The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-11
EXTRA SESSION
= ALMOST CERTAIN
PRESIDENT Said to Have Definitely
Decided the Matter.
TWO IMPORTANT MATTERS
DRASTIC RAILWAY RATE LAW is
UNLIKELY.
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Washington. D. G, June I0-Men
who have talked with the president re-
Gently have made up their minds that
congress viii be called in extra session
on October Is, and senators and repre-
sentatives are making their plans ac-
cordingly. For time the belief pre-
vailed that the extra session would be
avoided, and that the railroad rate bill
would be allowed to wait until the
regular session In December, But the
q president has carefully observed the
manner in which the investigation has
been conducted by the senate commit
lee on interstate commerce aud
he has become convinced that a stub
born fight viii be put up in the senate
against any railroad bill which the ad-
InlnlstratiCn attempts to force through.
For that reason. TIT. president has
made II plain to his callers that con-
gress viii assemble in October and
that the railroad problem viii be
brought To the fore without delay The
president knows that in a limited seS-
sion all manner of legislative delays
may be resOTted to which viii stave off
vote in the senate. By calling con-
Sress together in October there viii be
ample time to compel a vote. and the
IS taken, some form of railroad bill
will pass.
Favorable to Railroads.
The hearings before the senate COM
ultteC this spring have been almost en-
t1rely favorable TO the railroads. The
hearings given by the house committee
last winter We're almost entirely to
men In favor OF railroad regulation
Now there Is an abundance of testi-
mOny on both sides of the question:
and it is reasonable to suppose that
every sound argument for and against
railroad rate legislation has been pre-
Sented- II therefore remains for con-
STesS to decide whether or not "A bill
shall pass, and if a bill is TO pass, what
sort Of law shall be enacted. The
great division of opinion among SEN
atOrs and representatives makes il
certain that No radical legislation will
be enacted The house may again pass
bill Ike the Townsend bill of
the Fifty-eighth congress. but no such
proposition viii be accepted by the
senate The senate viii insist upon
mid law; 1t will not give the interstate
commerce commission unlimited power
over railroads, but the proba bilities are
that after exhaustive. filibuStering de-
bate, vote viii be had and a bill
which is a compromise between what
the president wants and what the SEN
ate wants, viii be the result The house.
as in most Instances, viii accept virtu-
ally the terms of the senate bill, and
that VIII end il. It IS Of course possible
that no bill viii pass; that the senate
may be able to defeat the president,
but such result is not looked for.
Some Tariff Talk.
Notwithstanding the incentive that
was given the agitation in favor of
tariff revision, by the presidents an
nouncement that Panama canal sup
plies would be purchased abroad when
Foreign prices were lower than prices al
home. the tariff question viii be second
70 che railroad rate debate at the OPEN
ing of the Fifty-ninth congress. But
Tor all that there will be an abundance
of tariff talk. and there may be legis-
IatlOn looking to a revision of the
Dlngley schedules But before any
tariff bill passes, the railroad bill must
De put out of the way, and the presi-
dent viii not consent to an Adjournment
as long as the railroad bill is not dis
posed of This much he has announced
The house viii pass the rate bill early
in the session, thus clearing the way
for tariff talk in that body, and while
the senate is killing time trying to
thwart the purpose of the president the
house viii have ample opportunity not
only to talk tariff. but to actually
frame and pass d bill, if it so desires.
Tariff legislation must originate in the
house
It is the opinion of men who have
long observed the workings Of congress
that it Is absolutely out of the question
for congress to pass both a railroad
rate bill and a tariff bill at the coming
session. These men point out that
under no circumstances can the railroad
Pill get through the senate until very
near the time for adjournment. no
matter whether the session be of
moderate length or whether il runs we'll
into the summer.
Long Debate Expected.
Experience has demonstrated that no
tariff bill can pass until il has been
debated for months. Therefore. with
the railroad bill occupying the center of
the legislative field until near the close
of the session, and with congressional
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