The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-01
FIl1E BILL. Bill!
EVOLUTIONARY
Foraker Delivers a
Speeeh in Opposition
|bpburn Measure
HIS OPPOSITION
egSIDENT ROOSEVELT
4 tbe Bill Is Contrary
BE Spirit of Our
|lsnstitution,

4 lsnStItutloh'
.,oy Feb. &-Immediateiy
s,,s,sa OF the routine ousi-
s.r,,e today Mr.. Foraker
4, 10 deliver his promised
d, railroad rate question.
.-.p, that he was to speak
q, q hllins the galleries and
~ o large attendance OF Sen
,,,o the Senator departed
IL --,mn OF extemporaneous
Ir, rslding from manuscript
careful attention.
L. Rate Bill Speech.
H., oonceded that some evil
,rr In connection with the
- arred that all OF them
4, eaec,ively met BY amend
-. hw than by passing the
H. announced his regret ct
- ~ President. but said he
a bis way clear TO pursue
-.e He gave a general re-
Ntory OF the railroad de-
"a ibs country and passed 10
!, system, which he said aro
-5esut 10 the upbuilding of
-issst His attitude toward
rznrozd rate bill was cor
u Ia bis first paragraph, in
u Of the bill:
rarary 10 the spirit OF our
RI Of such drastic and reYo-
Aaneter. that, II not in Its
ssa al least as a precedent,
re likely 10 BE- most un-
h+sacblng"
- tie railroad evils as OF
Il ucessiye rates, rebates and
-
Eue 10 complain of under
.f.s bat said there are some
esarges that are too high
I'll a prompt and effective
"a be provided.
/hiss Serious Evil,
rs evil he found in rebates,
~ ths present extensive rail-
lbheas TO the fact that the
II esasions against pooling
. nads without protection
<lais system except TO resort
Er7l understanding. Refer
Hhs zg. be said.
y bs.n-Eo serious attempt TO
Nv 10 prevent dlscrimina-
HGniee but q glance at its
~ ssiace 10 show that II ia
-zt- explicit and efficient 10
hse Of an evil wherever IL
has beon found 10 be as
-srinlnauone, That the law
tHed IN this respect is not
HI OF the law. but because
~ 81 TO invoke IT."
s added. is not with the
81 With the officials who
<xc.d II.
lee court plan. as contra
i'on the rate making
pcanse II Is much simpler,
a2eduous, much more Of
sssolt expense to tho ship
10 addition 10 all that,
a and constitutional aucs-
iale making plan, as set
W. encountered a number
ons that are Of the most
ana some OF them. in
'''s Of Congress.
hight OF Congress to
A declared the Supreme
yst passed on that ques-
hsre are many eminent
81 tne opinion that court
" does decide that qucs-
ss does not have that
he said, Seems to
4 ~ ta The effect Of II abso-
entire scheme of leg
= 'sed = d In this view. he said.
ue court In the North
He believed that a
reaching the conclusion
~, =, une question open. He
nle-hIing. "''
ri toe cases are wholly
s,, = utterly impossible for
,e se to h1 all the rates
- t.lnnerce. II must resort
<hS which It can avail
] =, some kind of board,
"a h A. y" agency. But when
,,ss,aS 40 this It must take
ttsa,. TO do It in such a
"a, I 4. legislative authority,
u - ehort unconstitutional
,,S,,htv. ~. IL will be conceded
= tfa,b..aa for Congress to
u Questions Involved
e,.., b. Se departure In empow-
8 Y W., Commerce commIs-
80 ''a' shall be reasonable
..dsyen,lon of our co,s,,,o
! .zu,,mselal ,,,uelal powers upon the
nos =. or TO confer legis-
= eafsr a,,, Ine judicial depart
~ iss apartment" a,,R
- " M, ~, use Of the courts to
1X Ia no tne party on whom
. 6ssi,,eoo conferred is in,rnsteS sbs,,
= Ss Iva i nI % make the law: Il
<Kk allow.I'stltutiopal. Dis.
30 "a sned tnd as 10 its cxecu.
I'll 70 what the law HanTI shaI.
~ a. the NE Supreme cour, no,
e. sS,v;t,e enacted by the DoOfs s,s,e: ne:
q a inSn,s, is, and that the Sn.
T f<rhnns III The maximum
f1Iz 81 eTI,ln IN other cases ir
~ sssu,sd VA VA, the precise qucs
NY Of tn not presented Il
Iezt the Ses Ssness cases. And :,
" LIZ ten;err,.nper yet upheld ,
oarraA S co1 power to max.
rs ihAt At,sslon paplIcm1o or com
fE tAmin,,,,ne power so con
y vas No, a.'se In charac
$|SationaI enacted by vIrtn,
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;t b, Decisions.
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'tl 70 eomrn,sir sir constitution
~ .loser 10 a so that IL Con
= tslsE sf and II can b