The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-07
SEEK 4 COMPROMISE.
Last Throw Of the Pacific
Railroad Men.
WILL OFFER READY CASH.
Trucking to tho Necessities Of the
Treasury.
SENATOR BRECE Is THE SPokESHAN,
He Will De All Ready to Spring His
Proposition When the Proper
Time Genes.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-There is a well-de-
fined impression here that the Pacific rail-
roads will make an attempt to compromise
with the Government on cash basis-that
is, to pay the principal on both the Union
and Central Pacific debts. They hope to
take advantage of the depleted condition
of the treasury at this time and will argue
that sec, coo, 900 paid into the treasury at
this time would help the nations finances
materially when money is SO badly needed.
Senator Brice, chairman of the Pacific
Railroads Committee, is interesting him.
self actively in this matter and will en-
deavor to tack on to the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill an item of $4,000 to de-
tary of the Treasury in settling
up these accounts. Certainly no
appropriation is necessary for this purpose,
and this is done, of course, to make the
matter germane to an appropriation-bill
provision authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to make a settlement on this
cash basis and give a receipt in full to the
roads. Of course, point of order will be
made against Brice's amendment, and will
likely be sustained, as it would be new
legislation.
Chairman Reilly has called meeting of
the House committee for tomorrow, and
this proposition will be considered. Mr..
Reilly denied tonight that the committee
would meet for the purpose of considering
the Brice compromise, but from the gen.
eral tone of his conversation there is no
doubt that it is his intention to submit it
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been considered before very seriously by
his committee.
This same proposition in the House last
Saturday, in the form of an amendment
by Turner OF Georgia, was voted down, and
would be again doubtless if it were again
presented The Californians except Loud,
all voted for it, but explaining his action,
Judge Mcguire said: 81 only voted for it
because it carried with it recomittal OF the
Reilly BILL
1t is altogether likely, however, that if it
was submitted as separate and distinct
proposition Judge Mcguire and all the
other Californians would vote against it,
because the roads would still be operated
to California great disadvantage and no
relief at all would be afforded.
tonight that he was determined to press
his modified substitute before the Commit
tee on Pacific Railroads. If he cannot
have it reported he will try and have the
act of 1878, relative to suits by stock
holders, amended. There is not much
prospect, if any, for the Rules Committee
granting any more time to Pacific roads
! legislation, though, if. it came upon some
cash compromise proposition, it might be
railroaded through. Huntington idea is
to misrepresent the position of the Cali
! fornians in any bill that may yet be pro-
posed. His agents argue that if the Cali
fornians were to stubbornly oppose any
cash settlement their real animus Govern
ment controD would be shown. Then,
too, he believes the prospect of ready cash
| to an almost empty treasury would nave
| its effect when temptingly set forth.