The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

Conf eTees of Senate and House
Agree and Will Report
Monday. ~
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Washington, June 2-The confer
enoe report on the railway rate regula-
tion bill was submitted to the senate
/ late this afternoon. It win be called
up for consideration on on Monday day The
amendments, while the house managers
/ receded from forty-five. This makes
the measure even more drastic than
as amended by the senate. 80. -.
The amendment requiring five days
notice before any injunction suspend
ing the orders of the Interstate com
MERGE commission shall be- granted py
tention was secured by the abandon
ment Of the "Jim Crow provision,
which required that equal service be
given for equal compensation. The
! negroes Of the north opposed the
amendment. It had been originally
aimed to correct alleged abuses in serv-
ice in southern states, but there was a
! fear among the negroes of the north
that If the provision was retained 1T
would result in all Interstate carriers
establishing cars. providing separate &C
Communications for whites and blacks.
Other amendments abandoned by the
senate conferees were those continuing
the present membership OF tne eonlnis-
sion, making sleeping cars common car
riers, recurring proof that officers and
agents Of railroads had wilfully and
Knowingly granted rebates before pun
ishment or fine and imprisonment could
be inflicted and making legal the issues
Of free transportation under liberal hm-
itations. :.
In the adjustment Of differences it
was found necessary by the conferees
10 change very materially the phrase
elosr Of the senate amendments.
nh. An%;pass law
The so-called anti-pass provision was
one. It was entirely rewritten and as
adopted .l is as f snhiset Z. the provis
ions of this act shall, after Jan. i
1907, directly or indirectly issue, q
give any Interstate free ticket, Rree
pass or free transportation for passage
ANY carrier violating this provision
shall be deemed guilty Of a misdemean'
or. and shall, upon conviction thereof
be punished by fine Of not exceeding
$1,000: and any, person who uses, So
hcits or accepts for himself or for an
other any such interstate free ticket
free: pass or free transportation, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof, be subject
to a like penalty
10 that as agreed upon it reads: "Tht
term 'conlmon carrier as used IN this
act, shall include express companie!
and all persons or corporations engaged
In transportation of oil BY pipelines
or partly bv pipelines and partly By
rail, or partly by pipelines and partl,
by WATER
IT,: =. . Filing Joint Rates. ~.
The senate amendment requiring TIN
iiling with the commission and the pub
LEGATION of all Joint rates and thru
routes where established, this addition
was made: elf no joint rate over tn
thru route has been esta blished, tn
several carriers in such thru route shall
file, print and keep open to public in
spection as aforesaid, the separated
established rates, fares and charges az
piled to the thru transportation. =
By the elimination from the pen;a
and wilfully,' every person, or corpora
ton, "who shall offer, grant or give
or solicit, accept or receive any re
bate or discrimination can be line
$1,000 to $4,000, and any person, of
Ger or director of the corporation grant
ing the concession may be lmprlsone
not more than two years in addition t
the fine.
The proviso in the senate amendmen
that the penalties should not be az
plicable to rebates granted prior to tn
passage Of the act was stricken out an
claims for damages accrued prior to tn
passage of the act arc required to o
presented within one year.
F.. McCumber Amendment
The McCumber amendment, whic
REQUIRED the court to pass upon the !
gaiity Of the commission 8 rate II
stead Of it's regularity, was sticken GU
It was in defense Of this amendmeI
upon the floor of the senate that tt
North Dakota senator denounced tho
who had characterized it as Joker
and "a snake that would render tt
entire rate fixing provision useless. =,
The Carmack amendment fixing Ii
biIity, was strengthened by maxim
the road upon which the goods we
lost or damaged responsible instead
che carrier "thru whose. negligence
the loss or damage was due.
Is The house provision, fixing the cor
mission at seven members, at saia
of $4,000 annually for term OF sevt
years, was agreed to. An amendme
was adopted creating secretary
$4,000 and an assistant secretary
$4,000 annually.
n: The bill, as it passed the house. al
senate. was to become effective INN
/ diately upon its passage: An agre
/ ment. was made to have it take enc
in sixty days This is, however, q VI
lation Of the rules under which CO
3erees work, and may meet with ob]e
Tn,