The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-06-07
THEY ARE CRIMINALS.
President Roosevelt Insists That I'm.
prisonrsrt Clause 5e Kept in
Rate BILL

President Roosevelt insists That I'm.
prisonr,ent Clause De Kept in
Rate Bill.
Washington, D. g., June 6.-Thc
president let ~ b. known To the rate
conference COMMITTEES that the penal
servitude provision for those guilty Of
reblting should not b. cut out OF the
rate bill. and no forced his point. The
president In n firm believer In the Oh.
cacy Of the criminal brand for law
breakers and has Informed members oi
the committee who came tn the White
House that the prison feature must
stay.
The president has taken n similar
position on the meat bill. and holds
that any law that IL passed by con.
gress. whether IL be- the wadsworth.
Lorimer bill or the Bevcridge bill. must
pi Divide for both fne and imprisonment
for those who tamp-r with the law,
OF the people.
The Gill - Revised.
Chicago. June "a special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
The rate bill as finally framed by
tn. conference committee In an excel.
lent measure. II marks. In fact. IA
great an advance as the interstate
commerce law itself was. The right
OF a government tribunal To FIX rates
on public highways is determined nov
by act OF congress.
The courts are given n right OF re-.
view. tn b. sure. but they had that
right under tn. constitution itself, anc
from them.
A distinct curb has likewise been
put upon the Standard OH company. II
has defied one state sovereignty after
another. and II has eiuded the anti.
trust law because the federal author.
ny could not assume To Interfere with
the process OF manufacture. which 1,
always local and to be dealt with by
local laws alone. Hut tn" Standard OF
company IL absolutely dependent upor
the transport of Its commodity from
states where there II oil To states
where there In not. IL seems To have
been the weak joint In the armor OF the
gigantic system. and the curious thins
about u IL that the wound was Inflicted
by "A haphaxard thrust. for no one even
dared TO think OF including oil pipe
lines under the designation of common
carriers when the president nrst rec
commended the passage OF a bill put
ting tn. power TO regulate freight rates
into the hands OF an executive admin
istrative body.
= Pullman Cars Escape.
But the pipe lines are there hard and
fast and 80 are the express companies.
The Pullman cars have escaped. They
owe their salvation to Colonel William
=. Hepburn. OF Iowa. and James =.
Sherman. OF New York. They were the
republican conferees on behalf OF the
house.
The paragraph which put the sleep
ing car companise under the jurisdic-
ton OF the Interstate Commerce COM
mission was an amendment To the
house bill passed by the senate. lf ac-
cepted by the house II became part OF
the law foi thwith. IL required distinct
and affirmative action In behalf OF the
Pullman Car companies by Colonel
Hepburn and Mr. sherman tn keep the
sleeping car companies away from the
Jurisdiction OF the Interstate Commerce
commission.
There will be a good deal Of discus
sion on this subject later on, and IL IN
Just as well that the responsibility OF
this action should be determined la ad-
vance. An overwhelming majority OF
the house desired that both the express
and the sleeping car companies should
be made amenable to the Interstate
commerce law. exactly as the private
car line companies are. A vote OF tho
house was not permitted on this section.
and u probably will not be permitted
when the conference report comes up
for flnal approval. 80 that the members
will be forced to vote upon the report
as a whole and will not be given an
opportunity To go on record on that
particular amendment.
The agreement Of the conferees To let
out the sleeping car companies mas
aroused a storm OF disapproval In the
senate. and Mr.. Foraker and others nay
they will insist that the Pullman cars
shall 20 back into the bill and be treat
ed exactly like all other subsidiary
transportation companies
IL may be shat the sleeping car COM
panies ought not To be made amenable
| 10 the Interstate commerce law. l am
not prepared to say they should be.
/ The present law. nj least, was aimed NJ
! freight carriers rather than passenger
carriers, after all. and possibly the
Pullman company. which has not been
offensive In it, treatment of passengers.
should be let alone.
But the fact remains that the senate
! by an overwhelming majority voted 10
] include the sleeping ears ana " there
| for. becomes important To realize that
the sole responsibility for the myster-
| ious favor shown To the Pullman COM
| pany lies upon Colonel Hepburn. OF
Iowa. chairman of the house commit
/ tee on interstate commerce. ana James
/ =. Sherman. OF New York. who sue
! ceaded Mr.. Rabcock. OF Wisconsin. AZ
| chairmon OF the republican congress
! sional committee,
Deadhead Are Hit.
There will be- waiting and crashing OF
! teeth among the deadheads generally,
and "A corresponding degree Of com
= placency among railroad managers
/ when the pass amendment agreed upon
I by the conferees II finally promulgated.
/ II does not gu into effect until after the
/ end or the year. but then II viii be rx-
| tr.mely hard To secure free transpor-
tation on railroad. The Pullman COM
pany. not being a common carrier. Will
! he permitted to issue all passes IL
| wishes To give out.
| There was "A stringent pass paragraph
! In the old Interstate commerce law, and
| u was followed strenuously for while.
but aS there was ro penalty attached
! to the violation OF the section. the rail.
roads gradually dropped into the habit
Of dIsregnrding IL entirely. The con.
! fsrees have swept away all claims to
! free transportation and the hard
worked country preacher and the pluto
/ cratic holder OF railroad shares by the
I barrel will alike pay or walk
| The pass amendment agreed In today
/ ~ 80 stringent that ! think IL worth
] quoting I'm full. as follows:
| NO carrier subject To provisions 81
this act shall. after January |. 1907. d.
| reciiy or indirectly. issue or give any
| Interstate free ticket free Dnsg ar free