The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-24
Friends of Railroads Seek
1t With x-Ray.
HOW FAR WILL HE BACK
That Raleigh Speech Dislurbs the
: SIumbers Of The Republican Big
Guns. How The Senate is Sup
posed to Stand on Roose-
veIt's Rate Proposition.
Special to News and Observer.

Especial to News ana observer
Washington, d. c., Nov. 23.-It
does not yet appear who is to have
me honor of presenting to Congress
the administration measure to provide
government control of railway rates.
and in fact the question now agitating
the minds of the Republican leaders
is just how far the President can be
induced to recede from his position,
as announced in his speech at Raj
eigh, y. c., on October 18th and also
IN mis- remarks to the railorad en-
ployes who recently came to see MIN
20 protest against the proposed legis-
lation.
Rate regulation bills are evidently
gong to be introduced at the coming
session of Congress in even greater
numbers than last winter. Senate bills
will be about as numerous as Sena
tors. themselves and feature of the
majority of these last named bills will
be an insistence that the final decision,
on the question of fair freight rates,
shall be left to the courts already pro-
vided for
Views OF Culberson.
Senator Culberson, of Texas. in a
letter to the Morning News, Dallas,
IcAdS. OH InlS SUBJECT. say.
ION December 81. 1897. in announc-
ing my candidacy for the Senate in
an address TO the Democracy OF Texas
1 stated that / favored:
An amendment to the Interstate
commerce law, 50 charging the DOW
ers of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission as will give it ample authority
TO enforce its order, prevent dlscrlm-
nations between persons and places
a ROT Ie hi
able charges, but not permitting pool
ing or combinations by railways
whether with or without the approval
OF the commission
My views have undergone no
change whatever since that announce
ment
1T seems doubtful. under the plan
proposed by the President. whether
the rate to be fixed shall be abso
iute, uniform or maximum, whether It
shall go into effect Immediately or in
q reasonable time, and, finally, wheth
er the rate shall be liked by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. or by
another commission or quasi court to
be saddled upon the taxpayers of the
country
For the Rate Bill.
According to an estimate made here
today of Senate votes for and against
President Roosevelt's railway rate
regulation proposition, the following
members are for what is now called
the administration IDEA:
Republican-knox. of Pennsylvania;
Alice. of Delaware; Beverage and
Hemcnway of Indiana: Cullom and
Iopkin", of Illinois; LaFollette. of
Wisconsin; Nelson and Clapp. of Min
nesota; Allison and Dolliver of Iowa;
Warner of Missouri; Long. of Kansas:
Burkett. of Nebraska; Gamble. of
South Dakota Hansbrough and Nc
Cumber. of North Dakota Carter. of
Montana: Clark. of Wyoming-19.
Dcmocrats-TelIer and Patterson.
of Colorado; Dubois. of Idaho; Bailey
and Cufberson. of Texas; McLaurin,
of Mississippi; Foster. of Louisian ma;
Clay. of Georgia: Taliaferro, of Flor
ida: Tillman and Lattimer of South
Carolina; Simmons and Overman. of
North Carolina: Blackburn and Nc
Creary. of Kentucky; Carmack of
Tennessee: Clark and Berry, of Ar
kansas-1S.
Against the Bill.
Republicans and Hale. of
Maine: Burnham and Gallnger. OF
New Hampshire; Proctor and Dilling-
ham. of Vermont; Lodge and Crane,
of MasSa chusetts; Aldrich and Wet
more. of Rhode Island; Burkeley and
Brandegee. of Connecticut; Plat and
Depew of New York: Kean and Dry
den. of New Jersey; Penrose. of Penn
sylvania: Elkins ana Scott, of West
Virginia; Foraker and Dick of Ohio;
Alger and Burrows. of Michigan:
Spooner. of Wisconsin; Millard. of
Nebraska; Kittredgc, OF South Da-
kota; Hepburn, of Idaho; Ankeny and
Piles. of Washington; Fulton. of Ore
gon Perkins and Flint. of Califor-
nia-32.
Democrats-Clark of Montana:
Nixon. of Nevada: Money. of Missis-
sippl' Morgan and Pe1tus. of Alabama;
Bacon, of Georgia; Martin and Daniel.
of Virginia; German and Raner. of
Maryland-10.
Doubtful
Republicans-Smoot and Suther-
land. of Utah.
McEnery. of Louisiana;
Mallory, of Florida. Frazier, of Ten
nessee; stone. of Missouri
The lining up of the Senate in this