The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-28
BILL WONT CURE EVILS.
M'CUEBER, IN SENATE, PREDICTS
THE DEATH or COMPETITION
Ard Ultimate Government Ownership of
Observation-Disclosures Stricter Laws to
BENEFIT the Interior Of the Countrywide
man and SpOOner Prod Each Other.

Euhub ONuNN SNtiN'N Low ~"
Denent the Interior OF the Countrywide
man and SpOOner Prod Each other.
II WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator Tillman
made another unsuccessful effort to-day to
have a date fixed by agreement for voting
10 the Senate on the Hepburn rae billand
amendments.
Mr.. Aldrich called attention to the abb
eence Of Mr.. Bailey and suggested that no
A agreement should be made in his absence.
Thereupon the matterwas allowed to go over
The freight train which Senator Tillman
Bcheduled to go through the Hepburn =
Dolliver bill arrived from the West to-day,
driven by Senator Porter j. McCumber
Republican; OF North Dakota. After pre-
dieting that the bin would become a law
substantially as it came from the House
and admitting that he intended to vote for
it, Senator McCumber said:
st will be the worst disappointment
that has ever befallen a really injured and
expectant people"
Mr.. MoCumber attacked the bill because
/ u would not ~liberalize the present law in
respect to special rates designed to develop
b now country or a new industry The
4 bin proposes to change the rate making
power from the mana gers Of the railroads
TO a political board,
This; Mr.. McCumber said would not "tn
the slightest degree tend to affect rebates
OF any Of the other evils but on the contrary
would be injurious to the public because it
would destroy: that elasticity so necessary
for building up the interior Of this country
and building up new industries
The North Dakota Senator agreed in
II the main with Senator Foraker OF Ohio
thatwhat was really needed was not Govern
ment rate making or Government inter-
ference with railroad nan genlentI but a
Little more legislation to strengthen the
laws against rebates and determinations.
Mn McCumber, who had proposed IN
4 amendment along these lines, advocated
Iegislation also to correct the alleged evils
Is private car lines. His amendment he as
uertedj would "allow under proper safe
ID guards and restrictions; special rates for
II these smaller and weaker industries and
localities for the purpose Of developing
III them to such a condition that they could
break the monopoly Of the great. trusts
and corporations and give the public the
n benefit Of honest competition
The Hepburn-D olliver bill, the Senator
A eaid, would destroy the little competition
that now exists between the great carrying
4 linea and ultimately lead to Government
ownership.
sShould the bill become a law, the people
will awaken to a realization Of the fact
that rates which heretofore have rapidly
4 and In many instances marvellously de-
cIined will in the future become stationary
and 60 even higher; that rates which here
tofore have been sufficiently flexible to
1 adapt themselves to the commercial and
Industrial exigencies Of the country will
hereafter become rigid and unyielding;
Il that the great interior Of the country, with
III its thousands Of little cities which have
III fourished and grown independent, will
In the future become more and more sub
|f ~pervient to a few Of the great seaboard
II towns, and that the competition which
has heretofore played at least some part
NJ lower rates will hereafter lie dormant"
Mr.. McCumber then branched of into
o discussion of the trust question, and made
o speech that attracted much attention.
III He held the interest Of Senators through
out and at it's close he was compiimented
by his colleagues.
The speech was punotuated by an inter-
1 esting colloquy. Mr.. McCumber COM
II planned that to the Interstate Commerce
Commission was given Jurisdiction over
II diferentials in the Hepburn-Dolliver bill.
Mr.. Dolliver insisted that such was not the
III case.
Mr.. Aldrich and Mr.. Foraker asserted
II that the fifteenth section of the bill, taken
In connection with the interstate commerce
act, gave the commission jurisdiction over
Il d~iferentials.
Mr.. Dolliver replied that he had believed
siell along that it would be dangerous to
clothe the commission with such power
and he felt certain it was not in the bill.
Senators Spooner and Tillman afforded
the Senate a half hour Of amusement at
the close Of the morning business. Mr.,
Tllman was criticising the decision of
Federal Judge Humphrey. OF Chicago, in
the beef trust cases, and referred to a news
paper cartoon which pictured the law
I'm the person Of a policeman clubbing a
capped over a wal.
Mr.. Spooner interrupted to say that
cartoons didn't decide cases in courts.
Cartoons don't mean anything" he de-
rlared. why, / saw a cartoon the other
1 day which pictured the Senator from South
Carolina lying upon his back, having been
kicked by a mule.
sThe last cartoon OF myself that / have
N seen" retorted MIR. Tillman, was a picture
4 Of me mounted on the back of the Demo
cratic donkey with the Republican elephant
securely tied behind in leading and pro-
seeding leisurely on my way
III Mr.. Spooner attempted to explain the
compioatons Of the beef cases, but Mr..
'iTfllinan frequently interrupted.
Finally Mr.. Spooner said: The Senator
from South Carolina will never be able to
lijearn any law, because he Will not be still
long enough
HAS a man got to be still to be a great
llawyeri' inquired Mr.. Tllman, whereat the
Ia Genate roared.
Mr.. Spooner retorted that the Senator
,3from South Carolina was 80 jaundiced
i3bat he sees everything through yellow
glasses
A little later Mr., Foraker interrupted
iNr. Tillman long enough to inquire;
aWhat is before the Senator"
FL am before the Senate" replied Mr..
I4gillman.
II know that retorted Mr.. Foraker,
I3NThe Senator from South Carolina is al
lfways before the Senate"
NJ. Tillman, apparently still smarting
hinder Mr.. Spooner's charge OF being
~jaundioed, said he proposed to conclude,
land IL he was taken off his feet now he would
~sconclude later. Il simply want a little
tftime to get this yellow blood out of my
Veins" said Mr., Tllman, looking at Mr..
ItEpooner.
II fear it will take too long for the Senator
Ito get the yellow out Of him." replied Mr..
tfForaker.
Senator Knox Rep.; Pa) gave notice
t3to-day that he would speak on the rate
hill tomorrow after the close Of morning
business.