The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-10
HOUSE.

WAsHINeToN, February 9.-Burns,
of Virginia, from the committee On ap-
preparations, reported the supplement
tary urgent appropriation bill, and it
ives referred to the committee OF the
whole.
Gloss, Of Tennessee, on behalf of the
committeeon agriculture, called up the
House bill to promote agriculture. 1t
provides that such portion OF the CON
sular reports as refer to agricultural
matters shall be transmitted TO she
com missioner OF agriculture for embod-
1ment in his reports. rr4 ,tt
MeCreary, OF Kentucky, from the
committee on foreign affairs, reported
joint resolution, authorizing the Pres.
ident 10 arrange conference for the
purpose OF promoting arbitration and
encouraging reciprocal commercial re-
lations between the United States
and the ssarepublics Of Mexico,
Central and 1South America and
the Emnire of Brazil. calendar.
The bill was passed amending laws
regulating ices for exemplihcation of
land p,tents. The next bill on the
calendar was that requiring subsi-
died railroads to maintain and operate
separate telegraph lines. Dockery, OF
Missouri, said simply the proposition in
the bill, in plain unvsrnisned English,
was to compel the Union and Central
Pacific Companies to construct tele-
graph lines required by their charters
instead OF contracting with the Western
Union and giving corporation
monopoly of telegraph franchises west
OF the Mississippi River. He submitted
10 of ho
before Congress was the heoging about
and restricting of powers and encroach-
ments of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. Ga.
Anderson, Of Kansas, author OF the
bill, vigorously supported it. Railroad
companies had bartered away their
franchises nv entering into contracts
with the Western Union, by which r. il.
road companies refused to perform
their telegraphic service. and by which
they gave the Western Union an abso-
lutte monopoly over half the continent.
Through the genius of the most IN
scrupuious pirate Of the century, Jay
Gould, that monopoly has been created.
The pending bill was simply PROPOSE
ton to inject little bit of Gods burn
Ing justice between the people and jay
Gould. The people of the country were
praying for relief from the bowelless.
merciless grind of the most extrava-
CANT. enormous, INSCRIPTIONS, pratt
Cal set OF incorporated scoundrels on ,,
the continent. This bill was a square |
blow between the eyes of Gould, the |
Western Union monopoly, and each of |
the Pacific railroad companies, saying |
Gentlemen, there is power in the |
wealth and power in the combination |
of monopoly, but there is more power
in the arm Of the Amerlc'n people, and
you shall obey the law
White, Of New York, argued that,
viewing the matter in the light of public
policy, it was unwise for the govern
ment. which was the largest creditor of
the Pacific Railroads, and was inter-
ested in the management of that pro-
perty, TO entail legislation which would
have the effect of reducing the PROFITS
of those roads. He then proceeded to
make legal argumentto the effect that
Congress had no right to interfere with
contracts lawfully entered into.
The matter then went over. and the
discussion will probably be resumed
Adjourned.