The Mena weekly star., 1906-05-10
] THE RATE BILL SITUATION
Senate Conferences Result in Agree ment Between the Factions Re-
 garding Allison Amendment.
SIX PROPOSITIONS WERE AGREED UPON
Changes are Considered to be Concession of the Railroad Senators to the Friends of the Measure Who were Opposed to the Broad" Court Review-Courts arc Restricted.


 of the railroad rate bill took another decided change Monday and at the same time there was an additional step toward final agreement as to what the judicial review amendment shall be. The Allison compromise proposi- tion met with such determined opposi- tion from those senators who have fought against broad court review, that despite President Roosevelt's ac- ceptance of it and his declaration that other provisions he had advocated were not vital, an agreement was reached by which several restrictions will be placed on the review proposi- tion. These were agreed upon in con- on the floor of the senate during the debate
 The conferences in the senate Mon- day which resulted in positive agree ments on six propositions to be in corporated in the Allison amendment to the railroad bill were ratified Tues day by additional conferences of sen- ate leaders representing all republican factions. That there could be no further misunderstanding this data for the basis of the agreemen was pre- pared and exchanged:
 "Fhe Allison amendment is to con- prise six propositions:
 First, the words fairly renumer ative' in section four of the bill, to be stricken out
 Second, the words in it's judgment in the same section are to be retained
 Third, jurisdiction is vested in the United States circuit courts to hear and determine suits against the com mission
 Fourth, no preliminary injunctioss or interiocutory order is to be granted without hearing and notices.
 Fifth. the application for prelim- mary injunction or interlocutory de- cree is to be heard by three judges
 Sixth, direct appeal from the in- terlocutory order or decree to lie only to the supreme court of the United States
 Under the first and second clauses or the agreement the rate-making section of the bill will authorize the inter state commerce commission when af- ter full hearing it shall be of the opin- ion that rates are unjust or unduly preferential or prejudicial, "To deter mine and prescribe what will, in its judgment, be the just and reason- able rate or rates charge or charges, to be thereafter observed in such cases as the maximum to be charged. :"
 The third clause is the original All lison compromise amendment and simply confers jurisdiction on the cir cult courts to hear and determine suits against the commission. The fourth. fifth and sixth clauses place certain restrictions upon the granting of injunctiCns and provide for the ap- peal from such orders direct to the supreme court
 Notice was served by Senator Ali son on the conservative forces headed by Senators Aldrich, Spooner, Crane, Lodge, Knox. Foraker and others that he would not offer any amend ment that was not satisfactory to his colleague, Senator Deliver, and |" Senators Cullom and Clapp, who fought against amendments to the house bill when it was pending be- fore :he committee on interstate com melce. The stand taken by the sen for Iowa senator upset the former alleged agreement He made no se- crer of his belief that advantage had been taken of his illness to attempt to fierce through an amendment which wss offered solely as a basis for com- promise and not as full agreement Of the controverted questions When 1t vss made clear that Senator Allison lid not believe the amendment given his name would reach all of the ques- tion. negotiations were re-opened and the final agreement on all of the points involved was reached at the conference Monday night which was attended by Senator Aldrich. Carter. Knox. Gull lom, Crane, Fulton, Hopkins and Spooner. The questions which needed final adjustment at the conference were those relating to section four oi the bill retaining the words lin its judgment and striking out the words fairly renumerative' and that relat- ing to the number of judges author ized to hear an application for inter- locutory or preliminary injunction.