The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22
DISCUSS RATE BILL
MEASURE OCCUPIES ATTENTION OF
 THE SENATOR'S.
Bailey Introduces His Amendments, But Is Interrupted in Ills Speech By
 News of Death of His Father.

Washington, March 31.-The entire day in the Senate was devoted 10 the consideration of the railroad rate Dlll' Mir. Culberson began the procedings by presen.in an amendment prohibit ing corporations coming under the operation of the proposed law from making campaign contributions, and he was immediately followed by his col" league, Mir. Bailey. who offered the amendment so long promised by him, and who followe dhis action with q speech in which he explained that he would not present the amendments but for the fact that MT. Deliver had referred to and criticised them ill an interview
 He indicated some dlspleasure over the interview, but eXonoratGd Mir. Dol liver from discourtesy in the matter.
 The Iowa senator disavowed any in tention to reveal a senate secret. and the incident was closed pleasantly. Both MT. Bailey and Mr. Deliver made speeches reiterating their views on the rate question. and they were fol- lowed by more or less extended re- marks by Messrs. Tillman. Patterson, IFevburn and Knox.
 Mir Bailey was interrupted in the middle of his speech by the annoHnce- ment of his fathers death and immedT lately left the Senate chamber.
 In Senate today MT. Culberson intro- 1 duced an amendment to the railroad
 rate bill prohibiting railroads from subscribing to political campaign funds
 and imposing fine and imprisonment ! f7r it's violation. | A bill authorizing the re-classifca-
 tion of the public lands of Alabama | was passed. | Mir, Clark, of Wyoming, withdrew his conference report on the hIll pro-
 hihiting the premature divulgence of | government information on account of objection of the new matter In 1t. He said a joint resolution covering Sena- tors and members of the house of Rep rasentatives would soon be presentel. The conferees inserted In the bill a few words which included members of Congress in the list of officials that were prohibited from divulging se cret Information
 Mir. Bailey then took the floor to pre- sent his amendments to the raili cad rate hill hut ncfore introducing them said he had not hoped that the reso- lution would be accepted without change. He also said that the provis- ion had been circulated among the i friends of rate regulation on both sides of the chamber. He had. he satd. not given the amendment to the public and would not now do so, but for the ] fact that MT. Deliver had discussed the provision in a published interview. He relieved the Iowa senator from the imputatjon of international divuI- ] gence of anothers private parers, but l said he was confident the criticism 1 had been made without due considera- tion.
 Mr. Deliver did not believe that 1t was necessary that every railroad rate ! should be remun erative. but that the object sought was the preservation of | the integrity of the entire road. He 1 begged Mir. Bailey not to saddle he commission with a duty impossible of | performance So far, MT Deliver said, no proposition had been presented here that could not be defended, but there is proposition lowering here that cannot be defended. That proposition is to create a great commission with a large body of able men and then have all the problems before the commission taken to the United States Circuit Courts for the readjustment."
 MT Bailey would not admit that the question of railroad rates was an un SolvabIe problem. He contended that It was possible for the roads to be so managed, so as to afford just compen Sation and at the same time be so con- ducted as not to deal unjustly with their patrons
 MT. Knox interrupted MT. Bailey to make the SuRSeSIlOi tidI tllt IlOuSG bill and the positions of Senators who would amend it are equally misunder- stood. He declared the real issue to he between the House bill, which gives unrestricted jurisdiction 10 the courts and amendments like his own and Mir. Bailey's which provide only tor the restricted jurisdiction of the courts"
 NIT. Bailey replied by declaring thai he agreed entirely to what MT, KnoT had said on the point
 Mr. Patterson pointed out the diff .,,1ties in the way of all legal proceed ,prs t including the delays inseparable rom appeals and like proceedings and suggested that all the problems might pe soIved bv constituting the Inter- state Commerce Commission an Inter state Commerce Court While Mir Patterson was speaking MT. Bailey left the chamber. and when the Colo rado Senator concluded, MT. riIlman announced that Mir Bailey had just re osi,.4S ~ -rrs nf the death of his father