The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-19
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
EX-SENATOR EDMUNDs A VISITOR
ON THE FLOOR.

a Petition From the Deposed Execu
tive Clerk Laid On the Table-A Bill
to Prevent Contracts With Steam
ship Companies That Discriminate
Against Ports o. the Country.
WASHINGTON, April 1s.-The familiar
figure of ex-senator Edmunds was to be
seen in the Senate chamber at the opening
Of to-day's session Of the Senate, while Sec
rotary McCook was reading the journal oil
! Thursday last. Mr.. Edmunds moved
| around on the republican side and received
! greetings from senators Of both political
parties, holding a long conversation with
| Mr.. Morgan.
The first business transacted after the
reading of the journal was completed, was
an announcement by Vice President Nor
ton shat he had received a communication
in the nature of a petition from James r.
Young, late chief executive clerk, TO be
| laid before the Senate. which will, Mr..
Morton added, "be laid upon the table, it
having already been printed"
mr. Vest introduced bill to prohibit
contracts by the Postmaster General with
any steamship company making unjust dis
ordinations against any part Of the United
States as to imports by carrying foreign
mails. In connection with the bill. and
before asking it's reference to the committee
on commerce, Mr.. Vest said that he desired
to submit certain resolutions Of the mer-
chants exchange of the city Of st. Louis,
Mo.
these resolutions, he said, called attention
to the flct about the existence of which he
knew nothing personally, that the United
States and Brazil Steamship Company, one
of the subsidized lines under the act provid-
ing for special contracts for carrying for
eign mails, had refused to deliver coffee i'm
nOFfa6 from RFaIil a tho ~ Navu-
port News. 1t was stated in these resolutions,
and had been largely circulated in the
public prints, that the president
and principal owners of the line had
publicly announced that the company
would not hereafter deliver imported coffee
at that port on account Of objections made
to such delivery by merchants of the CITY
OF New York. As a matter of course the
western and southern country was very
largely and vitally interested In any such
discrimination, because it affected directly
retail dealers and Wholesale dealers in " est
ern and southern cities and towns. He
asked that the bill and resolution be referred
TO the committee on commerce, and it was
so ordered.
KICKS FROM OTHER SOURCES.
Mr.. Daniel said that he had received a
number Of like resolutions from boards Of
trade in different cities of the country
which he would present tomorrow or next
day. This injurious discrimination, he
said, affected not only the southern coun-
try, but the west and northwest I'm a very
vital manner and he hoped that the com
mittee on commerce would find some rem
edy for that outrageous invasion of the
equal rights Of the people affected.
Mr.. Cookrell said that be had received as
bearing on the same subject resolutions of
the associated wholesale grocers of st.
Louis. he presented them and they were
also referred.
At lao o'clock the Senate went into ex.
ecutive session.
THE COURT OF APPEALS BILL.
At sos o'clock the doors were reopened
and legislative business was proceeded with
The motion of Mr.. Call to reconsider the
vote whereby, on Thursday last, the Senate
passed the bill TO amend the act of 1890
TO establish a circuit court of appeal
and to define and regulate In certain cases
Jurisdiction OF the courts of the United
State was taken up for action. After some
explanation and discussion the bill was so
amended by change Of verbiage, as 10 be
satisfactory to Mr.. Call and other senators,
and as so amended the bill was again passed.
COURT OF CLAIMS MATTERS.
The bill to facilitate the disposition Of
causes In the court of claims was then
taken up as the unfinished business, the
pending question being an amendment Of
fered by Mr.. Daniel, requiring the two ad-
ditioual judges provided for to be members
of different political faith. Mr.. Daniel
modified his amendment so as to make it
read; both of whom shall not belong to the
| same political party" and argued that if
that amendment was objected to as I'M
constitutional the same objection applied to
the interstate commerce commission, the
civil service commission and other COM
missions where that principle was put In
] the law. Mr.. Daniels amendment was re-
| Jected. The bill was then passed-yeas, 81,
nays, Is.
Mr.. George gave notice that he would
tomorrow call up the resolution offered by
him on April ID, relative to the appoint
ment of a committee to inquire into the
causes of the low prices of cotton and the
depressed condition of agriculture in the
states raising cotton.
The Senate then adjourned.