The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-24
ROUSE AGREES TO RATE BILL
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before heins considered CohcurrinS In tho
fp1ucst. Mr Williams said thit, believing
tho bernocr tito party had beeu crcdltably
connected with the lsgisi, tlon up n this
time ard desiring that II should be credItably
connected herewith 10 tbs end, h wa
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stncilly W. possible
Mr. Hepburn explained the provisions ~
tho an'i.Jwal amendment, which reads as
follows.
on aud after January {. 1907, common
carriers subject 10 the provisions Of this act
shall not directly or indirectly issue any free
7 ticket or pass Tor carriage to any ofncer or
person IN the employ Of tho United states
other than those In the postal service, 10 any
officer or person In the scr vice Of any state.
Territory. the District OF Columbia or Ia any
of1cer or person In the service Of any county.
township, municipality and except rs here
matter DtONlOeu. no common thTTleT hnhit 10
prohibited from granting any free ticket or
pass for Carflage. Any common carrier
violating this provision shall be deemed
guilty Of a misdemeanor and shall for each
offence pay 20 the United states a penalty OF
not less than siOo nor more than 1900. and
any officer or person in the service Of tho
United States or Of any State, Territory,
District OF Columbia. county. township or
municipality, who uses or sollcits or accepts
for himself any such free transportation
shall be subject to like penalty,
From the statement Of tho oonSerees
setting forth the effect and scope Of their
labors it appeared that the prohibition
against railroads carrying the products OF
their own property shall not go into effect
until May 1, 1908.
Mr.. Gaines OF Tennessee asked what
words prohibited the issue Of passes to
congressman.
Mr.. Hepburn-1he words officer Of the
Government
Mr.. Gaines-Oh, very we'll.
Gen. K~eifer-Suppose a Member OF Con-
gress be a regular attorney Of q railroad,
may he receive and use a pass?
Mr.. Hepburn-Certainly the minute he
ceases to be a Member Of Congress.
Gen. Keifer-And not before?
Mr.. Hepburn-Not before.
Messrs. Henry Of Texas, Cooper Of Wis
consin, Mccall Of Massachusetts. Driscoll
: Of New York and Williams Of Mississippi
criticised the anti-pass proposition for
various reasons, Messrs. Henry, Williams
and Cooper on the ground that, failing to
prohibit the issue of passes to the families
Of the officials named or to prohibit the
officials from soliciting passes for other
persons, the campaign against the abuse
had entirely failed.
prohibit the issue Of passes to congressman
Mr.. Hepburn-There are too many here
with passes in our pockets for me TO say
that we have ben violating the law.
! (Laughter,l
Continuing, Mr.. Hepburn said that tho
only ground for the prohibition Of the issue
of passos at all was tha in the case OF
public officials they exerted an improper
or corrupt influence upon the recipients,
and it was to meet that criticism that the
conferces dirt cted their labors. The use
Of the phrase -and with this exception
there shall be 40 prohibition against the
issue Of passes he said would take care
of many Of the excepted classes covered in
classes numbered anywhere up to rs 900 600
OF people, including twenty Senators and
fifty or sixty Representatives.
Gen. Notwithstanding yourself?
Mr.. Misunderstanding myself: and We
thought it best to put all the people except
those named on the same level and subject
only to the good will OF the railroad officials.
Ii the issue Of passes, he added, consti-
tuted a rebate or discrimination it was pro-
hibited by other provisions Of the bill.
Mr.. Cooper-Then, until January !, 1907,
in the coming campaign, the issue OF passes
to any one is permitted?
Mr.. Hepburn-It is.
A member-You may ask for EN-, Cooper,
but you won't get EN-. lLaughter.l
Answering some of the questions put to
him in regard to this matter, Mr.. Hepburn
gave it as his opinion that the only reason
why there had been such pressure brought
to bear In favor Of excepting railroad en-
ployees from the operation OF the anti pass
provision as originally drawn was that they
composed an organization having a million
votes. !
various efforts were made, unnecessarily, !
to get an opportunity to vote separately on
the pass question, the Speaker and other
members pointing out that the only way to
secure that was to vote down the conference
report.
The motion for the previous question was
carried, l2l to o7, the opponents Of the anti
pass proposition oontenting themselves
with thus recording their protest. The con-
ference report was agreed to, 216 to 4:
AT 6;l5 the House adjourned until Mon
day.