The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-02-28
The Hepburn Measure Adopted
by tie Senate Committee.
TILLMAN SELECTED
90 Report the Bill to the Senate
and Ghus a Gemocrat is Given
Contr | Of a &easure Passed
by Republicans in the
EOuse.

In the Uoited States Senate on Fri
day by vote Of 8 to 5 the senate
committee .on Interstate coDmsIce
agreed to cepo4t the Hepburn railroad
rate bill Without amendment, but the
resolution adoct=d re5ervs3 10 tbt
members OF tls comEi5tee freedom Q.
action concerning amendment is ffersc
IN the senate. BY vote II 5 to 8
Republicans prevailing, Senator TIE.
man, q Democrat, was given the hoa-
OF OF reporting the Dill. This estab'
fishes a precedent, In that e Repubd
can senate committee has given to Z
Democrat control Cf an important
measure passed by Republican house
and endorsed by a Republican presi
dent. ScnstoEs Gu IN and C.rnack
we're absent and their votes were II
corded only on the main proposition
The resolution follogs.
Resolved, That the interstate com
nerce Committee report faVorably
neuss bill 1887 as it passed the house
of re }resentatiVes, it being unde-'
stood that members Of the committee
have a right to vote as they choose or
amendments OF to cfsr amendments
in the senate OF consideration OF the
DILL"
Senator Dolliver tf71rsd the frs:
parJ OF the resolution ald Senator Al
drica made motion &c amend by ad-
ding the restrictions concerning
amendment. TIE A!dr;ch molten pre-
vailed, tie affirmative vo:es being Ell
kins, A,drich, Kaal, Foraker, Crane,
Tillman, Foster and Newlacds. Tns
negative votes were Doliyer. Ciapr
a1G McLaurin. After the meeting.
however, Senator MoL5u'in said that
be had intended to vote for the change
znd a change wss made In the COM
nittee record, leaving only Dollive!
and C'app for the resolution as offered
by Senator Deliver. The vote fo1
the resolution as amended was as fol
lows:
Administration, Dolliver. C;app,
Tillman, McLaurin, Carnaek, Foster
and NsHlaEds.
Negativo-E kins, Aldrich, Kean,
Foraker and Crane
Senator Ald-ich then moved tina.
the bill be reported by Chairman E.
kris, but Senator's Dollivsr and Till
man protested tnat soma friend OF toe
measure should make the report,
and Saaator Aidr'ca amended his
molten, providing that taa report
should be made by Senator TIL
man. He stated that tee Dsn-
ocratic members furnished th.
MI ,rity Of the votes Tor the bill and
that it was proper to have the minor
.Gy father it, Tais was taken by
Senators Deliver and Clspp as an
effort 10 humi!iave them, but they re-
NAMED silent.
Chairman E,klns suggested that
tie report should be made by Senator
Dolliver, who has oesn one Of the men
who helped drat5 the Hepburn bill,
and a leader in tbs fgat to prevent
she adoption Of amendments. O1ig
Senator C:app supported this suggez-
tion, which had been made inf0rnai-
ly.
a vote WAS then hsd on the qaes
5ion who should report the bill result
ing as follows:
FJr Senator Tillman-Aldrica,
Kesn, Foraker, Crane and McLaurin
For Senator DSljver-E k1ps, Clapp
and Newlands.
Not votng-Doliver, Tillnsn snc
Foster.
Before the session today the result
vas in dcuos. The division OF she Be
publican senator's on the question O:
judicial review OF or3sra OF ne inter
ssate commerce CON nlsstoA Left ths
Democratic members 10 absolute coz
5rol. 1t WAS apparent shsG II they
divided ths court review smensmen.
would os, adopted Tne minority mem.
oers, after Vsinly trying to get TO
geUher last night, held q second COZ
ference early this morning. The ez-
preston at the conference was to re-.
port the bill without recommendation
OF any character, but the agreement
was not binding. With that under
standing the D. mocrats went into the
meeting. The minority did not make
it's decision known aod the Hepburn
bill was taken up and the 'eonserVa
tive Republican fiction" sought t
amend the first section. At that juno.
ture Senator Deliver, leading th=
forces that were opposed to amend
ments, read telegram from Senator
Cullom asking that, he be recorded
against all amendments that we're not
recommended by the committee unan.
inously and to cast his vote for the
Hepburn bill as it came from the
house.
Senator Deliver then moved 10 re-
port the Hepburn bill favo,ably IS ii
vas 2assed by the house and said 5ha.
on that he would demand tiat Ssna-
aor Cul;om's vote be recorded. Tals
p-eci pltstsG lining up cn the only
important contention and the Demo
Gratis desired time for further consu :
5at.on. A recess vas then taken uniii
2 p. N. TIE four minority members
present Withdrew TO ssustos Tiilman s
committee room and then decided to
stand as unite ier the Hepburn bill,
with the ress1Vaei&n prcvsde1tn tie
resolution that was finally adopted.
When the committee reassembled
Senator Doli7er c.lled for vote on
lis mo.ion, which YVES taken witl tine
resul. given ab> We.
S.naloF Tillnan, who vas 6estgns-
ted to report the Hepburn bill, ssic
after tie eomm tsse adjouFnsd:
It was ar unaypecsed, nnd, IN one
sense, an ueoesired honor aoo respoE-
sfbility that was thrust upon M. AS
| tar as Ian able will e2des o. to 81
cure the passage Ct the Till through
he seoate With such amendments as
will mike 1t mora acceptable to the