Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-10
A LIVELY DAY.
THE SENATE AMENDS THE INTER-
STATE COMMERCE LAW.
A spirtsea Debate of the Sugar Clauses
or:shsiNiiis sni-caanon's >Asasndn'sns
Defeated-Eforts to Reduce Tarin on
Sugar Unsuccessful-Other Washington
News.

WASHINGTON, July l0.-The passage OF
the Senate bill amending the Interstate
Commerce law was the chief feature OF
yesterday proceedings in the Senate.
Mr.. Stewart. speaking 10 a motion TO re-
fer vetoed pension bill 10 the committee
on pensions, attacked and severely cen
sured the President for vetoing 50 many
private pension bills. The President 5
action, he thought, was unreasonable, and
he doubted il the necessity was so great a.
TO Justify the executive in assuming legis-
latiye power so frequently.
Mr.. Vest defended the President
Mr.. Stewards proposition, he said was
monstrous and the President was as much
required to scrutinize the smallest pension
bill and give it his approval or return il
without his approval, as he was to examine
and act upon the largest appropriation bill
Mr.. Cullom called up the Senate bill to
amend the interstate commerce laws. The
important changes in existing law proposed
by the. bill are: Requiring reductions in
published rates, fares or charges to be..nade
only after three DAYS previous public no
tice; prohibiting advances in joint rates,
fares and charges, shown upon joint
tariffs, except after ten days notice
to the commission; adding imprisonment
to the penalty provided for violation of
the law as TO unlawful discrimination in
rates; making false billing, false classifica-
tion, false Weighing, misdemeanor pun
ishable by fine not exceeding S., 600 and
imprisonment not exceeding two years for
each offense; making the payment of any
consideration to induce unjust discrimina-
ton misdemeanor, subject to a similar
penalty.
Mr.. Reagan offered an amendment which
was agreed to, giving TO the United States
Circuit and District Courts jurisdiction of
the relation ~ person or firm with power
20 issue peremptory writ of mandamus
In the course of debate Mr.. Reagan intima-
ted that the Interstate Commerce Cone
mission had shown TO much of yacillatin,s
disposition in dealing with railroad com
panies, and Mr.. Wilson criticised the COM
mission for constituting the law 10 the ad-
vantage of the roads.
Mr.. George said the law prevented dis
elimination between two millionaircs who
could protect themselves, but unless it
went a step further and provided that the
small shipper, the man of small capital
should have service prorate per barrel or
per pound at the same rate exactly as the
large capitalist Congress would have failed
TO do its duty.
After further debate Mr. Culiom prom
ised to have the question thoroughly con-
sidered at the next session of Congress.
Mr.. Mcpherson said since the enactment
of the Interstate Commerce law the rail
road companies had received 10 per cent.
more per ton per mile than they had re-
ceivea under the old competing policy.
Mr.. German contradieted this statement
and said since the act went into effect there
had been less charged on through freights
than for the live preceding years, except in
cases where the railroads cars were at war
with each other, and notwithstanding the
large increase in the volume of through
business the receipts had not equalled the
receipts during the preceding normal years.
After further discussion the bill was
passed.
The House bill was passed providing for
bridge across the Missouri at point
within point five miles below Kansas City.
The Senate went into secret session, and
at 5 O'Clock adjourned.
THE HOUSE
The feature of the House proceedings was
the defeat of Mr.. Cannon's sugar amend
amendment to the tariff bill as well as sew
eral other propositions looking to a reduc-
tion on sugar.
n Resolutions werefntroduced and referring
one directing the Committee on Manufae-
lures 70 report at once. all the evidence so
far taken by the committee relating TO the
Standard Oil and to the sugar trusts and
another providing for special committee
of the House to sit during the recess and in
vestigate alleged evasions of the laws pro-
hibiting the importation of contract labor.
Mr.. Brown, of Virginia. offered a resolu-
ton releasing the committee on education
from further consideration of the Blair
educational bill, and making that measure
q continuing special order for July II. Re
ferred. s....,-.s .sA 4,
Mr. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky, intro
duded q bill, which was referred. TO increase
the pensions of survivors of the war oi
1872, whose names are now upon the pen
sion rolls, from S. to sl2 per month
Consideration of the tariff was then re-
sumed, the pending question being Mr..
Cannon's proposed amendment placing
sugar not shove sixteen Dutch standard on
the free list, reducing the rates on Other
grades and paying bounty to sugar pro
ducers- 49,
Mr.. lwilkerson opposed the amendment
and after further debate Cannon amend
ment was rejected by vote of los TO 81
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, offered an amend
ment placing the duty on sugar not above
Is Dutch standard, testing not above rs a
7-l0 of a cent per pound with an additional
duty of 2-l00 of cent per pound for eacl
additional degree highest.
After considerable debate a vote wa.
taken and the amendment was lost sc ye4is
los nays -.
Mr.. Weber, of New York, offered ar
amendment providing for new elassifica
ton of the grades of sugar. iIl
Mr.. McComas, of Maryland, inquired ot
the Democratic members OF the Ways and
Means Committee. whether on March y
last they had not given a hearing Will
respect 10 sugar to Mr.. Havemeyer, of New
York.
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, replied
that Mr.. Havemeyer's testimony before thu
Trust Investigating COMMITTEES having
developed an interesting line of inquiry, b,
had asked him to come before the Way:
and Means Committee to talk with som,
gentlemen there.
Mr.. McComas-You denied to the miners
manufacturers and laboring men hearing
yet gave one to the head of the sugar trust
Mr. Mills-We did not deny hearing
to anybody; we did not deny it to you snd
the statement is false.
Mr.. McComas-I now have the informs
tin that on that date the majority of the
committee gave hearing 10 the head o
this trust and en- the second of April there
after this bill came in and that the com
mittee had stricken out l6 degrees and pu
in l3 When the labor of the countr,
could not be heard the head of the suga
trust was heard, and upon information *
furnished and pursuasion, you came her
leaving your best provision. taking up
worse provision in favor of that trust;
fraud upon the country.
Mr.. Breckenridge OF Kentucky, denie,
that the majority of the committee ha,
given a hearing to Mr.. Havemeyer since tn
bill had been brought before the House.
Statement aud counter statement on thi
subject continued and finally there wer
shouts of .'vote, vote" and great confusio
8, the midst of which Mr.. Weber's amend
ment was rejected, 65 TO IS.
On motion of Mr.. Mills the duty on m'
lasses testing not above Sc degrees was fixe
ct 2A cents per gallon.