Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-12
Bill to Improve Revenue Cutter
 Service Goes Over.
RAILROAD POOLING BILL
Passes the House After Much Fihbustering-The Nicaragua
 Canal Again Discussed.

comm lee on appropriations yesterday, and gave notice that he would call it up to- morrow.
 resolution introduced by Mr. Dingley, republican, of Maine, was agreed to call ing upon the secretary Of the treasury tor information regarding the Behrlnt. sea seal regulations.
 In the morning hour the bill to improve the fticercy Of the reveuue cutter service by providing retired list for the officers there of was called up, and Mir. Clark, dem- ocrat of Missouri, contin ued his speech in opposition thereto. His theme for the forty five minutes that were allotted to him Was, as he sad, s'the Lerosm of the border states during the war; and when he had concluGed Mr. Mallory, democrat, of Florida, in charge of he bill, asked unanimous consent that general debate be closed, but Mr. Clark objected. Mr. Mal- lory thereupon addressed the house in sup port of the bill, and Mir. Dunn, democrat, of New Jersey, opposed it.
 Without action the hour expired and the bill went over.
 Mir. Richardson, democrat, of Tennessee, favorably reported from lhe committee on printing a resolution providing for the printing oi 10, GOO copies of the annual re- port of the secretary of the treasurer. Under the special order of last week the bill 10 amend the interstate commerce act so as to permit pooling of railroads was laid before the house. MT. Cannon, re- publican, of Illinois, spoke in opposition to it as reported by the committee, urging the adoption of the Cooper substitute, which gives the commission final jurlsdic- ton of the agreements entered into by tue railroads.
 The debate was further continued by Messrs. Sibley, democrat, of Pennsylvania; Har,er, democrat, of Ohio; Springer, denl- ocrat, Of Illinois, and Black, d .mocrat, of Illinois, all of whom spoke in favor of the bill.
 At 3:O5 o'clock Mir. Patterson, democrat, of Ten nessee, in charge of the bill, in pur- suance to the announcement made last Saturday, demanded tue previous question on the bill and pending amen dments. The yeas 174, nays 100. The committee amend ments, two in number, were then agreed 10 without division
 One only is of importance. It provides that in constructing and applying tle pro. visions of he bill, the act, omission or failure of any person acting for or employed by railroad company shall be deemed the act or om ission or failure of the company. The third reading and engrossment Of the bill was ordered by vote of yeas TO, na,s Ill. Then folio wed A period of hl ibuster ing, motions 10 recommit the bill to amend 1t and to adjourn following each other. Finally the question recurred on the pas sage of the bill, and il was agreed to-yeas 166, nays no.
 Then at 6:G5 p. m. the house adjourned until tomorrow.
 IN THE SENATE.
 Nineteen senators answered at roll call today. A number of bills were introduced and appropriately referred and then Mir. Morrill, republican, of Vermont, addressed the senate on some recent financial bills and 'quack panaceas for imaginary national ills. .''
 Senator Peffer, who is responsible for most Of these bills, moved down and took the seat adjoining MT. Morrill, so as to hear every word.
 Mir. Merrill closed his speech by moving the indefinite postponement of the various financial bills which had been adversely reported, and Mir. Peffer moved to include a bill introduced by Mr. Palmer, demo- crat, of Illinois, which MT. Palmer him. self called "the bes; embodiment of popu- lism to be found in political history"
 After some badinage between MT. Palmer and MT. Peffer all the bills were indef- nitely postponed except MT. Palmer's, which was ordered to lie on the table. Among number of private pension bills reported by MT. Palmer, democrat, of Illi- nois, was one in favor of the widow of Gen. N. P. Banks.
 resolution was offered by MT. Higgins, of Delaware, requesting the president, if not inconsistent with the pub lie interest, to furnish copies of all corre- spondence touching any indication on the part of the United States to bring about negotiations for peace between the empires of Japan and China. MT. Morgan objected to it's present consideration and it went over under the rules:
 MT. Call, democrat, of Florida, rising to a question of personal privilege, sent to the desk and had read an item from the Daily Florida Citizen bearing on an alleged diffi- culty with the administration In the matter of a local appointment in Florida. Mir. Call the article as "malicious from beginning to endn and part of the wicked, malicious system of falsehood by professional liars to defame senators.
 He insisted upon the necessity of sena- tors taking cognizance of this growing evil and of expelling from all privileges con- the senate any correspondent who should circulate such false reports.
 MT. Call gave notice that he would speak tomorrow on his resolution forthe appoint ment of a special committee to inN estigate the Honduras Lottery company in Florida.
 At 2 o'clock the Niraragua canal bill came up as the unfinished business, and MT. Dolph, republican, of Oregon, made speech in advocacy of it.
 At the close of MT: Dolph's speech the house joint resolution to pay the officers and employees of the senate and house their December salaries on the 20th instant was reported and passed.
 MT. Sherman, republican, of Ohio, re- marked as to the Nicaragua canal that all arguments which could be made on the subject had already been made, and he was therefore under no necessity of trespassing on the time of the senate.
 There was but one question, he said, which he had any trouble about, and that was how to dispose of the just and merito- rious claims of the Maritime Canal com pany for the work already done. He was not entirely satisfied with the provisions of the bill on that subject. His own opinion was that the company was entitled only to the money actually expended by it.
 The bill was laid aside without action, and the message from the president touch- ing alleged Armenian atrocities was read and referred to the committee on foreign relations. ss
 The senate then proceeded to the consid-