The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-06
Call Circulated Yester-
day on F'lo'o!r5of@ al J l.! the
Senate.
:CONFERENC CES AT
WHITE III OuJSE AGAIN
sSenat Tor Daniel and Senator Over.
man See Prcsiden1lt *sl, ]: - p oliver
Causes Stir During ses-
sion, But Incident
Ended in Good G5l
55ss Il. Hurnor ~ Is
BY

Especial 10 The sTimes-Dlspatcll)
4 3S4AsEINGTON,l April s.-sA call for a
Democratic conference was circulated on,
sthc floor OF the Senate today. but thus
&farFnot a sulilcicntantl OF signatures
has been ,oDtainett.t The call mentions rail-
road rate Legislation as the business to
be considered, but It does not name a
4 date for the proposed gathering. twas
understood, however TINT If The neces-
Bsity.signaturcs we're obtained the confer
once, or caucus would be Held soon after
senator. Bailey speaks SOnt I he bill, which.
probably 4 will De on e Z Tpesday next The
Texas d senator's amendment to provide
against suspensions of orders of the com
mission. 1t is said, IS the feature of Inc
legislation likely 10 sbd urged upon the
minority.if party artioA is deemed advis-
able on, any Il the proToscd d*ancclndmcnts..
Daniel at White H ouse.
-Four Democratic scnato by invitation
OF the I,resid cnt have 3cprfcrrcds with; him,
about railroad rate HlcEislAtton. Two OF
thenlIwere "a the White House o.day and
several others ma i be q sked to talk the
mattelaover. To-dayis Visitors were Sena-
tors Daniel Of yirginia,Sand Ovcrman, of
North q Carolina, and yesterdays were
\ Senators Clay, Of Georgia, and Foster,
( OF I1ousian ma. I5S 34.
although all our81lenS arc reticcnt, II Is
known tliat rate legislation was the sub
Sjcct Of the discusslon.8 Senator Daniel,
when asked the pOints8b blank question
whether rate legislat ton had been under
&considera ton, ,8 replied: ssS You attend to
Your. business and r. vii att end ito mine
HeSref,ised ia ans we rsis 1estion bear
Ing upon rs cdnfereltc tct. With the rrcsi-i
dent. Senator OveGr1an9Wa equally linz
communicative, bit not so abrupt, ad-
mittng nothing and denying nothing.
Jndc,. such ch&circumstances it is difficult
to comprehend what phase OF the sit,la-a
ton the President has taken up with his
sDcmocragc f,ierNss in tho Senate The,
men whols have talked with him have
had relations OF cordiality thEthe Prcsl-
dent for some, time. Several them
have been styled by fellow-Democrats
#..Roosevelt Democrats" !" but that has no1
prevented them from occasionally con-
sultng the President about matters in
which they were crested or from intro
Stlucing constituents who have been in
Washington on business 81 or pleasure.
They have not considered it worth while
to resent the insinuation that senator's
should refrain from consulting the Presl-
don't about lcgislatk,e matters. the Senate
being able toEegis1atc to suit itself
Mr.. Overrnan's Belief.
Senator Overman, when asked the Ques-
ton what he thought would be the out
come OF the rate fight in the Senate,
said: 8"No. T. am not inclined to believe
that the amendment considered at the.
White House conference Saturday will
.beladoptcd by the Senate. My opinion
is growing stronger that the Hepburn
bill, substantially assit is. will be passed.
There will be at least n few amendments
that will.uffect the measure In a material
degree. Senator Daniel has one measure
that i favor. II provides that the record
of the commission In each case shall be
transmitted to the upper courts.
Sena tor Daniel remained with the Prcsi-
dent n long time after Senator Ovcrman
had departed, and 1t was supposed that
he would present to the President the
names OF some Southern men to be ap-
pointed upon the commission to represent
this country at the rio conference. His
statement that newspaper men should at
tend to their own business nnd he would
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