The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-08
DEBATE ON RATE
BILL IS CLOSED
HEPBURN AND WILLIAMS CLOSED
ARGUMENTS FOR REsPEc-
TIVE PARTIES.
NO POLITICAL MEASURE
Many Amendments Defeated $500 Bill
viii Come Up In House Thurs.
day For Passage and Then
to Senate.

rate. bill in the houge was conclude'
by Williams in behalf of the Demo
Gratis and Hepburn, who had charg,
of the measure.
Williams summarized the bill AM
all that lad been done by congress
and Went over the ground that hat
been debated at length during the pas
ten days. and concluded with an eX
preston of hope that the house woult
stay in session until the beginning OF
next session before it would yield tc
an amendment which might be put
on in the senate. the effect of which
might be to weaken the bill,
Not an lmpediment.
Hepburn began the concluding
speech on the bill at 2:45 o'clock. He
was applauded on both sides. He ex
pressed a hope the bill might be read
and passed today
Hepburn took up in turn the points
made in opposition to the bill and dis
posed of each in brief manner. First
he deprecated any efforts to claim po
iAhiRat Nl6dlA* LAt lENAtNtu tut Dih-
gress and development of the rail.
roads during the past twenty years to
show that the interstate commerce act
of that time had not impeded railroad
progress.
Turning his attention to remark CT
Cochran, he administered what he
termed request against the efforts
TO detract from the dignity of the courts
He summed up Littlefield's objection
to be that he opposed destroying the
New England enterprises which he
IAttlesieln admitted were built up
through discrimination against the
south. In this connection he showed |
the immense strides Of the cotton |
spinning industry Of the south.
Two Constructions.
Touching on the construction of the
words which had been made a point
of the opposition Hepburn declared
the utter futility of getting legislative
unanimity on that point He asserted
not a member Of the house could
write twenty word sentence that
would not be capable of two construc-
tions. You doubtless have heard the
story of a little girl whose people were
TO move to Missouri and who prayed
good bye, God, we are going to move
TO Missouri" (laughter)
Her brother heard her and i'm his
joy at the prospect of travel amended
the prayer in this way; Good, by
God, we are going to move to Mis-,
souri, prolonged laughter)
Disseeted the Bill.
Hepburn dssected the bill Sulzer
had introduced and advocated, with the
conclusion it accomplished nothing.
Hepburn then went through the bill
pointing out its provisions He was
questioned closely by Sherley of Ken. I
lucky, and Sullivan OF Massachusetts
regarding right of the carrier to get
into the courts. He maintained no
court rights were lost under the bin
He concluded with an expression Of 5
hope that the bill would be sent to {
the cenate without an amendment.
He concluded at o'clock and asked l
at once for the reading of the bill
Grosvenor of Ohio. stated he had re- Z
considered his intention to offer an q
prohibiting railroad off. l
clals from owning industrial properties I
along the lines of their roads. q
An amendment was presented by I
Underwood of Alabama, extending the o
regulations of existing laws and pro
posed bill TO express companies.
Hepburn declined TO discuss the mat c
Ter. He had stated. he said. the reason u
why the amendment ought net to be
adopted. Il
Townsend made a statement that u
The bill really included express com
panies and Pullman cars under the u
language Of "instrumentalities" of U
raffc.
The amendment was defeated by the
rote of 119 to 146 y
Other Amendments Defeated. =
Among other amendments defeated =
we're: u
BY Steenerson OF Minnesota. to in. ?
Jude express companies; Stephens CT e
Texas. TO add postal cars and terminal
abilities: Ardwick of Georgia. include :,
leeping cars: Shackleford of Missouri n
long and short haul clause" Prince Of :,
Illinois, require all roads after 1910 !,
o own cars run over their roads: n.
shepperd of Texas. include carriers
wholly by water" James Ct Ken n,
ucky. require reports every six n,
months: Lamar of Florida. relieve ~
pennsylvania from coal trust: W. A n
smith of Michigan requiring redemp- 70
ion of mileage books: Hardwick Of
ieorgia, including telegraph and tel
phone companies Clayton of Ala