The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-31

akullduggery will be attempted or that
A. could succeed even If attempted.
Each house passed the bill by practi-
cally unanimous vote and as the work
| of the conferees must come before each
Be beo Understood without discussion, the
chances for successful Juggling are re-
(! duoed to a minimum and even to the
vanishing point.
H. Careful Work Needed.
! It will be necessary for the confer Ter
way Of redrafting several Of the Inn
nortant provisions Of the bill, 80 as to |
make them workable and constitutional. |
The anti:pass section; the pipe line pro.
vision the section fo5biddi n carriers
facture, the bill Of lading section, these
are some Of the. provisions Of the (. biH
present form nobody here believes they
This is always the way with important
legislation, and it is the chief duty Of
the conferees on these bills TO- whip
= the phraseology into proper shape at
the same time preserving the essence
= Of the original text. --~s>,,
); There is no member Of the house who
is closer to the house conferees than
Representative Stevens Of Minnesota,
himself q prominent member nbs t Of the
commerce. He vouehes personally for
the entire honesty Of those a , confe 4Ses
they are entirely in accord with the
{, spirit Of the bill, and will not consent to
nullify a single provision Of it. Speak
! ing about Chairman Hepburn of the
committee. who heads the house con-
ferees,. Mr.. Stevens says:
J "He is absolutely and immovably
I sincere and honest in his support Of
z this bill and I am as certain of this as
/ I am of my own existence. I know hin,
I well, have been in his confidence since
I rate legislation was first suggested,
and stsae go9fdb 1a On hat
7 cerned, he has been even brutal and un-
{ necessarily severe in his honesty.'
Elkins for the Bill.
) . Even Senator Elkins is sincerely for
strange to Journal readers, but it ex-
presses the belief Of official Washing.
ton. Mr.. Elkins comes up for re-elec-
ton in West Virginia this year, and he
: a year ago, when he began to oppose
rate legislation and to say there was
already enough law, if it were only en-
forced During the closing weeks Of Of
sSthe debate the senator. was one OF the
most radical Of all the republican mem
the people Of his state are sitting ul
and; taking notice, . and it will require
for The present bill to keep him in polit
.ical life. G Z 4,
#ss It has not yet developed in the con
ference that there is to be any acut
.bers. Probably some two or three vii
prepare substitutes for each section
that must be redrafted, and what de
bate there is will come over the ques
ton Of which of the substitutes ar
best. That any one Of them will eve:
suggest departure from the spirit o
the act is not believed, but should sue
thing be, there are enough votes i
each house to non-concur. -.
Senator ,Cullom was named as COZ
fierce instead Of Senator Dolliver, be
cause at the last moment Cullom il
sisted - zen his 9s as H e aega tba
The is strong enough for work, and s
there was nothing to do but aappoin
him. At the time when Dol1iver wa
suggested, it was supposed that Gu
lon would ask to be excused becaus
5of age and bodily inirmities. But b
has a good deal OF pride in the. fac
that he was the author Of the origins
f1nt9TSGag9 COulm61Co dCt, duu no WoALO
TO help make the law which is to amen
st in SO radical way.
Rivalry in House.
In the house, Mr.. Sherman Of Ne
York is the ranking member Of tt
Hepburn committee. It was though
for a time that he would not insi'
t aSs rvs STUDY ". This, indeed, was
own suggestion, but when there deve
foped in the committee much rivall
and bad blood over who should be tt
Isecond republican conferee, in the cas-
he should drop out, he decided to sta
aentatin .s NAM Mann Of o illinois, Tewnse1
Of Michigan and Wagner of Penns,
.ivania After Hepburn, Mann is tt
best posted man in the committee
the rate question, and after Hepbu1
he is also the ablest man on the CO.
mittee; Naturally, he wanted to
also wanted to be a conferee, but !.
was SO far down on the committee tn
it was out Of the question to rea
him without protest from the m
above him in the COMMITTEES line; +
s ta1s his name has been nrominen
before the country as cO-auth0r Of {
Esch- Townsend bill Of the last sessi,
is not an expert on the rate questit
and his appointment as confer
would not have been In the direction
strengthening the conference comm
tee. The same remark applies to r.
resentative Esch Of Wisconsin. Ma
Is the man who should have be
chosen, but as he could not get
Sherman concluded to insist upon
right as ranking member.
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Exemption for Pullman Company.
journal Special Service.
Chicago, May 31-A Washing
special to the Chicago Tribune says:
u was learned last might from a RE-
BILE source that the apparent sense
The r2te-lsin conference is to exempt
pullran Caf company bat to keep
sxmesa caznr,.,rLiss srnder The control