The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-07
XLIXth CONGRESS- FIRST SESSION.
SENATE

WASHINGTON, May 6.
In the Senate this merning, Mr.. Frye
called up the Staten Island bridge bill The
chair stated that the Senate had already Civ
en- unanimous consent to continne the con-
sideration of the commerce bill during the
morning hour and throughout the day from
day to day until disposed of. The state com
merce bill was therefore laid before the SEN
ate.
Mr. Wilson of Iowa, offered an amendment
providing that the provision Of the bill
against receiving more for shorter than for
longer haul should not, he continued, as
authorizing any railroad company to charge
as much for shorter as for longer haul.
Messrs. Ingalls,, Allison and Cullom spoke
against the Camden amendment.
and thought the bill, even with Camden's
amendment would fall short Of doing justice
to the people.
Mr.. Wilson's amendment was then agreed
to. A great number of amendments were
submitted and ordered to be printed, among
them the following:
BY Mr.. Edmunds, providing that whenever
any common carrier shall violate or refuse to
obey any requirements of commission it
shall be the duty of the commission to apply
to the United States Circuit Court for a hear
ing on short notice in the matter complained
of without the formal pleadings and proceed
ings necessary in ordinary equity suits. The
amendment further authorizes the court if it
find a company guilty Of disobedience, to
cause it to forfeit a sum not to exceed $500
day after day to be named by the court. Mr..
Edmunds explained the object of his amend
ment to be to make it impossible for railroad
companies to tie up complaints against them
by legal proceedings and delays. This
amendment is now pending amendment.
The amendment submitted by Mr.. Morgan
relates to conspiracy. 1t provides that if
two or more persons with intent to prevent
the movements of any locomotive or train
used or about to be used for carrying passen-
gers from one State to another or to or
from any Territory or to or from any foreign
country or to or from any Indian tribe, shall
conspire together, or agree together or unite
with common intent, unlavfuIly to obstruct
or prevent movement of such locomotive, ar
or train, or loading or unloading of any such
car, ETC., or to put in peril the personal secur
ity of any officer or employe of any railroad
company, shall be guilty of conspiracy and
on conviction shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not more than six months or by a
fine of not more than $500, or both as the
court shall direct.
Mr. Miller, from the committee on educa-
tion and labor, reported favorably the bill
applying to letter carriers provisions of sec
tion 3,738 of the revised statutes, making
hours days work.
1t was unanimously agreed that a vote
should be taken on the Interstate commerce
bill before adjournment on Tuesday next.
HOUSE.
In the morning hour, Mr.. Hatch of Mis-
souri,, called up the bill to create depart
ment of agriculture and labor. The opposi-
tion to the measure took the form Of dilatory
motions, which were submitted by Mr..
Breckenridge of Kentucky, Mr.. Hewitt Of
New York, and Mr.. Blount of Georgia, and
the morning hour expired without any con-
sideration of the bill having been entered up
on.
The House then went into committee of
the whole On the ri11a,a--s 7f1ss1 oUI piI.
US Suv6faf minor amendments were agreed to.
Motions to recommit the bill with instruct
ions to report back the measures appropria-
ting respectively ten and eight million dol
lars for river and harbor Improvement made
by Messrs. Spooner of Rhode Island and
Holman of Indiana, were rejected
The bill was then passed, yeas 143. nays
102.
The bill as amended appropriates $15,164,-
277.
An unsuccessful attempt was then made
to bring up the electoral count bill and the
House at $50 p. m, adjourned.