The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-05-25
PASS RATE Bill
SENATE CONCLUDES A STRUG
GLE OF MANY WEEKS.
FINAL VOTE SEvEATY-oNE TO THREE
Everybody Glad the Fight Is Over
Attracted More Attention Than
Any Measure for Several Years
Past-Other General News.

For the rate bill.
Against the rate bill. .............. 8
After seventy days of almost con-
tinuous deliberation the senate May
1S at 4:53 p. IN. passed the railroad
rate bill by the practically unanimous
vote of sevesty-one to three. The three
negative votes were cast by Senators
Foraker, republican of Ohio, and Nor
gan and Pettus, democrats, Alabama.
There was somewhat larger attend
ance of senators than usual, but the
attendance in the galleries was by no
means abnormal and there was no
manifestation of any kind when the
result was announced. There was,
however, an almost general sigh of. re-
lief among senators.
The bill has received more atten-
ton from the senate and from the
country at large than any measure that
has been before congress since the re-
peal of the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act of 1893.
1t was reported to the senate on
February 26, and was made the unfin-
ished business on March Il. From
March IL to May the bill was under
general discussion without limitation
on the duration of speeches, fifty
eight of which was delivered Many
Of these were prepared with great care
and two OF them consumed more than
days time in delivery. Senator La
Toilette, the junior senator from. Wis
consin, spoke for three days, and
Senator Daniel of Virginia for two
days. Senators Bailey, Foraker, Lodge.
Rayner, Dilliver and others spoke for
one entire day.
For twelve days the bill has been I'M
der consideration under a rule limit
ing speeches to fifteen minutes each.
The debate has at all times been earn
est and animated, but for the most
part devoid of personality as between
senators, the past few days, however,
having called out some caustic criti-
cisms of the president and of some
newspaper correspondent by Senator
Bailey.
In addition to passing the bill, the
proceedings today consisted in con-
GLIDING the consideration of the
amendments, and the delivery of a
number of speeches on the bill. The
only amendment adopted was the one
offered yesterday by Senator Teller
eliminating the words "in its judg-
ment" from the power given to the in
terstate commerce commission to fix
rates.
After the last of the general speeches
on the rate bill had been heard, Sen
ator Frye, who occupid the chair, wac
prompt in putting the bill to vote.
Let us have the eyes and noes" was
heard from a dozen senators. A roll
call was ordered. There was an un-
usual attendance and the voting pro-
ceeded with exceptional rapidity. Elk
PLANTATION was made on behalf Of prac-
tically all of the absentees that If
present their votes would be in the
Affirmative. The roll call resulted in
the passage of the bill by a vote of II
to 8, as follows:
Yeas-Alger, Alice, Allison, Ankeny,
Bacon, abbey, Berry, Beveridge, Black
burn, Brandegee, Bulkely, Burkett,
Burnham, Carmack, Carter, Clapp.
Clark (Mont.), Clark (Wyo), Clark,
(Ark.), Clay, Crane, Culberson, Gull
lom. Daniel, Dick, Dillingham;, Dolli-
yer, Dryden, Elkins, Flint, Foster,
FRAZER, Frye, Fulton, Gallinger, Gear
in, Hale, Hansbrough, Hemenway,
Hopkins, Kean, Knox, LaFollette, Lat
inner, Lodge, Long, McCreary, Nc
Cumber, McEnery, McLaurin, Mallory.
Martin, Willard, Nelson, Newlands,
Nixon, Overman, Penrose, Perkins,
Piles, Rayner, Scott, Simmons, Smoot,
Spooner, Stone, Taliaferro, Teller, Til
man, Warner, Wetmore-71.
Nays-Foraker, Morgan, Pettus-3.
The absentees were Messrs. Aldrich,
Burrows. Burton, Depew, Du Bots.
Gamble, German, Hepburn, Kittredge,
Money, Patterson, Platt, Proctor,
| Sutherland and Warren.
1t was 4:53 p. m. when the chair an
nounced the result and eight minutes
| afterWard the senate adjourned