Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-09
Director of the Mint Thinks
Measure Will Not Be Adj
versely Amended
EARLY VOTE IS NOT EXPECTED
Other Measures Have tho Right of
Way and Debate Will Be Kept UP in
Desultory Manner For Some Time
The Chance for Amendments to the
Measure.

Des Moines March George t.
Roberts. Of Iowa, director OF the mint
spent yesterday In Des Moines. having
accepted the invitation of the bankers
to address them last evening He visit
ed the legislature yesterday morning
and listened to the debate on the anti
pass bill In the senate and put In the
day visiting friends about the city.
Asked as to the actual situation as
to the railroad rate regulation measure
In the United States senate, he said
that all interest at Washington has
conferred for weeks on that bill. NO
doubt Iowa has kept up with the pro-
ceedings,' he said. THE friends of the
bill are confident that they have the
votes In the senate to pass 1t, but 1t
may NE weeks before vote is reached.
Other measures have right Of way from
time to time. so that 1t will not be
continuously considered, and there is
no knowing how many senator's will
want to speak on 1t, but doubtless
many. :.
The democratic senator's are TAX
ing almost a paternal interest in 1t
since 1t was thrown rather abruptly
into Senator Tillman's care. Their at
titude has changed noticeably. Even
Tillman. although avowedly favorable
to legislation. was disposed to be crit
ical Of the Dolliver- Hepburn bill while
1T was strictly republican measure,
but now says that after careful con-
sideration he finds 1t much better bill
than he had thought 1t was. 1t Is not
likely that he will want to amend Il
seriously.
Amendments Suggested.
There has been and is great pres
sure for an amendment to more specifi-
ca1ly provide for court review of
the commissions work. It is recog-
nized by the friends Of the bill that
the courts have right to interfere II
the commission make rates so low that
it amounts to practical confscation. 1t
is said by some authorities entitled to
respect that unless the law distinctly
recognizes this right. the law will be
held unconstitutional and null and void.
1t is claimed by some lawyers, in whose
Judgment and good faith the president
has confidence. that the bill as 1t
stands does not provide for this review
with sufficient distinctness.
'sThe president has said that he was
open minded on this point-that is, he
was willing to listen to any amend
ments, upon that point.
Deliver and Clapp have insisted
that the bill will hold as 1t is, and they
are afraid Of all these propositions. So
far altho much has been said about the
presidents willingness to accede. he
has not given his assent to any amend
ment that has been offered. They all
go top far.
'Tflere is another proposal in the
air. to-wit: To provide that where the
rate is enjoined the rail-
way company shall pay into escrow the
difference between the commissions
rate and the old rate. the disposal Of
this difference to await final djudi-
cation. II this amendment is accepted
It will not apply in ordinary cases
where an appeal is taken, but only in
he cases where the court Immediately
grants an injunction restraining the
-ate from going into effect. 1t is ar
sued that the roads would be less likely
10 appeal under such provision"