The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-16

Views of Senator Tillman, Who Made
the Report, Read at Length
in Senate.
CLEAR AND CONCISE VIEW
NEWLANDS OF NEVADA ALSO
HEARD.

Washington, March 15.-"I say unto
you here, love your enemies" said Dr.
Edward Everett Hale, in beginning his
Mr.. Plat was the only senator present
TO listen to the admonition. The alb
sence of senators did not, however, de-
ter the venerable chaplain from pro-
ceeding with his invocation, which was
prayer for general cooperation
am ing individuals, corporations and
nations
A bill was passed repeating the pro-
vision of the tonnage law of 1884. au-
thorizing the president to suspend some
of the exactions.
Unusual Distinction.
The senate chamber soon filed and by
the time Mr. Tillman took the floor to
present his report on the railroad bill
there was an average attendance. The
report was awarded the unusual dis
tinCtion of being read at length. In
presenting the document, the South
Carolina senator stated that the report
contained only his views and was not.
therefore, report in the ordinary
sense.
Let the senator's views be read. -
said Mr.. Aldrich. Mr.. TiIIman at first
demurred, but Mr.. Aldrich replied that
he had real curiosity to know what Mr..
Tillman's views were and, other sena-
tors joining in the demand, he yielded
and the clerk proceeded with the read
ing.
When as the reading progressed the
clerk was about to omit an extract
from message by the president, Mr..
Tiliman objected.
1T is the most important part" he
said.
Senator TiiIman's Views.
The report is the first clear and con-
else statement of the differences con-
corning court review features and other
proposed amendments that has been
made a unanimous report of the COM
mittee impossible. Without hesitancy
the senator declared it to be his belief
that the bill should be amended, but
that amendments should not be of a
character to impair or prevent the &C
COmpliShment of the objects of the leg
islatiOn, which are set forth best, he
says, in the presidents message to
congress. He emphasized the need of
regarding the measure as non-partsan,
but predicted that the issue created
will be paramount in the next presiden-
tial election. As to the effect he said:
''Those who are responsible for delay
or inadequate legislation will find that
when at last the f1Oodgates of popular
wrath and indignation are hoisted there
will be some fine grinding done"
Mr.. Tillman prefaced his report by
speaking of the peculiar circumstances
ruling the committees action on the
house bill, which made ii an embar-
RAISING task to submit views that would
be concurred in by the committee as a
whole. Commenting upon the absence
of harmony in the committees deliber-
ations, the report says:
Party Lines Broken.
Instead of being amended in COM
mittee, as is usual. so as to command
as a whole the Endorsement and sup
port of a majority of it's members, the
bill was brought into the senate in a
form not entirely satisfactory to more
than two members. Party lines in the
committee were broken down and the
bill is in the hands of the senate by
reason of the union of five members of
the minority party and three members
of the majority in congress, who con-
CURED in reporting it favorably: and
while these eight senators are agreed
as to the general purpose and scope of
the bill, there are radical differences
among them as to the amendments that
ought to be incorporated in it.
This lack of harmony among the sup
pOrters Of the bill-it would be speak
ing with more accuracy to say the sup
porters of the policy involved in the bill
brings about the anomalous situation
in which a member of the minority
party is put in charge of the proposed
legislation which is generally regarded
throughout the country as the cher
ished scheme Of the president, with
whose general policy and principles
that member Is not in accord. At the
same time the bill is designed to carry
into effect his own Iong-cherished con-
victiOns and thrice reiterated demands
of the party to which he belongs"
Non-Partisan Legislation.
Emphasizing the claim that this con-
ditiOn is without precedent in Iegisla-
tive history. Mr.. Tillman says it brings
into prominence, the fact that the pro-
posed legislation is non-partisan and
for this reason he urged that Democrats
and Republicans alike should bend all
their energies and lend all that is best
in them to perfecting and passing so
important a piece of legislation.
He declared that woe will be the
harvest" of any member Of the senate