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CONGRESS. (INTER-STATE COMMERCE.) 



The eighth section was amended by making 

 the penalty clause read, " shall be fined not 

 more than $2,000," instead of "shall be fined 

 not less than $1,000." With the exception of 

 some minor changes which occasioned no de- 

 bate, the text of the bill received no further 

 amendment. Jan. 8, a motion by Mr. Per- 

 kins, of Kansas, to restore the sections provid- 

 ing for a commission ; a motion by Mr. Hep- 

 burn, of Iowa, to recommit the bill to the 

 Committee on Commerce with instructions to 

 report, with amendments providing for a com- 

 mission ; and a motion by Mr. O'Neill, of Penn- 

 sylvania, to substitute for the Keagan bill a 

 scheme for the appointment of commissioners 

 with power to examine and report upon the 

 necessity of remedial railroad legislation, were 

 all rejected, and the Reagan bill passed the 

 House by the following vote: 



YEAS Alexander, Anderson, Bagley, Ballantine, 

 Barksdale, Bayne, Beach, Blackburn, Blanchard, 

 Bland, Blount, Brainerd, Breckenridge, W. W. 

 Brown, T. M. Browne, Buchanan, Budd, Burnes, 

 Cabell, Caldwell, Felix Campbell, J. M. Campbell, 

 Cassidy, Clardy, Clements, Cobb, Connolly, Cook, 

 Cosgrove, Covmgton, S. S. Cox, W. E. Cox, Crisp, 

 Cullen, Curtin, Davidson, L. H. Davis, Dibrell, 

 Eldredge, English, Ermentrout, Terrell, Fiedler, 

 Findlay, Foran, Forney, Funston, Fyan, Garrison, 

 Geddes, George, Glaseoek, Goff, Green, Halsell, Han- 

 back, Hardy, W. H. Hatch, Haynes, D. B. Hender- 

 son, Henley, Herbert, Holman, Holmes, Hopkins, 

 Houseman, Hunt, James, B. W. Jones, J. H. Jones, 

 J. T. Jones, King, Kleiner, Lamb, Lanham, Le Fevre, 

 Lewis, Lore, Levering, McComas. McConnick, Mc- 

 Millin, Mateon. May bury, J. F. Miller, Money, Mor- 

 gan, Morrill, Moultbn, Muller, Murphy, Neece, Nel- 

 son, Nutting, Gates, O'Ferrall, Patton, Payson, Peel, 

 Perkins, Peters, Pettibone, Pierce, Price, Pryor, 

 Pusey, Eandall, Eeagan, Biggs, Eobertson, J. S. 

 Eobihson, J. H. Eogers, W. F. Eogers, Eosecrams, 

 Eowell, Eyan, Shively, Singleton, T. G. Skinner, 

 Smalls, Snyder, Spriggs, Charles Stewart, Stock- 

 slager, Stone, Storm, Strait, Struble, C. A. Sumner, 

 Swope, Talbott, J. D. Taylor, J. M. Taylor, Throck- 

 morton, Townshend, Tucker.Tully, H. G. Turner, 

 Oscar Turner, Van Eaton, Wakefield, Wallace, A. 

 J. "Warner, Eichard Warner, Weaver, Wellborn, 

 Wemple, Milo White, Wilkins, Williams, Willis, 

 James Wilson, W. L. Wilson, E. B. Winans, John 

 Winans, G. D. Wise, Wolford, Worthington, Yaple, 

 York 161. 



NAYS G. E. Adams, J. J. Adams, Aiken, Atkin- 

 son, Barr, Bingham, Bisbee, Boutelle, Bowen, Boyle, 

 Bratton, Breitung, F. B. Brewer, J. H. Brewer, 

 Brumm, Candler^ Cannon, Chace. Cutcheon, G. E. 

 Davis, E. T. Davis, Deuster, Dowd, Dunham, Eaton, 

 Elliott, Everhart, Greenleaf, Hammond, Hardeman, 

 Harmer, Hemphill, T. J. Henderson, Hepburn, A. S. 

 Hewitt, G. W. Hewitt, Hitt, Hoblitzell, Horr, Houk, 

 Howey, Jeffords, Johnson, Kean, Keifer, Kelley, 

 Ketcham, Lacey, Libby, Long. Lyman, Millard, 

 Mitchell, Morse, Mutchler, Nicholls, O'Harra, Charles 

 O'Neill, Phelps, Post, Potter, Eanney, Eeed, Eock- 

 well, Seymour, A. H. Smith, Stevens, E. B. Taylor, 

 Thomas, Tillman, Wait, Washburn, Whiting, J. S. 

 Wise, Woodward 75. 



NOT VOTING Arnot, Barbour, Belford. Belmont, 

 Bennett, Broadhead, Buckner, Burleigh, J. E. Camp- 

 bell, Carleton, Chalmers, Clay, Collins, Converse, 

 D. B. Culberson, W. W. Culbertson, Dar 2 an, Dibble, 

 Dmgley, Dockery, Dorsheimer, Dunn, Ellis, Ellwood, 

 Evans, Finerty, Follett, Gibson, Graves, Guenther, 

 Hancock, Hart, H. H. Hatch, Hill, Hiscock, Holton, 

 Hooper, Hurd, Hutchins, J. K. Jones, Jordan, Kel- 

 logg, Laird, Lawrence, Lowry, McAdoo, McCoid, S. 



H. Miller, Milliken. Mills, Morrison, Muldrow, 

 Ochiltree, J. J. O'Neill, Paige, Parker, Payne, Poland, 

 Eankin, G. W. Bay, Ossian Eay, Eeese, Eice, W. E. 

 Eobinson, Eussell, Seney, Shaw, Shelley, C. E. 

 Skinner, Slocum, H. Y. Smith, Spooner, Springer, 

 Steele, Stephenson, J. W. Stewart, D. H. Sumner, 

 Thompson, Valentine, Van Alstyne, Vance. Wads- 

 worth, Ward. Weller, J. D. White, Wood, Young 

 87. 



Dec. 4, 1884, the Senate took up for consid- 

 eration u a bill to establish a commission to 

 regulate interstate commerce and for other pur- 

 poses," reported from the Committee on Rail- 

 roads. This measure was debated at some length 

 and amended, and when the Keagan bill came 

 from the House, January 17, Mr. Cullom, of 

 Illinois, moved to strike out all after the enact- 

 ing clause and insert the Senate bill. Both 

 measures were discussed at great length, and 

 so elaborately that mere extracts would hardly 

 serve to represent the debate ; and finally, Feb- 

 ruary 3, Mr. Cullom's motion was adopted by 

 the following vote : 



J.J.tTJCxY j XJA/tfrl. j J.ll^tVJ-10. (/ CfcVXVDVSlJ* WiJC*Oj VV/J.XVO VI J.^ t~ 



vada, Laphain. McMillan, McPherson, Mahone, Mil- 

 ler of California, Miller of New York, Mitchell, Mor- 

 gan, Morrill, Pike, Platt, Pugh, Eiddleberger, Sabin, 

 Sewell, Sherman, Wilson 34. 



NAYS Bayard, Butler, Cockrell, Coke, Edmunds, 

 Fair, Groome, Harris, Jones of Florida, Kenna, La- 

 mar, Mandcrson, Maxey, Pendleton, Vance, Van 

 Wyck, Vest, Voorhees 18. 



ABSENT Beck, Bowen, Brown, Call, Carnden, Cam- 

 eron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wisconsin, Con- 

 ger. Farley, Garland, George, Gibson, Gorman, Hale, 

 Hill, Logan, Palmer, Plumb, Eansom, Saulblnm, 

 Sawyer, Slater, Walker, Williams 24. 



The substitute was then taken up and amend- 

 ed, and finally passed February 4, as follows: 



That for the purpose of providing for the regulation 

 of commerce among the several States and Territories 

 a commission is hereby created and established, to be 

 known as the Interstate - Commerce Commission, 

 which shall be composed of nine commissioners, who 

 shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 

 advice and consent of the Senate, one of whom shall 

 be selected from each judicial circuit of the United 

 States. Three of the commissioners first appointed 

 under this act shall continue in office for terms of two 

 years, three for four years, and three for six years, the 

 respective terms to be designated by the President ; 

 but their successors shall be appointed for terms of six 

 years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy 

 shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the 

 commissioner whom he shall succeed. Any commis- 

 sioner may be removed by the President lor incompe- 

 tency or malfeasance in office. Vacancies occasioned 

 by removal, resignation, or other cause shall be filled 

 by the President. And not more than five shall be- 

 long to the same political party. 



SEC. 2. That the commission hereby created shall 

 have and exercise the powers and discharge the duties 

 defined and granted in this act pertaining to the meth- 

 ods and regulating the operation of all transportation 

 companies "engaged in interstate commerce, and to 

 take into consideration and to thoroughly investigate 

 all the various questions relating to commerce between 

 the States, and especially in the matter of the trans- 

 portation thereof, so far as may be necessary to the 

 establishment of a just system of regulations for the 

 government of the same. 



SEC. 3. That if any transportation company engaged 

 in interstate commerce shall collect, demand, or re- 



