The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-24
HEPBURN BILL GOES
 10 SENATE UNAMENDED
COMMITTEE TAKES FINAL AC- TION AFTER 4 MEMOIR
 ABLE FIGHT.

Vote Stood Eight to Five-Members Reserve Freedom of Action Concern
 ing Amendments Offered in the Sem
 ate-Tillman Given Honor of Report
 ing Measure-Precedent Established
 -Eilkins, Aldrich, Kean, Foraker and
 Crane the Men Voting Against Bill.
 Washington, Feb. 23.-By a vote of 8 to the senate committee on interstate commerce to-day agreed to report the Hepburn railroad-rate bill without amendment, but the resolution adopted reserved to the members of the com mlttee freedom of action concerning amendments offered in the senate. By vote of to 3, republicans prevailing, Senator Tillman, a democrat, was given the honor of reporting the bill This establishes a precedent, in that a re- publican senate committee has given to a democrat control of an important measure passed by a republican house and endorsed by republican president. Senators Cullom and Carmack were ab- sent and their votes were recorded only on the main position. The resolution follows:
 Resolved, That the interstate com merce committee report favorably house bill 12,9S7 as 1t passed the house of rep resentatives, it being understood that members of the committee have right to vote as they choose on amendments or to offer amendments in the senate on consideration of the bill.
 Senator Deliver offered the first part of the resolution and Senator Aldrich made a motion to amend by adding the restrictions concerning amendments. The Aldrich motion prevailed, the af- firmative votes being Elkins, Aldrich, Kean, Foraker, Crane, Tillman, Foster and Newlands. The negative votes were Deliver, Clapp and McLaurn. After the meeting, however, Senator Mo Laurin said that he had intended to vote for the change and 6. change was made in the committee record, leaving only Deliver and Clapp for the reso- lution as offered by Senator Deliver. The vote on the resolution as amended was:
 Administration, Deliver, Clapp, Tillman, McLaurin, Carmack, Foster and Newlands.
 Negative -Elkins, Aldrich, Foraker, Kean and Crane.
 Senator Aldrieh then moved that the bill be reported by Chairman Elkins. but Senators Dolliver and Tillman pro- tested that some friend of the measure should make the report, and Senator Aldrich amended his motion, providing that the report should be made by Sem ator Tlllman. He stated that the dem- ocratic members furnished the majority of the votes for the bill, and that it was proper to have the minority father it." This was taken by Senators Deliver and Clapp as an effort to humiliate them, but they remained silent
 Chairman Elkins suggested that the report should be made by Senator Dol liver, who had been one of the men who helped draft the Hepburn bill and a leader in the fight to prevent the adop- tion of amendments. Only Senator Clapp supported this suggestion, which 1 had been made informally.
 A vote was then had on the question who should report the bill, resulting as follows
 For Senator Tillman-Aldrich, Kean, Foraker, Crane and McLaurin.
 For Senator Dolliver-Elkins, Clapp and Newlands.
 Not voting Deliver, Tillman and Foster.
 The contest in the senate committee 'ver the railroad-rate bill is a memora- ole one. It was started a year ago, when the Esch-Townsend bill came rom the house.