Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-03
THE FEDERAL LEGISLATURE.
The Senate tho Hardest-workfne BODY In
the World According 10 Mr.. Hawicy-
Ito Hour Of Meeting Changed
Back to IL O'Clock.
WASHINGTON, April 2, 1880.
senate

WASHINGTON, April 2, 1890.
senate.
Mr.. Edmunds. from the Judiciary Com
mittee. reported back the antitrust bill IN
the form of substitute, and said that there
WAS one section in the bill az reported
which he thought went further than 1T
ought TO 90. Owing to little necessity OF
health he would probably not he IN town
when the matter would be taken up, put
some other member OF the committee
would take charge OF 1t.
Mr.. Vest. a member of the Judiciary
Committee, said he concurred IN the re-
port, but with the understanding that there
was ono section of the bull that did not In
his opinion 60 far enough.
MI Cullom asked whether that was the
same section which Mr.. Edmunds thought
went too for.
Mr.. Vest said it was. He thought it was
Mr.. George. another member of the
committee, regarded the bill, so tar as 1T
went. as a good one--tho best that could
be framed under the constitutional power
of Congress over commerce. But there
were one or two powers OF Congress
which. he thought, might be exercised eff
fectively in the direction of suppression OF
trusts and combinations but which the
committee did not see proper to exercise.
He should support the bill as reported.
but might offer amendments looking to
the exercise of these other powers.
MIR. Coke. another member OF the COM
mittee. concurred in the bill as reported
except that he would prefer the section
referred TO by Mr.. vest 10 be In Httle
different form.
The bill was then read. and Mr.. Ed
munds said that as soon as tho Montana
election case was disposed of the Dill
would be taken up. -
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr:
Hale TO change back the daily hour OF
meeting TO ~ o'clock was taken up.
Mr.. Edmunds moved to amend by
making it take effect Monday the 14th
instead Of next Monday. He gave as a
reason why the Senate should meet at IL
A. NJ. the fact that there were now on the
calendar between 700 and 800 bills reported
from committees, and he thought 1t wiser
to allow an extra hour for disposlng OF
this business than TO give it to the COM
mittee in order to enable them to heap up
more business on the Senate.
MIR. Hale said be had offered the resolu-
ton because he thought the operation OF an
IL o'clock meeting was very embarrassing
and inconvenient and resulted IN little
good. 1t was practically to dissolve the
committees.
Mr.. Hawlev, in protesting against the in
timation by Mir. Edmunds as to the lack OF
industry on the part of senators, insisted
that there was no such hard working le-
gislative body in the world as the United
States Senate. and that the average busi-
ness-men of the country did not work 50
hard.
After further discussion. participated in
by Messrs. Plumb, Jones of Arkansas,
Dawes, Reagan, Evarts, and ingalls,, al
favoring clearly q meeting at noon. Dir. Ed
munds's amendment was rejected-yeas.
81; nays. 20.
Three Republicans-Nlessrs Hale, Plumb.
and Wolcott-voted with the Democrats i'll
the negative.
The resolution was then agreed to-veas.
80; nays, $50 that. commencing Monday
next. the hour of meeting will be IL o'clock.
The conference report on the urgent de-
ficlency bill was presented and agreed to.
The House recedes from its disagreement
to the Senate amendment (as TO irrigation
surveys with the provlso that no part OF
the amount shall be expended IN SINKING
wells or in the construction of irrigation
works. and that the Government shall not
be committed to any plan ofirrigation.