New-York tribune., 1906-05-19
The amendment was then adopted. 80 to "a. as
YoIlOus.

Senator Mallory moved the substitution Of the
words ascertain and declare for the words de
termine and prescribe" in the rate making pro-
vision but the motion was voted down. q to ~.
The clerk was permitted to read the amendments
covering pages without interruption. and it
looked as though he might proceed to the end.
when Senator La Toilette offered an amendment
permitting railroad companies to grant passes to
the officers of railroad employees associations. The
amendment was adopted after only brief delay.
Senator Carter proposed an amendment IN the
Of small roads to the provision prescribing
penalty for false entries IN the accounts Of rail-
roads. He proposed to strike out the provision re-
quiring railroads TO keep only such books as pre-
scribed by the commission. Senator Tilman op-
posed the amendment fatal to the prohibition
against rebates. He said it evident that unless
the words prohibiting the keeping of private
randa and books were retained The .'rascality and
thievery' shown by the reading Of the disclosures
against the Pennsylvania Railroad could not be
stopped He charged that the Interstate Com
Commissions investigation showed that 1.-The
Pennsylvania is permeated with rottenness from
Cassatt down. Brides are given, and rebates and
discrimination have been shown TO be practised"
In the midst Of the charge he was warned that his
time had expired. Senator Carter's amendment was
then rejected
At 145 p. the reading of amendments was
finished, and after announcing the third reading Of
the bill the chair asked: Shall the bill passT
RAYNER ON THE PRESIDENT.
There were. however some general speeches to be
made. Senator Rayner at once took the floor 10
discuss the general aspects OF the measure His
speech dealt with the Presidents connection with
the legislation, and was largely personal
Mr.. Rayner said that he was firmly OF the t,al,eP
that the President would again change his mind
before this controversy was over, and that IL the
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives yould
nominate man on the conference committees y,bo
had the courage OF his convictions and who y,ouId
not WaTer on the question of constitutional re-
view fhe President would abandon the Allison
amendment and go back again TO the Long amend
ment, the place that he started from.
He said that Addison once made the renoavr 1bot
a woman who deliberates is lost, and that while
there was no chance Of anybody ever losing the
president there telling whether within 4ba
next HeW days. some new Chandler, to fortune and
70 fa1ne unknown" might not get possession Of the
president and tide him over the breakwater OF the
ALLISON amendment back again 70 his ..origtnaI
terminus"
Mr.. Rayner said that he would not nreten5 q.
make any assault upon the President or nra+end
10 charge him with selfish or dishonest ,,,r,,osa
ouH mat the processes OF reasoning through vb,ob
ne reached a decision were so chaneeahIa che. a.
was impossible to follow him. He said that he -
seiaoied an unadjEsted kaleidoscope whose raAece
ing surfaces, after shaking it up, frequently exbbIt
as Ds@oluA ooofs IN symmetrical FORMS bat after
you nave adjusted and focused IL aies into Its
original fragments and resolves itself into it 80 -
-pOnenE parts. O'"A-
he said this was great era for natural d,s+,-t-
ances, ana that the President seemed 70 he eor,o
"ilat Jealous OF the earthquakes and volcanic erD
lions that had taken place and was eojng tIrn,,]5
q sort Of comeue performance himself illuninat.
Ing she horizon. but tearing through s,ooo =
1V1Ous OF "here ne came from and with no definite
conception OF where he was going. Mr.. Favner
sac ne tftavneT) was perfectly serious in hts ev-
pectation that. owing to these peculiar fanc,os -
Lne PRESIDENT he would change his whole position
again unless the Senate adjourned and v4I
II. Mr. Rayner said the President might baya -
united his party on the floor Of the Senate b..
mar ne had unhappily. divided the people
ALLISON AMENDMENT FATAL"
When he came 10 discuss the Allison .r,o,.-.-.
ar hayneF said he hesitated vote for the IN,