The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-11
THE DOINGs OF CONGRESS.
Governmental Control of Railroads Dis.
oussed In tho Senate.

oussed In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, July lO.-Tho Senate
spent three hours to-day in debate upon
the resolution offered Monday by the
Popuiist Senator from Kansas, Mr..
PETER, looking TO government control Of
interstate railroads, the regulation OF
their freight and passenger .ates, the
fixing Of the wages OF railroad employees,
the acquisition and operation of all tho
coal beds Of tn" country (either by the
Federal Government or by the Stale
governments) and TO many other Of the
peculiar ideas Of the Populist party.
As was to be expected the great rail-
rtat strike at Chicago WAS the chief
topic in the debate. In speech of over
an hour and half Mr.. PETER stated the
case from the Debs or strikers point of
view and laid all the blame for the out
break on Mr.. Pullman, whom he charac-
teriZed as sOulless, cont Gle lceless and
tyranntcal. The cause OF law and order
and OF the maintenance of free and I'M
INSTRUCTED intercourse by railroad COM
muIication was championed by Senators
Davis and Gordon, both of wnom de-
nounced the position taken by the
Kansas Senator and tho lawless acts of
Debs and his followers.
A os,itute for tho PETER resolution
WAS offered by Mr.. Daniel (Dem Va
upholding and commencing the official
action of the President and his Cabinet,
and then, after some remarks by Mr..
Daniel and Mr.. Stewart pop, New,
the whole subject went over till to NOR
row.
In the last two hours OF tho session
the postotiice appropriate ton bill and the
house bill fer the admission of Utah as
State were passed, the former with
very little friction and the latter with
out any at aiI-even without the yeas
and nays being called Ii pom its passage
The Senate then, at 5i5 p. NJ, al journed
until to morrow.
In thc House.
WASHINGTON. July l0.-Sevural pri
vate relief bills we're psss.d and then
Patterson called up the conteste cleo
tion case OF Thrasher vs.. Enloe, from
the Tenth Tennessee distric: The res
olution declared Guioc entitled to the
seat. Pattcrs stated that the major
lty OF the committee were OF tho op!n.
ion THAI Enloe was cl, c:ei by no votes
and the minority that lie was clec ed by
80 votes The resolutions were agreed
10 without ulVlSlO2.
morg the bills reported from com-
mittoos WAS one by Powers (Rep Yer
monO from the committee on ,ho
judiciary, which he said was in,ends 4
only Ito improve Tho health and merits
OF tho mt IN bers OF tho House" Quughter).
1t provided for tho repeal of section 20,
revised statutes, under which the SER
geant at arms is deduc.ing from the
salaries of members per diem for 40
sence for other reasons than sickness.
mi 'ori.y report will also be filed.
McRae, chairman Of the committee
on public 'ands. called up the bill to
repeal tho act exempting public lands
In Alabama from the operation of the
la" of 1883 relating to mineral lands,
and it WAS pass>d
According TO the arrangement made
by him with the Committee on rules,
McRae, chairman of the committee on
public lands, called up the bill reported
from his committee to amend the rail
road land grant forfeiture law of Sep
tember 90, 1892, by inserting a sub
stitute for section one, greatly extend
ing the scope Of its operations. BY the
provisions of the new act about 50, OOO,-
600 Of sores Of land would be affected
and restored to the public domain The
bill was discussed by McRae, Boatncr
and Cobb. who favored it's pass lge, and
by Lacey, Gear, Wilson and Hermann,
who opposed ii. 1t was not disposed Of
At $40 the House adjourned until to-
morrow.
EARTHQUAKE IN CONsTAN rINOPLE.