The age-herald., 1898-01-16
HE ANTESCALP|NG BILL.
 sq. Hearing Resumed Before the Senate Committee. MIR. MCKENZIE ON THE STAND Said That He Paid no Attention to a Certain Law as He Did Not Consider It @ Good One.

6dSliHS loH, Jdil- io-Lic SCiisitc Coil-
 mittee on interstate commerce this morning
 at 1O:45 resumed it's hearing on the anti ticket scalping bill. Pending the resump- tion of George M. Mckenzie of Chicago, statement was submitted to the committee Traveller of St. Louis.
 MT. Lyon said that F. J. Feeley of Chi cago and P. D. Dow of New York did mot
 represent the 350,OOO travelling statesmen of
 the country. While he did not desire to be understood as claiming to represent all the commercial travellers of the country
 he was absolutely satisfied that great ma jority of those travellers were in favor of
 the pending bill He thought it absurd to suppose that the hundreds of thousands of commercial travellers could not make
 engagements with the railroads as favorable
 to themselves as the few thousand ticket
 brokers could make for them. If 1t were not for severe restrictions placed by the railroads upon local rates,
 made necessary by the ticket brokers, 1t would be possible for commercial travellers to make much better arrangements for their transportation than they are now able to make. MT. Lyon said that as bus mess proposition the railroads could afford to sell transportation in large quantities at lower rate than they could sell small quantities. He said therefore that the commercial travellers on the road practical ly all the time were entitled to lower rates than the persons who travelled only occa- sionally and a short distance. MT Mckenzie. the Chicago ticket broker then resumed his testimony He presented | affidavits from various brokers in Chicago T cities, setting forth that they had pur- chased tickets directly from the authorized agents of railroads, and in some cases re- ceived commissions thereon.
 In response to inquiries by Senator Gull lom, MT. Mckenzie named among the lines with which he had done business in Chi cago, the Big Four, Chicago and Great Western, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and Alton and Union Pacific, Monon Route, Wisconsin Central, Canadian Pacific, and Rock Island.
 He was unable to afford the committee details and particulars concerning the busi- ness done with these lines. | Senator Elkins inquired what the annual volume of Mr. McKenzies business was and he replied that it aggregated last year | s66O 900.
 'No wonder you are making fight against this bill," said MT. Ell1ins. The questioning of MT. Mckenzie brought out the statement that the bulk of his business was done over the weak lines, | He said that he could do little business | with the Canadian Pacific because the laws of Canada prohibited brokers in rail- road tickets within the limits of the Do- mnion.
 Upon mileage books commission was 1 ever paid by the railroads, the brokers having to pay as much for the books as anybody else.
 | ckvsuo4saidsh? xm xiii? xf1z f1fff1fn;! | Senator Tillman asked sharply: Cant | your produce some absolute proof in the | shape of cance1ed cheeks or some other | kinds that these railroad men who have l appeared have lied* That's what we are | trying to get att
 Mr. Mckenzie then submitted some fur l ther statements of brokers, a few of which
 had attached to the canceled checks.
 Can you state," inquired Senator Gull | lom, what lines give you personally com- | missions?''
 l "I have been here several weel1s," re- piled MT. Mckenzie. land can't say what
 the exact conditions in my office now | are" | WSil, OOH yOu hhoWp POioioeSN -Ahi l Cullom, "what is being done in your of | flee at Chicago-whether or not you are l getting commissioner"
 q really cannot say" was MT. McKen- | zie's reply, "whether my office is now. re- ceiving commissions from railroads or l not"
 l MT. Mckenzie said that since the pres | ent discussion was opened some of the rail- | roads had with1rawn their business from
 the brokers.
 DO you brokers" inquired Senator Gull | lom, "pay heed to the state law requiring
 that no railroad tickets shall bs sold ex- cePt by authorized agents of the rail- | roads?'' --~-' '---
 we pay no attention to the law" re- l piled MT. Mckenzie.
 | "Why asked MT. Cullom.
 "We don't think 1t Is a good law" was
 the answer.
 "Well," said Mr. Cullom. 'we should have l a queer condition of affairs If all the peo- pie should proceed on that plan. What
 explanation have you to offer on that
 point?'
 MT. Mckenzie said it seemed to be the
 result of public opinion. ok.
 You say" said Senator Elkins, "that in | 1894 you did business aggregating $G60,0OO;
 now, what was your profit on that busi-
 ness?"
 "I will say" said MT. Mckenzie, "that in
 that year we-my partner and I-had five
 offices. Our aggregate business was s1,3S0,-
 GOO and our net profit was about $3700O
 This concluded MT. McKenzie's testimony
 and the committee then adjourned to meet
 at the call of teh cahirman.
 MT. Mckenzie did not say that he, him.
 self, had received commissions from rail
 roads for the sale of tickets, but he re-
 peated statements from other brokers that
 they had been paid commissions from the
 various roads.
 l "" Few shown Up. Shfis'
 Washington, Jan. 15.-Consignments of
 $1O0 silver certificates are being received
 daily at the treasury department, but so I for ba of ffc {c cryr-