Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-15
Bills Of That Character 10 Both Sen
ate and House.
TIE POST OFFICE MEASURE IN One
The House Considers the Needs Of
the Navy.
OTHER MATTERS TAKEN UP

There was q brief exchange between Mr..
Hill IN. V and Mr.. Hale CMe.) on the
opening of the Senate today. Mr.. Hill COM
planned OF the slow methods of the District
Of Columbia committee, which had held
back for months a suburban railway Dill,
in which certain New York parties were
interested. Mr.. Hale defended the COM
mittee and incidentally referred to the
undue anxiety" of Senators.
Mr.. Hill briskly resented the inference.
1t led to debate iii which several Sena-
tors participated.
y resolution was agreed to directing the
committee on fisheries to investigate Inc
sponge and oyster fisheries of Florida with
n view to their utilization.
The Sugar Duty Repeal Hili.
Mr. Harris, from the finance committee,
reported favorably the bill repeating the
law imposing one-tenth diRerentlai duty
on sugars coming from countries paying
a sugar bounty.
Mr. Aldrich Or. - in behalf of repub-
presented a motion to recoElmi the Oil
and report to the committee, Win lnstluc-
tons to report 1t back with the following
specified amendments:
First, rc-enacting the reciprocity ieatuie
Of the tariff act Of lSJo. -
Second providing a bounty 70 the 90
nestle producers Of sugar.
Third. providing for deficiencies OF reVe-
nues resulting from the removal OIL uu's
from sugar, wool, ETC. NJ,
The finance committee report and Mr.
Aldrich's resolution Of recommittai ana Al
structiops went to the calendar.
Mr. Chandler IN. H) offered q resolution.
which went over calling On the Secretary
of the Navy for information as 10 WhetheI
certain officers of the ships lslcnmond anu
Constellation, at Newport. II. H.; Mei Wei;
Il
families, quarters, &C., in public buildings
ashore.
The Pooling DiN.
Mr.. Butler s. c. then called up his res
olution providing for taking up the pooling
bill. There was some objection, until the
explanation was made that the resolution
was called up not with view OF urging
the pooling bill to passage, but to permit
remarks on the measure Mr. Butier spoke
from manuscript at consideraple 1ehseh IN
support of the pooling bill. His remarks
were largely technical concerning the ue-
tails of railway pooling. and the Senator
met what he regarded as misapprehenslonS
concerning pooling contracts. ne u,s1u
the impolicy of the Chandler amendment,
directing the interstate commerce commlS.
sion to pass on all pooling contracts IL
only ten cities were pooled they would nave
100000 different items of traffic rates, snow
ing that the interstate commerce commas
sion could not pass on such vast num-
Der of contracts. Mr.. Butler said the heal
lines to Mr.. Chambers speech In the Con-
gressional Record, referring 10 a Glgan-
tic pooling partnership was teeHhe
with munchausenism.
Mr.. Chambers gigantic Partnership
was in truth gigantic bugaboo ue-
clared Mr.. Butler. The latter offered the
opinions of experts showing that out Oh
500 O00, 900 of railroad traffic only forty
millions would be pooled if this bill passed.
Mr.. Butler said the opposition to the
measure came mainly from the benehci-
aries of secret ATTACHMENTS. 1t would
neither raise rates nor destroy competition.
The interstate commerce commission had
complete control of rate-making. On the
question of public policy Mr. Butler as
serted emphatically that the measure
would mot be prejudicial
He summed up the advantages OF the Dill
as follows:
First-It would prevent unjust discriinina-
ton by the railroads in favor Of large
metronolitan shippers and against small
Secona-It would protect the weaker rail-
roads against absorption by the larger
ones.
Third-It would prevent discrimination as
to localities and as to persons.
Fourth-It would make competition stable
and just as against secret cut-throat re-
bates and agents.
The Butler resolution was laid aside. Mr..
Chandler giving notice that he would re-
ply at later day.
The Post ONCE Appropriation Bill.
The post office appropriation bill was
then taken up and vote was taken ON
the amendment of Mr.. Blackburn reducing
by 10 per cent the allowance for the At
lantic fast mail line. north and south, VIZ:
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The amendment was defeated. Is TO 81.
Mr. Blackburn returned to the railway
postal car contest by proposing 10 per
cent reduction in the rentals for these
cars viz: from s., 900 to $2,SS4,OOO.
The Bill Passed.
The post office appropriation bill was then
PASSED without division. The agricultural
appropriation bill was then taken up.
THE HOUSE.
The House met at IL o'clock today. Sew
eraI bills were passed by unanimous con-
sent. as follows: For an additional judge in
the ninth uhe Pacific slope) judicial dis
trict: to correct the muster of Gilman l..
Johnson of the 1929 New York infantry,
and to establish a light station at City
Point Boston harbor.