The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-03-15
ALL HOPE Is GONE,
Rosenhaupt Rate Bill Was Killed
In the House.

Olympia, March S.-The Rosenhaupt
maximum rate bill prescribing a maxi
mum rate OF S3.75 per ton for agricul-
tural products in this state failed to
pass the house this afternoon. The bill
mustered thirty-seven votes and one
antl-railrOad member was absent. Ii
requires Al to carry.
The action of the house today makes
1t certain that there will be no railroad
legislation at this session. The anti
railroad members announced that thev
would make their final fight on the
Rosenhaupt bill, not expecting that the
senate would pass the measure. but ask
ing that the bill be sent upstairs. To
gain strength they conceded an amend
ment raising the mixlmum rate from
S3 90 to 1915, but this move apparent
ly had no effect.
None OF the members speaking for
either side of the question appeared to
know anything of the merits of the bill.
No one knew what the railroads should
charge, and both factions used this fact
as an argument.
The anti railroad forces declared it
was impossible to get statistics upon
which to base bill. They urged that
the bill should be passed, the railroads
forced into court to contest the law and
from the evidence adduced gain the in
formation on which to base another
bill. The railroad forces insisted that a
shipper is able by rendering what he be
lleves to be a fair rate for transDOrta-
ton to have the equity OF the present
rates settled by the courts. In addition,
the plea was made by the railroad forces
that they would not vote for bill which
could not be defended by it's supporters.
There was almost an entire absence of
the usual pleas for Eastern Washington
farmers.
The railroads had confidently esti-
mated that the anti-railrOad forces
could not muster more than thirty-five
votes. The estimate was lower than
was justified, for with Miller's presence
the anti-railrOad forces would have
thirty-eight. However, there has never
been much chance to pass the bill,
Last Rate Bill Defeated.
Olympia, March 1.-THE last railroad
rate bill of the session was defeated in
the senate this afternoon by a vote of
IA in favor to 16 against. The bill in
question was the COrnwell maximum
rate bill, identical with the Rosenhaupt
bill, which was defeated in the house last
Friday. The bill provided for rate of
$3.75 per ton for haul of $50 miles Of
agricultural products, and horizontal
cut of ten per cent in the rates in effect
January 2, 1902.
Speeches for the bill were made ty
COrnWell, Preston, Crow of Spokane and
(rny nf Whitman WiIcbirn -
tray spoke against the bill. The roll call
on final passage was as follows:
Ayes-Angle, Baumeister, COrnwell,
Crow OF Spokane, Crow OF Whitman,
CARRIER, Hall, Hallet, Land, Mantz, Pres
ton, Sharp, Colman, Welty-14.
Noes-Andrews, Baker, Biggs, Clapp,
Davis, Heinrich, Lecrone, Megler, Moul-
tray, Rands, Ruth, Smith, Stewart, Sum-
ner, Warburton, Wilshire-16.
Absent Hamilton, Hammer, Reser,
Schofeld-4
Preston and the Lobby.
Olympia, March Ex-senator Preston
has made good his promise to make the
railroads maintain healthy lobby here
until the close of the session. While
their force is not as large as at times
during the session. yet it still counts the
presence OF their more expensive men.
The bills which still remain to be defeat
ell are Puckett's three-cent fare measure
McNichOls' fellow servant law and Corn
wallis maximum freight bill. The three
cent fare and the fellow servant bill have
both passed the house.
Vote on Senator,
Olympia, Wash, March 9.-The house
today passed a substitute for Edward
Browns bill providing for an expression
OF the sentiment of voters regarding
candidates for the United States senate
The bill specifies that at the general
election preceding a senatorial contest
the secretary of state shall cause to be
printed on the ballots the words "Fol
United States senator" and in a blank
line which follows the voter is given the
| opportunity of writing the name of bis
| favOrite.
A provision OF the bill specifies that i
a democrat votes for a republican, or {
member of any political party votes fol
| the candidate of another, the vote shall
not be counted. The politics of tht
voter is to be known by the genera
character of his ticket In presidential
years the head of the ticket will sufficr
and in the off years the congressman o.
other leading candidates will indicate
| the voters belief.
| The argument in favor OF this pro