The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-27
RATE BILL AGREEMENT NEAR
SENATE AND HOUSE DEADLOCK
MAY BE BROKEN TO-DAY.
Pipe Lines Likely to BE Excluded as Com
mon Carriers, Ms the Original Provision
Would Hurt the Independent Coni'
panies More Drastic Pass Amendment.

road rate bill and for the third time sent
the bill to conference.
When the action of the Senate was re-
ported to the House, on a motion by Mr..
Hepburn, the House voted still further to
insist upon it's disagreement to the Senate
amendments and agree to the conference
asked for by the Senate.
The conferees will hold a meeting to-
morrow morning and the opinion prevails
tonight that a conclusion will be reached
before the close of the day on most Of the
disputed questions.
1t n believed that no change will be made
in the conference report concerning the
pipe line amendment. Notwithstanding
Mr.. Tillman's brand IS. o." which he
figuratively impressed on the brows Of the
Senator's who dared defend the conference
report on the pipe line amendment, the
best opinion here is that the report will
stand.
This conclusion is not reached out OF
consideration for the Standard Oil interests
but on the testimony Of Senator Long,
Republican, who spoke to-day for the in
dependent oil operators in the Kansas
field, and Of Senator Culberson, Democrat,
who said the independent operators in
the Texas field would be driven out Of
business if the pipe line feature put into
the bill by the Senate was not changed as
proposed by the conferees.
The pass amendment is to be again re-
written and made more drastic. The con-
ference report on this provision was gen.
orally condemned in the Senate. III
amendment is to be modified so as to forbid
employees of the postal service from ao-
cepting passes, acceptance and use OF
passes being limited to those employees
who are required by their official duties
to travel over the railroads, such as post
Office inspectors and railway mail clerks.
Senator Tillman, one Of the conferees,
said tonight that he had emphasized his
position in regard to the pipe line amend
ment and was willing to rest his case with
the country. If the Senate wanted to ac-
cept the conference conclusions on pipe
lines he would not aoquiesce, but would not
delay the result.
Senator Tillman had given notice that b
would address the Senate to-day on the
resolution directing the Senate Committee
on the District Of Columbia to investigate
and report upon the alleged activity of the
Metropolitan police of Washington in con-
nection with the Mrs. Miner Morris Incident
But Mr.. Tillman was sick to-day. He
looked fatigued when he rose to announce
that his speech would have to be postponed
on account of his health. He asked, there
fore, that the Senate proceed at once to the
conferences report on the rate bill.
When the report was laid before the
Senate Mr.. Elkins insisted that unless the
proposed change Of the words common
carrier" to RAILROADS" was made in the
Elkins amendment permitting pipe lines to
carry their own products the independent
operators would be driven out Of business.
The Standard, he explained, refused to
build pipes to the well of any independent
operator unless the latter could show a
sufficient amount of product to justify It.
The only course left was for the independent
operator to build to the nearest railroad
tank line. If the law denied him this priv
ilege it would drive the independent opera
tors out of business and the Standard would
control the oil business absolutely.
Mr.. Elkins defended the pass amendment
and urged the adoption of the conference
report as a whole.
Mr.. Long of Kansas strongly condemned
the proposition to forbid pipe lines carry
Inc tnplT own COMMODITIES. IL dpIIONeu
the change made in the &C conference. Said he:
Il come from kansa s,>w here people are
Elp rosed to be radical, where we sit up
nights thinking up things to do to the Stand
ard Oil Company. And what surprises me
is TO find this legislation seriously consid-
cred by Senators supposed to be conserv-
alive"
Mr.. Long said that many relneries had
been built and others projected along the
southern boundary line Of Kansas. Their
pipe lines extend into indian Territory and
Oklahoma. They come directly within the
operations of this law. Mr.. Long read a
letter from a refner at Independence who
raid he didn't object to being q common
carrier, nor did he object to transporting
oil produced by others, but under the legis-
lation proposed, which the conference had
after he had built the pipe line.
After further talk the report was recon-
mitted to the conference.
Senator La Toilette gave the Senate a bad
hour in an effort to get up his bill limiting
sixteen hours Of continuous service.
The Wisconsin Senator profted by his
past experience and did not ask for unan-
imous consent. He promptly moved to
take up the bill. The first roll disclosed
20 ayes and is noes not a quorum. A
cali of the Senate was ordered and when
the presence of a quorum was disclosed a
second roll call was begun on the La Fol-
lette motion.
Senator's began to disappear again and
the second roll call disclosed four awe
Senators in the chamber than answered
the first roll call. For the second time
there was a call Of the Senate, and the
game Of seesa W kept up for some time. A
call of the Senate would disclose the presence
Of a quorum and Immediately thereafter
a roll call on the motion would show no
quorum present.
Mr.. La Toilette was persistent and after
eleven roll ca lis his motion was adopted.
Mr.. Bailey moved to strike out 10 and
insert ~ as the number OF hours an en-
ployee could he consecutively employed.
Mr., Fora ker offered to amend by applying
the pena tiles OF the bill to employees who
procured themselves to be employed longer
than the limit fixed in the bill. His informa-
ton was hat nearly all the railroa DIS worked
employees less time than sixteen hours.
Mr., Smoot said that eight hours was the
avera ge.
At i o'clock the Senate went into execu-
tive session and the La Toilette bill went
over as the unfinished business. TIL SEN
ate soon afterward adjourned to meet at
II A. NJ. tomorrow.