Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-06
Delivers Plain Talk Touched
the Railroad Senators in
Sore Spot
lowAN REPLIES TO STONE
Taunts Corporation Senators With
Their Conferences With the Presi-
dents of the RaiIroads-Foraker
Makes a Speech Giving His Motive
for the Consultation.

| Washington. April Elm the senate
| yesterday there was a re-echo of the
day relative to the pending railroad
| rate legislation and while the discus
sion ended in good feeling there was q
| time when the feeling was quite in
| tense The incident occurred at the
| close of speech by Mr.. Stone, which
was devoted largely to discussion of
that conference. MIR. Dolliver took the
| floor and in brief speech devoted to
defense OF the right of senator's to
| confer with The president charged that
other senators had been in consultation
with the presidents of railroad COM
panies. The intimation contained in
| the charge was resented by both Mr.
Bailey and Mr.. Foraker and they de-
manded the names of senators referred
to. These Mr.. Dolliver declined to
give, but he justified his course in
| making the charge by saying that he
and other senators who had particle
pated in the conference had been
sneered at and ridiculed in the discus
sion of last Tuesday. This avowal Of
his motive brought about an expana-
ton from MIR. Foraker and the incident
ended pleasantly.
| Replying to the speech Of Senator
| Stone of Missouri in the senate yes
| terday, Senator Dolliver of Iowa said
he had been driven to the conclusion
that orders of the interstate commerce
commission were acts of congress.
hence he argued that the courts must
treat the orders of the commission as
acts of congress He said that the
Long amendment neither enlarged nor
abridged the jurisdiction of the circuit
courts, vet he was willing to make the
concession
Mr.. Dolliv~- also commented on the
criticism of the president, saving that
he was not one of those who have felt
irritated over the presidents interest
in the pending legislation. He did not
| consider that in these matters the
president had shown partisan spirit,
nor that he had departed from the GUS
tomary methods of the executive The
subject was difficult aid complex, he
said, and he didn't purpose to be dis
paraged by any sneering illusion to
the president because he considered it
just as consistent to consult with the
president on this subject as with the
presidents of railroad companies as the
opponents of the bill were doing. He
did not propose that the bill should be
turned over to the tender mercies of it's
enemies. and while he asserted that the
bill had sufficient support to insure
its passage in satisfactory form, he
warned the opponents of the measure
that the friends of rate legislation had
on their fighting clothes, adding that
if effective legislation was not now
secured the result was merely post
poned.
Instead of settling the question, he
said, failure at this time would create
the largest issue that congress had
ever to deal with.
In sharp language he opposed any
stronger court review than that pro-
posed by the Long amendment, saying
that the opponents of the bill would re-
duce the presidents recommendation
to legal absurdity.
Mr. Bailey responded, outlining his
own position in opposition to the prac-
tice of comforting with the president.
He said that the present situation had
peculiar reasons why the president
should not interfere with legislation.
He expressed the opinion that not a
third of the republican senators agreed
with the chief executive.
Mr.. Aldrich declared he did not Know
Of a republican senator who does not
sympathize with the presidents efforts
to secure proper legislation.
Mr.. Bailey, resuming, turned MS at
tention to Mr.. Delivers assertion tnat
some senators had been conferrlns
with railroad officials on the subject
of railroad legislation, and demanded
to know who they are the senator
from Iowa is not given to intemperate
or incautious speech. and Wheh lie
suggests that senator's have been con-
suIting with railroad presidents. ne Ut
+arc a serious reflection on senators.
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