Butte semi-weekly miner., 1886-05-12
DAYS DolNGS At WASHINGTON,
The Senate Wants to Know About the
Capture Of the American Fish.
er in Canada.
A Moral Day in the House to
Pass IN Anti.Pool Law in the
District Of Columbia.
Commissioner Sparks Speaks a Piece
on the Subject Of the Existing
Public Land Laws.

W A6hANGTON, may 1O.-l0 the senate &c
day Mr.. Dawes offered the following resolu
tlons, both OF which were agreed to withou
DEBATE:
Resolved, That the President be re
quested to communicate to the Senatesi
in his opinion not incompatible with tn
public interest any information in the pos
session OF the Government concerning th
alleged seizure Of the United States fishin
vessel David J. Adams while engaged il
lawful commerce in one of the ports OF tn
Dominion OF Canada, and what measures, i
any, have been taken to protect the fishin,
vessels OF the United States while engaged
in lawful commerce in the ports of the Do
| minio" of Canada.
Resolved, That the Committee ON For
eign Relations be instructed to inqur,
whether the United States fishing vesse
David j. Adams" has been seized while
engaged in Ia " full commerce in port of the
Dominion OF Canada, and what measures
il any, are necessary to protect the persons
and property OF Americn citizens while en-
gagged in lawful commerce in the ports ;,l
the Dominion of Canada, and to report by
bill or otherwise.
Mr.. Van Wyck introduced a bill to au.
thorize the Union Pacific Railway Com
pany to construct branch road. Re:
ferred.
E.
directing the Postmaster General to report
to the Senate all cases of unadjusted sal
aries OF postmasters, and the late post
masters in Kansas under the act of March
3. 1883, with q statement showing the
amount OF pay each postmaster would
have received if paid upon the basis of
commissions under the act of 1854 and
the amount of salary allow. and paid
under the act of July l, 1864; also the
amount allowed under the act of March g.
1888. and the period OF service for which
such allowances were made, such statement
to exhibit by comparison, the amounts
under the different acts; slso directing the
Postmaster-Generalt to send to the Senate
a copy of the syllabus OF the Postmaster
Generals opinion of the act of March l,
1883.
Mr.. COnger moved to amend by extend
ing the inquiry to all States instead of con-
fning to the State of Kansas. The amend
ment was accepted and the resolution as
amended was agreed to-. The Interstate
Commerce bill was placed before the Senate.
Mr.. l. gals proposed an amendment that
was agreed to giving to the commission the
right to report to the United States Court
and get it's speedy judgment..on complaint,
whenever the Commissioners decline to obey
the order OF tt e Commission.
to show the power of Congress in
the premises.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Conger was
agreed to modifying the first section of the
bill which relates to the class of companies
to which the bill is made applicable. In
The case OF common carriers whose routes
are party railroad and partly by water
when both are used for a continuous pas
sage, or equipment from one State to an.
other. Mr.. Conger's amendment limits the
dill to such OF the companies as are u.der
common control, management or arrange
nent.
Mr.. Stanford in the course of his remarks
made in reply to Mr.. Beck and to some
.st competition which the Pacific Rail-
'oads has to meet was the Cape Horn
'oute. Speaking of the bill as a whole, Mr.
Stanford said with emphasis that if it
passed it meant complete commercial
disaster. In reply to a question by Mr.. |
vanWyck, as to which OF the Pacific roads |
lad not, at stated times, controlled the |
Pacific Mail Steamship line by paying it |
Millions of dollars per year in order to |
top competition, Mr.. Stanford said the |
abroad had chartered so many tons in |
heir ships and paid them some amount |
or them not so much as had been stated |
md filled them with such freight as they
lid not want to carry on the roads, but |
hat was done. not to sop competition in |
he proper sense, but to preclude ruinous |
He would not say there was |
my blackmail. So far as the railroads |
we're concerned it was business.
Mr.. S well said if the bill became law |
With the Camden amendment in it. it would |
lestroy the railroad system that we had |
'een fifty years in building. Without fur !