The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-02-06
TWO CENT FARE BILL.
Although All Of the Big
Railroads Have Lob
bYists Fighting Meas
ure 1t is Sure to Pass.

States senators by direct vote. The
federal relations committees of the
two houses will now meet in Joint
session to consider movement to Sc
cure similar ac,ion by me legislatures
of at least two thirds Of all the states
in order TO secure popular vote ON
such an amendment to the federal
constitution
The house comnsftea today reported
IfavoraDly the O'Rourke resolution
calling on the United States senator's
from Ohio TO support President Roose-
welt in his railroad rate legislation
but first changed he original word
Command" to request" The resoIu-
tlon will undoubtedly pass.
Until midnight last night and all
forenoon the railroads committee CT
the house listened 10 arguments for
and against the two cent fare bills
All the big lines were represented by
officials who declared a two cent fare
in Ohio to be impossible. Tom L.
Johnson, Of Cleveland, representatives
Of labor unions and many othe. $
IspOke for the bills.
This committee this afternoon re-
ported favorably the Freiner bill which
simply substitutes two fer "thI ee"
in the existing statutes. A motion
to suspend the rules and pass the bin
at once failed in the house on a viva
tvCce vote and it will come up for pas
sage Tuesday.
There IS some friction as to whether
this bill or Ehe senate bill which is
practically identical shall be the one
enacted. A motion to take the SEN
ate bill from the house committee and
put il en- passage was defeated by a
motion to adjourn.
The only other change made in
Freiner's bill was to make five miles
the minimum distance of which ra l.
roads may be required to carry pas
sengers for two cents per mile.
Henry Apthorp and w. j, Lynch,
general passenger agent New YORK.
Central lines, Immediately attacked
, the members of the committee to pray
for more time in which to prepare
. new schedules of rates. They declared
that the complete change could nO>
, be made in less than 60 days.
d At the open hearing Thursday May
: or I ON spoke and took a. shot at the
railroad attitude on he bill. He said
hn hlh nj toi i,,iu
, listening to confessions of defeat from
, his former all powerful enemies, the
railroads,
Statistics are falling like haiIstones
now" he said, but it's nos possible to
TRY the case on statistics. The rail-
roads are fair in their statistics, but
/ don't think they try to be fair
in their deductions from their figures
. THE case schould be tried on an
agreed state of facts-'hat the New
York Central is operating proftably
! at two cents per mile. Increase of bus
mess by reduction of fares has not
decreased employees wages. When
was in the railroading business | ran
> it to make money / never granted
a reduction in my life except to make
money"
There was a strenuous open session
of the committee at which many rail-
road men spoke.
w. j. Lynch, passenger traffic man
ager of the New York Central, west
of Buffalo, declared that two-cent tare
was trap in the dark.
I'VE carry The national guard al
one cent a mile" said Moulton Houclx
general passenger agent of the Toledo
& Ohio Central. Does the state wani
= to pay double that amount or about
4 100000 a year?"
/ When Frank Durham, general so
!, licitOr of the b. & o., began 20 speaF
9 Represen tative Freiner asked him /
. he would submit to question.
4 IF you don't ask ME anything
about railroads, for don't know any.
thing about running them" he re.
piled.
! "Then what are you talking here
] for?"
81 am talking about legislation fol
/ your benefit"
e wen run the legislature"
L nenTy AptnOrp the Lake Sno-
4 lobbyist, attacked the bill.
e I'VE were lynched in the senate,
e he said. I'VE expect 70 be hanged
1 but we don't want to be hanged
s without hearing. In the senate W,
got the most bewildering square dea
ever saw We weren't even allowed
10 cut the cards"
The railroads would save money ,
said Freiner to Apthorp, by strik
h ing you and your kind who are hang
@ ing around this capitol"
4 Because such men as you are here,
!. shouted Aptnorp, pointing a long
: hOny forefnger at Freiner.
: by striking such men as go,
t off the pay ROLL" continued FreineI
r calmly