Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-02-23
An INVESTIGATION
WILL NOW FOLLOW
Senate Bill Passes
House in Regard
to the
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lllrnrn nlcnDIMIuATI0uc
ALLEGED DETERMINATIONS
Of Common Carriers---Hep.
burn Measure Reported
Favorably Today.

Washington, Feb. 23.-Without oppo
sition the House as its first business
today passed the Tillman-Gilespie
resolution directing the Interstate
Commerce Commission to make an ex
animation into railroad discrimination
and monopolies and report from time
10 time.
Townsend, of Michigan, presented
the resolutions with unanimous re
port from the Interstate and foreign
commerce committee.
Explaining the resolution, Townsend
said: "This resolution was born Of 9
settled conviction among the people
as reflected in Congress, that injustice
and wrong is being done them by GER
tain interstate carriers Of coal and oil
It has been confidentially alleged
that certain railroads have large hold
ings of coal and oil lands, that they
buy and sell coal and oil; that in other
cases the officers these roads own
sufficient stock II the oil and Goa
companies, when led in connection
with the stock owned by the roads tt
enable them to control such compa
MES; and for such reasons coal ono
oil are made more expensive to the
consumer and independent dealers are
injured or ruined,
sented in.the House contemplated only
the investigation in relation to bitum
inous coal. The Senate resolution In
cluded all other products.
Special to the New Mexican.
Andrews Work.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 23.--Dele
gate Andrews this forenoon introduc
ed the following bills in the House
Of Representatives, which were re
ierred to the committee on pensions
To grant a pension to lose M. Lucero
and to increase the pension of John
A. Baker and Richard Morris, Of New
Mexico
Hepburn Bill.
Washington d. c., Feb. 23.--At 2:l5
the Senate committee on interstate
commerce took a recess until o'clock.
All minor amendments offered to The
Hepburn bill were voted down during
the forenoon of the session. Dolliver
expressed the opinion that the report
will be authorized by three this after
noon
Bill Reported.
The Hepburn rate bill was ordered
reported favorably by the Senate COM
mittee on Interstate Commerce.
knox's Measure.
MIR. Knox's much discussed and long
expected railroad bill was introduced
in the Senate yesterday and because
of the exceptional interest on the sub
ject, was accorded the unusual privi-
lege of reading for the Information
Of the Senators on the day of intro
duction. Close attention was given
In brief statement Mr.. Knox said
that he did not hope to have the COM
mittee on interstate commerce do
more than consider the bill as afford
ing light on the question of court
OF review Of the findings Of the inter-
state commerce commission. Mr.. For
aker gave notice Of speech for next
Wednesday on the rate question.
Democratic Caucus.
The Democratic members of the
Senate committee on interstate COM
merce held caucus this morning and
decided to vote on the report on the
Hepburn rate bill to the Senate with
out amendment and transfer the con-
test from the committee to the floor
Of the Senate. This does not commit
the Democrats on the question Of a
court review
No Trouble.
Minister Rock Hill today cabled the
state department from Pel1in that ev-
erything was quiet in China and there
were no signs of an outbreak
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