The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-08
House Makes Debate Ex-
 elusive Business.
SPEECH OF RICHARDSON
Alabamian Talks of Legal
 Points Involved.
Special Court Proposed by Townsend Bin Characterised as Fifth vhees in Judicial Wagon. with nc
 Necessity for 1t.

Washington, Feb. 7.--In accordanca with the rule adopted yesterday the House today in Committee of the Whole convened one hour earlier than usual. the exclusive business for the day be- ing debate upon the bills regulating freight rates Mr. Richardson (Ala-1s continued his speech begun yesterday
 He discussed the legal points fn- volved. It was. he said, in the federal courts that the railroads got their pro- tecticn. The special court proposed by the Townsend bill he characterized as fifth wheel In the judicial wagon. with no necessity for it except to efn- barrass the movement for equalizina.
 Mir. Richardson denied that the Davey bill embodied any of the provisions ok the so-cailed Hearst bill.
 MT. Rainey (Ills.) vigorously asserted that 1t would not have hurt the Davey bill if the Democrats had Incorporated in it every provision of the Hearst bilI because 1t represented the present pro- gressive and radical tendency of the Democratic party in Ehe United Htates.s He supported the Townsend bill be- cause it was more in harmony with the radical tendencies of the Democratic party and opposed tho Davey bill be- cause 1t did not provide a special court.
 Mir. Adamson (Ga.l took issue with the statement of Mir. Grosvenor yester- day and said all the world would giva the Democrats credit for forcing ac- tion whether they claimed it cs nus. If the Republicans did not complete negotiation now he predicted the coun- try would damn them for trihing with so important q matter and preventing action"
 Many wanting 1t.
 Both parties want it., said he '~rha President now wants 1t; the man who n. .a.aS- ah... 4a4.l4 last eight years wants it: all who wish to be President want it. and even the railroad presidents want it and are in- vading the capitol White House and public press to make known their anxiety" He urged his colleagues not to stop at Speaker Canpns' adJu- ration to pass some kind of binn only but to pass the, substitute of the mi~ nority.
 Mir. shacIleford (Mo.) said the words of President Roosevelt in his message on the subject were bold ones. spoken in behalf of the people. but they were but reiteration of the sentiments of Mir. Bryan and of the declarations of three Democratic platforms. Mr. Sharkleford then referred to the re- cent remark of MT Williams (AElss) the minority leader, that the Democrats would "toe markn the President on this question, It was not, he said. with some emphasis, a question of toe-mari- ing the President. Tt is a question of marching shoulder to shoulder with tho President so long as he Is toe-marking the declarations of the three last Democratic platforms" Tt also was a question with the Democrats of Presi- dent Roosevelt marching shoulder to shoulder with the great Nebraskan who has taken the lead in this great dsles- ton" He urged his colleagues not to lag behind "even the President' who had asked for correction Of all the abuses. And" he aded. i've are toe marking the President when we ara not including or incorporating within our bill one-third of the remedies he has demanded
 The first voice raised against rate Iegislatlon was that of Mir. MeCau (Mass.) who maintained that 1t was incompatible with the fundamental principles of private property. The granting of authority to the Interstate Commerce Commission to fix rates, ha said. was crossing the line between regulation and confiscation in man ner that outraged the most patent principles of justice and he inquired if any one could imagine more Ideal method for the destruction of private property and one more likely to corr rupt the American people.
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 The powers vested by the bill. ne said. were too vast and dangerous to be wielded by any political govern fnent and were likely to lead to tha destruction of cities and to governs ment ownership of railroads over the pathway of conhscation. The very air. he said, vibrated with the demands Of an aroused public appetite.
 But who imagines. he inquired "that the Supreme Court of the United States will stand between tho national Kovernment and it's victimg
 He declared that unfortunately thera was a disposition on the part or the courts to uphold the policy of the party in power.
 Further opposition to rate tegIsIa- tion at this time came from Mr. sib- ley (Pa.) who called on his colleagues to pause and ponder before they acted. He reiterated his views heretofore exc pressed that there should be a larger opportunity to gather information as the basis of intelligent action.
 Mir. Lamar (F1a.) charged that Mir. MecalPs views were those of the cona- plete reactionaries against regulating the railroads.
 MT. Lamar, while speaking of the Hearst bill, was interrupted by Mr- Sullivan (Mass.) with an inquiry as to why Mir. Hearst did not explain his own bill. remarking that he failed 70 note any eIucidation of it. Mir. Lamar tartIy replied that he was unable to furnish elucIdation and comprehension at the same time, Immediately there after. MT Lamar was forced to ad- nit. in answer to Mir. Williams. that neither himself nor his minority col leagues on the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee at any of It's conferences had proposed to put prf- yate car lines in the bill they were trying to report
 After listening to a message from the President recommending a Board of Survey for the Philippine archlpei- ago, the House, at 5:s0 D. m. ad- journed until tomorrow.