The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-01
CUllOM ANDD0LLNER
ARE VERY LONESOME
Foraker, Elkins and Others on
Senate Committee Oppose
RooseveIt's Plan.
RATE LAW UNCERTAIN
While Some Form of Legislation Il
Practically Assured, the Presi-
dents Friends on Committee
Are Very Scarce.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 24.-Railway
rate making was again considered by
the senate committee on interstate
yesterday, but in an informal
a as no measure has been presented
to the committee upon which 1t can
base its action. Views We're expressed
by several members which Indicated q.
sharp division as far as the situation
has developed. There is the further in-s
dication that a majority of the COM
mittee Will V a measure giving he
Interstate Commerce commission more
power, which nleans in some form con-
troll over rates. 1t seems to be quite
well understood that three republicans
and enough democrats favor such leg
iSlation to insure Il ratemaking bill be-
ing reported.
1t is said that there are over thirty
senator's certain to oppose giving any
committee ratemaking powers and
many of these assert that a bill incor-,s
porating such a feature will under no,
circumstances be allowed to pass. Mo-
body in Washington believes such a bill!
will become Il law, but the opinion is,
general that d compromise bill emf
bodying many reforms and concessions
will pass.
A poll of the senate which is thought
to be reasonably is as follows:
For the administration bill:
Neutrality-suspicious., Pennsylvania;
Alice, Delaware; Beveridge and Hem
enway, Indiana; Cullom and Hopkins,
Illinois: LaFollette, Wisconsin; Nelson
and Clapp, Minnesota: Allison and Dol
liver, Iowa; Warner, Missouri; Long,
Kansas; Burkett, Nebraska; Gamble.
South Dakota; H%ansbrough and Nc
Cumber, North Dakota; Carter, Mon
tana; Clark, Wyoming-20.
Democrats-Teller and Patterson, Col
orado; Dubois, Idaho; Bailey and Gull
berson, Texas; McLaurin, Mississippi;
Foster, Louisiana; Clay. Georgia: Tai
iaferro, Florida; Tillman and Latimer,
South Carolina: Simmons and Over
McCreary, Kentucky; Carmack, Ten
nessee: Clark and Berry, Arkansas-19.I
Against the administration bill: 7
Republicans Frye and Hale. of
Maine: Burnham and Gallinger. New
Hampshire; Proctor and Dillingham;,
Vermont; Lodge n Crane, Massachu-
sets; Aldrich and Wetmore, Rhode ISL
and; Rulkeley n B%randegee, Con-
necticut; Platt and Depew, New York;
Kean and Dryden, New Jersey; Pen
rose, Pennsylvania; Elkins and Scott,
West Virginia: Foraker and Dick. Ohio:
Alger and Burrows, Michigan; Spoon
err, Wisconsin: Willard, Nebraska; Kit
tredge, South Dakota; Hepburn, idaho;
Ankeny and Piles. Washington; Fulton.
Oregon; Perkins and Flint, California
32.
Democrats-Clark, Montana; Nixon
Nevada: Money, Mississippi; Morgan
and Fettus. Alabama: Bacon German
and Raynel, Maryland-1O.
Doubtful:
Republicans-Smoot and Sutherland,
Utah.
Democrats-McEnery I,ouisies,s
lory, Florida; Frasier, Tennessee, and
Stone, Missouri. Z
Washington, Nov. 22.-Divergeni
views developed at u conference of re-
publican members of the senate COM
mittee on Interstate commerce yester-
day. The conference followed q regular
meeting of the committee i'll the after
noon, and was atendcd by six or eight
republican melnbers. Senators Clapp:
and Willard were not present. =
OF the six members attending the;
conference it developed that Senator's
Elkfns, Aldrich, Kean n Foraker
We're nearly in accord on one side. n
Senators Cullom Dolliver were On,
the other. i
No propositions were adopted. but the
four senators in the first group men
toned indicated their desire for har-
monious action and not too radical
legislation. !
Senators Cullom and Dolliver insisted
that the only, way to have harmonious
republican action was for all republic
ans to; get In line with the president and
support his recommendations.
The other senators suggested that.
The proposition of the president had
not crystallized sufficiently to deter
mine just what he wanted.
No measure was presented by any OF
the senators embodying their views, al
though it is known that several meas.
ures have been drafted. ;
After the conference adjourned some
members of the committee expressed
the opinion that a bill would be agreed
upon, but the confident opinion was also
expressed that the majority Of the full
with the recommendations OF the presi-
dent.