The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-31
House Adopts Amended Measure
Providing for a Charge of 3 II
and , IL Cents Per Mile.
DEBATE LASTED FOR HOURS.
Republicans Almost to a Man Op.
posed Compromise Providing for
Reduetion-Phelps and Car
roll Frequently Mentioned.
Y \ sTAFF CORRESPONDENT.

BY \ STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
jefferson City. Mo-. Jan. 30-aH OF to-
day III the House was taken up with a de-
bate on the bill OF Williams Of Scott 20 re-
duce the fare TO be charged by railways
to cents mile on main lines and cents
a mile on branch lines instead OF and 4
cents. as nov. After a debate that lasted
over seven hours and involved over three
fourths of the menbeTs of the House on
one side ar the other. the bill was. on mo-
tion Of Huck OF Ste Genevieve. Amended
10 prescribe fare Of 2is cents on main
INES and Ji= cents on branch lines and sent
to engrOSsment.
TWO roll calls were had on the measure.
Inc maj call was on the question whether
or not the bill should be placed on :be
calender and was as follows:
How Members Voted.
h2- he hill-l;aker. Ball. Baldwin. Blair Of De-
Golden; Conkng. connor Cran,ieil Cieson Dsi
xeil, Dieklnson 1orris. Duvali. Edmonds.n. Ever
Harper. Hess. HibharI. HgInies Howard Hnck
iGaso1 l.,. January. Jones Kennedy Lei.r Llcker
Olson O'Dorneil; Organ. Phillips. RsnsdelI Rein
rlaIs sr.i,SS kossrts @ B9one Shelby Sim
Tode. Wallace. Ward. Warren. Weaver Vein
mer. Voolfolk and Speaker Whitccotton|sS
Against the Eill-AbercrombIe. Adams Ayde-
oihRs Ga6pbe career eifSS[ f ef cI5sTe b1en
ErLcan. FsrIey, Getcheu Gip=o1 Groom VaIns
Eamhy Hawkins. Hawthorne. Hensey. Hildreth.
LlEhtholfer. Lindsey. LOmbar. Lynch. Mccarthy,
Mckinney. McLane Marbut. Maynard Miller,
Misehel. Murphy. Officer. Palmer. Pareira Pat
Richter. Roberts Of Pemiscot. Salmering. short.
Sickles. Smith. Speer. steel. Stevens Stumberg.
Sullivan: ThileniuS. Thomas We'll. Williams OF
Absent-Gardner. Kirby. Ruler and YOung-
Only five out OF the fifty Republicans
voted for the bill
Two reports were presented by the House
Railroad Committee. The first reported the
bill without recommendation. The other,
Hudson. reported the bill favorably.
Clay Led the Debate.
Blair moved TO substitute the minority
report fer the majority report. Wilson OF
St Louis. seconded by McLane OF Kansas
City. both Republicans. moved that Biair's
motion be laid on the table This motion
WAS lost by tie vote of 81 to a. The de-
bate was on the motion to substitute the
minority for the majority report. Clay OF
Audrain led the debate.
This BILL. he said. was first reported
favorably by the Railroad Committee II
was sent back to the committee and now
comes to us without recommendation We
all know who was responsible for this state
OF things No man could have done it. ex-
cept the man who did it-Colonel Phelps OF
the Missouri Pacific ?
William Phelps and John Carroll were con-
stantly referred 10 by the debatars those
who favored the bill. charging freely that
the influence OF these gentlemen was re-
sponsfble for the opposition to the BILL and
the others denying the charge. and assert
Ing that their action was due to the pleas
Of the railroad employees made at the recent
public hearing.
JOHN c. LEBENS