The morning call., 1895-02-02

There is not much left OF them but rlndS.
He said from the earnings and subsidies of
the Central Pacific and other local sub
sides the Southern Pacific was built. Now
having got road of their own that the
Government had no lien on the managers
clinched the play by leasing the Central
Pacific to the Southern Pacific for ninety
nine years, so that they are able to divert
traffic from the Central to the Southern,
and the net receipts go to that road, and
the Central Pacific is sucked dry, and the
Union Pacific in great measure held at
the mercy of the former, and this bill will
enable the Southern Pacific to maintain
the clinch.
at is evident, he said, "that this bill is
satisfactory to the managers of the roads
and was inspired by them, and in view of
the past we may ask ourselves whether
what they want is best for the United
States? What guarantee can be given that
these companies will keep faith and be any
more honest in the future than in the past?
None. This bill is simply in the nature of
a stay of execution for criminals proved
guilty. These roads hold San Francisco
and practically the Pacific Coast in wise.
No road but the Southern Pacific enters
San Francisco. They control the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company.
All trade and traffic between the coast
and the Missouri River is held in subjec-
ton by these roads. Every farmer and
producer all along the line is at their
mercy. This bill is to continue this out
rageous condition of affairs for fifty years
more. For fifty years the coast must be
held in this vise and for all these years
the people of the coast and all the people
as far as Missouri must pay tithes levied
by these monopolies supported by the
Government. Yesterday some gentleman
remarked in a sort of condescending way
that possibly low freight would be an ad-
vantage to the people of California, speak
ing of that coast and State as if they were
a foreign country.
''Is not California, State in the Union,
entitled to equal consideration with every
other State2 Has it not contributed as
much to wealth, honor and prosperity as
any other during its lifetime? We are not
asking that you appropriate SIS, 100000
year for our farmers, as You do for the pro-
lection of the farmers of the Mississippi
Valley. We ask now that this Govern
ment, which for wise purpose aided these
roads by giving such enormous subsidies
which gifts have been turned from their
true purposes, and have been used to es-
tabish grievous and oppressive monop-
oly-now that the power of the oppressor
is about TO pass away by the operations of
law, We ask that this Government shall
not renew and extend the power of these
robber roads to Cypress our people for a
period of fifty years more, and shall not
uphold the hands of these .robber barons."
Bryan CD of Nebraska also opposed the
bill, which he said dealt with two classes,
those who had been guilty of misman-
agement and those who would use the
lines in the future. The title in his opinion
should be amended so as to read, Thou
shalt not steal in small amounts to visit
the iniquities Of the father on the son in
the fourth generation and for no other
purpose" Laughter.
Bryan devoted most of his time to dis
cussion of the equities between the people
on the line OF the road and the stockhold-
ers. The real purpose of the bill, he said,
was stated by Powers yesterday when he
said most of the stock was held in New
England They wanted dividends and the
men who had robbed the road wanted i'm
munity.
Caruth Cd of Kentucky consumed
the remainder of the hour with a speech in
favor of the bill. At y O'clock the House
returned to its routine business. On mo-
ton of Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio a joint
resolution was passed providing for joint
committee of the House and Senate to re-
port plan for participation in the exer-
cises connected with the dedication of the
Chickamauga military park September 10,
1895.
Hit (R.) of Illinois then submitted from
the Foreign Affairs Committee the privi-
legged report on Storer's resolution calling
upon the President to transmit all CORE
spondence and information regarding the
report that the rebels against the Hawaiian
Government were melted, supplied with
arms and partly led by persons who
claimed to be British subjects and that the
Minister of Great Britain interviewed in
order to prevent the application OF martial
law to those concerned in the rebellion.
The report recommended the passage of a
substitute covering the same ground in
different phraseology. Hit made the
report in StOrerr's absence and asked for its
immediate passage.
McCreary, chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, deprecated what he
called a further display of Hawaiian his
tory" He said his committee was unani-
mously in favor of the resolution, and it
should be passed without stirring up this
old question again.
Heard then demanded the previous ques-
ton, which led to the bandying of epithets
and a personal encounter between Breckin-
ridge and Heard. After this was over Hit
went back to his speech on Hawaii. Pos
sibly, he said, part of his remarks had been
lost because of little confusion which had
diverted the attention of the members.
McCreary made a brief reply, in the
course of VIII Oh he and Hit got into a good
natured wrangle, McCreary contending
that the Hawaiian cable of which Hit
had spoken had nothing to do with the
question. The resolution was adopted
without division and with little opposition,
and the House devoted the rest of the day
to the District of Columbia BILL
Representative Bowers is being criticized
tonight by California Congressman for his
savage attack upon Mayor Sutro. Judge
Mcguire said to the CALL correspondent to-
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