delays.) This amendment is now the
pending amendment,
BY Mr.. Morgan, relating to conspiracy.
1t provides that il two OF more persons,
with intent TO prevent the movement
OF any locomotive, car, or train, used
or about to be used for carrying pas.
sengers from one state to another, or to
or from any territory. or to o. from any
foreign country, or to or from afy Indian
tribe, shall conspire with a common in.
tent unlawfully to obstruct or prevent the
movement OF such locomotives, car, Oh
train, or the loading or unloading OF ans
such car. ETC., or to put in peril the per-
sonal security OF any officer or employe o.
any railroad company, shall be guilty oil
conspiracy. and on conviction shall be
punished by imprisonment for not more
than six months, or by n fine OF not more
than $500, or both, as the court shall
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