Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-14
Law for Railway.
The House Sort of Lets Itself
Out on the Subject,
AND PASSES SEVERAL MEASURES

State Courts Given Jurisdiction Over Com
plants Under the Interstate Iaw-The
Commission to Classify Freight and En-
force the statute-A Bill Affirming the
States Right to Fix the Tarifr-Statistics
of Congressional Work-Capitai Notes.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 1.-THE house
rushed through soma important railway leg
islation yesterday. The work was done prin.
cipally in amendment to the senate amend
ments to the inter state commerce law The
first amendment was offered by Anderson of
Iowa, as follows:
That in all civil actions and proceedings Of what
ever nature, arising under an act entitled IAN
act to regulate commerce." approved Feby4, 1887,
and under all acts amendatory thereof, concur
rent jurisdiction with Urited States courts is
hereby conferred upon the state courts of compe-
tent jurisdiction. And said commission (the in
state commerce commisson) is hereby author
lied and required to prescribe for the use and
guidance of said common carriers in making their
schedules of rates and charges for transportation
OF persons and property one uniform classified
tlon, and shall transmit copies thereof TO said
common carriers on or before the first Monday in
January, 1889; and thereafter the failure or re-
fusal of any such common carrier to observe said
classification in making schedules of rates shall
be an unlawful act and all rates and charges not
in conformity with said classification shall be
deemed and be unreasonable rates or charges.
In advocating these amendments An
| derson said the railroads returned
each year to favorite shippers 500, 600
| 90 in the way of rebates This action
was sapping the business integrity in every
commercial circle The amendments were
adopted.
Anderson of Kansas offered amendments
requiring the commission to execute the pro-
| visions of the Interstate commerce law, and
declaring all pooling unlawful He said
the railroad companies, through their asso-
Citations, of which MIR Fink was the high
muck a-muck," had formed trust. The
president of any company who would enter
such a trust ought to be sent to the peniten-
tiary and kept there. In reply to sug-
gestion of Farquhar of New York Anderson
said: There is not railroad president in
the country that is not violating the law"
Farquhar-You dare not risk that ovel
your own signature.
Andersou-Ees, do-over my own sigma
ture
His first amendment was then adopted Il
reads:
That the commission is hereby authorized EN-
powered and required TO execute and enforce tn,
provisions OF this act, and upon the request q
said commission the attorney general of tn
United States shall institute and prosecute al
necessary proceedings in the proper court TO
the punishment of all violations thereof.
The second amendment in regard to pool
was rejected. Grosvenor of Ohio submittet
the following amendment, which wa
adopted
That il shall be unlawful for any common car
rier subject to the provisions of this act TO carr
refined oils and other petroleum products. col
ton-seed oil and turpentine, for any shipper, i
tank or cylinder cars who shall own, lease o
control the same in any manner, except .upo
condition that the said carrier shall charge tn
same iate for the transportation Of said produc
in wooden packages or barrels, in slrIoad lot
as in said tank or cylinder cars the said tank an
cylinder and said wooden packages and barre
being carried free of charge.
: The bill WAS then passed without division
Wilson of Minnesota then called up the 70
5 lowing bill, which was passed without dis
[ cusSion:
That where any railroad company, heretofol
| Incorporated. or which hereafter may be nco
rated by act OF congress, has built {
! constructed aud operates railway,
| shall do so, through the territorial Lin
its of any state territory the rat.
: charged for the transportation of property al
, passengers for traffic within the limits of a sta
territory. and the tariffs and schedules there,
:. shall be subject to tn legislative control of Il
several states and territories in which such roa,
are operated anything in the charter of su,
roads or any national or state or territorial law
the contrary notwithstanding.
Section provides that the first section shall
S limited in its operation. and shall apply only
d the carriage and transportation Of passengers al
n property wholly by railroad Tor by railroad al
water when both are used under common ma
9, acement from one station To another station DO
being within the limits of the same state or ter
i tory, and shall in no case apply TO any CONNER
g between the states, territories into forei,
Countries