The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-24
CULLOM %ANDDOLLVER
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
commerce yesterday, but in an informal
way. as no measure has been presented
to the committee upon which it can
base its action. Views were expressed
by several members which indicated q.
sharp division as far as the situation
has developed. There is the further in-
dication that Il majority of the COM
mittee will favor a measure giving the
Interstate Commerce commission more
power, which means in some form CON-
troll over rates. 1t seems to be quite;
we'll understood that three republicans
and enough democrats favor such leg
lslation to insure a ratemaking bill be-
ing reported.
1t is said that there are over thirty.
senators certain to pose giving any
committee ~ratemaking powers and
many of these assert that a bill incor-
porating such a feature will under no,
circumstances be allowed to pass. No
body in Washington believes such a bill
VIII become a law, but the opinion Is
general that a compromise bill en-;
bodying many reforms and concessions
will pass.
A poll of the senate which is thought
to be reasonably accurate is as follows:
For the administration bill:
Neutrality-suspicious., Pennsylvania;
Alice, Delaware; Beverldge and Hem
enway, Indiana; Cullom and Hopkins,
Illinois: LnFollette. Wisconsin; Nelson
and Clapp, Minnesota; Allison and Dol
liver, Iowa; Warner, Missouri; Long,
Kansas; Burkett, Nebraska; Gamble,
South Dakota; Hansbrough and Nc
Cumber, North Dakota; Carter, Mon
tana: Clark, Wyoming-2O.
Democrats-Teller and Patterson, Col
OraIO. DuhoiS 1Tubo. Roilav and Cy,,l-
berson, Texas; McLaurin, mississippi;
Foster. Louisiana: Clay, Georgia; Tai
%iaferro, Florida; Tillman and Latimer,
South Carolina: Simmons and Over
man. North Carolina; Blackburn and
McCreary, Kentucky; Carmack, Ten
nessee: Clark and Berry, Arkansas-19.
r Against the administration bill:
Republicans, Frye and Hale, of
Maine: Burnham and Gallinger. New
Hampshire; Proctor and Dillingham;.
Vermont: Lodge and Crane, Massachu-
sets; Aldrich and Wetn1ore. Rhode ISL
and; Buckley and Brandegee, 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 m Burrows, Michigan; Spoon
er, Wisconsin; Willard, Nebraska; Kit
tredge, South Dakota; Hepburn, Idaho
Ankeny and Piles, Washington; Fulton.
Oregon; Perkins and Flint, California
80.
Democrats-Clark. Montana: Nixon.
Nevada: Money, mississippi; Morgan
and Pettus. Alabama; Bacon, German
and Rayner. ~Maryland-1O.
Doubtful:
Republicans-Smoot and Sutherland,
Utah.
Observation-Disclosures ] c'tts'e
Tory. Florida: Frasier, Tennessee, and
Stone, Missouri.
Washington, Nov. 22.-Divergen.
views developed at a conference OF re-
publican members of the senate com
mfttee on interstate yester-
day. The conference followed a regular
meeting of the committee in the after
noon and was attended by six or eight
republican members. Senators Clappi
and Willard were not present.
OF the six members attending the;
conference 1t developed that Senator'S
Elkins, Aldrich, kean and Foraker
were nearly in accord on one side. end
Senators Cullom and Dolliver were on
the other.
No propositions were adopted. but the
0 u senators in the first group men,
toned indicated their desire for har-
mOnious action and not too radical
legislation.
Senators Cullom and Dollver insisted
that the only way to nave harmonious
republican action was for all republic
ans to get in line with the president n
support his recommendations.
The other senator's suggested that
the proposition of the president had
not c%rystallized sufficiently to deter
mine just what he wanted.
No measure was presented by any OF
the senators embodying their views, all
though 1t is known that several meas
ures have been drafted.
After the conference adjourned some
members Of the committee expressed
the opinion that II bill would be agreed
upon, but the confident opinion was also
expressed that the majority of the full
committee would report a bill in line
with the recommendations of the presi-
dent.