The record-union., 1893-01-20
MOURNING AT COLUMBUS.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the Senate
and House.

ASoSCA0dJ AEOCSSOlnRS III UEo senate
and House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Tn the Senate
to-day Wolcott gave notice of an amend.
ment TO the Sherman silver repeal bill
requiring the coinage of all silver bullion
now in the treasury or hereafter pur.
chased.
| Petter resumed his argument in favor
of constitutional amendment limiting
the Presidential Office to one term.
At the conclusion of Peffer's address
the anti-option bill came up and Plat
resumed his argument against its consti-
tutionality.
Cullom of Illinois from the Committee
on Commerce, reported an amendment
to the Interstate Commerce Act, Placed
on calendar.
Teller of Colorado introduced new
bill to submit the McGarraghan claim tc
the Court of Private Land Claims. and
had it referred to the Judiciary Commit.
| tee.
Wolcott of Colorado introduced a Joint
resolution directing the Postmaster-Gen-
eral to discontinue the sale of the So
called Columbian postage stamps, except
where specially called for. He asked
that the resolution be Immediately acted
on, and said he knew nothing more rid
iculous than those plasters covering hall
an envelope. The resolution went over.
Stewart of Nevada then took the floor
in opposition to the anti-option bill. on
constitutional and business grounds.
After further debate, Washburn with
=, II -
but he gave notice that tomorrow he
should ask the Senate to remain in ses-
sion till vote was reached. The bill
went over without action, and the Senate
adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The Housa
passed the lighthouse bili' and the bill
was called up for the construction of two
revenue cutters for use on the Pacific
Coast, but Kilgore tilibustered against it
and the bill was withdrawn.
The Senate bill, with substitute nro-
viding that no person shall be excused
from testifying before the Interstate Com
merce commission on the ground that his
evidences may tend to criminate himself
was passed.
Patterson then called up the bill amend
ing the Interstate Commerce Act. The
report accompanying the measure saws:
The bill is intended to obviate the con-
struction which the courts placed on the
words ''same line'' as they appear in the
fourth section of the Act.
The pooling section was amended
by striking ont the word pool" and in
serting the words ''any contract, agree
ment or arrangement 1t further
provides that railroad companies NAV
make contracts, agreements or arrange
ments" for apportioning among them
selves traffic or gross or net earnings
under certain conditions to be imposed
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. The bill further provides that a
common carrier, who is a corporation.
may be indicted for violation of any pro-
visions of the Act
Lind of Minnesota moved to strike ont
Section 2, amending the pooling
section of the original proposition but
O'Neill of Pennsylvania strenuously oh
jected. The motion was agreed to.
Boatner of Indiana offered an amend
ment, requiring all railway common
carriers to accept from connecting lines
loaded cars or trains to be hauled to the
point of delivery at rate not to exceed
the charge for similar service ever their
lines. Agreed to-S5 to 5S.
The bill then passed.