Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-04
TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS.
The Bill Against them Discussed
in the Senate.
FILIBUsTERING IN THE HOUSE.
The Senate.

notice that he would tomorrow call them up
for action.
PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT OF FRANCHISE.
Mr.. Evarts reported the testimony taken in
the Texas election investigation, with resolu-
ton directing the committee on privileges and
elections to revise carefully the existing laws
regulating the election of members of Congress
with view of providing for more complete
protection in the exercise of the elective fran
chise, and for the punishment of offenses
against it. The testimony was ordered printed
and the resolution was placed on the calendar.
FOR THE APPREHENSION OF HENRY E. M'KEE.
MIR. Dolph introduced joint resolution in
reference to the $721 200 received by Henry E.
Mckee as a contingent fee in the Choctaw
claim, and his disobedience of the order of the
directs the apprehension of Mckee wherever
he may be found, and that he be brought to
Washington and subjected to the jurisdiction
OF the Supreme Court of the District. Referred
to the judiciary committee.
Mr. Chandler's resolution in reference to
naval officers claims was taken up and Cat the
request OF MIR. Voorhees) laid over for another
day.
BILLS PASSED.
The following bills were taken from the
calender and passed:
The Senate bill in relation to dead and fallen
timber on Indian lands.
The House bill for the relief of the trustees
OF the First Baptist church, Smithiand, Ky.
MIR. FRyE's VIGOROUS DENIAL.
Mr.. Frye, rising to question of privilege,
read paragraph from a Washington dispatch
to the New York World in reference to the
British extradition treaty, in which it is stated
that the booders may still go free; but. on
motion of Senator Frye, the Senate committee
nrOVldpd pyfra6Itlnn
dynamiters."
Il am not permitted" Mr. Frye said, ''to say
what took place in executive session, but am
permitted to say that there is not a word of
truth in that statement, SO far as / am con-
cerned. And IL the correspondent of the New
York World has exerted his utmost ingenuity
to have gone as far possible from the shadow
of truth he could not have succeeded any better
than he did in that statement, as every Senator
who was present in the executive session
knows
THE BILL AGAINST TRUSTS.
The Senate resumed consideration Of the bill
''to declare unlawful trusts and combinations
Frye giving notice that at 2 o'clock he would
ask the senate to take up the Union Pacific
funding bill. ----e7'' '+
Mr.. Jones (Ark) made an argument in sup
port Of the bill.
Mr.. George said that he was extremely
duAiOus tHdt Diil suOuiu pass tnls Congress
which would put an enc forever to combina-
tiOns that dictate what the people should pay
when they purchase certain articles. and what
they should receive when they sell them. He
criticised the pending bill, however, as one
which would have brought within its punitory
last year against
THE JUTE BAaaING TRUST.
Mr.. Sherman asked Mr.. George whether he
m tn hat an apto 70
not to buy bagging or anything else would be
combination within the meaning of the bill.
MIR. George replied that that was Just what
he contended.
Mr.. Sherman thought the proposition very
extraordinary one. and declared that such was
not his idea or the idea of any one who had
anything to do with the bill. Nor did he be-
Eeve that that was fair construction.
MIR. George contended that the bill would ap-
ply to temperance societies whose object was
to break up the trade in liquors. and to farmers
who agreed not to sell the produce below GER
tain price; and said that he was not prepared
to sustain a bill of that sort, which seemed to
be aimed at phantoms and not at real griev-
ances.
The trouble with the bill was, he said, that it
attempted to do the impossible and to draw
within the commercial power of Congress (un-
der the Constitution) jurisdiction over the sub
ject.
Mr.. George was still speaking at O'Clock,
and Mr.. Frye consented that the Union Pacific
funding bill should lie over for another half
hour.
BIERsTADT's PICTURES AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Mr.. Sherman offered resolution, which was
referred to the committee on the library, in
structing that committee to inquire into the
propriety and expediency of purchasing Bier
stadt's pictures (now in the executive mansion)
OF yellowstone Falls yellowstone PARK q
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ter"
Mr.. George resumed his argument in criti-
cism of the trust bill.
THE UNION PACIFIC FUNDING BILL.
The Union Pacific funding bill was then taken
up.
House of Representatives.
FILIBUsTERINa INAUGURATED BY MIR. PAYsoN.
The Speaker having proceeded to call the
states for the introduction and reference of
bills, filibustering was inaugurated by Mr..
Payson Qll) }, who sent to the clerks desk and
demanded the reading of long printed bill to
establish a court of appeals. His opposition is
directed to the Union Pacific funding BILL and
upon his desk rests a stack of bills, the reading
of which will consume the entine day, unless
he receives assurances that no effort will be
made to pass that measure under suspension
of the rules.
The court OF appeals bill having been duly
read and referred Mr.. Payson brought forward
for reading and reference the bankruptcy bill,
which, owing to its length, is favorite weapon
of filibusterers who desire to kill time.
MR. PAYsoN EXPLAINS.
Mr.. Payson states that his opposition to the
Union Pacific bill is not directed against con-
sideration Of the measure under the ordinary
rules Of parliamentary procedure. but against
its consideration under suspension Of the
rules, when but limited time for debate and
no opportunity for amendment are presented
With the prospect of long, monotonous task
before him the reading clerk did not put the
customary vim into his voice, but drearily
droned out the well-known provisions Of the
bankruptcy bill.
BREAK IN THE MoxoToHY
was made by Mr.. Crisp. of Georgia, stating that
it was apparent that nothing would be done
under suspension of the rules, and he called
up, as q matter of the highest privilege, the
conference report on the bill to amend the in
terstate commerce act
The points upon which the conferees have
been unable to come to any agreement relate
to the transportation of oil in barrels and in
tank-cars, and to conferring concurrent iuris-
diction upon the state courts to hear and deter
mine questions Arising under the act