The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-19
Reported Plan to lBlO OCkI
Radical AZ. q ate Legisla- IS
ton This SeSsiO III. a,
ICONFEREN G VIII
BE HEEL ID HF'RlD AK
Interest in Matter 6 Contin,esl III,
tense r Railway Men Are Vow, NJ
Vi, Agreed Crump and ! others yi
Appear, BET Be fore ( + House 3 q (, II Il
g Cor1t1lerc rce COM
mittee. n W
rs s.. n, B

F'ronl Our Isegu ID n Core si'onde
II & Jal,
Gates or government sregulat Ion sof freq RtS
rates Glove they have q iscovsreds a IS S,
to frtistato the sRi she's Of tho E'resi dent
and q, majority 81 Demo oorats ana sReput,-sas
|$licans Of Congress lii the ma tier of legis-
(Flation to- this |Sss
sS4A conference Of a1nt ers Of thes San nate
Committee on CONNIE rec will sboS held M
Friday for tho spur 80 of discusslng ne
,,!isltuaton. 1t Is satd hat hiles ell ma
$jority8 of tho commit ttee the enac
&ment of al rate rel equation Inv ~; IA
session, and hat while he same tries2
lor rnajor abers az tie sssilats,s
ns well as Of tho ETousn, tliaS 9s,eilate tsSS
opposed to llils lon and will not pas
sn5 radical Sbl .y $3s
Fit is SAID 4 to &bo the i Intent Oh EofS tie ei
members # . Il tho A Senate y who not
heartily in favor OF snoh gislat on
iSagree to a. very Id bi one which dossS
not go nearly 30 flr U as "a 8 ccommerde
by thoE Fresi dentssS VI S
Tho President will lle,lf not lfied5t ts
such n easure ISL the on one thnt
i$beS passed Bat t; this sess sion tt
|$hinlS to say Wiiet her jho& vii accept this
and walt until the 4 next sessi IlS
extra session III N le IL.
Tho prefers to sla ton on the
sIlbject, Urld Gull an extra ON
gof passing ls framed long sa
the lines indicated u nlcsFn ge.S IT,
Its Il 81 unlikcly that Will prot
an extr,L& sess taon
trhoro is long lles
House vii o
l!ksly ha
tb,irli VIII be- I'll ono
Sthroug thnta body. sas
Views az tbs Preside t more II Fss
does any othergwhlcl llnS. been INTRODUCE
Crump# Before Committee.
MI. Bcycrl II III Cr,inlI presi dent &of Ts$$g
IYirginil Corporation Commtgs slols app
|ibcfore the House Conlnl tee sspi1 rssS
state and Foreign TINS l9l
ling, and made q short st il PEE
half ferrlng Upon
Interstate Commerce S Com ssio
10 wer to flx RAILWAY ra He spok po kasS Z
|3brefly, but 5polntedy. and ecei ycd tllo
close attentl onS OF St tes Cotnnl Ihlsss
afternoon NIr. Crinip Ind ot therSS
Corpora tioll conlinlssio sior ers,
who have bee& hero for some days
the pnrpose Of discussir tho sco lli-2
the President.
IS G.. CT N1cChord, I, chairman Of tile Stat teSs
Railway Commission n of Sen tuck
8ccd ed Il Mr. Crunlp and made ~ lcr st
statement. & "a rcmarka bio eaturG OF tho sS9S
statement OF Mr. M cC ord, II VIII A.
most certainly be the IN ncx t.S noclat
nominee for tho soy crn orsllll, q
President 4 Roosevelt /; IIe regretted thatS{S
SO much of personallty Ind been Abroug mi
Into tho discussion or the quest Ion
Irntc regulaton t4
IA What Hines Says. Ss3ss
Walker i. 1. Hines representing tho aAt
lantioE Coast Limo anl the louisville and SsSSA
NASHVILLE ronds, n also 3Es ppcaretl s tefor 8
tho House commit ttec to-day lIe stated S3s !s
on behalf ZOE \ railroads general that
there was no Mort to deny theSplo
'tIcn iof tho railroads. rhe public. slle 5ss
said, certainly expect tod Btt. 81
Tho quest ton TO no R Eonsd red s;s 5ss
carefully, he continued, was Wlla would 5sSS
5ba athc actual effect Of penling 81 egislatiolfs
authorizing tho Int tcrstnt to si Com nla
Commission tn fix ra tes when II should SS
declare them to %ho unre;s g. There,
was, l,e said only one wa to cons run sSs
this euthority. &it gave " 70 sS
jtixA ono rate 4 I gave nut thor ty to tlx y3
Mr. Hines Il said that the most Il expert lSs$s
traffic man could not ma ~ cln ssi flea
tion without finding that solnctrl rltng olse
was to be done a tter he had finished Sit
He said, a In view Of the complex conli-sE3
ton bearing on onSarate-maling IT would s
be Impossible to exaggerate @ tho Ssltunt1 t1ons3 5
that would exist nftertle commssio on had 5% $+%
been at work on It for four or tlv q year. f5
they would liavo changed SO man ~ tas,
Tho development Of com ERGO he ~ }Si
butcd to the rnp!dl lty and ffexibll ty WI
taft S1nS
tlons Rnpdty WAS tho essential Y hin s. S$S
he said and he remarked that II they ha,l }5ssS
to come to Washington every time &n,igsgiM
adjustment was to he 4 made. so much Sss5
tlno would be consumed tha + the eond
tion sought to be met would have sais SA
appeared before action would bo si'psalyf I'd
taken. Il a s5 s e Il ~ Il AZ KAN
$$ Interest Intense. 1sis
Tho people OF Il the co un try2 GENERALLY r Sl8$ 8
do not begin to appreciate the inls @fs.8
interest manifest ut Washington CONGO tSi
ig tho probable action OF Congress liz 3s6ss
the latter1 Of legislation regulating rail sssE
way charges, II here iwero never so many 8
attorneys about the ptol, per-
haps, and tho leading railway ma aglatcs iiS5j8
Of the country arc hero dali and In frcs is
auent consultation with the s!dapt ,y$s}
generally at his request, for he has been si
at pains to have as many railroad men @s
come to SEQ him as possible, within yiong$s
to having them agree to lie gts station Siylnf; 8A
the ate-making power to- the Ipterst atf 84eR
Commerce ComnlissInn, They have iins$5ss
MI agreed 8 I'll 5i ..55s y
There IS d woetul lack sof unity among tSs
railroad mun cpncerning what should bpS nj
done by Congress to rel lisyc} The s!tpa-S
ton, or rather, What gshoul Ia DO the z X & ss
titude OF the Congress toward tho auess Ssss
tioni Of regulating rates. lf they wert, 3ssSS
more united among themselves there s1S
would be less proapset of legtslat atlon of s ss