The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-08
PROGRESS ON The RATE BILL
rur CoYpROMISE AMENDMENT
NOT INTRODUCED.


4, Amendment Making Private Car Lines
roumon Carriers II Defeated Deni-
.-.o,i, substitute for Oraker' Anti'
p,sa Amendment Is Adopted, as TO %
WASHINGTON, May THE Senate de.
-otod nearly all tho day 20 confederation oi
INA lending amendments to the raliroaa
,,+c hill. The first a~mendme9t cohsioereu
,sos that offered by Mr.. Kittredge OF Sonth
D,kota, including private car lines WITHIN
a., rato fixing provisions OF the Dill. ms
onondmcnt was voted down without d
roll call. ~-.,uu,,u
Nc Foraker's amendment prohibiting
,ssscs vas so wOrded that 1t requlred equhi
aa~ccorun,dation for all classes f passengers
,vh, wor, charged the same fare. inns
,aisod thp question Of jim Crow cars Tn the
uortb,r, states and led 60 discussion as to
,ha c,,rroratiye accommodations given to
,rh,,, and colored passengers. A lively
,I,ha,o co-und. during which the Southern
n,,,,,rat!e Senators took strong ground
acairst the amendment.
T,ra'y a substitute, proposed by Mr.
ruto.,, Of Texas. which was drawn
tn -twfuatr he race question, was adopted
- ,... Of 81 to 80. The following Re-
,,.n.,-. voted for the Culberson sub
lIy..,. p,rl,tt Nebl, Deliver QaJ +,
t,.o rI,l. Kittrcdgc Is. d., Knox (Pa),
:, r,.rtte WisA. Nelson (Minnl, Nixon
rTo,. Sutherland Otah), Warner tMoJ,
rr,,, niurl, and Long Ckan). Senator
r.,I. q. Il S.uth Dakota also voted for 1t,
I", ,-,,, rev whan he learned that he
ill, S,.atc then proceeded to consider
,ta amendment proposed by Mr.. Elkins
81 vs.t VIRGINIA to prevent railroads from
,,,r,,r m the coal business. Objections
VIC, .r-.l to the wording of the amend
,n.rt number of substitutes were Of
fs-.l ard tho Senate adjourned with these
roodin:. to allow them TO be printed. The
IrI..s embodiment and amendments thereto
ana .ul.tim,es therefor will be considered
tomorrow.
par,-o the Senate met there was some
thing like a general roundup OF Senators
n, tho White House, the particular sub
,ec, Of discussion being the pending legisla-
lion for tic regulation of railroad rates
II is understood that the President sent for
nearly all the Senators who called before
IL o'clock.
Among those who came were Senators
Crane, Beveridge, Pettus, Durham, Carter,
Warner. Proctor. Perkins, Clapp, Hemen-
way. Ankeuy and Flint. Nce-President
Fairhanks and Representative Hepburn,
author of the railroad bill now before the
Senate, were also callers
None of the Senators n Representatives
20 whom the President talked about the
rate situation would make any statement
for pupli cation, but it was evident that a
latter feeling prevailed, and two or three
predicted that the bill would be passed
within a few days.
Twelve Republican Senators, all but three
Of the radical contingent, Joined the Demo-
Gratis, and through this combination the bill
was amended so as to provide that no FREQ
passes should be issued by railroads en-
Certain classes, including officers, employ
ees and attorneys for railroads, ~clergymen
and charitable Institutions.
The conservative Republicans were in
favor of a stringent anti-pass amendment
and advocated one proposed by Senator
Foraker. This. however. proved unsatis-
factory to the southern Democrats because
II provided for equal accommodation for
passengers paying the same fare. The fear
on the part Of the Southerners that the
amendment might interfere with the oper-
alton OF Jim Grow cars was responsible for
their attitude, and through Senator Gull
berson Of Texas they proposed a substitute
which did not contain the equal
datian for equal pay provision.
When il was seen that the Democrats,
voting solidly. had won on this issue with
the assistance Of Il majority OF the radicals,
there was suspicion that a combination had
been effected between the Democrats and
the radicals whereby the Republican COM
promise on the so-called Allison amend
ment would he smashed and the rate bill
H-.-.l- no - IL InGIrnI Ia
s~lsIi~ion proved to be wholly g~roundless.
10 IT. success. however, encouraged the
ra,igal Republicans, and three of them,
Deliver, Long and Clapp, tried without
success TO get an agreement with their con-
t]eryai.,e associates, whereby the compro-
mise amendment would be coupled with
features Of the Long restricted court review
proposal and the Bacon and Overman
provisions 10 prevent rates liked by. the
Interstate Commerce Commission from
being suspended by the courts without due
nOnce and full hearing.
SerdtDr Alison got up from his sickbed
to-Ga" and went to the Senate. The section
to which the compromise provision is to be
offered as an was not cached,
however, and it was not necessary for MIR.
Allison To commit himself on this PROPOSE
ton. 1t is quite probable that some other
Senator than Mr.. Allison will propose the
~so-caIiei Allison compromise
The Senate plunged into consideration
Of the Till under .he unanimous consent
agreement shortly after it met to-day.
There were many Cuiet conferences on the
the floor, Senator'S .Aldrich of Rhode Island
and Crane Mass being especially busy.
Mr.. Culio'n OF Illinois came upon the
floor while the Introduction Of bills was in
order, and as it had been reported that
because Of Ilr. Allison's illness Mr.. Cullom
would propose the court review amend
ment, attention was Immediately riveted
on dr; Gallon. When recognized by the
chair tho Illinois Senator handed in a bill.
Every rrck was craned to catch the i'm
port Of the words. The clerk read the title.
which Vas a bill to pension a citizen of Hi
, nos, ~"crcupon interest in MIR. Culloms
bill immediately ended. 1t was learned
aftarwari that Mr.. Allison was in the
room Of the appropriations Committee
work'a2 away on the court review amend