The Globe-republican., 1906-03-01
HEPBURN RAILROAD RATE BILL
.y IN THE SENATE.
LARGE CROWDS IN THE GALLERY.
After Discussion. Concerning Printing
Of the Testimony Taken by the
Committee, an Order Was Made for
Printing 10000 Copies.
Wednesday. February %.

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road rate bill was reported to the sen
ate by Senator Tillman in accordance
with the action of the senate com
mittee on interstate commerce last
Friday. Large crowds assembled In
the galleries, anticipating a field day
OF debate, but were disappointed.
There was little Of interest in the
proceedings regarding the bill. A
brief statement from Mr. Tillman
with the necessary arrangements for
printing the report Of the hearings
before the committees and a promise
that formal report would be made
later. was followed by few remarks
from Mr.. Aldrich, showing the posi-
lion Of the five Republicans who OPP
posed the bill as reported. Mr.. AID
rich indicated that there would be no
unnecessary delay, but that the bill
would be discussed in accordance
With its importance.
AS soon as the vice president call
cd for reports Of standing committees
a number of senators arose. but Mr.
Tillman was recognized. He an
nounced that he had been instructed
by the committee on interstate COM
merce to report house bill 1887 with
ont amendment and he read the reso-
luton adopted.
After discussion concerning the
printing Of the testimony taken by
the committee. an order was made for
the printing of 10000 copies
Mr.. Tillman gave notice that he
would press the bill to the earliest
consideration. He said that much of
the testimony taken was irrelevant.
The committee employed two experts
and they made an eptome of the tes-
timony. This will be printed also.
Mr.. Tillman announced that as
soon as possible he proposed to d.
gest the testimony and to submit a
formal report on the bill. He said
that within two weeks he should move
to make the rate bill the unfinished
business and to displace the statehood
bill II that measure was not disposed
of before that time. The transcend
emit Importance of the rate measure
and the wide interest in the subject
throughout the country, he said made
1t desirable that the bill should be
considered without delay.
Tuesday, February 81.
Washington. From the time that !
Senator Tillman presents his report
on the railroad rate bill until that |
measure shall have been finally dis
posed of by the senate. that bill will
actually, If not technically, occupy the
foremost place on the senate calendar.
From the beginning of the session the
rate regulation question has received
eager attention whenever the subject
has been approached, even though in
an informal way, as has been the case
on several occasions, and the formal
reporting of the measure will neces-
sarily intensity the interest in it.
There is no prospect of immediate
ly displacing the statehood bill, but
there have been many intimations
that such a course might be pursued
If that bill continues to be Enacted on
when, few weeks later, senators
generally find themselves prepared to
enter what all have believed from the
beginning would be the real conflict
OF the session.
The campaign in the house OF repre-
sentatives against the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF wealth reached a grand climax
when Representative Lloyd, OF Mis-
souri, introduced, by request, bill
prohibiting any person from owning
more than $10,OOO,OOO. The bill, which
Is in the form Of an amendment to the
constitution. is prefaced by this pre-
amble:
Whereas, The private fortune into
which the national wealth Is being ;
gigantic though they be, I
are as yet only In their infancy, and
being transmitted practically incor-
porate and intact these fortunes are In !
process of redoubling, by compound
interest and compound dividends from
the present hundreds Of millions each (
into eventually thousands of millions :
each. already an offense against the
public policy, simple justice. vital re- {
Iigions and common sense.
Then follows the statement that the
trainers of the constitution Of the UNI {
ted States would have taken steps to 8
such accumulatlons ofwealth
IN this manner II they could have fore |
Ten People Injured.
milwaukee, Wis, Feb. 27.-A Chi
cago. Milwaukee & st. Paul passenger 4
train from Chicago ran into a South q
street car at the Kinnick- 8
Innlc avenue crossing, injuring ten t
people. ..------
Florence, italy, Feb. 27.--W. K. Van !
sarblIt is detained at Pontedera, a I
,own 81 10000 inhabitants on the road !
4 pisa, having had an automobile ac- g
s,dont II the street by which a boy Q