The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-17
The PRESIDENT TRAPPED
Sarcastic Remarks Of Senator Ray
nor on Presidents lnconsiston-
cies and Final Surrender.

Washington, May 1.-THE demo
Gratis began their expose ON the sur.
render of the administration and
friends of the Hepburn bill to Aid.
rich and the railroads in the senate
this afternoon. Senators Rayner and
Bailey were the leaders in a highly
entertaining attack against the repub-
licans. Aldrich, Allison, Dolliver and
Long defended the majority side.
Il dO not say that anyone has set
trap for the president of the United
States. would not make declara-
ton Of that kind upon this floor, but
| do say, and say it again, with the
greatest respect and Difference to the
president, that he unfortunately is so
constituted that he can not look at a
trap without fooling with the spring"
This piece de resistance in the first
section of Hayner's attack-he will
get in a second section with fifteen
minute speech tomorrow obtained a
laugh and indicated the trend OF OF talk
by which the democrats expect to
make political capital out of the sit
nation.
Court Review is Up.
The court review question, which
for three months has former the crux
of the whole subject of rate regula-
ton, was at last before the senate
for consideration. Senator Rayner
had jumped his narrow court review
amendment, based on the original
Long amendment, ahead of the sec
tion in the bill into which the Allison
court review amended it to be In
serted, in order to give himself an
opportunity to speak twice on the sub
ject His amendment was rejected
practically by a party vote. La Fol
lette alone voted against his party.
McEnry, Pettus, Foster, Morgan and
Clark of Montana voted with the re-
publicans. Tomorrow the Allison
amendment will come up, and the vote
by which it will be adopted will show
about the same personnel of the op-
posing sides as that today.
The important affirmative action of
the day was the striking out of the
words and fairly remunerative' from
the section granting rate-making au-
thority to the interstate commerce
commission. The original draft pro-
vided for rate that should be just
and reasonable and fairly remuner-
alive A unanimous vote struck out
the words specified.
Another part of the Allison COM
promise providing that orders of the
commission shall go into effect within
such reasonable time as the commits
sion may prescribe, instead of thirty
days, was adopted. This amendment
was modified by provision that no
order should take effect earlier than
thirty days after notice.
Bailey Amendment Lost.
Senator Bailey's amendment to pre-
vent the suspension Of orders of the
commission by preliminary injunction
or interlocutory decree, which along
with court review has commanded the
attention of the great constitutional
lawyers of the senate throughout the
winter and spring, was defeated by a
vote of % to 3D. La Toilette, Hale
and Burett-republicans for it.
Eight democratS-Bacon, Clark OF
Montana, Culberson, Daniels, Morgan,
Newlands, Pettus and Taliaferro-
voted against it.
In his attack on the Allison court
review plan, Senator Rayner said he
wished President Roosevelt had not
interferred in this legislation and had
permitted the case to be settled in the
senate, where the responsibility de-
wolves.
Last week" said the Maryland SEN