Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-28
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Conflict Between Labor and Cap-
 itaI in the Senate. THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR After Railroad Corporation Silver Republi- cans Talk Out t-Right of Way for hn-
 other Alabama Railroad

Washington, Feb. 27.--A conflict be- tween labor and capital took place in ths morning hour of the senate today. It came up in the shape of resolution to withdraw from the president an act au- thorizng the Metropolitan Railroad com pany of Washington to extend it's roads into one of the suburbs That resolu- ton had been inspired by the Knights of Labor in order to punish the railroad company for dismissng and refusing to take back several of it's employees who were members of that organization. The senators most conspicuous in the cause of labor were MT. Allen and MT Mills, while the cause of the railroad com pany was sustained by Senators Me- Millin, Gallinger and Faulkner, all of them members of the committee of the District of Columbia. Finally the reso- lution was laid on the table by a vote of 30 to 24
 The remainder of the days session was occupied in th= consideration of the postofflce appropriation bill which appro- priates $95. .S35, 33S. The points which led to discussion were the item for the pay ment of railroad mail transportation and the proposition to create a committee on that general subject. Mr. Butler (pop., N. @ dssired to have the railroads paid at the rates which are charged by eX- press companies for like service; but his
 
 order. The senate amendment for joint committee of the two houses to in vestlgate the whole subject was modified by the committee itself so as to provide for joint coInmission--a nominal change only; and to that substitute was offered by MT. Chandler proposing that the committee shall consist of two chair msn of the poStoffice committees in the senate and the house, the postmaster general and two citizens to be appointed by the president and that the scope of its inquiry shall embrace the correction of all gsd abuses in the postal serYice-in- cluding Second-class mail matter the ex- tension of free delivery in the rural re- gions: the reduction of the cost of rail- road transportation the adoption of one cent letter postage and othsr like ques- tjonS.
 In the course of the long debate on this subject MT. Dubois notified the republi- cans that they could not organize the senate in the next session, and that the silver republican senators would not CO., operate with them The action of the republican convention at St. Louis, he said, had caused the loss of the Pacific coast to the party, so that. of the seven senators since elected that took the place of republicans only one republican was sent back. MT Hill, (dem. Of New York;, advocated MT. Chandler's substitute and criticised the action of the committee on appropriations in relation to the sub- ject which caused the chairman of that committee, Mir. Allison, to express face tiously his satisfaction at the advice given to the senate by the senators from Idaho and New York, as neither of them would have the opportunity of advising the senate next session.
 At o'clock a recess was taken until 8 o'clock.
 IN THE. HOUSE.
 The anti-scalping bill was passed by the house this afternoon after the ex- haustion by it's opponents of every par liamentary device of which the rules permitted the exercise. But the majori- ty in favor of the bill--more than two- thirds-was sufficient to overcome all ob- stacles, and finally triumphed The bill was called tip by Mir Sherman, (rep. of New York;, by instructions of the com mittee on interstate and foreign com- merce, and he offered to limit debate to two hours This was not accepta ble to the opponents of the bill. The bill was advocated by Messrs. Sherman and Hepburn, and opposed by Messrs. Pat terson, Mahaney. Northway, Elicit, and others. The bill was passed by vote of 142 to 51.
 Among the other bills passed were these: Directing patents to issue to set tiers on lands in the eastern peninsula of Florida; to repeal the act of 1888. granting right of way through the Fort Morgan military reservation in Ala bama, to the Birmingham, Mobile and Navy Coal Harbor Railroad company.
 Nothing has been done by the com pany to carry into effect the provisions of the act
 The house non-concurred in senate amendments to the Indian appropria- tion bill and it was sent to conference.
 The house at $40 adjourned until Mon- day.