The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-01
LABOR WAR.
The Senators Discuss Street Railway
Affairs.

Affairs.
Silver Meu See the End of the Grand Ole
| Party-The House Passes the Bill
Against scalping.
Washington, February 27.-A long
sworn statement Was read by the clerk Of
the Senate today from officers of the
knights Of Labor in regard to the dismis-
sal of some employees by the Metropolitan
Street Railroad company of Washington
and in support of a concurrent resolution
introduced by Mr.. Hill, for the withdraw,
al from the President OF an act authoriz-
Ing an extension of the company's road.
The contention Of the knights of Labor
was backed by Mr.. Allen who aIraigned
the committee for the DISTRICT of Column
bia for not having reported to the Senate
the hearing given by the committee to
the representatives of the knights and TT
the officers Of the railroad company.
| Mr.. MoMillin said no report of the
hearing had been made and added that
i WV PAckOoou 90 VOhClOh WoS 49, eNS @-eo-
est of the residents and not of the rail
road company. o
"The old, old story Mr.. Allen said.
"Ths company did nos ask for the ex-
tension but the people did," ss
After Mr.. Allen had spoken for. some
time Mr. Galliuger, Republican of New
Hampshire, Der of the district
committee interjected the remark that
Mr.. Aliens misinformation was monu-
mental and that the whole thing was "a
tempest in tea pot" The whole thing
he added WAS perfectly understood.
"I have no doubt" said Mr.. Allen,
| ''that it is perfectly understood by the
Senator from New Hampshire. I have no
doubt that he is perfectly willing to. line
up with this street railroad company"
| Mr.. Gallinger recounted the facts in
the case SO far as they had been brought
before the district committee. The COM
mittee had been of the opinion that the
controversy between the company and its
| employees was not one for Congress to
| interfere with. In his judgment this
street railroad was the finest in the
United States and perhaps the, finest in
the world, and the Senate would not be
| justified in striking blow as it at the
diotation of outsiders or at the dfctation
of the Senator from Nebraska. He moved
| to lay on the table the resolution for the
recall of the bill The motion was agreed
| to, yeas 80, nays "a.
At half past g. MIR. Allison proposed
there be recess from to s o'clock this
evening and it was agreed to. The dis
cussion of Mr.. Chambers substitute was
continued.
Mr.. Dubois, silver of Idaho. made a
| speech in advocacy of his proposition of
the last session to distribute the appro-
priation bills among the committees
having charge of the various subjects.
"The Republican party" he said, ''csn-
not organize the Senate next session.
The Senators known as the Silver Re-
publican party will not cooperate with
you. You will have no power to organ
ize the Senate"
"To whom do you refer as 'you", Mr..
Nelson, Republican Of Minnesota. asked.
II am referring to the Republicans, I"
Mr.. Dubois replied.
"What have you against thema" Mr.
Nelson queried. a
II have this against them.'' Nj.
Dubois replied. "You have been stating
for several years that you would help us
to make the fight for silver but you came
out at st. Louis as the advocates of the
single gold standard and when you did
that you lost, as you were then warned,
the Pacific coast Senators. just SO fast
as the people of that section have cleo
tions for Senators will Republican Sena-
tors go down. You cannot organize the
next Senate. You cannot organize any
other Senate. As was said at St. Louis,
the Republican party as party has writ
ten it's last law ON the statute laws of
this country. II you get your tariff bill
through it will not be BIZ Republican
votes. You have nat got them. They do
not belong to you, and you will be further
from getting them aftel two years."
The day was spent after this in the
discussion of the post office appropria-
ton bill.
The House Passes the Bill Against Traffic
in Railroad Tickets.
Washington, February s7.-In the
House today. Mr.. Sherman. Republican
of New York, CALLED up the anti scalping
bill. 1t proposes IN amendment to the
Interstate commerce act and forbids the
sale of railroad tickets by any other than
regularly appointed agent of the com
pany issuing the tickets. Mr.. Sherman
pI opposed an amendment the effect of
which would be to give persons purchas-
ing tickets the right to sell them to other
persons who will actually use them for
passnge. Mr.. Sherman moved the pre-
vinus question and it was ordered. The
amendments offered by Mr.. Sherm n
were agreed to and q long debate fol-
lowed, participated ia by many mem bers.
The engrossment and third reading of
the bill were ordered AMI the bill finally.
passed 142 to 81. A bill was also passed
prohibiting the entry into any port of
the United States of any vessel from d
port infected with the bubonic plague
until inspected at quarantine, when the