The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-05-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate.

ternoon. The pending amendment was
that offered by. Camden applying an abso-
Lutte long and short haul clause to each
railroad separately. Messrs. Spooner and
Palmer spoke against the amendment. The
latter said it was unfair to the railroads and
unfair to the people. Mr.. Riddleberger
supported the amendment. lie said that
without it the bill would be one which
every railroad president in the United
States would advocate. The bill, without
this amendment, would build up half
dozen cities and ignore the people of all the
rest of the Union. 1t would be especially
injurious to Virginia.
MI. Call favored the amendment He
said competition had failed to produce rea-
sonable rates Of railway charges between
the different portions of the country. A
vote being taken on the amendment, it was
agreed to-yeas, 20; nays, 81 The Senate
shortly afterward adjourned.
MAY 6..-The Senate resumed considera-
ton of the Interstate commerce bill to-day,
and, after long debate, adopted an amend
ment offered by Senator Wilson, providing
that the provision Of the bill against re-
ceiving more for short than for long
haul should not be cons trued as authori2-
ing any railroad company to charge as
much for short as for Il long haul.
In the course of the debate Senator IN
gals bitterly opposed the Camden amend
ment adopted yesterday, declaring it to be
q crowbar thrust into the works of watch
the west pay short-haul rates on every
pound of freight brought TO the seaboard.
a great number of amendments were
submitted, among them one by Senator Ed
mundS, giving United States Circuit courts
authority to compel common carriers to
obey the requirements OF the commission
under penalty OF FORGETTING q sum not to eX
ceed $500 a day after a day fixed by the
court. Another amendment offered by
Senator Morgan provides u penalty OF inn
nriSnnmpnt months
of fine OF not more than $500, or both, III
case OF two or more persons convicted of
conspiracy to obstruct the movement of
trains or the unloading of cars, or to put i'll
peril the personal security Of any officer or
employee of any railroad company.
1t was unanimously agreed that Il vote
should BIZ taken on the bill before ado urn-
ment on Tuesday next.
MAY l0-rhe Senate resumed consdera-
ton or the Interstate commerce bill to-day
and adopted amendments giving to the
commission the right to report TO the Unit
eel States Circuit court and get its speedy
Judgment on complaints whenever the
companies decline to obey the order of the
commission, and limiting in the case of
common carriers whose routes are partly by
railroad and partly by water, when both
are used for continuous passage or equip
ment from one state to another, the appli-
cation of the bill TO such of those compa-
MES rs are under common control, man
agement, OF arrangement.
MAY 1l.-Those amendments to the in
terStatc commerce bill which aimed at
strikers did not receive much consideration
to-day at the hands of the senate. Senator
MOrgan'S amendment amplltied the definl-
ton of conspiracy until it would be very
inconvenient for strikers, as it wOu,d make
anything like boycott or an interference
with non-un0n men dangerous. It was
discussed at some length. and then rejected
by the emphatic vote Of 40 to 3. the 3 votes
being Morgan, Edmunds, and Dolph. The
~ may have thought that the adoption OF
this amendment would be politically mop
perfume at this time, but they found q
ready reason for their action in the prOpo-
sltion that police and criminal matters
should be left TO the local authorities. SEN
at0r Browns amendment was aimed rather
at increasing the severity of penalties for
interfering with railroads, and he proposed
to make Il man guilty of murder whose OBJ
Struction OF road resulted i'll the death OF
any person, but after the vote on Mr. Nor
ganS amendment he did not ipSSt on
call of the roll, and allowed his amendment
TO be laid on the table without struggle.
Mr.. Brown moved to make the bill appli-
cable To river routes as well rs To railroads,
saying that the Mississippi river steam
boats practiced all the worst dScrimina-
tons complained of as against the rail-
roads, and he saw no reason why the boats
engaged OH that river should be exempt
from the restrictions attempted to be put
on railroads. The amendment was re-
jected.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Spooner
was agreed to applying the word "unaw
fuF' to the determinations condemned by
the bill, so as to bring breaches of its pro-
visions within the technical meaning of the
penal clause.
A modification of the long and short ham
clause was suggested by Mr.. Edmunds.
The modification was TO restore to the
clause the words "and from the same point
of departure" which had been stricken out
by the adoption of Mr. Camden's amend
nent, but to add Immediately ,,afterward
''or to the same point of arrival"
The bill was finally ordered reprinted as
amended.
MAY 5,-To-day having been set aside
for the consideration OF business reported
from the committee on military affairs, the
first bill called up, which was considered in
committee OF the whole, was one for the re-
lief of certain officers of the volunteer
army. 1t provides that all soldiers Of the
late war who re-enlisted as veteran volun-
teers and afterward were discharged to re-
ceive promotion and receive commissions
as officers i'm 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 have been entitled to
receive had they completed their terms of
enlistment without promotion and received
an honorable discharge.
Mr.. Hewitt opposed the bill in q bitter
speech. He said" we shall be traitors to
every obligation which we assumed, to
every duty which we are sent here to full
fill, unless we wake up to the sentiment of
the people on this great question, and, in
stead of imposing taxes and making new
appropriations, reduce the taxes and
Tighten the load on the energies of the peo-
pie"
Mr.. Reagan opposed the bill.
Mr.. Skinner, of North Carolina, said that
the gentleman from New York (Mr.
votes of southern members, had made use
of words TO the effect that they were COM