The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-31
'RA7E Bill 10 81
RUSHED THROUGH
Compromise Measure to be. be Pre- Pre-
scented Once Will be Adopt
455. ed by. tile House 5[t'' l:i=' :ss.
SENATE 1IaAT PLACE PLACE
Will Have 70 a cquiesce or3 Turn
Down Demands 81 81. People
n and Administration.
E:NATE IN TIGHT I'l'Il:l { LACE =
From rr,, Our r egulnr Correspondent

{From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. Gothic y!
railroad rate bill agreed to by tho RepulllI--
lica,, members OF the Committee on In
terstat 10 ana Foreign Commerce this ar al :.
tcrnoon embodies most Of the features iS OF
the To wnsend- Esch bills with some slight g,
amendment III .33 " tt 45
The bill ha the support o.. Ct1atrma y; =
b II epb,urn, Of tie committee. and was.
drafted BY Representative townsend Ct
Michigan, after q conf with 4 the ne
Pres dent, with whom he talk n y the the
matter on .sat urday.s ] + IS what may pc
termed a compromise measure { proT
ayides for FIVE $nd tionul$ circuit judges to,
BE appointed by the President for tho
terms or one, two, three, four and i've
years. and after this period for five years
each, who will y sit and 4 try. ell cases
brought 1t trough the actEof the terstate
Commerce Commission. When not ~ SO
employed. they arc 70 rfor111 such other
duties as they may bo called upon TO per
form by the Department Of fJusttce. Every
other fcatur Of the bill Is satu to conform
to the ideas expressed by the Pres ident;:
Tho bIlltfurthcr provides for icreas sing
the membership OF the present commission
from five to seven, increasing tho term
Of ltlle3s Office from six to- s. zen yea IS J
and increasing tho sala,r ies Sof the COM
n,issioners from Is 500 to 81 q 0Q0, Sas the
Pres lent \ sus gest ed- that the men n
could 10 81 tnlned # I'll q salary we're inlt
crcas ed n AND tliurl:,f rtant point III the
compromise bill sis. the, giving OF the rate
making n power II toi the commission Ettl nd
providing that It's decision thereon shall
take effect within hirty al VS. 40 y. 3t
Attitude aof Democrats. Y.
< When tile CONF issIon me t5Sthls morn
ing. Congressnlan d, r ownsend n prescn ted
his draft5of tie subs itute bill and after.
atstatement: or \ the existing conditions
had been made by the# airmanftseVcr al
hours were spent Sin discussing tic va
1.ious provisions 1 ana II II. making 7al minor
amend tllents. |; Al 9. ock,i the. Ilepnbt+:
cans had agreed It'd I no Townsend bill
and the Democia tic members were given
an hour in Wh!chSto aucus TO &c termtne
ocrntic conference a broke UP Is without
reaching mn q gl:eeinelit t. tile result stand ,
ing four to two in favor o { the DaYey
bill. rhc Democrat IS sel greed y hat
Townse end 3 had Z o. good "A bill hut rrthep
wanted a Y substitu to fors3the purpose ;of
securing discuss ION on 4 lie floor ofE tho
House faa5 a mong other things they OPP!
posed lncreasln the size: 4 Of the cominis-,
sion. RI l "A 81 & i s 5sytas
While agreeing to tile general 5propoc-;
'slton. the Democrats felt they could
Improve the method Of getting at aud
|reltlcdying the evil T. 4 81 .ss; ;ts
Shortly after o'clock Mr.. Townsend
introduced his substitute bill, and Chair
man Hepburn also announced that Town
send would prepare tho report on the
I'LL, Ho will make an fort to have It
read tomorrow. SO that the3 bill can be
called up Wednesday. Tho committee will
ask for n rule calling for a two days
debate on the Townsend Inland The
Democratic substitute. 1t is believed that
not a few OF the minority will support
tho Townsend bill a fter having had an
opportunity to express their views Tho
Indications are the bill will bc passed by
the House this week. 55 a
4 Senate in Quandery.
While 1t is an axiom that the. Senate
never gets stu,npeded. tho senators VIII
have to turn down the administration
ard stand UP under the pressure Of The
entire country IN order. not 10 act TINS
session ii is probable tho President may