Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-16
TWAS TO HAVE
BEEN ON TODAY
Time Set For Taking Vote
in Senate Committee
on Rates.
GOES OVER UNTIL FRIDAY
Senator Tillman Asked it Be.
cause he is Threatened
With Pneumonia.
GAMBLING BILL RECOMMENDED

Washington, d. c., Feb 16.-The
Senate Committee on Interstate
Commerce will hold an important
meeting today, which, in a way, will
decide the preliminary fate of the
railroad rate question. In accordance
with a previous agreement, the COM
mittee will. today, decide by vote
which one of the railroad bills is to
be reported back to the senate, with
the sanction and approval of the ma
jority of the committee.
There are three measures which are
before the committee, between which
a choice is to be made, and so un-
certain is the situation, that even
now, only a few hours before the
meeting of the committee, it is i'm
possible to forecast which one of the
three bills will be selected by the ma
jority of the committee. The three
measures from which the selection is
TO be made are the Dolliver- Clapp
bill, the Elkins bill and the Foraker
bill. The measure which receives the
largest number of votes will be re-
ported back to the senate as the ma
jority measure. 1t is quite likely that
both the unsuccessful bills will be
brought before the senate as minority
reports.
The Senate Committee on Inter
state Commerce is composed of Sem
ator Elkins, the chairman of the COM
mittee, and the following other mem
bers: Cullom, Aldrich, Kean, Dolli-
yer, Foraker, Clapp, Crane, Tillman,
McLaurin, Carmack, Foster and New
lands. 1t will be seen that four of the
thirteen members of the committee
are specially interested in one of the
three bills. which leaves nine who are
not identified with any one OF the
bills. 1t is understood, however that
most of them have decided preference
for either one of the bills, and will
vote accordingly. If their number
were evenly divided between the
three bills, it would give the Dolliver-
Clapp bill the advantage of one vote,
and it would be reported back as the
majority measure.
1t is well understood, however, that
the fact that one of the bills will be
presented as the majority bill neces-
sarily means that it will be approved
by the senate.
Later News Received.
1t is not certain whether the rail-
road rate bill will be brought to a
vote in the senate committee on in
terstate commerce during the day ac-
cording to the agreement reached
more than a fortnight ago, but pros
poets are believed to be against it.
Goes over to Friday.
All important amendments to the
railroad rate bill pending in the in
terstate commerce committee will go
over until next Friday. Senator Till
man has sent letter to the commits
sion saying that he is threatened with
pneumonia.
Membership Raised to Nine.
The senate committee on commerce
today by vote of 6 to agreed to
The amendment increasing the mem
bership of the interstate commerce
commission to nine members.
Cotton Is King Today.
Gentlemen, cotton is king today.
Cotton statistics are now on trial.
With these words Chairman Wads-
worth, of the house committee on ag-
riculture opened a general hearing on
crop statistics before his committee
today.
Governorship of Alaska.
Washington. Feb. 1G.-The presi-
dent has offered the governorship of
Alaska to d. H. Jarvis, formerly of
the revenue cutter service, but now
engaged in business in Alaska.