Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-28
Aldrich, Kean and Foraker De-
eide to Support Roosevelt's
Rate Regulation
WILL AID SENATOR cuLLoM
Complete Surrender to the Presidents
Plans Said to Have Been Decided
Upon at Conference Of the sena-
tor. Heretofore Opposed to the Reg
uIation Plan.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-Raymond in
Chicago Tribune: Opposition to the
presidents railroad rate policy in the
senate practically disappeared as the
result Of conference Monday between
Senators Aldrich of Rhode Island, Kean
Each one of these senators is de-
termined opponent of the proposition to
confer the regulation Of rates upon the
interstate commerce commission. They
are prepared to. accept the inevitable
now, not because they want to-, but be-
cause they. have to.
Here is the substance Of the bill sub
mitted by Senator Cullom, redrafted by
the interstateyc commerce commission,
approved by the attorney general and
likely to be the basis Of the measure
finally passed by the senate committees:
Defnition-It defines what consti-
tutes railroad and other corporations
engaged in the transportation Of pass
engers and products.
Broadens Deffnition-Broadeni the
definition Of transportation by inter-
state tCOIIlluGTCo 10 1IlCLuuS hi ldClllLlcS
and instrumentalities in moving mer-
chandise, such as Independent car lines,
terminal tracks, bridges, etc.
Includes All Costs-Interstate COM
MERGE carriers making use Of any fa-
cility for transportation must include
that in the agreement rate and juris-
diction is given to the interstate COM
merce commission to require the pub
lication OF all such rates.
Authority to Fix sRates-Authority
conferred upon the complaint OF. any
shipper. commercial organization, body
polite, or other carrier that any rate.
single or joint, any practice or regula-
ton, is unreasonable or discriminatory
to cancel and substitute therefor a
reasonable rate or practice.
Maximum and Minimum Rates -
Granting power to the interstate COM
merce commission to fix not only max
imum reasonable rate, but in case Of
discrimination to establish minimum
rates and joint rates which will be
equitable and insure like treatment for
individuals and localities under similar
conditions.
Into Effect at Once.-Providing that
any rate or general order of the in
terstate commerce commission shall go
into effect not less than ten days and
not more than thirty days after 1t 10
formally promulgated.
Courts to Pass in embellishments
ing the legislative section Of present
Interstate commerce law In such way
as to provide for the review OF the final
orders Of the commission the cir
cult courts Of the United States That
review, however, is only. to be upon
the lawfulness Of the action. 1t Is re-
CURED that the final orders OF the IN
terstate commerce commission shall
be obeyed by the railroads against
which they are directed within the
specified periods on pain Of direct mon
ey penalties, unless the circuit court
finds that the order OF the commission
is on its face illegal. In this case the
court may issue restraining order on
which summary proceedings must be
taken to secure a decision. No pre-
liminary injunction, however, can be
issued to determine questions OF TACT
involved in the decision.
Surrender to Be Completes.
It has been agreed among them
selves by the leading republican sem
ators that they will stick together In
any event and that the bill which fin
ally gets through the senate shall have
back Of 1t clean majority Of repu'b-
lican senator's. They are unwilling
that the democrats should be able to
claim credit for the passage Of any
railroad bill.
Even those senators like Aldrich,
and Elkins, and Kean, who have been
most active in opposing the presidents
views, fully realize that the movement
for rate legislation is immensely pop
ular, and now that they have surrend-
cred themselves they propose to see to
1t that practically the whole Of the re-
publican strength shall be behind the
administration, at least nominally.