The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-25
ROADS TO THE PACIFIC.
nur eFNATE TURNS THEM OVER TO
A SPECIAL COMMITTEE.

A.. uoar Calls Up Mr.. German s Motion
w. paconsider the Vote Referring the
.s,irs ofthe Roads TO a Committee
lrrire-The Vote Which Settled the
Matter.
~ -.su,vGToN, Jan. 24-In the Senate to-
,.m yr Hoar called up the motion made by
w., German some time ago to reconsider
,oto bv which the Senate had ordered a
..iol committee of five on Pacific railroad
q..+,s He explained his motive i'll pro
..,,;rga special committee. The Judiciary
l,,n,nittee ..,ni had had the subject under
.,.,lararion for great while, and
yborld be the last Senator to
.,os,ion the capacity OF that committee to
ss.I with that or any o.her subject within
.. Jurisdiction. But it so happened that it
.s necessity for the committee to deal
ui+b subjects before it without giving a
| h..r;ng 10 persons interested. The pressure
nf hnsness upon it precluded its doing
" Bnt il was exceedingly important
w.. LEGISLATION on this subject
..Scb involved dealing with amounts
onJ figures and the ascertainment
~ u,baf was within the power of the COM
.ories 70 do on the one side and what would
Ea almost absolute security for the govern
,nenr on the other, should be considered by
committee that could have before it rep
resentativeS of the companies and officers
/ of the government. The subject had been
committed by Congress to special COM
mission. 1t had been made the object of
snecial executive message, and it, there
fore. seemed 'ninently proper that it should
be referred 10 a special committee.
MR.. GORMAN's VIEWS.
Mr. German said that when he made the
| notion to reconsider, it was simply under a
| general impression that a subject of such
magnitude had better be considered by a
Standing committee of the body. But for
tbe reasons stated by the Senator from Mas
,achusetts and for other reasons which had
come his knowledge, he now thought that
the best disposition of the question would be
10 refer it to a select committee. He sug-
ceSted. however, that the committee should
| consist of seven mot five members. In a
fnll and extended discussion which followed,
il tappeared that the Judiciary Committee
| was quite satisfied to be relieved of
/ the labor of considering the subject, and
was not at all Jealous of the prerogative or
| precedent that attached to it, having, for
| several sessions previous to this one, had the
| Pacific railroads debt under consideration.
Neither did the change proposed occur to
the committee as being in the nature of a
reflection upon 1t in any way,
while its wisdom appealed to the
| best Judgment of the members. These
we're the opinions of Messrs. Edmunds
chairman, Hoar and Vest, while Messrs.
Coke and George preferred that the matter
should remain in charge of the Judiciary
Committee
Other Senators also participated in the
discussion
The resolution ordering the appointment
Of special committee was reconsidered.
motion to refer the matter to the
Railroads Committee was rejected.
THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
The original resolution was modified by
Increasing the membership of the select
committee TO seven and it was then adopted
as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Aldrich Allison, Bates, Beck,
Bar Bodgett, Bowen, Butler. Call, Cameron,
guace, Chandler, Colquitt, Cullom, Dawes,
po.ph. Edmnnds, Eustis, Eyarts, Farwell, Frye
Iornan. Gray, Hale, Hampton, Harris, Hawley,
aeaISJ, Hiscock HOar, Ingalls,, Jones of Nevada
henderson, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrill,. Paddock
fGlner, Pasco Payne, Platt, Plumb, Pugh,
quay SAWYER Sherman, Stewart, Stockblidge
eler, lulpe, Vest, Voorhees,, Wilson of Iowa.
ana Wilson OF lIaryland-5I
n NAS-lleSsrS. Berry, Cockrell. Coke. Davis,
66-orge Jones Of Arkansas, Kenna, Mcpherson,
and Wathall-l5