The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-09

Galleries Crowded in Expectation Of
Hearing Debate Upon the Pat
terson Resolution.
COLORADO MAN SQUELCHED
SENATORS INCLINED TO LET THE
SUBJECT REST.

Washington, Feb. S.-There was a
general expectation that today would
witness a revival of yesterdays excit-
ing occurrences in the senate over Mr..
PatteTsOn'S caucus resolutions, but it
was not realized and the large crowd
attracted to the galleries was compelled
to leave in disappointment when, at
p m, the senate went into executive
session, after a day devoted largely to
ordinary bills on the calendar. The in
dications of the early morning were in
the line of the popular expectation, as
several senators expressed q desire To
speak on the resolution. There were
other senators, however, who held the
view that the caucus question had been
sufficiently agitated. and they spent
much of the first hour of the days ses-
sion in an effort to prevent further dis
cussiOn. They were successful for the
time, at least. and it was soon known
that the resolution would not be called
Up today Mr. Scott spoke on his bill
giving the telegraph operators of the
civil war a reasonable status. and the
bill was passed.
Mr.. TiIIman's Speech.
Mr.. TiHman opened the proceedings Of
the day by referring to a petition Wig
OrOuSly presented by him from the Red
Rock Fuel company of West Virginia,
complaining that the Baltimore & Ohio
company had refused to permit that
company to connect its tracks with
those Of the Baltimore & Ohio, thus, as
Mr.. Tillman expressed it, ''bottIing up
the company" He said that at the
time Mr.. Elkins had said there was a
remedy under the state laws of West
Virginia. He then presented a letter
from Governor Dawson of West Vir-
GINA complaining of the difficulty in
Cd Sr,9cs
added:
Pennsylvania Controls.
TT may be that the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad company does not legally own
a controlling part of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad company or the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railway company, or the
Norfolk & Western Railway company,
but I have no doubt that an inVestiga-
| tion will snow that the Pennsylvania
Railroad company practically controls
these three great trunk lines which
traverse West Virginia. and which are
the only means whereby the products
of This state, including coal, can be
shipped to either the lakes in the west
or other markets in the east. Hence it
is fact that West Virginia today is
in the grasp of a railroad trust which
practically says what part of the state
shall be developed and which shall not
be developed. how much coal shall be
shipped out Of the state, to what points
or ports 1t shall be shipped and when it
shall be shipped Of course il makes
tits own rates and we are helpless.
People Are PoWerless.
THE Pennsylvania railroad is very
largely interested in the production Of
shipment Of bitUminOus coal; il will
naturally look after its own interest and
the interest of the people along its lines
in Pennsylvania and elsewhere first of
all. and therefore the interests Of West
Virginia are sUbordinated TO the inter-
ests of these others and our railroads
upon which we are dependent are con-
| trolled by a national corporation prac-
| ticaIly in competition with US"
Mr.. Foraker expressed the hope that
| there would be an investigation along
the lines suggested by Governor Daw-
/ son. He said the governors complaint
went to the heart of the railroad trOU-
/ bic all over the country.
Mr.. Hale. from the committee on ap-
proDTiatiOns, reported the urgent de-
! f1ciency appropriation bill, and gave no
| tice that he would tomorrow ask tha
senate to take it 10.
The railroad rate bill was received
/ from the house of representatives but
/ the senators generally were not aware
/ of its arrival. The bill was referred to
! the committee on interstate commerce.