Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-25
FIEieth Congress,
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. "a After Ions
md nnimportapt discussion the resolutoI
- refer the Presidents message on TIL
p,c.sc Railroads to specia! COMMITTEES
=, seven senator's. charged from FIVE, va:
soreed to-yeas, "a; nays. Is.
a message from the President trans
nitting the Rrst report Of tire board O.
nantrol as TO the management OF indus
tri,l homes in Utah was presented and
] ,ofar-ei to the committee Oh territories
M voorhees, introduced s Dill for the
,,Tn.tioa ana admission OF the state Of
Montana. Referred.
Mr.. Hoar called up the motion msde by
4 Mr.. Gormsn sometime since to reconsider
toa vote by which the Senste had ordere d
j speCisl committee OF i've On P-chiC
railroad matters. He explained his
motive in proposi ing the special committee.
The indicisry committee had had the
subigct under consideration for great
while. and he should be the last Senator
70 question the capacity Of that commit
TEA 10 deal with tha5 or any other subject
within It's Jurisdiction, but itso happen ed
inst it w1s necessity for tnst committee
70 deal with the subjects before
II without giving bearing to
nersons Interested. The pressure OF
i inc business upon it precluded its doing
so, but it was exceedingly important tina,
legislation on this subj ct, which involved
the dealing with emuunts and hguree,
and the ascertcinment of what it was
within the power Of the companies to dc
on the one side, and what should be the
most absolute security for the government;
on the other, should be considered by 9
committee that could h.Ve before il rep
resent:tiYes Of the companies and Cfil3ers
of the government. Tae subj 3ct had been
committed oY Congress to a special COM
mittee, It had been made the object OF g
specisl executive message, and 1t there
] fore seemed tminently proper that II
should De referred to e special committee.
Mr.. Gorman said that when he made
the motion to reconsider, it Was simply
under the general impression that SUB
iect OF such magnitude had better be con-
sidered by g standing committee of the
body, but flr reasons stated by the Sena
Tor from Massachusetts, and for other
reasons 1hick had come to his knoWl-
edge he now thought hat the best dispo-
sition OF the question would be to refer
It to O select committee. He suggested,
8 no viewer, th6t the committee should con-
sist of seven (lot 1gt) members.
MI. Hosr said he had no objection to
the proposed modification.
Mr. i imunds said that as chairman o!
the judiciary committee, be would be tx-
ceedlngly grstified to have that commit
4 4 . bo . I.h A;oL
had been hitherto necessary in considera-
ton of this subject.
The only legislation that had ever
asserted any rights Of government in re.
gard TO those railroad companies had
core from the Judiciary committee. Ii
had besides twice reported measures
which, Il the Senate lad agreed to them,
The railroad companies would probably
have accepted and the upshot Of which
would have given the government security
OF every species of property which those
companies bad acquired either directly or
Indirectly. II they had been accepted by
The companies they would have saved TO
HE United States many millions of dol
lars on the disputed question Of interest
on the payment Of coupons. The liability
70 pay such interest wss denied by the
scompanies and there was considerable
reason to fear that the legal right Of the
United States il that matter
might be somewhat doubted. He stated
Il with great moderation. He was sure
that every menb IT OF the judiciary com
mittee would be glad to be relieved from
any other labor in the business, and TO
have the best select committee that could
.6e devised to take hold # it and see If ii
could not propose something which
would meet the approval Of the Senate,
Something ought ID be dore ind done
.speedily, for every day instead OF i'm
Proving the situation injured it.
Nj. Vest, also member OF the Judi
ci:ry committee, said the question had
been before ths Judiciary committee and
hsd been sent to tbs Committee 1n7is II 9
of Messrs. EImuuds, HOSr, and himself
They had worked earnestly and fsiihinlIy
saud had formulated & bill. The 4 mate
hsd p4id no attention 70 il and al
ss0Its Of re fiections and insinuatiOns had
been msde through the press about the
motives Of the commission III reporting
sucn & measure. He had thought then
and still thought that the GreAtest cslim-
aty which could h5poen 20 the government
would be It's being forced to take posses
ssioB, in shy sort OF way, OF the railways.
The measure then reported would have
saved millions To The government, but il
was trested with Indifference except By
the newspapers, AID they had msiigned
and abused every body connected WITH
that report. He himself wanted 10 hsye
nothing more 10 90 with it. except 70
cast his vote On the report that would b.
made by the select committee.
After further discussion the motion 30
refer the matter 10 the railway commit
Tee mace was T, -cted..
The original report WAS modified By
decreasing the membership Of the select
committee 10 seven, and it was then
adopted; yeas 81, nsys Is
Mr.. Palmer addressed the Senate on the
subject Of the bill introduced by him on
Rthe l2 h inst. 10 regulate immigration
PIE disclained any intention to prevent
shny capable, honest, Industrious, law
kidding person from seeking hone on
american sell. II 1t was desired that the
American workman should retain hit
Superiority over the underpaid la5orer o.
Europe such obstacles would have 20 be
|interposed from slime 10 time SIS would
deter the irfiax CT those who would
degrade American labor by undue com