The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-01-27
CONGRESSIONAL.

| Speeches continue on the measure.
sweeping denunciations of the measure wert
| ing in utter contravention of the constitution Of
the United States and In violation OF the righti
Of states.
The Garrahan bill received q death blow fol
this session, the affirmative vote falling eight
short of a constitutional majority.
The eundry civil appropriation bill, as re
ported to the house, makes 1t the duty OF the
secretary of the interior to consolidate the dis
trict land Offices SO as to bring their total com
pensation within the appropriation. For the
ION, 81 M sb, ~ a an
Khgore, of Texas, prevented any business dur
ing an entire day in the house. This is as usual
The senate passed bill concerning testimony
In criminal cases after providing in 1t that no
person shall be excused from attending or testi-
flying before the interstate commerce commits
sion on the ground that the testimony or evil
dence may tend to criminate him.
The bill amending the interstate commerce
act was taken up: 1t is intended to obyiate the
construction which the courts placed on the
words "the Same line" as they appear in the
fourth section Of the act. They have held that
one line, the transaction of business of any less
number forming in part the same line may
charge. without violating the Law. q greater
pooling section Of the act is amended by striking
out the word mot" and inserting the words ANY
contract, agreement or arrangement. 1t further
agreements or arrangements" for apport1onin9
among themselves their traffic or their gross or
net earnings under certain conditions to be in
terposed by the interstate commission. 1t fur
Their provides a common carrier who IL a corpO-
ration, may be indicted for violation of any pro
visions of the act. Senator Lind moved to
strike out the section amending the pooling
section OF the original act, and Senator Patter-
son acquiesced. After an amendment was agreed
to, requiring all common carriers to accept
from connecting lines loaded cars or trains, to
be hauled to the point Of delivery at a rate not
exceeding that charged for similar service over
their own lines. the bill was passed. The bill
was then passed making the printed and written
documents in possession of tho commission ad-
missible as legal evidence.
When time comes to vote on the anti-options
bill its opponents will not resort to dilatory
measures; although it i. apparent that they do
not hope strongly to beat it.
The senate committee on Indian affairs in
vited discussion before it by all parties in inter-
est. Among those appearing, and who we're
kansas, who is one of the Cherokee representa-
tives here. He clustered about what ''Our ma
ton" would do and what .'our nation" would
when bis and
The result of the episode may. and probably
will be provision in the bill to the effect that il
the Cherokees and their Arkansas representative
do not approve the bill within certain time, the
president will be directed to open the strip to
settlement and the question of remuneration to
the Cherokees can be settled in the courts later,
wnefe the ODlteu states treasury WILL nave a
better showing than before congress-
In the senate the house substitute concerning
testimony under the interstate commerce law
was non, concurred in. a conference asked and
Senators Wilson. Teller and Pugh were APP
pointed conferees
Among petitions on Sunday openinp of the
worlds fair was one signed by Archbishop KEN
lick and Vicar General Brady of the Roman
Catholic church. Bishop Tuttle of the Episcopal
church. and other citizens of St. Louis. Mo. IA.
,oring Open;np after - O'Clock Sundays. and
another minister of the Methodist EpiscopaI
church. south. of St. Louis aeainst Sunday open-
nc,
Senator Wolcott called up his Joint resolution
directing the dscontinuance of the sale of Col
lmbiau postage stamps, He was at a loss to
BEEN manufactured. He noticed that the post-
master general had sugeested in his annual re-
sort that he expected to receive S5OI OOO extra
profits ont OF their sale to stamp COLLECTOR
That was a trick that might suit some of the
little Central American states when thew were A
ew thousand dollars s.shy, hut the JJnited
States was too bio country IN unload a cruel
md unusual stamn unOn stamn collectors Rail-
Dad mail clerks comnlained that the / cent
Columbian STAMP was so like the registration
,tamp that constant mistakes were being made
,y them. and he had a letter from a physician
Hho said II the sale of those stamps we're stonped
he stamna MIGHT he used for chest nrotcctors
lie asked Unanimous consent that the Joint rese.
tection was made and n was laid over
The seitation of the omnibus statehood bill
creating states ont of the Territories of Okla,
aoms. Utah. Arizona and New Mexico, has COM
nenced in earnest in both senate and house.
Tho onarontine hill nasal the honso Tta