Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-29

agreed to. calling for the Samoan cores
pondence with the chief justice of the is
land and with the United States consul.
Mr. Allison Qcwa) made another brief
contribution to the financial question by Of
fering a resolution calling on the Secretary
of the Treasury to ipfcIr the Senate what
portion of the slOD,CNs,,UtO reSeryc-so cali
ed has been used for meeting current eX-
penSes, ard what part of the proceeds OF
recent bond sales have been similarly used
The resolution went over en- objection by
Mr.. Vest
Nh Cameron Pa.) presented a resolution
for the assembling OF n board OF army
engineers at Philadelphia to ascertain
whether the new bridge over the Delaware
river was an obstruction &c navigation. and
that work on the bridge be suspended until
the board reported. The resolution Went 10
the commerce committee.
Mr.. Voorhees, offered "a resolution, Whlch
vent OYER. calling for information as to the
amount of per ding claims filed by naval
officers.
After the partnership is formed. the COM
pennies composing it may raise rates or
fares and freight to any height they please,
uncontrolled by national law, and may
proceed to collect those rates from passen-
gers and from shippers of freight.
The profits of railroad management de-
pend largely upon the rates of wages paid
to employees. The companies may embody
in their partnership agreement schedule
of wages for all classes OF railroad oper-
atives to be maintained upon all the rail-
roads of the country. III a strike takes
place on any one of the lines the managing
board may use any portion of the gross or
net earnings Of the companies to defeat the
OIL ject of that strike. In short, this eleven
thousand million partnership is given I'M
limited power OF railway consolidation; all
railway competition anywhere IN the coun-
try is abolished by act of Congress-. rates
of fares and freights for the whole country
may be fixed by one managing board and
Put into operation, and the wages OF the
railway workmen OF the whole country
may be fixed and their acceptance enforced
by the most gigantic monopoly every pro-
posed or conceived of anywhere in the
wCrld. All this may result from the fair
and legitimate construction and operation
OF the language OF the proposed bill.
Proposed Amendments.
In view of the attempt thus made to
create an eleven thousand million railroad
monopoly with unlimited power to fix rail-
road rates. and the wages of railroad labor,
1 feel IL TO be my duty to endeavor to Sc
cure certain amendments.
The senator then read the amendment he
offered in committee. and which he has
since proposed in the Senate.
He said he could no reason for the
rejection of the amendment, holding that
IL IL Is not intended that the Interstate
commer rec commission shall make an in
vestigation. then the promise is a fraud
and a deception on the people.
Another amendment which 1 shall oner
when the bill comes up for consideration
Is as follows:
Every such contract shall contain a
stipulation binding each party thereto, in
cases of differences or controversies be-
tween said party and its employees, to sub
nit the same to arbitration, IL such arbl-
tration shall be proposed by said en-
ployes under the law Of October 1, 1888,
creating boards of arbitration for such
cases; provided, however, that by mutual
agreement the interstate commerce com
mission may act as arbitrator under Such
law with the powers given thereby.
1.-THE necessity for this amendment Is
APPARENT from what 1 have already said.
The bankruptcy Bill.
The bankruptcy bill was then taken UP
and Mr.. Mitchell (Oreg) offered 5ubsti-
tute on the lines of the old Terry bank
ruptcy BILL so called. with some moditica-
tionS.