The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-02
HOW RATES
ARE WORKED
SAMPLE OF METHODS
OF RAILWAY COR.
PORATIONS
TEDDY'S LAST THINK
In Connection With Extr;
Session of Congress.


Washington, D. c., Aug o. Mr.
President Roosevelt had another think
coming to him, and he has announced
that he wiz call an extra session Of
the congress to meet here November
II next for the purpose of enactng
some legislation anent the Panay'a
Canal, railroad rate and rebate legs
lation. reciprocity, tariff revision and a
few other legislative chores. Proba-
bly, he would ike to hire the members
of the congress out 10 cook or shop
wood when they are not busy with this
little dab Of legislative work which he
thinks they can perform in the three
weeks before the regular session be
gins on the first Monday in December
following AS ! have often remarked
previously the strenuous President
does some things which are intense
ly amusing He has cut out enough
work for the congress to occupy il
steadily for the next twelve months,
yet he says he wants them to get very
busy and get through with what be
wants before the regular session be
gins. Il is the prerogative of the Pres
ident to call an extraordinary session
of the congress whenever. in his judg-
ment, the exigencies or the neces-
stiles Of the country demand IT, but he
can only send in a message to the con
gress telling it what. in his opinion.
is the state OF the Union, demanding
the legislat on he asks or suggests,
but he can't make them enact il. You
can take horse to water, but you
can't make him drink
1t is probable that the house OF rep.
/ Iresentatives will get down to business
at once on whatever the President asks
them to, for the house is no longer a
deliberative body. but is run by a few
men When they crack the whip the
majority jumps It is altogether diff
ferent with the senate. 1t is just like
/ 1t to take notion that there is some
thing else of far more Importance than
the things the President asks, that
should have its attention and they
are likely TO take up the whole of the
extra session discussing it, The sen
ate cares about as much about what
the President thinks ou some sub
iects, as a COW chewing its cud thinks
OF the Nebular Hypothesis or the
/ symmes Hole theory
There may be some legislation aneut
the Panama Canal early in the session,
the regular session but when it comes
60 railroad legislation and the propo-
stion TO place all the railroads rates
I in the hands Of five senile bankrupt
politicians who constitute the Inter
state Commerce Commission, there is
going to be some blood and hair and
the ground torn up" around the
capitol building The house may get
quick action and do Whatever Teddy
wants done in the way of rebate and
rate leg station, but when the house
bill reaches the senate the fun will
commence. After a few rounds the
house bin will look like the last rose
Of summer hit with brick II there
is to be any legislation whatever on
this subject in the next session of con
gress, il will be the bill prepared by
the senate committee that sat here this
summer and took testimony. and that
bill is not going to hurt any body ID
the railroad business very hard, and
is not going TO give to the Interstate
Commerce Commission any greater
power than IL now possesses. Just put
that prediction in your pipe and smoke
it,