The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-29
'T|LLMANIPRESENTS.
DAILY. COMPLAINT !. n |: u u.
Several Amendments Offered. n; n
Senate to Railroad Rate
II Bill.
KNOX MAKES FIRST 's;1 SPEECH
Without Concluding tic Consid-
&C Grafton Of the Report, tic
@I8. Senate Adjourned.

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" WASHINGTON, March 2s.-Wicn the
q Senate met today, Mr.. Lodge offered al
amendment to the railroad rate bill,
making 1T apply to Pipe lines for tho
transportation OF oil rs
MI Daniel presented an amendment
to the same bill making railroads liable
for damage to employees. w.
# Mr.PTlllman presented his daily COM
plalnt OF discrimination by railroad cons
punlcs. The complaint In this instance
vas against the Kannwhn and Michigan
Railroad Company ana the Hooking Val
Icy rond in West Virginia. Which IT was was
declared had prevented the development
OF other mines than their own.
TIC resolution presented yesterday ny
Mr.. T'illman. calling upon the Interstate
Commerce Commission for Information
relative TO free transportation, Including
tickets issued to newspapers IN pay 1or
advertising. was passed without oppo--
sition. NV 81 ii E4
The Rate Bill.
rhc rate Bill was then taken up, "hen
Mr. Knox 5(PennsyvnniD, making ms
first set speech, said he agrees VIII
those senator's who contcnded that me
power TO FIX railroad tolls Is a leEi sa-
: ~
ture had laid down Il rule for the estaD-
lisl,n,ent of rates, the application or the
rule 10 specific cases is q matter OF az
ministrntion which may be delegated 70
II commission, and that the power TO
Investigate the ralsonableness Of Il pro-
posed rate ana to fix Il rate forHfnture
observance, is n non-j judicial FL power
which cannot be conferred upon courts
4fcxcrcislng tho judicial power OF the Unltcd
States III # I, XIX
re. said that his bill, introduced some
weeks ago co.lprchends ana dc.,'s Win
III misrhiefs for which Congress - seek
Ing Il remedy more nfsccsallsY nan II IL
measure Vet brought to the attention o.
Congress. It was drawn up1n tie J Gcory =
nc said that general woris ~ :. Il 49,.
were sufficiently scoinprehcnsv'. 10 Cover
tho evil aimed at. make better aud more
affective legislation than specific prom
bition OF the evil in The forms in when
Mt has appeared. II have no hesitation
& said Mr.. Knox, '.in saying tina plil
drawn upon the theory that The or.cfs
OF the committee shall be finnl ana w
assailable Iii the courts would DC III
constItut ional. ft5
Preserve its Purpose.
4 In his bill. he said he had undertaken
10 nreserye tho constitutiona!lty Of pur-
pose Of the measure and - tnrc"
around tho provision forsthe review such
constitutional restrictions ana terms \
would prevent unnecessary or frivolous
,,nneals 10 defeat the end of the RENE dial
Legislation. he thought the wsighs4.f az
order OF The commission. mada npon IT.
authority or an act OF nG!tSs. q Nouii
prevent courts from .rantii'g N lilnn';'.,s
sl,spcnding the order, unless an'n'caht
proof were submitted to IuStifs Sucn q
course. ,,,,,
Mr. Knox bestowed warm praise upon
lilo tlncn who probated the pending biil
b,,t sle said he was sincerely con1iheeu
that az It nov stands, ut utterly fails 10
accomplish their beneficial purposes ana.
indeed wholly defeats them,
"Thc conclusion seems inevitable, nc
said. that unless some special method Of
nrocedurc is provided for in the act when
,,,I,l afford 10 {: carrier the right TO have
X /. = order Of the commission effective re-
viewed and dealt with BY the courts, no
effective remedy Is available,
Discussing the differences which nus
FAR have prevented any agreement be be-
tween the two factions. Mr.. Knox sald
Situation Serious.
l.But for the seriousness OF the situa
lion. the matter would be most ludi-
,rn,,s Roth sides agree that the right
should exist; one holds that 1t Is In the
hi mr. exists independently; the other
Tint II Is not In the bill. hut should be-
ana yet the former, for some mysterious
md tnaccountablc reason, objects 70 an
nnrntlme which WOULD place the matter
beyond doubt. 1t would be a reproach 10
MI tho LAWYERS OF the Senate If, for lack
Of Intellectual Integrity. for want of cour-
ago. because of expediency-for apy rea-
son short OF absolute conviction-we
should urge this bill, or. sitting silent
should supinely permit it to become law.
although believing 1t to be unconsttu-
tional or Illegal and unjust on any
ground,
The conference report on the bill for
tho settlement or the affairs of the hVe
civilized tribes was taken up, ana during
the course OF its consideration Mr.. Ttll-
man read Il letter from correspondent at
Edmund. |. n, saying that notwit hstand-
ing the place is only 125 miles from tho
mines In that Territory, tho Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fc Railway Company
insists on bringing coal FROM Colorado, In
order to get the long haul, with the re-
uult that people In that town are COM
pelled to pay So ton for bstuminous
coal.
And In this connection he said that II
Congress did not take some steps TO pres
vent railroad control he would not I'M
dcrtuke to say what would happen II,
he added '.there, should be another nn-
thracite coal strike III mid-winter, when
thirty or forty millions of people are
concerned, there is sure to be somethlhs
doing"
Mr.. Bacon said that to agree to the con-