Show im minem senate benat washington fely feb 26 25 among the bills reported from committees and laced ou on the calendar were the following lolwing lowing house bills to annex a portion of the territory ol of idaho to washington territory granting chanting a right of war to the denver rio eio grande railway ballway through the fort crawford crafferd Craw ferd military reservation to repeal certain provisions of the act relating to the purchase of arms for the use nee of states the resolution offered yesterday by Ed edmunds electing ingalls president wo tern tem of the senate to take effect tomorrow to morrow afternoon at which time ve te V e resignation of aberman herman takes effect wab placed before the senate cearell cockrell Cock reli moved to amend by substituting the name of SENATOR HARRIS the amendment was rejected yeas 26 nays 89 A strict party part vote riddle dle berger voting with the republicans e s the resolution offered yesterday by senator hoar but not then r read declaring it as the judgment of t the senile eit a e that under the present circumstances I 1 um no investigation should be undertaken with great britain regarding the existing with the canadian provinces having for its object tift change or abolition of any of the existing duties on imports was taken u up mr butler altier moved its reference to the committee on foreign relations morrill Morri il chairman of the finance committee denied the power of the president even with the aid of the senate to negotiate a reciprocity TREATY if that could be done with one natica it could be done with all and thereby the power of the house of represents representatives over the tariff matter would be usurped hoar Hour said there were a good many persons who supposed that the existing difficulties with canada were occasioned casio ned by a desire on the part of americans to intrude themselves fart ves on canadian waters for the purpose of obtaining fish there was no such desire the difficulties were created tor for the purpose of compelling the opening of united states markets to canadian fishermen within the fast set few days there had been an a election in canada which had resulted in the support of the premier sir john mcdonald and the premier had declared in a speech p ee h made since the election that 11 its sig significance g ifie e was a declaration of confidence in his a policy and that his bis policy was to compel the united states to open up their mar bets and that that result would be accomplished complis hed he did not believe there was a single senator oh ob either a side I 1 de of the chamber whether he be tor for fidis TRADE or for protection who would not indignantly dignan dign antly spurn the notion that the abe united states tates would change alter repeal t eal or modify in any way by a hairs breadth its domestic legislation on the subject of duties or imports as a means of settling a controversy growing out of such a as a means 0 of f buying pence peace for american fishermen or respect for fortee tae american tag flag in loreign foreign waters the object of his bis resolution resolution was to say bay that at this time and under der the present resent circumstances the senate of the he united states would never levei give its advice oy or assent to any change whatever in the domestic r relations lations of the baited states anthe on the subject of duties and imports he had bad so no objection to the I 1 t ae resolution to the finice committee the rj battion wasso so referred aada aldrich offend a resolution which was adopted directing the secretary ot of ta treasury to report under what autt forit 4 t 71 led spirits bonded for export at permitted to dra for cpr consumption without charge or uty ty or interest being beine collected the a also tinder under I 1 what authority LB had bal been sent out of the country for fer storage abroad were permitted to b 1 returned aa re imported goods T aa 0 offered by mr van wyck yesterday proposing a constitutional amendment for the election of senators by the direct vote of the people w was al taken up and van wyck addressed dress ed the senate in favor of it j huici chuc un on me lor for a branch home lor for disabled volunteer soldiers west of the rocky mountains was agreed t tp the name ot of william blondin Is substituted for that of james A as superintendent the senate then resumed consideration ot 61 the pneumonia bill the pending question being on the amendment offered yesterday by vest requiring the assent of the authorities odthe of the state before the 11 CATTLE commission can operate therein thre lit rejected yeas 27 pays nays 31 mr vr edmunds then offered a substitute forthe for the bill A bill appropriating one million dollars to be expended under direction the of the president of the united states in Ms his discretion and through the commissioner of agriculture 10 aid the proper authorities of the several states in u preventing the spread of the disease commonly known as a P e uro pneumonia p n umon a among cattle fhe rh appo appropriation I 1 a ion to expire at the end of wo two years after debate edmunds substitute was agreed to yeas 84 nays 37 van wyck offered an amendment to make the bill apply also to swine plague bog cholera and other contagious diseases among swine he made an argument in support of the amendment which he regarded as really of greater importance to the people west than the ORIGINAL BILL which he said was got up more in the interest of the east than the west miller replied to van wyck and described the speech as remarkable to be made by a member bof the agricultural committee he could not find words appropriate to be spoken in this body dy that would express bi his utter satter contempt for such sach a speech the senator knew that 99 out of every people living west of chicago desired the bill and desired it as an it came from the committee but it had been mutilated and murdered by eastern men teller spoke of the substitute as having be been n offered and voted lor for out of a spirit of hostility the bill was then laid aid aside informally when taken up again the first vote will be on reconsidering the vote adopting afie edmunds substitute the president of the senate laid before the senate the pacific railway investigation vesti gation resolution A RECESS was taken until 8 when the final vote will be taken when the senate reassembled it immediately proceeded to the consideration of toe the house ol 01 joint resolution for an investigation of the books of the pacific railroads with the senate amendment thereto in the nature of a substitute mcpherson moved to strike from the subAl substitute tute sect sections ons 4 5 and ct 6 these sections confer upon the president certain powers to redeem under certain circumstances mortgages and liens on the roads paramount to the right title and interest of the united states increasing to forty per cent of their net earnings the amount to be raid paid by the companies into the sinking und fund I 1 in the first mortgage bonds of the companies mcpherson said the forty per cent feature would operate unfairly unfair lv hoar remarked that it would bankrupt the union pacific wilson wil fion of iowa suggested that the senator from new jersey modify his bis motion so as to exclude ther erom the fourth section which confers certain powers upon THE PRESIDENT mcpherson acted upon the tion and a vote was taken on striking out the fifth and sixth the sinking fund sections and they were stricken out yeas 26 nays 14 as follows yeas allison blair cheney col quitt Dawes dolph evarts evarte farwell frye gorman german gray hale hoar mcpherson Mitch Kitch ellof oregon mitchell alayne of Penu pennsylvania sylvania morgan morrill rayne platte ransom Kiddle berger sawyer sherman rier and williams 26 N nays beck berry cockrell coke t cullom george harris installs ingalls kenna ReMi llaD vance van wyck wyck Whit whitthorne therne ana and wilson wilsen 14 mcpherson then moved to strike out the fourth section of the subs substitute tita te authorizing the president to rede redeem em pr prior tor mortgages wilson of iowa advocated the section and said that it had bad been fully considered b by the judiciary committee not only at IS this session but for the last three years butler asked him blin whether the section contained AN appropriation wilson said it did not directly but it did by implication butler asked how many millions were involved in the first mortgage bonds wilson about 11 butler so that amount might be necessary to remove these liens wilson lt it might be necessary to use that amount of money less jess the amount in the sinking fund I 1 dawes asked wilson whether h he e would add to the section the words and the amount necessary is hereby ap appropriated 11 wilson wilson III 1 I have no objections D dawes awes Is there any pieced precedent ent mr for an appropriation by implication of such an enormous sum of money wilson said he had no disposition to discuss the matter if it was thought that the resolution was not sufficiently explicit it could be amended mcpherson said that if it was the desire as it seemed to be of ef the senators to retain this section he was willing to WITHDRAW HIS MOTION mr sherman said that in his bis judgment the fourth section ought not to be in the bill first because it was wrong in princ principle ipie in the fact that it conferred enormous powers on the president of the united states ten years in advance of the exercise of such powers there could be no default in atie ann cipal of these first mortgage bonds till 1897 on the average toe section was a mere beutum brutum filmen fulmen except that it conferred nominally at least a very dangerous power long years in advance of its exercise As to the suggestion that the othe companies might default in their interest such thing was not conceivable the interest was paid and would be paid as promptly as the interest on the united states in an idea has nevar never occurred occurred i to the mahd of mortal man because bick back of the first mortgage securities se cur ittes there was an immense interest amount to 0 0 and vh Z ng behind them therefore Ther elore r the contingency tin gency of a failure to pay interest or to lo pay the principal on maturity was i thing not to be thought of for at least ten years such a suggestion put into a LAW of CONGRESS was a mere attempt to bear down the first mortgage bonds the section therefore should not be in the bill and he be hoped that the senator irom New jersey would adhere to his motion to strike it out mcpherson McP berson will adhere to the motion I 1 prefer to have it stricken out sherman said he had bad not read the bill carefully until today to day and he bad to contest confess that on the whole with some qualifications the house resolutions covered all that was requisite in them the matter he thought the rate fixed in the senate bill tor for toe the compensation of commissioners a month was too high the effect of it was vas likely to be a prolonging of the investigation the amount fixed by the house a year was probably pio bably too small he be thought a year would be nearer the right sum he hoped the senate would strike out the fourth bec section tion as entirely unnecessary if the railroad companies should ever default on the interest or the principal of their bonds congress would pe be able to protect le the government the COMMON LAW RIGHT of subrogation existed and the govern ment Could even without this act as sert its right to be subrogated in the place lof of the first mortgage bonds there was no ne necessity ther therefore etore for such legislation it was a threat against the railroad companies it if did no good but bat only evil hoar contended that the compensation proposed in the senate bill for commissioners was not too high he wanted for those offices men of high cham character t r who would dissipate all the scandal caf blackmailers the thou thousand nd influences which had bad been direct directed erat at the senate from bull and bear from anonymous writers in the press from persons with political ends in view madel the history of this measure 0 to o his mind one of the most humiliating in american legislation it was for the interest of the government to preserve the ithe man argement of the union pacific road not to send it back to the harpies of the new york stock market from which adams had bad rescued it ha would say of adams that in the great undertaking in which he be had embarked HIS reputation he was acting with wisdom and integrity a sense of duty and a sense of honor which entitled him to the reap act of the american people if mr adams should succeed in rescuing the great road roaland and restoring it to the purpose po ise for which it was chartered in w baking kling it stand free independent and strong independent as the american people if he should succeed in making it stand as the baltimore ohio or the boston albany sta stand i nd a simple bus business institution managed by its owners returning a reasonable reason aole anle honorable moderate profit he would h have ave performed a service to the american people which would confer a great lustre even on the great name which for four generations had been the ornament in her history mr george in the name of the burdened taxpayers of the country protested against any further surrender of their rights in behalf of these railroad companies he did not wish to crush out these roads he did not want the government to become the owners of tile roads but he be wanted the government to GET ITS MONEY and the only way in which it could get its money was to make the companies pay it hoar said there was not a dollar due to the government from the pacific railroads and would not be until 1897 what the government did under the thurman act was to say that under its power it would require the companies paul es to pay into a sinking fund a tain sum of money so that there would be some preparation lor for the payment of their debts mcpherson said that he had bad been persistent in demanding that the resolution antion be brought to the attention of the senate because the conduct of congress in the past six months had bad been bills had been brought before the 9 senate and house seeking for a settlement of the debts of the pacific railroads which h if passed would grant a larger subsidy than had ever before been granted to them the bill reported by the senator from massachusetts known as THE grundig BILL which to the senators credit he be had bad withdrawn when he discovered its character if it bad passed the senate would bave sent the union pacific stock up fifty points now the jurici ary committee coio mitlee brought in as an addendum d um to an investigation resolution resolution an amendment which it if adopted would have the effect of makine the union pacific stock fill fall off fifty per cent there was no agency on earth so powerful as the judiciary committee to te enable the alock jobbers jobb ers to bull the market on a funding bill and then bear it on an amendment to the punkin g resolution in conclusion he commented ine upon the fact that he thought the investigation w would prove that the branch lines of the th e juniou pacific were viere eang run at the expense the main tig line e and predicted that the I 1 tiou a would e a bigger credit mo bilier than had existed in the enterprise he hoped therefore that th the fourth section would not be stricken out wilson of iowa called attention thy of the senate back to the REAL HEAL QUESTION being the motion to strike out the fourth section it had been stated by sherman that the effect of the section would be to bear down the value of the first airs mortgage bonds he be willoa Wil WI 1802 soa denied that in his opinion it would only emphasize the payment of the first mortgage bonds the time to act was not when the danger was at bands but blit now vance spoke of the union pacific railroad company |