The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-09
ALLISON CANE
BACK TOO SOON
Roosevelt and the Railroad
Senators Had ''Doped"
the Rate Bill.
PLANS UPSET BY THE I0WAN
ADVANTAGE HAD BEEN TAKEN
OF HIS ILLNESS.

Washington, May S.-Conferences in the
senate yesterday which resulted in a Dos
tive agreement on six propositions 70 be
incorporated in the Allison amendment
to the railroad rate bill were ratified to
day by additional conferences of senate
leaders representing all Republican fac
tons. That there could be no further
misunderstanding this data for the ba-
sis of the agreement was prepared and
exchanged.
The Allison amendment is to COM
prise six propositions:
First the words fairly remunerative.
I'm Section of the bill, to be stricken
Second, the words in its Judgment
in the same section. are to be retained.
Third, jurisdiction is vested In the
United States circuit courts TO near ana
determine suits against the commission.
Fourth. preliminary injunction or
introductory order is to be granted With
out hearing and notices
Fifth, the application for preliminary
Injunction or interlOcutory decree IS 10
be heard by three judges.
sixth. a direct appeal from the in
terlocutory order of decree 10 lie only
TO the supreme court of tho United
States.
Scope of the Bill.
Under the fist and second clauses of
the agreement the rate making section
OF the BIZ. viii authorize the interstate
commerce commission when, after full
x
rates are unjust or unreasonable or I'M
justly discriminatory or UndUly preferen-
tial or p-ejudicial, to determine and pre-
scribe what VIII. i'll its judgment be the
lust and reasonable rate o rates, ChaI &c
or charges. to be thereafter observed in
such cases as the maximum TO be
charged.
The third clause is the original Allison
compromise amendment an Simply con-
fers Jurisdiction on the clfcu;t, courts t.
hear and deter mine suits against the
commission The fourth. fifth and sixth
clauses placed certain restrictions upon
the granting of injunctions and PROVIDE
for the appeal from such orders direct
TO the supreme court.
AIIison's Position.
Notice was served by Senator Allison,
on the conservative forces, headed by
Senators Aldrich Spooner. Crane, Lodge.
Knox Foraker and others. that he would
- osf,, o'D,t dn,enr that vas NOT
satisfactory TO his colleague, Senator Dol
liver. and to Senators Cullom and Clap2,
who fought against amendments 10 the
house bill. when 1t was pending before
the committee interstate commerce.
The stand taken by the senior Iowa
senator upset the former alleged agree
ment He made no secret of his belief
that advantage had been taken of his
illness to attempt to force through
a basis for compromise and not as full
agreement over the cOntroverted ques-
Finally Fixed Up.
w hen It was maze GEAR lilal otlAaloi
Allison did not believe the amendment
given his name would reach all of the
questions negotiations were reOpencd and
the final agreement on all Of the POINTS
involved was reached at the conference
last night. which was attended by Scna-
tors Adrich. Carter. Knox, Cullom.
Crane Fulton, Hopkins and SpOOner.
The questions which needed final ad-
justment at the conference were those re-
lating to Section 4 Of the bill retaining
the words lin its judgment" and strik-
ing out the words fairly remunerative
and that relating to the number of judges
authorized to hear an application for IN
terloCutOry or preliminary injunction 1t
was determined originally that the Bacon
amendment shout d be adopted. This
would provide for a hearing before two
Judges Later il was decided to apply
the eXpediting act passed to facilitate &C
ton under the Sherman antitrust act, to
hearing on applications for such prelimi-
nary DEGREES or orders The action of
the conference was agreed to today by
senate leaders representing all of the DIS
putant factions.