The People's friend., 1894-07-27
PACIFIC ROADS.
The Minority of the House Commit
tee Drawing UP a Report.
THE REILLY BILL OPPOSED.
qouse Free Traders Threatening-A Bill
for Hearing and Determining Com
plants of Shippers-The Anti
Option Bill.

WASHINGTON. July 26.-The minority
If the house committee on Pacific rail
toads, who voted against the Reilly
bill for adjusting the debts of the Cen
trail and Union Pacific, are drawing up
a report on the subject. which VIII be
presented to the house this week.
Three or more members will contrib.
ute their views. making the report
composite affair. Mr.. Boatner, OF
Louisiana. is drawing that part OF
the document which is intended to
point out the defects of the Reilly bill,
from the standpoint OF the opposition,
while Mr.. Harris. of Kansas, and per
haps others will contribute supple
nentary views.
They will stand on common ground
in their opposition to the bill reported,
holding that it is inadviSa bic for the
government to grant any extension OF
the time for the railroads to settle
their debts, contending that the plan,
if it is enacted into law, will have the
legal effect of quashing the suit
brought by AttOrney-General Olney
against the Stanford estate, and in
dieting the projectors and directors OF
the road for what they will call irreg
ularities in the management of the
funds.
FREE TRADERS THREATENING.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The free
traders in the house are beginning tc
talk about what they will do if the
democratic senator's persist in dead
locking the pending bill. There are
seventynine free traders in the house"
Congressman Champ Clark, of Mis-
souri,, said yesterday, and it was THEN
work that made the Wilson bill as lib
be done readily-prOceedO on the Spring
er plan and instruct the ways and
means committee to bring in separate
bills in the direction of tariff reform.
If this policy had been followed from
the start there would have been none
of this wrangling, and the Mckinley
bill would have been reformed just the
same. Something of this sort may hap
pen vet before congress ad jOurnS.
SHIPPERS COMPLAINTS.
WAsHINGTON, July Ex-senator Al
len. of Nebraska. has introduced a bill
which will be followed or amended by
provisions of like character, naming
other cities This bill provides that
the Interstate commerce commission
shall meet at Omaha once a year for
the purpose of hearing and determine
ing complaints of shippers and Others
in Nebraska and adjoining states .
Six weeks notice is to be given in the
papers of the time and place of meet
ing. Blanks are to be furnished all
who desire to make complaint with full
instructions how to proceed, the OBJ
iect being to afford speedy and ade-
quate justice to all parties concerned" ;"
THE ANTIOPTION BILL"
WAsHINGToN. July 2G.-The anti-op-
ton NIatch) bill has been referred to
subcommittee of the senate committee
on agriculture. consisting of Messrs.
Roach. Washburn and PETER. This
subcommittee has not held Il meeting,
but informally the matter has been
talked over. Senators Roach and
Washburn have said that they desired
to examine its provisions with some
care before making a report Senator
Washburn, it is understood, prefers the
bill that passed the senate last con-