Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-13
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CHIczso, May 12th.-All the wires lead
ing east from Chicago have been badly de-
| moralizea tonight by storms at fafayette,
indianapolis, Winamuc and Logansport.
| At Cincinnati cyclone is reported which
has cut off the city from telegraph5e. COM
munication on all sides
The Interstate Commerce Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 12th.-The bill to
! regulate commerce" known as the CuISom
bill, as amended and passed by the Senate.
| provides for Commission of five persons
to be appointed by the President, by and.
witlithe advice and consent of the Senate.
to carry out the purpose of the bill. The
! principal office of the Commission is to be
at Washington, where the general sessions
are to be held; but special sessions NAV he
! he'd elsewhere, to suit the public conven-
! ience, in which case the necessary expenses
! incurred are 10 be paid from the Treasury.
| Not more than three of the five Commits
| sioners shall be appointed from the same
! political party. All persons holding stocks
| or bonds, any common carrier or holding
official relation TO such corporations. are
declared ineligible for appointment The
| Commissioners must not engage in anv
! other business. The Commission is given
authority to inquire into the business
| management of all common carriers snb-
| iect 10 the provisions of the bill and to
obtain full and complete information as 10
such business, may require the attendance
and testimony of witnesses and the produc-
ton ofall books, papers, agreements. tariffs
! and documents relating to any matter
under investigation and may to that end
invoke the aid of the United States Court
Persons having complaints TO make against
| any common carrier of interstate com
merce shall make their complaints in
writing to the Commission The Com
mission shall send the COMPLAINT to
the common carrier. and require the entire
satisfaction Of the complaint, or an answer
IN writing within Il reasonable time
! specified. If reparation is not made within
the time stated, the Commission shall in
vestigate all complaints forwarded to it bv
| the State Commissions, and may institute
| inquiries on its own motion. The COM
| plants shall not be dismissed because of
| the absence OF recent damage to complain
| ant. The reports of the Commission shall
be in writing and its decision shall be
| made prima facia evidence of all judicial
J proceedings. Whenever any common car
ner shall refuse to obey any lawful order of
the Commission, it is made the duty of the
Commission 10 apply to a United States
| Circuit Court, sitting in equity alleging the
! anu tiiC NOuit ciittll anu
termne the matter on short notice. and
without the formal proceedings of ordinary
suits, but so as to do justice, and the Coart
may III proper cases, issue writs of iniunc-
| ton or other process, mandatory or
| otherwise, TO restrain further viola
| ton of the orders of the Commission on the
| part of the common carrier offending. For
such purpose the Circuit Courts Shall be
deemed always in session. The bill re-
quires that all charges for any service in
| transporting passengers or freights, or stor-
ing goods, by common carriers, shall be
reasonable. 1t prohibits all rebates and
/, drawbacks, and all unjust discrimination.
| requiring that all persons shall be charged
/ and treated alike for services rendered un-
der substantially similar circumstances and
| conditions. Every common carrier subject
| 10 the bill-shall, within forty DAYS after it
| becomes law, file with the Commission
copies of all its tariffs of fares and freights,
| including its classification and terminal
| charges, and shall make them public. so
far as the Commission NAV deem practical
BILE. No advance on such published rates
shall be made without ten days public no.
| tice. The long and short haul - clause
being Section of the bill, reads as follows:
That 1t shall be unlawful for any common
| carrier to charge or receive any greater
| compensation, in the aggregate for the
| transportation OF passengers, or of like class
and quantity OF property subject to the pro-
! visions of this Act, for shorter than for a
| longer distance over the same line in the
| same direction, and from the same original
| point of departure, or to the same point of
arrival but this shall not be construed as
authorizing any common carrier, within
/ the terms of this Act, TO charge and re-
| celve as great compensation for shorter
as for q longer distance; provided, how
ever, that upon application to the Commits
sion appointed under the provisions of
! this Act such common carriers may, in
! special cases. be authorized to charge less
for longer than for shorter distances for
the transportation of passengers or prop
erty, and the Commission may, from time
| to time, make general rules exempting
| such designated common carrier, in such
/ special cases, from the operation of this
/ section of the Act; and when such excep-
| ton shall have been made and published,
| they shall, until changed by the Commits
sion or by law, have like force and effect as
though the same had been specified in this
! section. Amy common carrier who shall
! violate the provisions of this section of the
Act shall be deemed guilty of extortion.
and shall be liable to the person or per-
| sons against WHOM any such excessive
| charge was made for all damages occa-
| stoned by such violation - The bill now
| goes to the House Of Representatives for
! concurrence.
Senator Stanford says if the bill becomes
/ a law it will iniure not only the railroads
but the shippers whom its author intended
TO benefit
United States Senate.
| WASHINGTON, May 12th.-Mitchell sub
| mitted q concurrent resolution, expressing
! it to be the sense of Congress that negotia-
I tInnS ShnnlI ha int, Got, Il,
! United States and the Chinese Government,
I with view to securing such notifications
| OF the present treaty with China as may re-
suit Ill stopping the coming OF Chinese to
| this country, except in case of diplomats
and their servants, and except, also, in case
| OF persons at sea, driven to seek place of
! shelter. The concurrent resolution was re-
! ferred to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
| tons.
Stanford gave notice that ON the 9th
| inst. he woald submit resolutions in re-
! spect to his late colleague.
Consideration of the interstate bill was
then resumed, and long debate ensued
Several amendments were offered and
/, rejected.
| The bill then came to vote, and was
passed by yeas AZ, nays 4.
| The negative votes were those of Brown,
| Colquit, Morgan and Ransome.
A number of pairs were announced.
The bankruptcy bill was then laid pro
forma before the Senate, but Hoar yielded
in favor of the pension bill, which latter,
accordingly, remains unfinished business
for o'clock tomorrow.
The Senate then adjourned.
House of Representatives.
! WASHINGTON, May 12th.-The messages
from the President yesterday presented to
the Senate, were to-day submitted to the
House and appropriately referred.
! In the morning Belmont called up the
joint resolution providing for indemnity to
certain Chinese subjects for losses sus-
tanned within the jurisdiction of the United
States.
The resolution was considered in Com
mittee of the Whole.
Pending the discussion the morning hour
expired, the committee rose and the House
again went into committee on the arnly
appropriation bill
Rockwell of Massachusetts moved to III
crease from $500 1000 to 100000 the appro-
priation for the manufacture of arms at the
Springfield Armory
The motion was agreed to-S6 to 81
The committee then rose, and the
House, by vote of yeas 103, nays, LOG, re-
fused TO agree to the Springfield Armory