The herald., 1894-12-06
per acre in payment Of land located
under subsequent acts.

per acre in payment of land located
under subsequent acts.
Hooker of Mississippi introduced 9
bill repeating section 8 OF the act pro-
viding for the resumption of specie pay
ments, which authorizes the secretary
of the treasury to sell bonds described
in the act OF July IA. 1875.
Pickler presented resolution re-
auesting the secretary OF the treasury to
furnish the house the names OF soldiers
OF the late war discharged from his de-
partment since the beginning OF his ad.
miniatration, and the cause OF dismissal
In each case.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal English of New jersey asked
unanimous consent for consideration oi
q bill. Sayera of Texas objected. where
upon English promptly objected to a
resolution offered by Blair OF Now
Hampshire calling on the president to
furnish the house. ii not incompatible
with public interests, all the corres-
pondence, telegraphic and otherwise,
between this country and China, relat-
ing to the war between China and
Japan the resolution went to the COM
mittee on foreign affairs. English then
demanded the regular order OF busi-
ness.
McRas, Democrat, OF Arkansas. from
the com mittee on public lands, called
up the bill to prevent the fres use OF
timber on public lands. and to prevent
further permits for cutting timber in
Wyom ing, New Mexico and Arizona.
The section OF the bill repeating the
act of March 5. 1891. fixing the limita-
tion of five years against the United
States for the institution Of suits to va
cate land patents, met strenuous oppo-
eiton and it was amended so as to ex-
empt patents issued to individual set
tiers. As amended the bill wau passed.
A bill authorizing the secretary OF the
interior to receive unsatisfactory mill
tary bounty land warrants under the
act OF 1858. at the rate OF $1.25 per acre,
in payment of lands located under SUBJ
sequent acts, was also passed.
Richardson, Democrat, OF Tennessee,
th en- called up the conference report on
tn Q printing bill which was under con-
side ration yesterday. The report was
adop ted, 1856 to 95.
Cultivate, from the COMMITTEES on
rules, thereupon presented the general
order for consideration of the railroad
pooling bill each day after the morning
hour until disposed of. The order was
agreed to without division.
The object of the bill is to authorize
competing common carriers, subject to
the provisions OF ths interstate COM
merce act, to enter into contracts for the
division of their gross or net earnings,
and to secure a more expeditions and
efficient enforcement OF that law. Ap.
plications for pooling, together with
copies OF contracts must, according to
the terms of the bill. be filed with the
commission, and unless disapproved be-
come operative 20 days after filing. An
other section requires annual reports
from railroads, including answers to all
questions aeked by the commission, with
fines for default.
Patterson, Democrat, OF Tennessee,
who was in charge Of the bill. dwelt at
length on the oppressiveness of illegal
rate-outting for the benefit of large
shippers, citing as an example the Ar
mour Beef Packing company at Chicago.
That combine, he eaid. handled in
dollars more beef than the entire cotton
crop OF the United States amounts to-.
The rates made for this corporation
practically drive all competitors from
the field and fix the price of every
bullock on every farm in the south and
west. Under the present law, he said,
it WAS impossible to secure convictions
for violations OF the anti-pooling section,
because both parties to the cutrate
we're equally guilty before the law, and
one could not be made to testify against
the other. The pending bill would
compel testimony and did not aim at
the punishment OF the clerk or agent
but of the railroad company itself.
Cannon OF Illinois did not think the
administrative functions and RESPONSE
bilities should be on the shoulders oi
the courts, but that the revoking oi
pooling arrangements should be within
the control OF the commission.
Upon the conclusion OF Patterson q
remarks, the house at o'clock ad'
journed.
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