The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-04
TIE RATE BILL COMPROMISE
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tion IL ~ have ~ Sanlts adjourn ovef from
to.morrow until Monday and In The mrin.
time ~ sfeo' 4 compromise tetweHn thr
100 Republican f%sctions upon ell amend.
mspts ~ the rate mo- sure AZ mos' ~
theee are regarded ~ ~ q minor character,
Httla difficulty Ia erre cfnd In reaching a
complete accord
Ths text NJ the cnur' r~vsw amend-
ment. which will probably ~ adopted and
insure the re go r. ~ the rate blu nv = large
ma iority n the Sanata. dons NOT dtfer
IN any material wav from he statement ~
its provisions contained in a Washlng'on
despatch In THF SrN today u viii 10
proposed for insertion IN. raEe Il "i 'he
Hepburn hill. and will read az follows. the
underscored words being inAnr'eti in a rara-
graph If the pending measure
The venue NJ suite brought In anv ~
the circuit courts NJ the United states
against The Interstate Commerce Commission
to e nioin. set aside. annul or suspend any
order or requirement NJ the commission
shall be In the district where the carrier
AGAINST whom such order or requirement
NAV have been made has its principa
operating Office, and jurisdiction 10 hear
and determine such suit is hereby vested
In such courts"
Under this amendment. those who have
proposed II az a basis for agreement feel
sure that the courts will have the right ~
exercise judicial power over all rate fixing
cases appealed from the Interstate Com
meroe Commission. this judicial power
giving them authority 10 review the facts
and circumstances upon which the orders
OF the commission were based. Senator
Spooner. by his careful argument upon the
proposition that the comforting Of inris-
diction on the courts carried judicial power
with it. succeeded In convincing the con-
~servative Republican leaders Of the sound
ness Of his contention, and it Is held that
the change proposed in the bill nv the in
sertion Of the phrase giving the circuit
courts jurisdiction TO hear and determine
such suits" will convey the right 10 review
in an unrestricted way the rate fixing acts
Of the commission.
The conservative R epuhlcans, while
satisfied from what they know of the atti-
tude of the radical advocates among their
party associa ties that the amendatory re-
view provision will receive an overwhelming
majority Of Republican votes, have not
given UP hope of bringing most OF the
Democratic Senators to support the amend
ment. and thus insure the passage OF the
Hepburn bill without regard to party lines
and by q majority Of the kind known as
practically unanimous"