Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-10

WASlll NGTOE. Feb. 3-Aitrr near
~ four days Of discussion the House
today. by 4 vote OF :soG to IL. passed
the ESchTowmscnd bill providin. for
tho regulation Of freight rates The
negative vote was made up of eleven
Republicans ard six Democrats
The closin" hours Of the debate
were occupied by Messrs Williams, OF
Mississippi. the minority leader and
Hepburn. Of Iowa. chairman of the
committee which reported tile BILL
Mr. Williams. while supporting the
r,innrily measure even though he said
cd the Republicans for bringing in
Dill which was much better than he
expected would come from them.
Hepburn in His Own Defense.
'lh@ speech Of Mr.. Hepburn was
rather in defense OF himself He said
that his deeds and acts were suf-
licl"nt answer to the lies and Slantl-
CTS which nai baan hcapca upon him
Tie bill known as the Hepburn BILL
he said had been prepared by the at
| torney general and he only Welded to
his colleagues on the committee on the
lGsc.-TownseEd hill because lie ,lll not
want The committee to be the target
for ScribhlerS who wanted sensational
h"a !iincs
less than . members were in t!ieir
seats when the debate was opened by
Mr.. Pierce. tTtnn.l. who, after an
noiilcng that the President. on the
subject at rate legislation was the
greatest leader that has lived in TIC
Republican ranks since the Civil war.
said he would support the I!sch.
Townsend bill
Democratic Legislation.
He, however. based his support up
on The facl that VIM i. BRYAN ana
The Democratic party had declared for
Just such legislation
Mr. Williams. tNliss) at the. outset.
congratulated the House upon tie fact
thai not only in the matter Of rate
legislation. bnl in several other ways.
President Roosevelt nominated by
tho Republican party and elected by
the people. was the bc2inninc 10 as.
sumo a distinctly Democratic attitude.
He said he had begun to hope that
the President would recommend re-
vision Of tie tariff and that the Presi-
den! would see that i, was altogether
absurd 10 keep 20.O0n more soldiers
than were nceAed.
Teddy Republican Daniel.
Addressing himself 70 lie hcpuD.
licans. Mr. Williams sand slle, need
ed nothing more than a marking Oh;
o. the pathway 10 follow .:.e Fr,..ii-
dent NOT hcca";c he was President. G.
Ia Republican. but haca,s. nc Was out.
lining the proper policy TO- ,ha An.t.,,l,
can people Oh he said amid Demo.
cratic laughter. Il know how non-par,
tisan YOU are. \ Republican Daniel
is calling you.' he exclaimed And
he is at the other end of the avenue:
and re is calling You TO do identically
the same thing that yon refused to do
because il came out Of a Democratic
Nazareth"
Waited on the Railroads.
Mr. Williams said the country had
waited and watc,l Tor the railroads
themselves 10 do Justice. He agreed
in part With Mr.. Mccall (Miss). who
had said the right to fix rates was a
dangerous power To confer on seven
men: bnt he argued that it was a
choice between evils. as now about
scHenH great railroad magnatcs. acting
lin conjunction with one another. were
directing the stream OF American com.
mercc in the channels they Wished
and We're discriminating wherever
they saw Ht
Declaring that he spoke as a con.
servative, Mr.. Williams said the time
might come when all the country ex-
copt the South, would be advocating
government ownership OF the rail
sSoads.
South and Public Ownership.
The South would never support that
proposition, because they had the old.
fashioned idea that the government
should not become too strongly cen
ilal!Zcd. They were further opposed
70 government ownership. because
lhcy knew the government would not
operate separate coaches for the
whites and blacks.
Mr. llcnbnrn said i! had been the
Democratic boast that they held to
the principle OF exact justice to all the