The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-27
DATE CANNOT BE
FIXED FOR VOTE
Agreement Will Not Be Reached
Till Measure Is Thoroly
Discussed.
Leaders Want More Time to
.. Work on Undecided
Senators.
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, April 27.-No light has
thus far been thrown on the question
of when the senate will agree to have
q vote on the rate bill, and all that
has been said from time to time in the
newspapers and elsewhere about a date
has been at the very best merely
guess 1t has all along been the desire
of the supporters of the administration
policy to secure an agreement for
vote by the early part of May, and they
have talked such a date with more or
less enthusiasm, but not without know
ing that both sides would have to
agree before any definite arrangement
could be made.
The senate opponents Of the admins
tration policy have never said anything
indicating what their idea is as to a
fully refrained from committing them
selves. The most that has been said
on this question was said by Senator
Aldrich one day on the senate floor,
in reply to a remark by Senator Till
man, who was asking that, an agree
ment be made then and there. Aldrich
replied that in due time, after the de-
bate had covered the issue sufficiently,
there would be rollcal. - e." r
Date Cannot Be Fixed. ..,...
All that is definitely known is that
the senate is to permit the rate ques-
tion to reach vote, both as to all
pending amendments and as to, the
original bill that went thru the house.
Whether that vote will come during
the early part Of May, after the mid
die Of that month, or as late as the
LIST Of June, nobody can say with the
slightest degree Of certainty: It is
very doubtful if Aldrich himself knows.
Meanwhile, the continuation Of the
debate for a week or for several weeks
longer than the friends of the legisla-
ton originally thought it ought to re-
auire, is not being looked upon as
calamity, or as calling for any particu-
lar notice. At the most, it will con-
tinue the session Of congress along into
July. for there is much important busl-
ness being held back by the rate de-
There is some ground for Senator
Aldrich' IS refusal to consent to. q date
for roll call at this time. The re-
publicans of the senate are badly Ill
Tided over the court review question
and by bringing on q vote before thai
situation has - been to some extent
Cleared up, might confuse matters
There is small group Of senators. lee
by Clapp, Nelson and Dolliver, which q
favors the house bill without amend
ment There is another group, also
rather small, led by Aldrich, Knox anc
Foraker, which favors the wlde-opeI
court review.
There is a third group, much larger
than either Of the others named, some
of whose members lean toward the I'm
amended house bill and some towart
the broad review, but who as yet have
not definitely decided what they vii
do. The continuation Of the debate, o.
rather Aldrich s refusal to agree to :
date for the roll call, is very Target.
for the purpose of giving the longes
possible time in which to work OF
these groups Of undecided senators.
Democrats Need Time.
There is another reason for the delay
quite as important as that just men
toned. The democrats Of the senat
are as far apart as the republicans. TIL
Bailey amendment has set them by tn
ears, and they are also undecided re
ought to be. It would, therefore, seen
quite evident that the senate is not ye
prepared to vote on the bill, and if it i
not, the country should be patient, real
izing that there is nothing in the stu
alton demanding haste. If congress
thru the delay here referred to, chose
to sit during part of the hot weather
GQdL Is 1GS 1OOhOut.a ucI6 Is uO utuSt
that the, rate bill will not be voted o
before adjournment, and SO the della
is not significant. T.
I was told today that half a doze
democratic senators who expect to vot
for the administration bill, do not wan
the debate closed for two weeks Longer
and that, if Aldrich were not to OF
= ject to Tillman g repeated requests fo
date. they themselves would do 81
And their objection would not b
prompted by hostility to the Legislation
Does Not Answer Bailey.
Senator Spooner's speech yesterda
hardly came up to expectations. H
replied to Senator Bailey's brilliar
speech of several weeks ago. Bale
= riddled the Spooner contention ths
there is distinction between judici.
power and jurisdiction, as those wore
are used in law. Spooner yesterday 81
deavored to. show that his position We
well taken, and he cited good man
supreme court opinions. On the Who'll
however, the impression prevailed thu
he did not answer Bailey. The speec
was much less forceful than his fir!
- one.
E0RMEp INeURENrE