The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-30
MORE DISCUSSION
0 RAILROAD B | |.
Clay and Carlnack Speak il Scn-
ate, and Ct1lbcfso,l Presents
Memorial.
APPEAL or CATTLE RAlsERs
Conference Report Oh Consular
Reform Bill Adopted by
4 sBotll5 Houses.
(By Associated I'ross.)

\ l5 (By Associated Pross)
\ ~ ytASl II NOTION. March 294-Whan tic
/ Senate met to-day Mr.. Cuberson present.
ed and lad the tcrk read Il memorial
from tho Cattle lsniscrs Association OF
Texas, urging the passage Of the rail-
4 rond rate bill rs 1t came from the House.
Tho letter vas accompanied BY nTlcttcr
AZ from s. II. Cowan, attorney for the as-
sociatlno. In which he said that the rail-
4 roads have III tho past six years In
crciscd rates on cattle shipments to tha
extent OF SIS car. causing IL total out
lay OF $lO,Od0.0D, above the amount tina I
IT would haze been necessary to pay
under the old prices. The petition urged
the Ssilnte to resist efforts to seriously
amend the bill ,ls sinere snbterflgcs
on the part tof the opponents OF the
bill Tie Following bills were passed:
Amending the law recurring lights
on RATS 50 as ~. make t apply
II to RATS in tow.
Authorizing the erection Of dam
across the choc,;liatchee River, Iii
Dale county, Alabama.
The conference report on the consular
y reorganization bill was agreed TO with.
out discussion. @
When the railroad rate bill was taken
&Hu p,$ Mr. Clay tC;corgi;D. addressed 4. tho
q Stcnatc. saying that lie did not consider
the PRINCIPAL point OF controversy Il
serious ollc. He had heard charges that
both the House and Knox bills were
drawn III the interest OF tho railroads.
B bni the facts. he declared. we're convincing
that such was not tile case. iln then
x traced the history OF the House bill. i
saying that 1t owed It's origin TO the
s Interstate Commerce COMMISSIONS and had
Hf.fp cH IN ami rn mr..
\ ship Of the House COMMITTEES. Republic
II cans and cDmOcrats alike. and had pass
y cd the House with pr;tica1 unanlmty.
5s} The bill might not be perfect. but lie was
satisfied that 1t had received only hon
est consideration. 80, too, he was salts.
N fled that he Knox (the 1ilmln and
Il Cnlbsrson bills had All been drawn in
he interest OF the people He discussed
s. the question OF Il court review OF the or
Z dcrs of the Interstate Commerce Com
a mission, saving that il under Tie House
i&hill the regularity Of the commissions
I orders only Was contested the coirier
would be deprived OF tie right OF con-
testing u rate fixed. Mr.. Clay declared
that 4 It was the intention to permit 4
rtFlew OF the commissions finding. ilie
right should b eeonccded in the bil IT'D
say SO dircctly5in tho bill
B and get oyer the controvcray?'' he said,
III believed that review ought to be per-
nlttcd, but helieve that the: review
e. ought ~ be confined to the question as
10 whetlicr5thc rate fixed Is constitutional
+ Thc$court should not be authorized TO 80
y iutoathe Whole ease
h. Court on Both Sides.
Mr.TiIlman and Mr. Fulton asked why.
II the rciew privilege was TO be confined
Ito the constitutional privilege, any pro-
vision os the Kind was necessary and
3 NJ lDV hat sE. INV
with them of there were nothing in the
bill az II stands on the subject or re-
view. but that in view Of the text or the
~, lie thought IL should be amended SO
MS to authorize the courts To say whether
the rates fixed We're confiscatory.
$ III the course of his remarks, Mr.. Clay
referred to the differences of opinion be-
tween eminent lawyers when the Income
tax measure was before Congress.
Mr.. Tllman said it was Ii no wonder
lawyers were 'befuddlcd" on that
nleasusc. because the Supreme Court had
been on both sides. Mr. Clay said that
he did not always agree with Mr.. Tillman
concerning the courts! that he had faith
in their integrity. Gs
But not always in their infalibility?
5nskcd Mr.. Tllman.
''No, not always" said Mr.. Clay. II
have not confidence always in my own
infallibility."
Summing up his conclusions, Mr. Clay
took the position that Congress had the
power To fix 4 standard of rates giving
Just compensation, that both the CAR
ricr and the shipper should have au-
lthority to go into the courts to determine
the question Of just compensation: that |
the power to issue injunctions should be |
.lcdged about with all proper restrictions.
and that carriers should be confined to |
their own business.
Carmack Speaks.
when the big stick keeps company
Will, the pitchfork, surely the halycon
days OF politics have come said a1r,
Carmack CTennessee), when he took tho
floor to speak on the r;><a bill. He de-
clurcd that the snil was the legitmhte
outcome OF Democratic demands, and call
Ing attention to the fact that the Re
puhican platform had made no demand
for legislation. said the Democratic party
had triumpcd even In its defeat, AS for
himself, he was content to stand beside !
tho senator from South Carolina as "thc |
guido counsellor and friend Of tho. adj,
ministration." He then entered into an |
argument to -showthe necessity for raE-
road legislation, and said he knew Of no
better way of providing the necessary
restraint upon tho roads than through
commission.
tho pending bill, Mr.. Cnrmack express
ed the opinion that 1t is better than 1t
Will be after amendment. Ilo did not
consider u court review provision cs-
scntial.
Army Bill,
The bill for the reorganization of tho
H If D.