The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-07
Continued Debate on the Com
merce Bill.
THE UNION PACIFIC STRIKE.
One Hundred Deputies Sent to Lar
annie One for Montana
Railway Matters.
SENATE

WASHINGTON, May Clones, OF Ne
yada, from the committee on contingent
expenses, reported favorably the Ed
munds resolution providing for the as
istant clerk for the judiciary committee
for the remainder of the session. at So
dav. The resolution was agreed to.
On motion of Sherman, the Senate
agreed that the anti-Chinese emigration
bill and the bill to indemnify Chinese
subjects for losses by the Rock Spring.
riots shall be special orders for May 10.
On motion of Hoar. the Pacific Rail
road funding bill was made the special
order for May IL.
Cullom called up the interstate COM
merce bill.
Frye called up the Staten Island
bridge bill.
The chair stated that the Senate had
already given unanimous consent to
continue the consideration of the COM
merce bill during the morning hour and
throughout the day from day to day.
until disposed of. The commerce bill
was, therefore, laid before the Senate.
Cullom then called up the Interstate
commerce bill.
Butler opposed the bill.
Wilson, Of Iowa, offered an amend
ment providing that the provision OF
the bill against receiving more for
shorter than for longer hauls should not
be construed az authorizing any rail
road company to charge as much for
the shorter as for the longer haul.
MaXey would vote for the bill as the
best that could now be had.
Ingalls, said the Camden amendment
was IN such absolute hostility to the
interests of the west that, if the bill be
came law, which ingalls, thought doubt
ful, there would never be a bushel of
grain nor a pound of beef or pork
brought east from Iowa, Kansas or
Nebraska. ingalls, said the Senator
from West Virginia (Camden) lived on
the line of railroads that are directly
interested in the short haul and those
voting with him were also interested in
it. The direct effect of Camden's amend
ment would be TO make the producers
of the west pay short haul rates on
every pound of freight brought to the
the seaboard. The Senator from
West Virginia (Camden) was TO
acute not to know the fact.
His design was to compel the men who
raised cereals of the west to pay low
rates all the way 10 seaboard.
Hoar said he could not vote for the
lonz and short haul clause as amended
by Camden. 1t would strike fatal
blow at our foreign commerce.
Allison said under the provisions of
the bill as they now stood it would be
practically impossible for the people of
Iowa TO get their cereals to market. He
thought the introduction of the. long
and short haul question into the bill
was mistake. The proposed arrange
ment would, he feared, be a very
serious embarrassment to the COM
merce OF the country, with its many
ramihcations. The general provisions
of the bill, however, met Allison's
hearty approval, and he expressed a
hope that the Senate would adhere to
them.
Cullom said in his opinion the en-
forcement of the bill as now amended
would require that the nearer a person
lived to the seabosrd, the cheaper he
would get his transportation, and this !
rule, If rigidly enforced. would destroy 1
the commerce of the west. He hoped 1
the Senate would reconsider its action |
in agreeing TO the Camden amendment. |
A running debate occurred between |
Messrs. Blair. Call, Brown, Vance, /
Plat, Hoar. Mcmillan, Kenney, Aid /
rich and Cake. The latter said he /
because il was probably the best that /
could be got, but because it was pro-
baby the best that could be got through /
the Senate at this time.
Wilson'S amendment was agreed to.
A great number or amendm ents were /
then submitted and ordered to be |
printed. Among them we're the follow
ing by Mr.. Edmunds:
Providing that whenever any con-
mon carrier shall violate or refuse to
obey any requirement, the commission
Is 70 apply for hearing on short notice
in the matter complained OF, without
the formal pleadings necessary in or
binary equity suits. The amendment
further authorizes the court. If it find
the company guilty of disobedience, to
cause il to forfeit a sum not TO exceed
$500, daY after day, to be named by the
court. MI. Edmunds explained the object
Of his amendment TO be to make it i'm
possible for railroad companies to tie
up complaints against them by legal
proceeding and delays. This amend
ment is now the pending amendment.
Nj. Miller. from the committee on
education and labor, reported favor
ably the bill applying to the letter car
rlers provisions of section 3,T26 of
the Revised Statutes, making eight
hours a days work.
IL was unanimously agreed that
vote should be taken on the inter
state commerce bill, before adjourning
on Tuesday next.
The Senate then went into executive
session, and when the doors were re-
opened, adjourned till Monday.