Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-12
RATE BILL STAYS TO FORE
Measure Has Right-of- Way Over All Others
in the Senate.
MANY SPEECHES ARE TO BE DELIVERED
House VIII Try 60 Have Provision
Adopted Restricting the Diversion
of Money Appropriated for
Specific Purposes.

l measure Is on the Culen0dl as inc uU-
finished business, which gives it the right
OF way over every other subject each day
after o'clock. Ordinarily bills like this
pertaining to general Legislation give place
to appropriation bills and doubtless the
railroad bill would be temporarily side
tracked for them II a request to that effect
should be made, but unless the railroad bill
remains undisposed of longer than anyone
counts upon no effort will he made to lis
place it, even temporarily. with the supply
| bills for the senate is a unit in its desire
| to have the matter disposed of at the earli-
! est practicable moment
| The only positive predictions that can
be made concerning the course of the bill
is that during the present week Senator
/ Tillman, who has II In charge, will make
a written report on It; that there will be
a number of speeches for and against the
measure and that the efforts to amend It
will proceed.
There may be said to be three divisions
in the senate, the first standing for the
bill as it came from the house, the second
demanding provision for a review of the
findings of the Interstate Commerce com
mission of a character that will remove
| the entire question from the commission
without leaving it's ruling in question and
the third general review, but maintaining
| the orders of the commission in effect until
| a final disposition Of the question of
| reached in the courts. These will be the
vital questions from the beginning to the
end of the controversy. Indeed, it may be
confidently asserted that IL an agreement
! could be arrived at Immediately on the
question OF review vote could be taken
without further discussion except for home
consumption. Until, however. there is an
approach TO an understanding an. animated.
il not acrimonious, debate may be ex-
pected
Both Parties Divided.
There is a division on these points on the
democratic as well as the republican side
OF the chamber and IL looks as IL most of
the amendments to be expected would come
! from the minority. To Senator Bailey
many of the senator's in both parties are
looking for solution of the problem by
| the amendment which he understood
to be preparing. He will make an effort
to frame provision which will grant
| review by the courts and at the same time
] prevent the suspension of the commissions
orders until the courts enter their final
DEGREES In given cases. This will not en-
! tirely meet the demands OF the more rad-
cal advocates OF the Jurisdiction OF the
courts but some of them will accept, it.
! There is an effort to. reach an agreement
| on provision that would require the roads
! to deposit the difference between their
rates and those fixed BY the commission
until the final disposition of cases by the
courts
The discussion OF the subject will COM
mence with a speech by Senator Cuber-
son Monday and will be continued by
Senator Simmons on Tuesday and by Sena-
tor Rayner on Wednesday Senator Till
man is not contemplating a set speech on
| the bill at an early date. but will partici.
pate actively in the debate all the time.
He will present his formal written report
on the bill during .he week. Senator AL
drich is among those who will be heard
later. It is also understood that Senators
Knox Cullom,. Elkins, Teller Lodge and
others are preparing TO take part in the
controversy.
Business In the House.
The house of representatives will this
week enter upon a protracted discussion
of ways and means to restrict the exoen-
diture of appropriations for the support
Of the legislative, executive and judicial
branches of the government to the exact
and specific purposes for which they are
made. This discussion will be incident to
the consideration of the appropriation bill
for these branches carrying S29134,1S1.
Chairman Tawney Of the appropriations
committee estimates that IL will take ten
days to dispose of .he bill. Its considera-
ton will begin Tuesday. Monday being the
District OF Columbia day, with nine local
bills 10 be disposed of.
Aside from the main question of the di-
version of appropriations, the bill carries
a provision for decreasing the pay OF gov
ernment clerks when they reach 65 years
clerk shall be employed after he reaches
the age Of 7O This provision. as well as
those to prohibit the diversion Of sDpro-
priations, is subject to points Of order.
In case these points are made, arrange
ments have been completed which will re-
suit in the adoption of a special rule max
ing the provisions in oroer.
It ia expected long discussions will re.
suit from the new policy proposed. The
intention is to keep the bill constantly
before the house until it is finally disposed
Of some time next week
statehood Bill Gossip.
The statehood situation has again been
shifted TO the house side Of the capitol.
} and while there is general understanding
that nothing is TO be done with the bill
until the return OF members of the rivers
| and harbors committee from the south,
which will be some time Saturday. It Is
possible that action may not be delayed
on that account.
| The bill will be returned to the house
from the senate Monday. 1t will probably
be allowed to remain on the speaker 5
table until action is decided upon. How
ever. If there is any amendment of the
senate in the bill which changes in any
way the charge upon the treasury the bill
will go automatically under the rules TO
Mr.. Hamiltons committee on territories.
II is not unlikely there will be a repub-
lican caucus on the bill some evening dur
ing the week. that it may be ascertained
with some dehniteness Just where members
stand on the statehood proposition.
NJ. Jean Sarrien having undertaken the
formation of a ministry in succession 10
that OF M Rouvier which was defeated
in the Chamber Of Deputies last week
interest in French affairs will center, in the
selection OF individual members OF the
cabinet and in the change which is likely
to result in the policy relative to the ap-
plication OF the law providing for the
; separation OF church and state. Il was