Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-29
MEASURE GOES TO THE SENATE
Richards Of Alabama Claims Tina. It
is Democrats In Its Main Features
Pipe Lines Are Exempt From the
Common Carriers cIause-chanses
In the Bill.
(By Associated Press. !

WASHINGTON, d. c.. June 2S.-
Once more the House has agreed 10
the railroad rate conference report.
But one negative voice was raised
against the report in the viva vuce
vote taken.
Mr.. Sherman of New York after
saying the report was sound and SEN
sible. he paid his compliments to SEN
ator Tillman. The conferees. he said
had Not been scared by the lurid bic
lures CT the octupus hanging over
them nor by the vision of brands upon
their brow.
And | desire to say for the confer.
ees who have signed this report" he
concluded. that they have manifest
ed throughout the whole deliheration
degree of honesty anu fidelity which
is certainly equal to that which, a Ger.
tain gentleman who has not s,suad
the reports admits he possessc 80
Measure is Democratic.
Mr.. Richards (Ala), of the House
minority conferee on the bill npened
the discussion with review Of the
conference agreement to show that
the measure as he said, was Democrat.
fc In its especial features and had
been made more so in conference He
touched on the controversy over the
pipe line amendment and said ne hal
made an honest study of it and beiiev.
ed the conclusion reported q he ,,or-
rect
The point was made by Mr.. Bartlett,
OF Georgia that the railroads had ev
identity slipped up on one point In tho
court review provision. AS it now
read, he said. it nowhere provided fer
an appeal from the refusal of the cir.
cult court of appeals to grant an IN.
junction. 1t was only when an in.
junction was granted that an appeal
would lie to the supreme court
Pipe Lines Exempt.
In the report as adopted by the
House the McLauran commodity
amendment is made to apply 20 rail
road companies" the word "compa-
MES" having been added to the prev.
ious agreement. which changed .ne
application from common carrle.s
to railroads" in order to EXEMPT nine
lines.
The pass provision Is re-drafred
along the lines of the amendment az
passed by the Senate. 1t prohibits
broadly and generally the issuance Of
any free transportation for interstate
passage. and then provides an except.
ed class which is as follows:
Passes and Their Holders.
mo common carrier subject to the
provisions of this act shall, after JAM.
airy !, 1907. directly or indirectly issue
or give any interstate free transpor.
tation for passengers, except to its
employees and their families, its off
GERS, agents, surgeons. physicians and
attorneys at law; to ministers of re-.
iigion. travelling secretaries of rail,
road Young Mems Christian Associa-
tons; inmates of hospitals and chart
table and eleemosynary institutions
and persons exclusively engaged in
charitable and eleemosynary work; TO
INDECENT, destitute and homeless per-
sons and to such persons when trans
ported by charitable societies or hos.
pitfalls. and the necessary agents EN-
ployed in such transportation; to in.
INMATES of the National Homes or state
homes for disabled volunteer soldiers,
and of soldiers and sailors homes, in
Guiding those about to enter and those
returning home after discharge, and
boards of managers of such homes; 70
necessary care-takers of live stock
poultry and fruit, to employees on
sleeping cars, express cars and to
Ilinemen of telegraph and telephone
| companies to railway mail service