The National tribune., 1906-02-22

The Hepburn Bf,a has now been

The HeDburn Bfil has now been be-
fore the Senate Committee for nearly
two weeks. during which time ii has
been a matter of tremulous interest to
the Committee and the Senator's. ALI
OF the Senator'S have views more or less
pronounced as to what legislation is
needed. but they are expressing these
views with considerable care and an
eve at once upon the White House and
the country. The look toward the
White House is probably the more in
tense. since there is a growing convic-
ton that the Presidents position is a
certain index of the popular feeling
The present alignment seems to be on
the question of revision. and upon this
there is a well-defined demarcation in
the Committee. and it looks as if this
would extend to the Senate and be the
line OF battle there. The railroads seem
to be fighting for what is termed the
Review Amendment. That is that the
courts shall be authorized to review the
decision OF tie Interstate Commerce
Commission. and suspend such order
until 1t can be thoroughly examined.
There Is no provision for a review In
the Hepburn Bill. but the supporters of
that bill have contended that such a
power resided in the courts without any
specification. 1t was something inner
ent in our form Of Government. Every
man or corporation has. in the --nry ma
ture Of things. right to appeal to the
court against anything which he con-
siders unjust. The railroads insist that
the right to appeal shall be actually
stated in the bin. and there probably
will be an accession to this demand
with the President consentinR and Sc
lecting Senator Knox to write the
amendment. This Is very delicate
matter, as the opponents Of the review
clause fear that 1T will be taken to pre-
vent the operation Of the order of the
, Interstate Commerce Commission until
the time has passed for which relief
was asked. For example. it NAV be all
important to rush an immense lot Of
wheat to market to meet some emer-
gency. or the same may be true ~
regard to cotton or pigiron. The rail-
road takes advantage of the needs of
the shippers to greatly raise the rates
The shippers appeal to the Interstate
Commerce Commission for q mOdifica-
ton of the rate. and the Commissioe
issues the required order. to which th.
railroad replies by an appeal to the
court suspending ito Commissions ac-
ton. Before the courts can act upon
the matter the emergency may ha1.
passed. the demand for those goods ha
been filled. the railroads have been vic
torious in exactinp the rates and
shippers have been mulcted. This Is
what the anti-reviewists seek to guar
against. Any poll of the Senate will
regard to a measure before that bod
must always be received with the great
est caution. but the following is give
out as the most likely way in which II
Senators st,nd at present:
For review-Messrs. Aldrich. Alger.
Alice. Ankeny. Brandegee. Buckley.
Burkett. Burnham. Burrows Carter.
Crane. Depew. Dick. Dillingham;. Dry
den. Elkins. Flint. Foraker. Fulton.
Frye. Gallinger. Hale. Hansbrough
Hepburn. Hopkins. kean. Kittredge
Knox. Lodge. Penrose. Perkins. Piles
Plat, Proctor, Scott, Spooner, Warren
and WetmOre-a total of 38. and all
Republicans.
Against review-Messrs. Bacon. Bail
ev. Berry. Blackburn. Carmack. CLAMP.
Clark of Montana. Clarke of Arkansas
Clay. Culberson. Cullom. Daniel. Dolli-
yer. Dubois. Frazier. Gearin. German
La Toilette. Latimer. McCreary. McLau-
rim. Mallory. Money. Nelson. Newlands
OVerman. Patterson. Rayner. Simmons
Stone. Taliaferro. Teller and Tillman-a
total of 33. and all Democrats except
Messrs. ClaDD. Cullom. Dolliver. La
Toilette and Nelson. Republicans.
observation-disclosures. Allison. Beveridge
Clark of Wyoming. Foster. Gamble
Hemenway. Long. Martin. McCumber
McEnery. Millard. Morgan. Nixon. Pet
tus. SmOot. Sutherland and Warner-a
total Of II. and all Republicans except
Messrs. Foster. Martin. McEnery. Nor
gan and Pettus. Democrats.