The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-28
ccSsIoN OF THE SENATORS.
,,,,cT BETWEEN LABOR AND
CAPITAL.

HI, If Labor Defeated in an At
20 deprive a street Railroad
the Right to Extend Its Line.
labor Leaders Angry Because
halfway Company Refused to
stote Discharged Employees.
,o,ce Appropriation Bill TAX
en- Up.
,r-,-,tnrton. Feb. "a conflict be-
labor and capital took place in the
W. hour Of the Senate to-day. 1t
nm in the shape of resolution to
4 ,.s5raw from the President an act au-
.,i7ine the Metropolitan Railroad Com
If Washington to extend its roads
mo of the suburbs. That resolution
I'd been inspired by the Knights of La
-. +, order to punish the railroad COM
.o, for dismissing and refusing to take
s.ck several of its employees, who were
.,,bars of that organization. The sem
.ore most conspicuous in the cause of
,.sor were MIR. Allen and Mr.. Mile, while
,sa cause of the railroad company was
.ns,sined by Senators Mcmillan, Gallinger
- Faulkner, all of them members of the
,,mmittee from the District of Column
Nc Finally the resolution was laid on
ne table by vote of so to "a.
The remainder of the days session was
occupied in the consideration Of the post
.ase appropriation bill, which appropri-
otes s95SS53SS. The points which led to
dIsoussion were the item for the pay
m4nt of railroad mail transportation, and
tho proposition to create committee on
hat general subject.
Mr. Butler, pop, of North Carolina, de-
sired to have the railroads paid at the
r9tes which are charged by express COM
nanies for like service; but his amend
f ment was ruled out, on point of order.
The Senate amendment for a Joint com
mittee of the two houses to investigate
he whole subject, was modified by the
committee ITSELF so as to provide for
mint commissioned nominal change only
and to that a substitute was offered by
Mr. Chandler, proposing that the COM
mission shall consist of the two chair
men Of the postof1ce committees in the
senate and the House, the Postmaster
General and two citizens, to be appointed
BIZ the President, and that the scope of
It's inquiry shall embrace the correction
of alleged abuses in the postal service
including second-class mail matter, the
extension of free delivery in the rural re-
gion, the reduction of the cost of railroad
transportation, the adoption Of 1-cent let
ter postage and other like questions
In the course of the long debate on this
subject, Mr.. Dubois notified the repubh-
cans that they could not organize the
Senate in the next session, and that the
silver republican senator's would not Co
operate with them. The action of the re-
publican convention at st. Louis. he said,
had caused the loss of the Pacific coast
to the party, so that, of the seven senator's
since elected there to take the place of
republicans, only one republican was sent
back.
Mr.. Hill, DEM, of New York, advocated
Mr.. Chambers substitute and criticised
the action Of the committee on appropria-
tons in relation to the subject, which
caused the chairman of that committee,
Mr.. Allison, to express facetiously his
satisfaction at the advice given to thefSen-
ate 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 s
o'clock. sa
After the recess a number4of. private
bills We're passed, and then Mr.. QUAY en-
'Ne@NoACu " JJldll uLdIAI1OuS consent Tor
the consideration of the bill forbidding the
sale of liquors in the capitol, but Mr..
Hill objected.
The postottice appropriation bill was
then taken up. The Chandler amendment.
providing for a civilian commission, pro-
Voked so much antagonism that in order
10 make any progress at all with the bill,
the amendment was laid on the table.
MT. Butler, pop, of North Carolina
moved to strike ha - 0rn
ior fast mail service between New York
anG Atlanta and New Orleans. He made
an argument of nearly two hours du-
Iauon against the appropriation, which
ne characterized as a gift, a subsidy to
the railroads
Mr.. Tillman defended the provision and
declared Mr.. Buffers argument a piece
of sentimentality. He said there was
eHu.ey 100 much sentimentality in the
SCUM; What it needed was more prac>
'lcaoHlty. This was followed by a warm
anu RAPID exchange of compliments be-
tween the senators of the two adjoining
to d.
The postofflce bill was then nassed and
w., NC suhdry civil appropriation bill taken
G. washington, Feb. %, 2:4O a. mat 12:45
SUNDAY morning, after a number of IN.
sucCesstul attempts by Mr.. Hill to have
'n hour liked on Monday for holding an
S4ecuuVe session for the consideration of
,,onilhatons, it was agreed that, at 2:sO a.
,".' lne senate should take a recess until
o clock Sunday afternoon
me reading of the sundry civil bin was
then resumed ''i' was
-. - Clock there were but few senator's
~ rSeat TO listen TO the monotonous read
nls OF me clerk At that hour he had COW
IL, ~ ABOUT half the 1874 pages contained
n az lne Dill. Items to which objection was
A. o',o were passed over without action.
IN - -'@o clock the Senate took a recess
7' dt 2. m. Sunday.
ii-sOALPING BILL PASSED.