Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-06
BACK TO CONFERENCE
Report on Railway Rate Bill Not satisfSO-
tory to Senate,
FORAKER FINDS MANY FAULTS
Ohio Senator Alleges that it Contains New
Legislation.
TILLMAN ANSWERS HIS STRUCTURES
House Contains Hard Headed Men as Well
as the Senate,
TILLMAN ANSWERS HIS STRUCTURES
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED
secretary REQUIRED 20 Present Plans
of Big BRttIesbip 20 Congress
Before Proceeding with
Construction.

WARRINGTON, June b-The senate today
passed the naval appropriation bill ana
gave considerable attention to the confer
ence report on the railroad rate bill The
only important amendment made to the
naval bill requires the secretary Of the navy
to submit plans for the proposed big war
ship to congress before proceeding with its
construction. The bill carries an approprla-
tlon Of SOSl17,67O
There Is no doubt that the rate bill will
be sent back to conference. Senator Till
man admitted that some of the changes
made in conference cannot be justified un-
der the rules, but said they had been nee
essary TO make the bill harmonic.
Senator Foraker criticized the changes in
the anti-pass provision, the amendment
compelling connections with lateral lines
and the omission of the provision regarding
Jim Crow cars. Discussion Of the report
will continue
Foraker Demands Explanation.
! During the consideration today Of the con-
ference report on the railroad rate bill In
the senate Mr.. Foraker indicated a purpose
! to insist upon an explanation OF the charge
made by the conferees in including lateral
or branch lines among those upon whose
request common carriers shall be required
to put in switches or switch connections.
Senator Tillman had explained amendments
on which he thought it possible points OF
| order could be made because of the pres-
ence of new matter but had not included
the amendment in question. When Mr.. Till
man expressed the opinion that the con-
| ferees had not transgressed their authority
| in this matter, the Ohio senator dissented,
saying the suggestion had been made in the
senate and had been voted down and thnt
It was clearly new matter. He therefore
thought the senate should be told why the
change had been made. Senator Tillman re-
piled It was because Of ''the tyrannical and
outrageous conduct of the trunk lines in
such cases as thft OF the Red Rock com
pany in West Virginia"
Mr.. Tillman expressed the opinion that
the only conferei change against which
a point of order Nlil lie is that extending
for sixty days the time, when the rate bill
shall 20 into operation That, he conceded.
is clearly out Of order
Objection to Anti-Pasa section.
The report was then temporarily laid
aside and the senate took up and passed
the naval appropriation bill. Returning
again to the railroad rate bill, Senator
Foraker criticised the conferees owing TO
the new matter, saying that the conferees
were not legislators, but mere intermedi-
aries. He also objected to the change in
!
complaint Of the elimination OF the railroad
employees from the privilege Of free trans
portation. Senator Tillman replied that
the change had been made at the demand
OF the conference members Of the house.
He promised to do the best possible II the
bill should be sent back.
'T don't know what we would accomp-
lish." he said 'for there are some hard
headed men in the house as well a. In
the senate"
, Jim Crow Cars.
Mr.. Foraker found fault with the
, amendment prohibiting discrimination for
or against passengers on account OF color.
, He said several negroes had complained OF
the provision as a recognition of the "Jim
Crew law OF the south, but that had not
been the intention, the only purpose being
to secure proper treatment for all where
the Jim Crow system prevailed.
Senators Bailey of Texas and Bacon OF
Georgia denied that any discrimination Il
practiced in their respective states
Senator Gallinger criticised the provision
4 fixing the salary of the secretary Of the
, Interstate Commerce commission as new
legislation. and said that Mr.. Mosley, ths
present secretary, had tried to make Il
appear that he dhe senatorl had spoken OF
him CMosey) an anarchist and tha
such was not the case. He had, however
said that the secretary would be better
off II he would give attention TO his of1ic'
and cease trying to influence Legislation
The matter was still under consideration
J, when the senate adjourned.