The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-06
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daysOn F III. Of the
Senate.
.CONFERE ( ES AT
WHITE tiO USE AGAIN
Senator Daniel and Senator Over
& man See Presisd lt;l 81: ? oliver
n Causes Stir During ses-
I H. sion, But Incident
Ended in Good
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Special TO Tie Tlmcs-Dlspatcl)
WASHINGTON, April 55.--A call for a
Democratic conference WAS circulated on
the floor Of the Senate today, but thus
far not al sufficient number OF signatures
has been obtained. The calllncntions rail-
road rate legtslatlo lon as as The business to
be considered but ! does not name
date for the proposed gathering. 1T was
understood, however,, TINT If the neces-
3sity signatures we're obtained the confer
3encct or caucus would be held soon after
senator Bailey speaks sOn lie bill, which
probably will lie on Tuesday next Tn The
Texas sena tors amendment to provide
against suspensions Of orders of the com
mission, ii is said !, is tlc feature of the
legislation likely To- fe urged upon the
.ninority.if party artioh is deemed adv is :.
able on any of the proPosed amendments inc
Daniel at White 4 ouse.
Fl -Four Democratic scnatoi;s :by invitation
OF, the presid t, have cpnfcrrcd with him
about railroad ra TEL leg slAtiOn. Two OF
theIn{werc at the NVliitesI louise to day and
two &yesterdaS y, and It lis understood that
several Others ina y be asked TO TX the
3matterover. To-day visitors were Se1a-
tors Daniel, of rginia,Eand Overman, Of
North Carolina, and yesterdays were
Senators Clay Of Y Georgia, and Foster,
Of Igoulsiana. IB t;s s$tS III
Though all follrjmen8ar c+ rcticcnt, u Is
known that rate legislation was the sub
sjcct OF the 'discuss0n. Sena tor Daniel,
when asked the point. blank question
whether rate legislation had been under
consideration. replied: M Yon u attend to.
your business and I wi attend to mine
refused to nsWc rs,at q uestion bear
ing upon IlR conferred es wi til he n 'resi-5
dent SENATOR Overinan was equally lln-s
cornmunica tive but not so abrupt, adj
hitting nothing and denying nothing.
Under such circumstances 1t Is difficult,
to comprehend what phase OF the tsitila-.
ton the President has taken up with his
Democratic frierGss the Senate The
men wholS have talked with him8thave
had relations OF cordiallty with the Prcsi-
dent for some time Several of them
have been styled by fellow-Democrat
"Roosevelt Democrats, I" but that has not
prevented them from occasionally con-
sulting the President about mat tiers In
which they we're Interested or from intro
ducing constituents who have been IN
Washington on business or pleasure.
They have not considered 1t worth while
to resent the insinuaton that senator's
should refrain from consulting the Prssl-
dent about lcgislat1!e matters. the Senate
being able toregislatc to suit itself.
Mr.. Overmans Belief,
Senator Overlnan, when asked the ques-
ton ', nat lie thought would be the out
come OF the rate fight in the Senate,
said '.No, / an, not inclined to believe
that the amendment considered. at the
White House conference Saturday Will
he adopted by the Senate. My opinion
is; growing stronger that the Hepburn
bill. substantially as@it is, will be passed.
There will be at least few amendments
that will,nffect the measure In a material
degree Senator Daniel has one measure
that ! favor II provides that the record
of the commission In each case shall be
transmitted to the upper courts.
Senator Daniel remained with the Prcs.
dent a long time after Senator Oycrman
had departed, and 1t was supposed that
he would present to the President the
names Of some Southern men to be an-
pointed upon the commission to represent
this country at the rio conference. His
statement that newspaper men should at
tend to their owl, business and he would