Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-10
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Interstate Commission Under
Fire.
CHINESE AND JAPANESE LABOR,
Discussion of the Sugar Schedule
ClOsed-CannOn'S Amendment
Defeated.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD. i

WASHINGTON, July 9.-ln the Senate
the motion to refer to the Committee on
Pensions one of the vetoed pension bills,
was made the ground work of a speech
by Stew art, against the frequent exercise
of the veto power of the President.
Vest followed in support of the Presi-
dents veto. The motion was referred to
the Committee on Pensions.
The Senate on motion of Cullom pro-
ceeded to the consideration of the Senate
bill to amend the Interstate Commerce
act.
Regan offered an amendment, which
was agreed to, giving the United States
Circuit and District Courts jurisdiction in
cases Of the violation of any of the pro-
visions of the act, upon the relation of
any person or firm, with power to issue
peremptory writ of mandamus. Rea-
gan said he had given notice of the
amendment, extending the provisions of
the act to express companies, sleeping
Car companies and stock car companies,
but as it would only provoke Discussion
and retard the passage of the bill he
| would reserve the proposition for next
| session.
| Teller made similar statement in re-
gard to an amendment which would pre-
vent the railroad companies from charg-
ing higher rates from the Pacific coast to
Denver than to Kansas City.
Reagan intimated that the Commission
had shown too much vacillation in deal
ing with the railroad companies.
Wilson Iowa) also criticized the Com
mission for constituting some provisions OF
the law to the advantage of the railroad
companies.
George offered an amendment prohib-
iting carriers from transporting goods for
any shipper, in car or vehicle owned by
such shipper, unless they charged exact
ly the same rates as were charged to
other shippers.
Finally the amendment was Withdrawn
on the promise of Cullom to have the
question thoroughly considered at the
next session.
After further discussion the bill was
passed.
The House bill to regulate liens Of
judgment and DEGREES of courts of the
United States with amendments) was
passed.
After an executive session the Senate
adjourned.
SENATE COMMITTEES.
A proposition to submit to the people
OF several States Constitutional amend
ment, to prohibit the liquor traffic in the
United States, was favorably reported
by Senator Blair, to-day, from the Com
mittee on Education.
The Senate Tariff Committee gave
hearings to-day to the manufacturers Of
cuffs and collars, Of crinoline cloths and
tarleton, and to parties interested in the
silk schedule.
Incidentally a new and interesting
feature of the Chinese Cor more properly
Japanese) cheap labor problem was
developed. The silk men stated that
there is on sale in the New York market
to- day, silk manufactured and printed in
Japan, similar in quality to that pro-
duced in Lyons, and they promised to
send fuller evidence in documentary
form to the committee. Their argument
in this connection is that silk manufact-
urers are opening establishments in the
East to get the benefit of the cheap labor
OF these countries, with which they say
it would be impossible for Americans to
compete on even terms.