The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-12
SENATE EARNEST
IN RATE DEBATE
Efforts to Delay Give Place to Sin
.# cere Desire to Make
Bill Strong.
ny, W. w. Jermans.

Washington. April 2.-Statements
as to- what may happen to, the rate bill
In the way Of amendments must be
made tentatively. What seems prom
Using indication today is lost sight of
tomorrow, and tomorrowls indication
may be forgotten the next day. Just
at present it lool4s,f as If Senator
balley 8 great address of Tuesday
would settle the question for the sen.
ate as to whether congress has the right
At the same time, when the replies to
that address have been made, there
may be. as much uncertainty as there
was before Mr.. Bailey spoke.
The contest in the senate continues
to; be waged around the question of
whether the bill ought to carry broad
or narrow court review amendment.
The president has indicated in the Long
amendment what he would like. The
conservative forces of the senate have
indicated their desires in the Knox
amendment for broad review.
May Accept Bailey Plan. Fl i
There is a feeling that the conserva-
tive senators may in the end offer to
accept the Bailey amendment, provid-
ing they can get broad judicial review
to go with it. This feeling is based
on what Senator Hale of Maine said
during the Bailey address. q If there is
to be such a compromise offer, it should
begin to materialize in few days. It
is claimed by some of the administra-
tion senators that If the courts are to
1nJunct1ons it will be perfectly safe to
have. the orders Of the commission
closely inquired intol .~--
Meanwhile, the order would be in
operation. Other administration sena-
tors, however, insist that the courts
ought not to be permitted to- retry
cases coming up from the commission,
and they insist, with the president, that
whether the Bailey amendment is
adopted Or not, the right Of judicial
review should be kept within the mar
rowest possible limits. ).
1t Is apparent that large part of
| the senate has not yet made up it's
mind as to the wisdom Of the Bailey
| amendment, and it is claimed that there
are many senators who are still unde-
cided as to the kind of court review
| that ought to be provided for. The
| general condition Of the senate, there.
fore, is unsettled. ~ ~.
Cease Efforts to Delay. IT,.
*~ T he majority Of members are trying
I W OOO JuSC villa NC uOu6,
for the. good Of the country as a whole,
and it is their intention to support that
particular thing as soon as they can
settle upon it. There is not now any
suggestion Of a desire on their side to
delay matters, 1t is certain that vote
will be agreed to just as soon as there
has been sufficient debate to throw
needed. light on the great legal CUES
lions; that are involved, in, the proposed
Legislation. =, .,5,s<; -: 49,
. Senator La Toilette will discuss rs. the
economics of the rate question next
! Tuesday. VI SeRators Spoonera and Knox
want to reply Ito Senator Bailey, per
other senators will want toediscuss thu
general question.
+ After the" general debate is, over
which ought to be within a, few weeks
4 there will be a further debate on tn,
\ merits Of pending amendments. .anl
t this may continue for week or5.te,
I days: Then a vote ought to be. il
r The country, it is believed here; viii
, be- perfectly content to have the debat
run along indefinitely as long as it i
apparent that it is bona fide and no
!, for the purpose Of delay.