The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-16
TO PROTECT SHIPPERS.
4 BTLL HAVTNG THIS ron ITS OBJ
,JECT PASSES CONGRESS.
The Question of Curtaiilng Immigration
Receiving Earnest Attcntion-The
South and the Cabinet.
TIMES BUREAU, RApyFy BUIDNo,
W ,ofrsNgroN noc IE 1900

large majority OF the members OF the
House did not come to the Capitol at all.
and the 150 who come spent most OF their
time writing. There was not the slightest
ripple OF excitement about the floor or
lohbies and the usually exuberant spirits
OF the members seemed to have relaxed
into Indifference. The occasional con-
ferences held in trios and Quartcttes were
solely OF some business TO come up after
the holidays. and even the slate-makers
for the next Cabinet were remarkable
for their cessation from active prediction
The House passed one bill this morning.
which, having passed the Senate, will now
40 to the President, in which many OF
the Southern shippers, especially OF Hour
and grain. will be interested. The Dill
provides that the owners of vessels trad
ing between this and foreign countries
shall not be exempt from common law
damages by any clause or provision in
serted I'm the bill Of ladng. a great
many bills Of lading used in this foreign
trade contain a clause which eXempts
the vessel owners from the payment OF
damages even when the damage or loss
10 cargo Is simply the result of their
carclessness in storing or arranging the
consignment in the vessel. 1t is against
this clause that the bill is directed, and
II is altogether for the protection Of the
shipper.
The House to-day passed a joint reso-
luton 10 adjourn from December 22d to
January T. 1893. and the Committee on
Rules brought in a schedule of work for
each day until the adjournment next
Wednesday. on Saturday the Senate
bill 10 settle the accounts Of the Govern
ment and Florida. on Tuesday bills from
tn Committee on Public Lands, and on
Wednesday from the Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce.
lt had been very confidently expected
that the House would adjourn over to-
morrow. as the big theatrical perform
ance 20 be given under the auspices Of the
National Press Club will take place at
noon. Many Of the members Of the
House and Senate have bought tickets,
and the attendance will be of the 400
Of the Washington official life The
House refused 10 adjourn when the motion
was put although IT is safe to predict
that there will be more congressman
tomorrow at noon in Albaugh's Theatre
than in the hall Of the House Hon. Tom
Reed will address the audience on what
] Know About Newspaper Men," and
private Allen. of Mississippi will tell
"What / Don't Know About Newspaper
Men"
The motion TO adjourn over in the
Senate resulted I'm a tie. and Nice-Presi-
dent Morton jocularly remarked that as
d. was expected to be present at the
theatre he would vote in the affirmative,
So the Senate adjourned until Monday
next.
The subject Of immigration is attract
irg vey unusual interest I'm both branches
of C5rgress. The Senate committee under
Senator Chandler is doing valuable work
l1 This line. The committee recently wrote
o. eleven very prominent physicians in
New York, asking If there was feeling
II apprehension in the public mind and
among physicians Of a visitation of chol-
era during the spring and summer OF 1875
Eight OF the physicians responded and
the general consensus of opinion was that
rigid quarantine should be adopted
both here and abroad, and "A thorough IN
spcction made Of every vessel bringing
Immigrants, and If this could not be done
the restriction of immigration for one
year IS recommended.
The vessel owners, Of course, seriously
object 10 either of these arranSements'
They resent vigorously the thought or q
twcnty. DAYS quarantine, ana SIMPLY
v,or,+ listen 10 cutting off 'he immigrant
travel for a whole year. The fact is, the
vessel magnates do not care whether a
cargo Of cholera-infccted immigrants IS
lnuded. so they have all paid their pas
f1ge Their ships are not subject 10 me
disease and a captain and new crew could
easily be engaced if they should happen
g. be stricken down on the voyage.
A committee representing the merchants
and ship owners Of altimore was at Inc
Capitol this morning and appeared before
the Committee on Appropriations, into
whose hands have PASSED the various I'M
migration and quarantine matters The
FentlCmen were Mr.. John G. Gordon or
The Baltimore Storage and Lighterage
Company, Mr.. Ramsay Of Patterson,
Ramfay & Co., John J.. Rogers. president
OF the Corn and Flour Exchange. t. Burl-
ing Hall and Mr.. Atkinson of ,he North
German Lloyd Steamship Company. Their
object Is 10 prevent Baltimore having a
double ouarantine-NauOnal and State
as might be the case If a National Quaran-
tine is established.
The Illinois delegation have decided to
get oil Of the Federal offices due Illinois,
20 recOmmendcandidates for every
everything in sight. and incidentally TO
put forth Mr.. William r. Morrison as
Secretary Of The Treasury. as Senator
Palmer puts II. subject Of course of the
will Of Mr.. Cleveland. This was a nice
thoughtful rroViso Of the ancient Senator,
as most slate-makers seem to forget the
fact that the President-elect may poss-
bly, have some little preference in these
matters, but Senator PalmCr Is over sew
enty-fiVe years Olu, ana mas IedIHtu SOiliS~
thing
The Virginian delegation has had no
formal conference, but they are doing
good deal OF single-handed promising, 10
"ihink II over" 10 "see about II when
o.. fine comes" 10 'gO hunting with
you when the season opens" &c, DC.
a correspondent here for one Of the
OHIO paperB whose members in Congress
We're as slow about giving him news as
some delegations / know, recently Sc
leeted the names and salaries of all the
Federal offices IN Ohio, and gave the
nmes and residences uere Of all OF the
Democratic representatives from that
State, beginning with Senator Brice, lie
then wrote that all Of these offices were
waiting for the Democrats Of Ohio. that
n congressman could get any Of them
passes on the railroads, and could fix
them IN line for the places on their arrival
here. They were all living wsll, he said,
and would be glad TO have any OF them
STOP a few days with therA He advised |
Them not 70 stop TO ring the door bell |
but 10 walk right in and be at home |
Ile congressional mail from Ohio is rap |
IDLY increasing, and Ohio is going down |
on the hotel registers after towns that |
are even too small 10 be seen on the |
map
Ths subcommittee Of the Interstate and
fofegn Committee, which has lately been
investigating the alleged Reading coal
combine in New York, held a meeting in
,he House committee-rooms this morn