The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-10

commerce closed for the Republicans
He explained the difficulties of prepar-
ing such measure as the bill reported,
saying no two men entertained the
same opinion either as to what was in
the bill or as what ought to be in it,
Mr.. Hepburn depressed for a moment
and received sympathetic applause from
both Democrats and Republicans when
he asked to be excused for intruding a
matter of personal interest into the
proceedings, which was the first time
he had done so in sixteen years service.
II L have been criticised he said
with emotion, Il have borne it. If L
nave been slandered and lied about, /
have submitted to it, content that my
deeds, my acts. might be placed in op-
position to and answer to the libels of
those who traduced me-"
His Sill a Rough Draft.
The bill ne drew, said Mr.. Hepburn.
ne regarded as but a rough draft. after
conferences with the president and
members of the cabinet. He denied
that the Townsend bill was an ad-
mlnlstratiOn measure. nor, said he was
any bill that he knew of an admin
1stration bill AS finally offered he
said, that which was known as the
Hepburn bill was, with the exception
of but two words, the product of the
brain of the attorney general. He had
yielded. however, to his colleagues on
the committee in the matter Of the
Esch-Townsend bill, not that he did
not have confidence in his bill, but
because he did not want the commit
tee TO be the target for every scrib-
pier who wanted sensational headlines"
Urged Railroads to Obey.
After commencing the court OF trans
pcrtauon feature of the bill. Mr.. Hep
Durn, IN concluding, urged the rail-
reads to a strict obedience of the law
Ihey must learn, he said. that there
was power greater than they; that
the interests of the multitude were
greater than any interests that could
De subserved by money and wrong and
dlsobedience. They must learn. too,
mat the people are alect now, lest the
inenaced concentration of immense
wealth becomes a terror in the future,
II not restrained.
Inc Dill OF the minority was then
defeated, Messrs. Gaines of Tennessee.
Rider and Scudder of New York, and
Llvernash and Wynn of California,
voting with the Republicans.
Bill Passed, 326 to II.
The roll then was called on the Esch-
Townsend bill, which was passed, 500
to Il
The following Republicans voted
against the bill:
Adams, Caster. Dwight. New York;
Gardner. New Jersey; Hill, Connecti-
cut; Huff, Pennsylvania: Mccall.
Massachusetts; Porter, Pennsylvania:
Stbley, Pennsylvania; Southwick. New
9ork, and Vreeland, New York.
The following Democrats voted no:
Messers. Harrison, New York: McDer-
mott, New York: Rider, New York:
Scudder, New York: GouIden, New
York; and Hall, Pennsylvania.
During the day the following men,
bers spoke in favor of regulating
freight rates: Messrs. Thomas. North
Carolina; Gillespie. Texas: Burnett and
Bowie, Alabama; Kennedy, Ohio, and
Calderhead. Kansas.
Mr.. Hall. Pennsylvania, opposed
legislation Of any kind
Statehood Bill.
Immediately the rate bill was PASSED
Mr.. Moon, Tennessee, called attention
TO the fact that the state
hood bill had been transmitted.
and inquired of Speaker Cannon
II II would be in order to make
motion TO agree to the senate amend
ments- Speaker Cannon notified Mr.
Moon that he had examined the rules
and found, that as the amendments
provided for an appropriation the bill
mad gone to committee on territories
at once.
A spirited discussion followed over
the adoption Of a resolution reported
by the committee on military affairs
calling upon the secretary of war re-
SardinS the army transport service
The quartermaSter was condemned by
Mr. Humphreys, Washington the
author of the resolution, for having as
he stated, charged up to the govern
ment between $500, 600 and $500. 900 and
credited il to the transport service for
carrying dead heads.
Messrs. CaprOn and Slayden de-
Tended the practice of transporting
school teachers and members of the
families of officers and men, the latter
declaring that the quartermaster gen
eral was ready at any time to supply
to congress any information il desired
In that statement Mr.. Slayden was
supported by Mr. Hay, Virginia
The resolution was adopted.
The house at SOB D. m. adjourned.