Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-06
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He said that the Long amendment
neither enlarged nor abridged the jur-
isdiction of the circuit courts yet he
was willing to make the. concessions.
Dolliver also commented on the
criticisms Of the, President, saying he
did not consider that i'm these matters
the President had shown a partisan
spirit nor that he had departed from
the customary method of the executive.
He did not propose to be disparaged
by any sneering allusion to the Presi-
dent because he considered it just as
consistent to consult with the Presl-
dent on this subject as with the presi-
dents of the 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 it's passage to satisfactory
fern, he warned the opponent of the
measure that the friends of rate leg
islation had on their fighting clothes,
adding that if effective legislation was
not now secured the result was mere
ly postponed.
Instead of settling the question, he
said, failure at this time would create
the largest issue that Congress had
ever had 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
reduce the Presidents recommendation
TO a practical and legal absurdity.
Dot in, ;r tn
position to the practice of comforting
with the President. said that the pres
ent question presented peculiar rea-
sens why the President should not in
terfere with legislation. He then COM
mented on the fact that many Repub-
licans were not in accord with the
President on the question of railroad
legislation. He expressed the opinion
that not third of the Republicans
agreed with the Chief Executive.
Aldrich arose and as he did 50
Bailey expressed the hope that he
would be able TO include himself as
in the one-third.
80 far as I know there is no Repub-
lran member Of the Senate who does
not sympathiZo with the efforts of the
President and with others to secure
proper railroad legislation" said the
senator. but he added that there We're
many who did not sympathize with the
effort to limit and circumscribe the
proposed law so aa to effectively pre-
vent an, appeal to the. courts.
Bailey then turned his attention to
DofIiver's assertion that some senators
had been Comforting with railroad olti-
cials on the subject of rate legisla-
fion.
1--WE want td know who has b,en
comforting with the railroad 'pr,isI-
dents" he said. b.
Not the senate only bit The CONF
try at large is Interested and has 4
right to this infornatinn," h" contin-
ned. "'The senator from iowa is not
given To Incorporate or imCauiiouS
spec, ana when he suggests that sem
at"r, nave been consulting with rail-
road presidents he utterS q serious re-
ficctinn on som" senators"
Foraker endorsed the Statcmcht by
Rail+y declaring that the Texas sena-
tor had anticipated what he wanted to
say.
'The charge. for it is nothing less
th1,, a charge" he said. lis most seri-
o,,s and ] demand that the senator
from Iowa give the names of senators
who have. as he says. been confcrrinS
With railroad presidents with view to
iniiuencing rate legislation.
II shall take the liberty of not pur-
s,:jnc that counsel" said Dolliver de-
ihcrateiy. rising from his seat.
The Senate has a right to know.
Foraker insisted.
DolIiyer then said that he had never
dreamed of committing any impropri-
cty IN his statement, because he did moi
see any reason why senators shouiI
not confer on this subject with mer
who are experts on the subject, indeec
he considered it unfortunate that the
railroad officials were devOting theli
time and resources to an effort to IN
nuence lublic opinion against lesisla-
ton instead of cooperating in fram-
ing a proper measure. He said the rail'
reads had spent s2,000.000 in their ef-
forts to antagonize legislation. He die
not believe that a senator's right to con
fer with the railroad men should be
questioned; no more did he believe thai
senators who conferred with the Presi-
ttill VI t1It 1liItSu ''N''s>'
made the subject of ridicule.
Foraker did not dissent from the las
vgoposition. On the contrary he had nj
ways made a practice to freely confe
with the Chief Executive. But on tn
other hand he had known of no confer
ouce with railroad men on the pendini
bill He had had none, and he did not ne
licve that other senators who DO not sup
Y,ort the bill az ii stands had had any
1T will not answer to say that ther
was no improper motive in the insinu'
ton" he went on There is only one III
ference to be drawn from the senator
assertion, and that is that senator's WIZ
do not agree with his assertions are he'
representing the railroads.
Tilman quoted the newspapers as ''''
tioning that Mr.. Melleu. the president "
New England road. had recently p''
in conference with the President on ~
rate question and he added th;'t w'fi'e
nearing by the committee on the rate "i,
had been in progress. thr. Cassa't' pr
dent OF the Pennsylvania Ralir"i" -"
had entered the amber, passeu tui"u7