The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-07
VOTE ON RATE
 BILL TODAY Many Speeches Heard in
 the House. STANLEY'S IS THE FEATURE Member from Kentucky Raps the
 Republicans. Gaines of west Virginia Reads Agree naent Entered Into by Railroads
 to Divide Business and
 stiHe Competition.
sTAMEY's IS THE FEATURE

Washington, Feb 6.--Having fixed the end of the general debate on the rate bill at 4:39 o'clock tomorrow, the recognition of the chair was passed around at lively rate in the House today. Seventeen speeches were made' all of them for the measure.
 The railroads came in for an unusual amount of criticism. Mir. Gillespie, (Texas), expressed his dissatisfaction with the reply to hts resolution hinting at combination between tho Pennsyl- vania and other railroads. He VIII ad- dress q request to the President to have the Interstate Commerce Commission make a thorough investigation along lines he will indicate to clear up this subject
 MT. Gaines (w. Va. ) placed in the re- cord evidences of combinations of roads to control the coal output of his State and a traffic agreement between many Southern roads and steamship lines indicating division of the terri tory to control bushes. He said 1t was because competition had ceased already that the pending bill was demanded.
 Tomorrow four long speeches are to be made Bourke Cochran of New York is to lead; the minority leader, MT. Williams. will follow, and MT. Mann of Illinois will precede Mir. Hepburn in charge of the bill. who will close.
 Four Speeches in Ten Minutes.
 Four speeches on the rate bill were delivered in the first ten minutes. The speakers in each instance were given permission to extend" their remarks in the Record. All favored the bill. They were Burnett (Ala.), Lewis (Ga ), Gudger (N. CD. Dickson (Ill.)
 |. Diversion was caused at this point by decidedly animated remarks regard Ing the railway merger by MT. Giles pie (Texas), author of the resolution answered by President Roosevelt yes- terday concerning an alleged merger of railways with the Pennsylvania sys- tenn as the important factor.
 The investigation provided for In the Gillespie resolution consists of eight queries to be made by the Interstate -ommeree Commissions;
 First--Whet ther, the. roads carrying .oai have any ownership or interest In
 second-- whether the oficers of these roads are interested personally in the mines.
 Third-whether there Is any contract between the mines and the roads amounting to restraint of trade, or creating monopoly in bituminous soal.
 Fourth-If such above facts arc found to exist. then the Commission Is required to report the details of the re- tationship and set forth the agreen.N1ts or terms of monopoly or ownership in- terests.
 Fifth-The Commission is to report as to the system of coal car distribu- tion.
 Sixth--It is to suggest remedy.
 SeVenth--To report facts and con clusions it may deem pertinent.
 Elghth-To make the investigation at it's earliest opportunity.
 Mir. Stanley (Ky. J. said that the men who came to the defense of the rail- roads in the House were all from the East. He referred. he said, "to the three wise men of the East" Mccall, SibIey and Littlefield, and added that all other sections of the country want ed the legislation. But these three men admitted the roads did not come with clean hands
 Admit RaiIrOads' CulpabIIIty.
 They admit" he continued that the rebates, of private car abuses and more than one ot them has said that such ofenses should be punished by impris- onment and the felon's stripes. :" The private car evil, he said, had it's inception about thirty years ago, when ''shrewd Connecticut Yankee named Swift conceived the idea" The only defense the carriers made. he said. was stealing or the other fellow would have got our trade" (Applause).
 Why" he continued. "the gentlemen from Maine, Pennsylvania, Massachu- setts show anger, acrimoniousness or viciousness In their assault upon this bill that is amazing. They have ccm- pared the efforts of the public servants of the American people to stop this robbery with the crucihxion of a God. They have compared it to a secret con spiracy conceived between q cowardly praetor and murderous Jewish priests"
 Addressing the Republican side. MT. Stanley said: The figure may have some propriety there. but thank God there is no Pontius Pilate here on the Democratic side washing his hands of this legislation (Democratic an plause). Carry the simile further: Pass this law and enforce 1t rfgorousIv against the railroads and the private car companies alike. and we will have two more thieves on the cross" CAD plause and laughter).
 Why" he contended, "the peonle have been robbed, millions have been filched. Armour alone receives $72. OOO a day from his private car lines. Over $25,000, 900 a year is being taken alono in icing charges and rebates"
 It is the most Democratic thing Re- puOllCduS Hdu OOuG 5luCS they were baptized.
 Child of the People.
 "Oh, they say that it Is Bryan's baby I do not mean to reflect upon its pa- ternity, but it is what you would call, gentlemen. q child of the people. It belongs to the Democratic party and 1t is no baby.
 T want to say for Mr. Bryan that he is not only the idol of Democracy and the defender of the poor. but the ut terance of his mere name to any un- penitentiared thief on Wall Street without regard to his profession or his party, makes him shudder. He Is the winged Nemesis of graft and plunder everywhere Applause on the Demo- cratic side.)
 you may well fear him. These pri- vate car contractors in 1900 gave $400,- GOO in three checks to keep him in pri- vate life. And they may well dread to sec inc prospect of a Daniel come to judg- ment. On, it is so Democratic. look over there on that side of the house. You talk about insurrection. Why, how the connueror of the conquerors is conouored over there.
 'aThe fellow who gave the dose is now trying to take 1t and what a mouth he makes! Why, If you look at