Arizona republican., 1906-04-05

 OWNERSHIP
Advocated in the Rate Bill
 Debate
nr. Newlands Favors A Puh=is Line From Charleston to Los Angeles.

Washington, April 4-In the senate today MT NewIands diScusS-f The railroad rate bill and MT Daniel r-.. question of a lack of repres-1tari...- by the southern states in the r.f.f- service MT NeWlands adva-rr--r amendments Co the rate bin pravilin. Tor the national incorporation of ras roads. and announced himself as fsr- oTaole To the government oWuershle of public utilities
 MT Daniels speech was bas-E a- provision in the urgent d-ncianr- appropriation bill for th,. rerr.-z-rr-- ton of the United States ar rh. r--~ Pan-American congress Jo b- held Ia HIo Janeiro next July The deficisnr. Dill was amended so as to provi,i-- f... more delegates and as amended ras passed.
 In his speech today on the rate bHf MT Newlands cOntended that the rs-.. Dill should ike a maximum perc-. age of profit to be allowed -o tt roads, and tO this end he would har- the valuation of all railrold pr5r-rr. carefully ascertained- In addiriar a- would have a national inc0rporaria act, which would be the mos -fF---- i've safeguard against over-capitaHza-
 
 work automatically in the dir.rrfs-s .. d reduction Of rates
 He argued that the great mn f1rit. of investors prefer a steady income r. from to Der cent to sr.ecull-i... enterprises and he drew the eaucls--i... that the determination of profit v-auI- have tle effect Of restrrcciug raIr1lr extensions.
 The Nevada senator said he couII See no financial obstacle in rha v,4r of the acquisition of existing road but If there should be objection ra rhf- course he would have the goverlra-r.r enter upon the constructIcn os a -sH- road system of it's own and ns ~uE- gested an experimental line from Nor folk or Charleston tO Los AnE-Iaz a- San Diego Such a line. 5000 miles f- length, could be built he decIarez for Sl00.0OO.0eo. a coss not exceeding am average of S35.0G0 per mile. as azaln-- the average capitalization of sss.aas which prevails On existing lines
 RESENTFUL REFRESHMENTS.
 Washington. April 4-The hsa-a during its session today Iisten-.. la criticism of the president on the rart Of MT. Fitzgerald of New York ra- the failure of the chief executive tl properly advise the house as Co t1- objections he had to the bill op-liuE 5O5.0OO acres of land Tor grazing par poses in Oklahoma territory. Inst-ad of advising the members of the Indian affairs committee as to the vv-a knees of the measure so that it might b. amended Co meet the wishes oT rl- commissioner Of Indian affairs
 MT. Fitzgerald in the course of rEs- strictures on the president said This is not Russia. The president is nos like the Czar. who originates and en- acts legislation. The president may recommend. but he can never oriEinats nor enact Legislation Somebody may say this is trivial The history of ala governments which have parllameu- tary institutions shows that faiiure Go resist trivial encroachments On th= part of the chief executive has led ta vast encroachments until the IeEi-ll- tive branch of the government las -N- isted in name only"
 The postoffice appropriation bifl was taken up. but beyond the expla- nation of the bill by the chairman of the postoffice committee. MT Over street, no headway was made