The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-27
Will Be Changed.

That the character OF thr piii VIZ. ps
very ia,sfiniiy changed before the ser
do,,I,, Hhli4 ever Pemocra tie senator
Is sincerrIy desireus OF seatnS the main
,oatures of tue presept bill placed on
the statute books, nearly every one rea'-
ICES that the bill, RS II came from the
House, war rot perfect none more clear
ly than Senator 'Tillnian. who has said as
much on the Aoor of the Senate
1t is entirely settled that the bill VIII
he amenled by Senator Tilinlan. so as to
provide that n railroad shall not be in
torested in the. capacity OF owner OF
any coal or oil lands. This is the pet
amendment or the senator from South
Carolina. and many senators, ma
iority. perhaps. nave Indicated that they
Will not oppose such change In the bill
This. II IL believed, will be. in effect
the most Important clause Of the entire
hill not excepting The general principle
OF the bill that the government shai!
have the power TO regulate all railway
charges. Certainly, this feature of the
hill will be OF more direct Importance TO
the people OF Virginia and West Virginia
than any other As General Grosvenor.
one OF the leaders of the Republicans in
the House. has declared for such an
amendment. 1t Is assured that the House
Will readily. II not unanimously. yield this
point when the bin finally goes TO a COM
mit,cc Of conference OF the TWO houses.
Wishes of the President.
The President does not want the bill
amended by the Incorporation OF the spe-
c1c provision that the railroads shall
have the right to appeal to the courts
for review OF rate fixed by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. 1t is prac-
tcally certain that the Senate at least.
f0 r
this right of review; provided. further.
that the now rate shall go into effect
al once and not be changed until so
order by rhc court or commission This
seems To be conceded.
Conditions similar to those which now
prevail in the Senate have possibly never
fefore existed. certainly not since the
second term of MIR. Cleveland. when the
great split Of 1898 in the Democratic
ranks was forcshadowed by the attitude
OF tho administration on the bill. TO re-
peal the purchasing clause of the Sher-
man act
Looks Like Cleveland Fight.
The differences which exist to-day be-
tween those Republicans represented by
Senator Dolliver and Senator Clapp, oil
the Interstate Commerce Committee, who
stood out with the Democrats for the
report of the Tillman- Hepburn bill, with
OUT ilucHulilSHt, Fs'iS oNtiihh'7E
tration, and are still standing with the
Democratic minority Of the Senate IN
support of the President, and those re-
presented by Senators Aldrich, Keane,
1.odgc. Foraker and Elkins. who really
oppose all legislation on the subject of
railway rates. the differences of the two
wings are not wider than those which
existed between the minority of Demo-
Gratis which supported the Cleveland adj
'ministration in 1891 and the majority
which opposed the White House policy
at that time. Old veterans among The
gallery spectators had to comment to-
day on the scenes presented on the floor
of the Senate Immediately after Mr. Till
man submitted the report of the COM
mittee, and the routine of the Senate
was resumed.
There were more conferences ard con-
fabulations and consultations in the same
length of time than had eyer before been
witnessed In the Senate chamber, ac-
cor(ling to the testimony of the Oldest
Inhabitants of the press gallery. And
when the personnel of these conferences
IS taken into account there can be no
doubt that they We're historic in9the prop
ar sense-for from them history Will re-.
snlt,
Scenes in Senate Chamber.
Just nfter Mr. Tilman made. his re-
mort and tho yice-President had resumed
the tlreary work of reaoGnizing senator's
for the introduction Of numerous bills, the