, 1888-07-24
AT THE CAPITOL.
Interesting Notes and Gossip
From Washington.
The President on Civil Service
Reform.
A Decision by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
WASHINGTON Notes.

WASHINGTON, July 23.-The inter
state m commission to-day decid-
ed in effect that the method by which the
Standard Oil company came to be such a
gigantic monopoly must cease to be used.
This decision is in the case of Scofield,
Shurmier 4 Teagle and others against the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail
road involving oil rates from Cleveland
to other cities. The commission decided
that it is an unlawful preference when a
railroad makes a rate in favor of oil ship
ments In tank car lots as against a ship
ment in barrels and car load lots. The
practice is ordered to be corrected and
the mode prescribed by which this must
be done is by giving the same rates on
each per pound. The opinion is by Com
missioner Bragg.
Randalls private secretary emphati-
cally denies the statement that Randall
has lancer and will retire from public
life. The secretary says the sole cause of
Randall illness is hemorrhoids.
The house conference on the Anderson
bill, requiring the Pacific railroads to
maintain and operate their own telegraph
lines, have agreed to the senate amend
ments. These eliminate the require
ments that the roads shall construct the
lines and leave the manner of requirement
open to the discretion OF the companies.
In the house to-day, Dockery of Maine
submitted the conference report of the
bill requiring the Pacific railroad COM
panies to construct and operate separate
telegraph lines. The report was agreed
to.
The senate committee to which was re-
ferred the reports of the Pacific railroad
commissioners had a short meeting this
morning, but did nothing except order the
printing of certain papers. 1t adjourned
to meet Friday, when the question whether
or not the Cultivate bill shall be re-
ported and pressed to passage in the sem
ate in advance of action by the house will
be considered.
The president to-day approved the act
for the relief of Gen. Clueseret and the
act in regard to the funded debt of the
territory of New Mexico.
WASHINGTON, July Ex-senator VIII
son of Iowa has submitted to the senate
the majority report of the Judiciary com
mittee on the Jackson, Miss, election
riots. 1t says: There was a suppress
sion of votes of colored citizens at the re-
cent municipal election OF jackson, Miss.
The suppression was not partial, but
total. No colored citizens voted at said
election" The report recites the story of
the suppression of the colored vote, and
finds that the resolution Of the colored
men to abstain from voting was due to
terrorism inspired by the actions OF the
white league and of the committee APP
pointed by it. The testimony taken shows
that Sam'l Livingston, deputy United
States marshal, R.. E. Wilson, deputy
collector of internal revenue, and two
other persons engaged in the civil service
Of the United States, were active partici.
pants in the proceedings which resulted
in the suppression of the colored vote.
The committee furthur submits a reso
luton for the adoption of c~ondemning. the
conduct of the United States officers
mentioned, and expressing the opinion
that they should be dismissed from the
public service.