Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-14
THE HOUSE.
A me n dments Made to the Inter-
State Commerce Law.

WASHINGTON, September 13. - The
joint resolution passed, extending until
October 1st the existing appropriations
for the sundry civil expenses OF the Gov
ernment.
The Senate bill to amend the Inter-
state Commerce law was taken up. The
amendment giving the State courts con-
current jurisdiction with the Federal
courts in civil proceedings under the act,
passed also one requiring the Interstate
Commerce Commissioners to furnish all
roads before January 1st, next, one uni
form classification, and making any devi-
alton therefrom unlawful and unreason-
able.
Anderson, of Kansas, offered amend
ments, requiring the Commission to exc
cute the provisions of the Interstate Com
merce law, declaring all pooling unlaw-
full. The railroad companies, he declared,
through understandings and associations
has formed trust, which took from the
people 81, 900, 900, 900 year in defiance
of the law. The President of any COM
pany who would enter into such trust
ought to be sent to the penitentiary and
kept there.
Anderson declared that the railroads
were making more money under the In
terstate Commerce law than they ever
did before.
Anderson's first amendment was
adopted, and the other rejected as too far
reaching,
Nelson, of Minnesota, addressed the
House in support of the amendment Of
fered by him, making railroads incorpo-
rated under the United States law amen
able to the laws of the States traversed
by that road. He said the Northern Pa
cific road had refused to submit to State
regulations on the ground that under the
Interstate Commerce law it was exempt
from amenability to the State.
Crisp, of Georgia, made point Of Or
der against the amendment, and it was
ruled out.
| Grosvenor submitted an amendme ent
making it unlawful for any common car
rier, subject to the provisions of this act,
to carry refined oils and other petroleum
product, cotton seed oil and turpentine,
for any shipper, in tank or cylinder cars,
who shall own, lease or control same in
any manner except upon the condition
that said carrier shall charge the same
rate for the transportation of said
products in modern packages or barrels
in carload lots, as in said tank or cylin-
der cars the said tank and cylinder and
said wooden packages and barrels being
carried free in each case.
| The amendment was adopted. The
bill as amended was then passed without
division.
Wilson, of Minnesota, called up, and
the House passed without amendment,
the following bill: That where any rail-
road company, heretofore chartered or
incorporated, or that may hereafter be
chartered or incorporated by an act of
Congress, has built or constructed or
operated, or shall build. construct or
operate a railroad through, across or into
the territorial limits of any State or Ter
rates and fares made or charged for the
transportation of property and passengers
over or upon such road, or roads, for
traffic within the limits of State or Ter
ritory, and the tariffs and schedules
thereof shall be subject to legislative
control of and by the several States
and Territories through, across, or
into which such road or roads are
SO constructed, built or operated, any.
thing in the charter of, or acts of Con-
gress creating such companies, or any
law Of any State or Territorial Legislat-
/
or act of incorporation to the contrary
Notwithstanding. Section says that
Section l OF this act shall be limited in
it's operation, and shall apply only to the
carriage and transportation by such COM
pany or companies of passengers or prop
erty, wholly by railroad, or partly by
railroad and partly by water, when both
are used under common management,
control or arrangement, from one place
or station to another place or station,
both being within the territorial limits of
one and the same State; and they shall
in no case apply to any commerce be-
tween States or Territories, or into
foreign countries.
The contest over the Oklahoma bill
was then resumed. A motion was
made by Springer that the House go
into Committee of the Whole for the con-
sideration of that measure. The ques-
ton disclosing no quorum, call of the
House was ordered. Only 1872 members,
no quorum, responded. Adjourned.