Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-05-17
La TOILETTE IN
A LOSING FIGHT
VOTES WITH DEMOCRATS oNALL
AMENDMENTS.
HAZE TO GIVE UP PASSES
Senators Receive Hundreds of Teie.
grams from People Who Object to
Parting With Their Special Privi.
leges-Incompetency With Costly
Ships Denounced.

Washington, May 12.-Senator Bal
ley's non-susrension amendment, ap-
plying to orders of the interstate COM
merce commission as covered by the
railroad rate bill, which has occupied
so much of the attention OF the senate
in connection with that bill, was yes
terday adversely disposed by the de-
cisive vote of 20 to 81. practically a
party vote. The debate on the provi-
sion was limited to a brief political
speech by its author, in which he said
the president had changed his atti-
tude on the question of maintaining
the rates fixed by commission until
the courts reach final decision.
An amendment offered by Senator
Rayner, combining court review to con-
stitutioal questions, was also voted
down, but not until after speeches had
been made by Senators Rayner and
Bailey in advocacy and Senators AL
hson, Fulton, Long and Cullom in OPP
position. The debate was in anticipa-
ton of the discussion expected to oc-
cur upon the Allison court reiew pro-
vision today. Senators Rayner and
Bailey contended that the Allison
amendment authorizes the broadcast
possible court review and the Mary
land senator urged that in 1t Senator
Aldrich had achieved signal victory.
Senator Fulton stated that he had
first suggested the language Of the
Allison provision.
La Toilette With Democrats.
A number of other amendments,
offered in the main by democrats and
by Senator La Toilette, were rejected.
The votes were generally along party
lines during the entire day, but the
Wisconsin senator voted with the
democrats on all propositions and
Senators McEnery and Morgan, dem
ocrats, voted with the republicans on
most of them.
The only amendments accepted
yesterday were those ofrered by Sen
ator Allison, striking out the phrase
fairly remunerative" in the provision
allowing the interstate commerce COM
mission to fix rates; limiting the op-
erations Of orders of the commission
to two years, and making the inter-
state commerce commission the de-
PENDANT in suits challenging rates
fixed by 1t.
The anti-pass provision. heretofore
adopted, was again discussed. 1t is
evident that it will be modified.
Cling to Their Passes.
The senate was again made aware
OF popular opposition to the anti-pass
to the rate bill, being del
uged with kilograms of protest, which
came principally from railroad en-
ployes and were presented by Sena-
tors Cullom, Warner, Morgan, Fora
ker, McCreary, Frye, Beveridge, ALI
son and Dick. Most OF the senders of
the dispatches complained of the in.
Justice done them in depriving them
Of the privilege heretofore enjoyed
Most of the senators presented from
so to 100 messages but they were not
ordered printed.
Wants Costly Ships Preserved.
During consideration OF the naval
by the house Mr.. Hep
burn of Iowa, who has been relentless
In his structures upon the efficiency
Of the navy, took occasion to reply to
a speech made by Mr.. Weeks of Mas.
sachusetts last Saturday, In which
the latter stated that there had been
but 81 courtsmartial in Al years, grow
ing out Of accidents and loss of ships.
Mr.. Weeks reviewed the accidents In
the past 40 years to naval vessels,
which he stated was cor plete rec
ord.
To this Mr.. Hepburn took decided
exception. He said the Weeks total
was wholly incorrect and that II did
not include accidents to the more ex-
pensive vessels of modern date. He
cited several accidents to vessels in
our own harbors and then declared:
These are but few instances Of
inefficiency, of incapacity to handle
these great vessels. We are spending
Of dollars TO build up a great
navy. think it is the part Of patri-
otism to do this, but there ought tt
be some guarantee, some assurance
that when we secure such vessels
they will not be recklessly destroyed
by incompetency and inefficiency."
Mr.. Hepburn then turned his atten-
ton to the matter Of courtsmartial
and severely criticised these courts.
He then had read rebuke admins
tered by Acting Secretary Newberry
to the court of inquiry which recently
tried Lieutenant John A. Schofeld, u. |
s. NJ, for the lightness Of the sen
tence imposed by his companions in
arms, and cited this instance as proof
OF bis position that justice was not
meted out to those who failed in doing
their simple duty.