The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-16

mR. RAvNsR's ADVOCACY o..
THE HEPBoHN BILL s7iHs
up A Lively ms
cussloN:

ssrour arenment o. the LEGAL que
lions involved 81 alI tlaeir ptlase x
sharp PASSAGES Of amors org 3 p i.
sonal nature betweea iead ers y g 81 b ~
iles AMI disclouses vide dt g
4nces Of opinion, 81 wen as some ON
grounds Of commoai eMent were
soeclaI features 81 fts dehate IL Y the
Senate on tie railrosd rate regul ation 9
question.
While senator Rayner, Of May .l.E y
land, made al abiept atioH q $t y
necessity IoE schslsslsl Ion. as y az:
yooated by President Roosevelt aud
others, VITO afe demanding that tae
power 10 reilate freight rates shan az
be pIaced Is he hands Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission. He con.
,ended However, that the Hepburn
bin Il stands; d unconsti tutional.
aud tbat uni less II contains PROV sion
Tor iaaicia review the measure Will
Iii b sise the relief It's advocates
SEEK
Senator Rayner believes with sena-
ior Bailey hat Congress hasithe power
10 provide that Circuit Courts shall
moi Intervene ~ Sinterlo cutory DEGREES
to suspend die rate orders Of the COM
mission without such provision It
viii 81 RS ibleS he contends, that the
ehect ef HE law can be entirely null,
naed. becahse by legal process the
commission,s rate can be held up dur
ing Tie entire three years period in
such d way that there would be not
ope daS relief to the shippers
For Democratic Support.
Senator Rayner said that with
amendments 70 prevent intervention
81 the Circuit Courts and to provide
tor adeqIate judicial proceedings
based Upon the question whether tho
commissio n,s rate furnished just com
pensation 70 the carriers, the Hepburn
htll aould furnish the relief for which
the people are contending. Amended
il that shape, he said, the Democratic
Senators would give It practically uni
ted support
no ire Maryland Senator's stgges-
ton that the suspension clause in the
Hepburhb Bill might have been put In
at tie instance Of railroad lawyers,
senator Dolliyer took strong excep-
lion ne said the bill introduced by
himself and his Iowa colleagues in
me Ho6se was in q large measure
drafted by the interstate Commerce
ommission and the only eminent Law.
ser who had figured prominently IN
rs preparation was the Attorney Gen.
eral the United States. 5
Senator Rayner clashed frequently
With Senators Foraker, Knox. Aldrich
ana other leaders on legal questions,
and With Senators Foraker and Lodge
over liis uggestion that the railroads
were taking a hand in shaping the leg.
isIations Il the railroads. he said,
would consent to striking out the pro.
vision fof suspension of the commits.
ions order there could be no doubt
that agreement upon a bill could be
seachsd without delay. This suspen.
ion question he considered the one
eat point Of difference.
Senator Lodge denied emphattcally
nat so sfar as the Senator was con
cerned; the issue was In any sense one
4betReea the railroads and the peo'
ple ne believed the aim Of all Sen
atorsi to.be to obtain an effective meas
me IA the interest otiall the people
audi nothing more.
Nj. Foraker Enters Protest
sshator Rayner made reference to
the Senator'S from Ohio and Rhode
islands lnsSa manner which seemed to
indicate That he regarded them as CON
cesnsdspartI cularly with safeguarding
lfhe interests OF the railroads. This
brought d sharp disclaimer from Sen
stos Foraker who said that, for once,
ana All ia wanted to give notice that
ise did saot want any Senator to again
dIy IA had any interest in any rail-
road of WIS influenced in any step he
opkbysny other consideration than q
desire to3 Eetg the best bill possible. He
belieyea tile Hepburn bill unconstitu'
s6nal Tor half q dozen reasons, he
aaaed, ana he could never get his own
eonsent to vote for q measure which
believed to be unconstltutio nal N
While the debate was on Mr.. AID
tlch declared that Mr. Tillman had
become 80 enamored Of the House bill
tbat Id had deserted his own meas.
never deserted my baby" the
south Carolina Senator replied, "but