Show FIFHETH CONGRESS The Union Pacific Bill in the Senate CENTRAL PACIFIC QUESTION Flllibasterlng la the Home Opposing Oppos-ing the Fandlnc Bill The laiez State Commoroa Aot Eto SENATE WASHINGTON February 4The Senate Sen-ate resumed consideration of tho antitrust anti-trust bill Frye giving notice that at 2 oclock he would ask the Senate to take up the Union Pacific funding bill Senator George made an argument against the bill and expressed his intention in-tention of offering amendments looking to the suspension or a reduction of the import duties on articles as to which rusts are formed The Union Pacific funding bill was then taken pp As the bill was read I the date of 1st of July 1888 as to that up to which calculations should be made was changed wherever it occurred oc-curred to the 1st of July 18S9 and other dates ware made to conform to that change Michael gave notice that he would at the proper time move to the committee the bill with instruction to include legislation in reference to the Central Pacific Railway Company Ferry stated that the Central Pacific had not been included in the bill because be-cause the attorneys who had appeared for t e company had not seemed to manifest any great DXSIRB TOE A SETTJuBMKHT and beoauS3 there was parallelism between the cases of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific had been again railed by 010the Central Pacific Huntington Hunt-ington who 010 had appeared before the committee and had the present bill which had been introduced by Mitchell as a substitute for the pending bill adding ad-ding ten or twelve sections for a settlement settle-ment with toe Cenrl Pacific It seemed to him the matter could be settled in separate bills a good deal better bet-ter than in one He realized the immense im-mense difference between the situations of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Pa-cific that very much more leniency must be granted to tho Central Pacific than to the Union Pacific If government govern-ment expected TO GET ITS DEBT PAID ike Central Pacific Company should have a very long time to irake the payment pay-ment The report of tho committee was then sent to the clerks desk and read Mitchell made a motion which he had given notice of to recommit the bill and Btttcd the reason why he thought the motion should prevail He spoke of the enormous amount due by the Pacific Railroad companies ltd gar ernment at the time of the maturity of the debt145924000 any legislation legisla-tion having for Us puspose the payment of that almost fabulous sum hadto be regarded of the utmost importance It was not his purpose to discuss the merits or demerits of the pending bill It was his purpose to attract the attention atten-tion of the country to the general situation sit-uation and argue the proprietary as to the JUSTICE CF THE PZKDIHG BILl while it i elated to matters to at least onehalf of the controversy HALEI ought to say in justice to the Central Pacific that for at least H month the company has showed a disposition dis-position and a great desire to make some settlement and adjustment 01 its debt with the United States and there is now pending before the committee an amended bill which the committee are called to consider to morrow morn nt to MITCHELL That is all right that shows a disposition the part of the committee to do that to which it is committed I insist that it is not wise to pave the roads for one at this stage I of the game and controversy leaving the other branch untouched and unconsidered un-considered If any part of iirwas to be postponed it should have bsen the Union Pacific At this point Michell yielded the floor to adjourn At this point of the conference a committee was appointed on the diplomatic diplo-matic appropriation bill and Hale Allison Al-lison and Cockrell were appointed confreres Tne Senate then adjourned HODSH WASHIKOTOH February 4 The Speaker having proceeded with the call of States for the introduction and reference refer-ence of bills filibustering was inaugurated inaugur-ated by Payson of Illinois who sent to the clerks desk and demanded the reading of a long printed bill to establish estab-lish a court of appeals His opposition is directed to the Union Pacific funding bill Upon his desk rests a stack of bills The reading of the bill will consume con-sume tho entire day unless her receives assurances that no effort would be made to pass that measure under the suspension suspen-sion of rules The court of appeals bill having been read and referre i Payson brought forward for reading and reference refer-ence the bankruptcy bill which owing to its length is the favorite weapon of the filibustered Pays n stated that his objections were not against the consideration of the bill at the proper time but now there was but little time for debate or amendment and created a diversion by calling up as a question of the highest high-est privilege the conference report on the bill to amend THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT The amendment relative to the transportation trans-portation of ore gave rise to somo discussion dis-cussion Bayne of Pennsylvania making mak-ing a motion that the House recede from its amendment Tho motion was lest The conference was acieed to and a further conference ordered The Senate amendments to the diplomatic diplo-matic and consular appropriation bill wore nonconcurred in and u conference con-ference ordered Cardy of Missouri then called up the conference report upon the Nicaraguan Nicar-aguan canal bill He stated that the confreres on tho part of the House had receded from the House amendments requiring the company to print upon the obligations n a provision relieving the United States from any liability on account of the company Pending action ac-tion on the report the House took a recess andhe evening session to be for the consideration of the bills reported from the committee on Indian affairs THE EVENING BE8SI9X Almost the entire session was consumed con-sumed in < consideration of the bill to divide a portion of the Sioux Indian reservation in Dakota into separate reservations and secure therelinquish ment theIndian title to the remainder re-mainder about 11000000 acres After a lengthy debate Peal of Arkansas in charge of the bill finding it would be impossible to secure final action withdrew with-drew it from consideration in the House Bills were passed on the allotment allot-ment of lands in severally to the Oneida Indians in Wisconsin and the United Peoria and Miami Indians in Indian Territory The House at 130 adjourned |