Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-03-23

IdlA ihillOdhS dIlu TIC NOai ana Oi
industry. was passed by the house
today. The resolution was amended
by striking out the $4,000 a~ppropria-
ton on the statement of Tawney
that the commission was TO submit
an estimate which would probably
aggregate $l50,000. The resolution
meets the presidents suggestion in
his special message on the subject,
Washington, March Ex-senator Till
man today presented TO the senate his
report from the committee on interstate
commerce on the house railroad rate
bill. which expressed his views. but
did not pretend TO speak for any other
member of the committee.
Without hesitancy the senator de-
clared 1t to be his belief that the bill
should be amended, but that the
: amendments should notybe of n charac-
ter to impair or prevent the accom-
plishment of the object of the legisla-
ton, which are set forth best, he SAYS,
In the presidents message TO congress.
He emphasized the need OF regarding
the measure as non-partisan, but pre-
dicted that the issue created will be
paramount In the next presidential
election. As to the effect he said:
People Are Aroused.
Those who are responsible for DELAY
or inadequate legislation viii find that
when at last the fioodgates Of popular
wrath and Indignation are hoisted there
Will have been some fine grinding
done"
Mr.. Tillman prefaced his report by
speaking OF the peculiar circumstances
ruling the committees action on the
house bill, which mad ii an embar-
RAISING task to submit views that
would be concurred in by tho commit-
tee as a whole. Commenting upon the
absence of harmony in the committees
deliberations, the report says:
Party lines in the committee were
broken down and the bill is in the sem
ate by reason of the union of five mem
bers OF the minority party and three
members of the majority party in con-
gress who in reporting 1t
favorably.
This lack OF harmony among the
supporters of the biil-it would be
speaking with more accuracy to say
h supporters OF the policy involved
I'm the bill-brlngs about the anomalous
situation in which a member Of the
minority party In congress is put in
charge in h senate of proposed legis-
lation which is generally regarded
throughout the country as the cher
ished scheme of the president, with
whose general policy and principles
that member is not in accord. At the
same time the bill Is designed 20 carry
INV las " VII ~ ~ Oit
victions and the thrice reiterated de-
mands of the party to which he be-
ongs."
Urges All to Support II.
Emphasizing the claim that this con-
dition is without precedent in legisla-
tive history, Mr.. Tillman says Il brings
into prominence the fac that the pro-
posed legislation is non-partisan, and
for this reason he urged that demo-
-, q, N III .an,,I1tIn so n 1slrn, &AAs,lI lz-.1
all their energies n lend all that is
best in them to perfecting passing
so important a piece of legislation.
He declared that woe would be the
harvest" of any member of the senate
or house whose work in formulating a
bill to regulate railroads lacks earnest
ness or honesty of purpose, and who
shall seek TO belittle the question or
kill the bill by subterfuge and decep-
ton.
His View of Circuit Courts.
Friends of the railroads contend,
urged Mr.. Tillman. that congress can
not limit the jurisdiction of the circuit
courts. while on the other hand, he
added. 1T Is asserted with equal en-
prasi that the power to create all
courts, other than the supreme court,
rests alone in congress and that such
courts being statutory are necessarily
l1llIRus III lIltli SIbpS hiAu PcNNi w AN
authority which creates them"
He continued: II myself incline most
confidently to this view and have not the
slightest doubt that 1t Is possible TO pro-
perly amend this bill SO as to prohibit the
circuit courts from interfering with the
orders OF the Interstate Commerce COM
mission by any interlocutory order. This
question must also be determined by the
supreme court should the proposed law be
enacted"
Railroads Handle Every Dollar.
Commenting on the gross earning and
the net earnings OF railroad properties Mr..
Tillman said that once a year every dollar
I'm the United States passes through the
hands of the railroads and every three
years becomes a part of their net earnings.
He asked lf IL Is aiiy wonder that the rail-
roads have the most brilliant legal minds
at their command TO conduct legislation
and asserted the struggle is between man
and money: citizenship and capital. He
discussed at length the building OF great
fortunes and the manipulations of great
properties. Summing up the situation he
said: 1T Is impossible to deny that this
great accumulation Of wealth In the hands
of the few is such a menace to liberty that
the honest patriot stands appalled, by the
outlook
The Real Big Question.
AIARI 1OiIiIttiSiiie "a iNbbNh bBOh ara
he declared 10 be the existing system OF
Juggling with railroad properties for the
robbery OF the masses" Mr.. Tillman
stated thai this phase OF the subject
brings into great prominence and import
ance 'the relation TO congress OF the in
crease in capitalization whether II is the
purpose of congress to compel the business
Industries to ray dividends not upon the
real value OF these properties but on the
fictitious value which has been sought TO
be placed upon them by the increased
capitalization"
Concerning the application OF the bill 10
his subject he said: There Ia a danger
Gus provision In this bill which In my
Judgment ought TO be- stricken out and
that Is In section Is. where the Interstate
Commerce commission is told TO deter
mine and prescribe what will. In It's judg-
ment be the just and reasonable and fairly
fcmunerEtive rate etc. The last words
are too elastic and ambiguous Ind can be
construed to mean too much that Il would