Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-29

son on Thursday evening after dinner.
- came to them under slight mask of
secrecy. The Post i'm its account this
morning says: Mr. Aldrch gave out
what he was anxious should he denom-
mated by the newspapers as the Allison
compromise, vouchsaing the positive
assurance that IL would get enough Re-
publican votes to win"
II is understood that other corre-
spondents got their first news of this
so-called Allison amendment from SEN
ator Spooner after II O'Clock on Wednes-
day night The Wisconsin man gave
that it had the approval Of the group
of senators who were contending for
a broad court review.
In view Of MIR. Delivers dlsavowals
for Senator Allison that the latter had
any knowledge OF the new amendment
and the presidents belief that it was
drawn by the senior Iowa senator, It
would appear that somebody has misled
the president as to Mr.. Alison's con-
nection with proposal which Mr..
Roosevelt indorses as innocuous and
harmless For more than week IL has
been talked about the capitol that the
object of the so-called conservat tives
who have been opposing the rate bill
was to hit upon some amendment or
lead the president and at the same
time give the opponents of the meas
Ure what they have all along desired;
that Is, a full, free and absolutely unre-
stricted court review. Apparently they
think they have found IL in Mr.. Full
tons amendment, to which Mr.. Roose-
welt has given his hearty approval.
IF, as has been represented to Mr..
Roosevelt and as he firmly believes,
this Fulton amendment does not really
amend the Hepburn bill, then he is quite
justified in accepting it. The president
has all along declared that the Hep
burn bill as 1t came from the house met
with his full and unqualified approval
and embodied the ideas which he
wished to see enacted into law. The
administration supporters concede that
If the measure becomes a law with the
Fulton amendment part Of 1t nobody
will know until the supreme court has
passed upon it just how it will be in
terpreted, or what degree of supervision
the inferior courts win assume i'm re-
viewing the decision of the interstate
commerce commission.
The agreement that has been re-
ported does not settle anything. 1t is
left entirely to the courts to decide
whether the review shall be broad or
narrow. If the courts choose to review
all the facts in the case submitted to
them they can.
Senator Bailey has called the presi-
dents concurrence in the new amend
ment "a complete surrender"
Senator Tilman is reported as calling
it IAN abject surrender by Mr.. Roose-
welt to the railroad interests"
Senator Cullon. after talking with
the president this morning, said: 81 see
no objecting to inserting the so-called
Allison amendment into the rate bill,
but it does not affect the scope of the
court review at all. 1t simply says what
court shall have jurisdiction. In my
opinion the bill would be improved if
the Long amendment was also added,
which plainly outlines the scope of the
court review, and end certain limita-
tions with which the courts must work
il. taking up the decisions of the inter
state commerce commission"
Many of the senators who have fol-
lowed Mr.. Roosevelt with the firmest
loyalty through this entire railroad cpl
sode are muck disappointed. Some of
them feel very bitterly, but until the
situation is further clarified, none of
them cares to talk freely for publication
about the present status of affairs.