Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-02-10
WEEKLY LETTER
FROM CAPITAL
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Senate Will Amend the
Presidents Pet Rail-
road Rate Bill.
MARK TWAIN Is HUMOROUS
Beyerldge Anxious 70 Make
Statehood Bin Unfinished
Business.
PENSION LIST IS REDUCED SOME

Washington. y. c. Feb 8 viii l1o
senaio pass the railroad rate bili Ia
substantially tho form la which 10
porsod the housog That d win 10
the claim which the administration
iorcos are making to-day The forces
opposed % federal regulation Of rain.
road rates are silent nn they are
not nlaniicsiing amp particular evil
donces Of alarm.
it q pnly giihla he lasi few days
that this alleged change OF heart on
the pari % tno senate has been alalm-
go it IL true that a policy Of non.
commitid silence has taken tho place
81 the open Swapping and anarling
in which che raiiruad senators in.
dulgcd n wcCk Rgn. bot this does not
necessarily mean THAI the senRta Op-
poaltion has given way before tho
aggression Of the president and she
house rs may mean that a surprise
"a being Matched or that n trap a holne
laid. When the senate has n same in
play & plays Il 10 the limit. and makel
use of all tho arts and suMoriugaa
ia senate ln Corner
iuai now the administration and
house lurcqa are pluminE themselves
in the belief that thoy have driven
the senate into a corner, and that s.
win have to meet auuafciy the issue
OF acceptance o. rejection Of tho presi.
dents railroad rate program. A.
there has been no marked political
division IN the house on the subject
Of railroad rates. there would seem 20
be sonic substance for this assumption
Of advantage in tho contest. The
senate. however, has a surprising way
Of turning the tables ON the other
fellow. and In its present attitude Of
chaeiened humility "a may be merely
playing "'poes1m."
One thing is certain. the senate d
getting itself Ia splendid condition "a
talk % death any measure which u
doesn't want 10 pass and doesn't cnrt
20 openly reject There " q promise
that the Philippine tariff blli may
take up a frll month Of the session
time. An unlocked for OppoHltlon has
developed In the senate against this
pct admluiGi ration measure, and idsi
NOW 4 Ia n vehicle through which tht
senate IS eyidcncing iis hostility ID
the administration. u Or going 81
have rough shedding. and the fathers
Of the measure arr not likely t1 rcc0g
nige b when 81 sets back 10 the house
Before amy Philippine tariff legislation
paases the senate az al there viii bg
prolonged Fenorai tariff debate
] democratic senators having announces
a dotrminatlOn tO open up the ontirl
subject
waiting for House Bill.
One or the thluaH upon which the
claim of d railroad rate victory a
based D. the statement this week.. by
: a republican member Of the Eonatf
COMMITTEES on Interstate Commerce
I that No hill would be reported 10 che
senate from that committee until ~
Ter the committee had received and
considered the house measure lt had
heen e1peetcd thar "a modification OF
the Elkina and Foraker Dilis would
BE- reported az an independent senate
measure and that che eenatc and
house bills would ncvCr have q chanct
20 get acquainted until they rot IN
conference.
Granting that this IA tho program
which the senate committee will fOi
low q means a great deal. or q map
mean very little The fact must moi
b. lost slEht % that tho strongest
senate opposition 10 railroad nate Lex
iHlatlou "a not 20 bo found within tht
Committee on Interstate Commerce
No matter what mcasure chat com
mittoe reports, q viii be- fought h.
, she senate by those SENATORS who ar,
opposed 20 any railroad rate loElala
ton. 81 whatsoever character.
The house has ANNOUNCED a detefm
ination to fight the nilroad ratio hll
% a finish Il "a given out fatty. BY
men close i0 both President Roosevelt
ami Speaker Cannon that the houas
wiil accept no material modification
OF lts rate on No the bends Of the sem
ate, and that should tho senate insist
upon amendments calculated 10 weak
en- the bon the house viii hold con
sreaa in session indefinitely or until
the senate Yields