The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21

STATES HIS VIEWS.

Says Amendments Can Be Made to Pre-
vent Delays 10 Enforcing Rates Or.
dered by Interstate Commerce
Commission. Also Wants
Situation In Virginia
The Uaited States Senate Thursda
continued consideration OF the rail
road rate question by listening to th
eeadiDg OF q report on the House bill
~ Senator Tiilnan, and to speec!
IN that measure by Senator Nelson
Senator Tillman s report was read a
the request Of Senator Aldrica, VIII
said that be was curious to hear ~
opinion OF the South Carolina S. Ia
tor.
The report OF Senator Tilln n n
bodied the first clear and concise sua .e
nent of the diff .reDces concerning
Curt review features and other pre-
posed amendments that had made
unanimous report from the com nitte'
possible.
Without hesitanc7 the Senator de-
clared it to be his bolief that the bill
should be amended, but that amend
ment should not be OF chars er tx
impair or prevent tie accomplishment
Of the Obi cts 0; the legislation, which
are set forth best, he says, in tht
Presidents message to Congress. 81
emphasized the need OF regarding the
measure as non partisan, but predict
ed that the issue created will be para
mount in the mex, Prasid cntial cleo
i tion.
Senator Tillman prefaced his report
by speaking Of the peculiar circun
stances ruling the con mittee's action!
IN the House bill, which made It ar
embarrassir G task to submit view!
that would be ccncurred In by The
committee as q whole.
'Iastead Ct being amended in com
mittee as is usu IL" the report said
so as to command as a whole the er'
dorss ment and support Of q majority
OF Its members, tie bill was brought
into the Senator in form not entire
ly satisfac ory to more than two mem
bers.
This Il OK of harmony anorg the
supporters Ct the b:ll-lt would b:
speaking Nth more accuracy to say
the supporters Of tee pol.c7 involved
in the bill-briUgs about the anona
lcus situation In which member OF
The minority party in Coz 'ess is put
in charge in the S:na5e OF proposed
legi-latioo, which IS generally regard
cd thrc ughcu5 tie country as the
cherished scheme OF the Pfes!dent,
with whose general p;licy and rrincl,
pies that member is not in accord. AZ
the sane time the bill is designed tc
carry into # ct his o*l long cherish
cd CONVICTIONS and the thrice. reitera
tsd demands ct the party to which be
belongs"
Enphas the claim that this
con7ition is without precedent In leg
islative history, Senator Tilinan says
it brings into promiren q the fac:
that the prep sed legislation Is nor'
partisan, and Is 80 rec ;gn;zsd as re-
suit OF the unanimous support given 1t
by tee minority in tae q juSs and the
few opposing votes-oEly Seven-in
that entire body.
There would follow "a cyclone
4 pa<s onate resentment, said Sen
asor Tillman in presenting what
would be the result Of failure OF
the part OF Congress to MEET the
widespread demand for railroad rate
legislation. BE declared that woe
will be harvest Of any member Of
the S ,nate OF House, wBoss work ir
formulating bill to regatase railroads
lacks earnestnesS o, honesty of pur
poses and who shall seek to. :>balittle
the question OF Kill the bill bySubSeI-
fuge and deception. The Constitution
gives to congress the power toEegulate
the railroads, he conten .ed, ,aao there
are many wrong to right. The bill as
it comes from the House S natjr Till
man characterized as loosely. worde6
and capable OF different interpreta
tions.
Senator Til.man pointed out that il
is generally supposed chat the pend
ing measure embcdies the well di
gested views Of the Executive and
those OF his party whose advice he
consents to take. - After enumera-
ting the essential caargesArcm the
existing laws T: gulasing Iaser State
commerce, he stated tqssthe nos'
important is found in:8cticn Is il
which power is so1gss to be vested ir
the interstate com neEcs com mission
latter run hearing upon a ct mplain1
nadeto determine. and prescribe wha
sw1ll in its ildgnaat be the Just an(
reasonable and fsnay remuneratiV;
rate = H5be hereafter OBJ
served in sueksase as the maximum
10 be charged AID make an orde!
that the same shall 60 into effect ant
remain In force for three years, which
order Jsh.ll ''gosinto~effect thirty DAY.
after nosice.:: 10 the carrier and shal
remain IN force and be observed By
the carrier, unless the same shall bt
susyer ded OF nodiiGd or set aside b!
the comm :ssion, or be- suspended o.
J set.aside by Court OF competent au,
+ shortly" Concerning this section
Senator Tillman saiC:
Around the first provision themes
earnest ard exciting contention ha
arisen and there is great difference 0
opinion as to the scope OF this claus
and the executive powers OF the com.
mission under it. Oa the one hand, i
is claimed most positively that Con
eress cannot delegate its powers t.
the commission and thus author.zs i
to fix rate, while, on the other hand