The Washington times., 1906-03-14
OH|NOUS WARNING
GIVEN BY RAYNER
To THE RAILROADS
Advised 10 Accept Rate
Regulation or Take
Consequences.
STANDS BY COMMISSION
Maryland Senator Says 1t Is
Now Anomaly Stripped
Of Power.
STANDS BY COMMISSION

Il have never yet known the people
in the pursuit of justice to sign treaty
of capitulation. and [ have never known
q great principle 10 proclaim an ulu-
mate surrender. and 1 have never yet
seen tho day. though the cause may be
retarded, and the hour may be post
poned. when the lines we're clearly
drawn between monopoly and its vic
TINS. when the right was on the one
side ard the wrong was on the other.
however ominous the prospect and how
ever desperate the encounter, that the
privileged clans of favoritism anC cp-
preston did not at the very first ex-
pcsure ard attack retreat before the
allied forces CT the people in the halls
OF legislation"
With the above peroration. Senator
Rayner CDem., Maryland), this after
noon concluded one of the most power
fuI speeches yet delivered on the floor
Of the Senate in favor OF governmental
rate regulation for interstate traffic He
expressed his almost complete satisfac-
ton with the Hepburn dill as it passed
the House. defining his exact attitude
in these words:
Favors Court Feature.
the bill vesting in the court the right
70 t-y the question of unjust compensa-
ton. with restraining orders abolished,
and with the further right. if possible,
TO let the court fx the rate If il reverses
the order OF the commission. With these
changes. l am in favor of the bill as
PASSED by the House, and if we cannot
get these changes. l prefer to take the
bin as il is rather than muulate il or
destroy its efficiency
lie said he had no fear Of anxiety
hat the commission would perpetraJe
any injustice under the provisions of the
measure. and he felt sure that the pow
er of the courts is ample under It's
terms to protect the property Of the
carrier
he took an advanced stand upon the
constitutional powers of the courts. II
the Senate should take q different
view he declared, "and invest the
courts, in addition to the inherent pow
er that they now possess TO protect the
railroads from confscation. with thu
further power to review the proceedings
Of the commission as to the reasonable
ness ness or justness of its orders. then !
shall offer an amendment that the
courts complete the work that Is before
them, and that they do not engage In
the idle process of sending cases back
again TO the commission without an et
fectfve order or legal suggestion as tc
It's future action"
Foraker Rode the Billows.
The Senator took emphatic issue WITH
Mr.. Foraker. upon his contention thai
Congress had not the right 10 make rate.
through a commission. But 1 mus
say, he continued. II have neve,
known a hopeless cause TO be manage
with such consummate and matches.
skill The tide was dead against him
and when he encountered a cloud burs
OF decisions from the State and Fedora
courts. a torrent that would overwneIu
man of ordinary capacity. his geniu
irradiated the storm, and placidly an,
serenely he rode upon the bilows'
The speaker declared that no othe
such anomaly as the present Interstat
commerce Commission existed. II
pointed out that, although it was ere
aled Tor specific purpose. IL Wa
stripped and divested of every func
tion. power, and process necessary r
accomplish the object of its creation
Snail We stand still now and pro
long lts impotence, and suIlenIv 70
Iuse TO invest il with the mower Z
put Its decree into practical executior
OF shall We inspire il with life and MAC
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