The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-05
SENATE IS VOTING
AMEypMENTs TO THE RAILROAD
 HATE BILL.
Greater Part of Day Devoted to sena- tor Lodges Provision Bringing pfpe Lines Within Terms of
 the Measure.

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 washington. May 4.---fn accordance with the agreement Of last Monday, the Senate today entered upon the consid- eration of amendment to the railroad rate bill under the fifteen minute rule but made little progress.
 The greater part of the day was de- voted to Mir. Lodges provision bring ing pipe lines within the terms of the bill, and t was ultimately unanimously agreed after amending 1t so as to ex- ciude gas and water lines from It's operation. thus practically confining It to oil lines.
 There were two roll calls. but neither was of imDortance as on accepting the amendment there was no division what ever. while the action taken on the other, on the question of confinina the provision to oil lines was practically rullified by the subsequent elimination Of gas and water from the amendment.
 The proposition was so amended ns to make in applicable to the oil pipe line In the Panama Canal Zone.
 A proposition by Mir. Foraker to ex- ciude refrigerator cars from the re- ouirements of the bill and another by Mir. McCumber making the require. mcnts concerning those cars more stringent that in the original bill, were impartially voted down.
 On motion of Mir. Foraker the mes- sage of the President, after its read- ing. was ordered to lie on the table. Tn making the motion Mir Foraker said Tt covers nearly all the questions uri- der consideration with the pending bilis."
 This action was followed immediate iy by the adoption of q resolution of- fered by MT. Cuiberson directing the Secretary of Commerce to forward to the Senate copy of the full report of the commissioners of corporations. summary of which was only transnitt- ed in connection with the Presidents message.
 ThA railroad rate bill was then talk eff up under the unanimous agreement for the consideration of amendments under the rule to permit speeches of five minutes duration.
 Mr. Bailey was the first to address the Senate under the new order. He announced the abandonment of his amendment including express compa- nies as among the corporations to be regulated by the bill saying that ne did 50 because of his greater interest in other amendments.
 MT. Lodge then formally offered his amendment defining pipe lines as com. mon carriers and making provisions or the bill applicable to them. As pro- sented the provision was made appli- cable to pipe lines used in the trans portation of oil or any other conn mcdfty except natural gas or water used for municipal purposes.
 Mir. Foraker urged that pipe lines Tor private use should be exempted and q debate of considerabie duration en- sued, Messrs. ForaKer, McCumber. Full ton. TiI1man, Culberson. Frye, Lodge and others participating. Mir. Tillman urged that ali interstate pipe lines should be regarded as common carriers and be compelled to accept commodit- les from all producers.
 At Mir Frye's request, letter from an unnamed place in Pennsylvania complaining that the acceptance of the amendment would be ruinous to the business of small producers, was read
 After the Senate proceeded for an hour or more under the restriction or the fifteen minute rule, some senators having spoken and others interruptins where are we at" calculated Mir. Til- man, much to the amusement of other Senator's, and the crowded galleries. T want to know if I have made two speeches on this amendment or none. for have not spoken yet. although I have asked two questions"
 Mir, Hale gave his views on the fife teen minute rule. So did Messrs Lodge, Foraker and Bacon.
 At this point, Mf Lodge took the floor on the pipe line amendment and the chair stated that he would enforce the rule. When a Senator spoke on ar amendment. no matter whether he occupied one or fifteen minutes. nc could not again be recognized on that amendment When a Senator irlterrupts the time he used counts against the aneakar ha interrupts,
 Mir. Lodge said he was willing to omit from his amendment natural gas and water lines for municipal purposes but he had not heretofore heard of the much oppressed private line operator.
 Mir. Lodge said that the standard and the Pure oil Companies do all the pipe line business of the country and that the Standard controls 90 per cent. of the business They buy the oil and the producers practically are at their mercy; as are vast communities. New England, he said. depends entirely on the Standard Company. He could see no reason for exempting the pine lines to do so would be an unfair discrim- ination against the railroads. | Mir. Morgan proposed an amendment to the Lodge amendment making it applicable to any place within the ju' | risdiction or governmental authority of the United States, saying that his purpose was to include the Union Corn- pany which has secured charter for a line across the Isthmus of Panama In support of the proposition. he sail that the Secretary of War had refused | to consider the line as common car lrier MT Morgan's amendment was | agreed to.
 | Mir. Carter made a speech in sup port of the House bill as a whole, an- | nouncing his conviction that the meas lure should be accepted without amend ment.
 | MT. Foraker advocated an amendment excepting natural gases for all pur- poses, saying that manufacturers de- l sire this article to be unrestricted. Mir. Lodge said he was perfectly will ling to exempt both water and gas. What I want to get at Is oil," he
 said whereupon several Senators ask
 ed why he did not limit the applica-
 tion of the provision to oil pipe lines.
 MT. Carter moved an amendment linn 1 iting the operation of the provision to
 oil alone and Mir. Culberson moved tc lay it on the table.
 | MT. Gallinger then made the import | ant point os order that under the unan- | imous agreement a motion to lay on | the table was not in order. Consider | able debate followed but it was cut out by the withdrawal of the point. | A vote was taken on Mir. CarteSs amendment which was lost, 22 to 53.