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Description:Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Charles a Sumner, of California: In the House of Representatives, Tuesday, December 16, 1884 Mr. Sumner, of California, said: Mr. Speaker: All who have spoken thus far in this debate appear to agree that some legislation should be had with reference to the subject in hand. The general concession is that public sentiment justly and imperatively demands action on the part of Congress in the premises. Even the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Boyle], who in an able and candid speech presents objections to both pending measures and states why he can not support either of them, does not hesitate to imply that he would lend his sanction to a bill wisely designed to control in one or more particulars the matter of interstate commerce by railroad transportation. If we venture to assert or suspect that any gentleman here announced favor for the main proposition with the view and in tent of securing a vantage ground for more effective criticisms, for closer fulcrum of obstruction, it should not detract from the emphasis of congratulation at this time. For this dissimulation would be good testimony at this time. Here is a House of Representatives almost unanimous in its declaration that there should be Congressional legislalation in some manner supervising and regulating interstate railroad traffic. There has been a majority heretofore but not such unanimity. Here is an advance, brought about by the public sentiment which exists and which it is believed will rapidly extend and deepen because of the enlightenment springing from this discussion. Many of us can recall the time - long prior to the formal consideration of this topic in Congress - when in a few of the States it was vainly sought to obtain a full and patient hearing before legislative committees on the proposition of limiting tolls upon railroads within the boundaries of the respective Commonwealths. Then there was a short, sharp, and immediately successful confronting of all such propositions by boards of directors or their attorneys. It is true that then the evils to be complained of were not so great as now, leaving out of account the largely increased distances of travel and magnitude of investments. Twenty years ago the monopoly of which we have now to complain in this relation was pointed out, was by isolated individuals publicly deprecated, was afterward protested and petitioned against by a few; and then amid many derisive interruptions by the incredulous, the growth which it was destined to have, if unregulated and unchecked, was depicted in a sure word of prophesy. There has been an advance.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Speech of Hon. Charles a Sumner, of California: In the House of Representatives, Tuesday, December 16, 1884. To get started finding Speech of Hon. Charles a Sumner, of California: In the House of Representatives, Tuesday, December 16, 1884, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Charles a Sumner, of California: In the House of Representatives, Tuesday, December 16, 1884 Mr. Sumner, of California, said: Mr. Speaker: All who have spoken thus far in this debate appear to agree that some legislation should be had with reference to the subject in hand. The general concession is that public sentiment justly and imperatively demands action on the part of Congress in the premises. Even the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Boyle], who in an able and candid speech presents objections to both pending measures and states why he can not support either of them, does not hesitate to imply that he would lend his sanction to a bill wisely designed to control in one or more particulars the matter of interstate commerce by railroad transportation. If we venture to assert or suspect that any gentleman here announced favor for the main proposition with the view and in tent of securing a vantage ground for more effective criticisms, for closer fulcrum of obstruction, it should not detract from the emphasis of congratulation at this time. For this dissimulation would be good testimony at this time. Here is a House of Representatives almost unanimous in its declaration that there should be Congressional legislalation in some manner supervising and regulating interstate railroad traffic. There has been a majority heretofore but not such unanimity. Here is an advance, brought about by the public sentiment which exists and which it is believed will rapidly extend and deepen because of the enlightenment springing from this discussion. Many of us can recall the time - long prior to the formal consideration of this topic in Congress - when in a few of the States it was vainly sought to obtain a full and patient hearing before legislative committees on the proposition of limiting tolls upon railroads within the boundaries of the respective Commonwealths. Then there was a short, sharp, and immediately successful confronting of all such propositions by boards of directors or their attorneys. It is true that then the evils to be complained of were not so great as now, leaving out of account the largely increased distances of travel and magnitude of investments. Twenty years ago the monopoly of which we have now to complain in this relation was pointed out, was by isolated individuals publicly deprecated, was afterward protested and petitioned against by a few; and then amid many derisive interruptions by the incredulous, the growth which it was destined to have, if unregulated and unchecked, was depicted in a sure word of prophesy. There has been an advance.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Speech of Hon. Charles a Sumner, of California: In the House of Representatives, Tuesday, December 16, 1884. To get started finding Speech of Hon. Charles a Sumner, of California: In the House of Representatives, Tuesday, December 16, 1884, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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