Arizona republican., 1906-05-17

transportation for passengers. except to officers, agents and employees and members of their immediate families, to it's actual and bOna-fide attorneys and physicians and surgeons and their immediate families; to female nurses that served during the civil war. to ministers of religion and inmates of hospitals and eleemosynary and char table institutions, and to indigent, des- titute and homeless persons, or deSti- ute and homeless persons transported by charitable societies or hospitals. and the necessary agents employed in such transportation; and to inmates of the national homes or state homes for dis abled. volunteer soldiers or eX-cOnfed- crate soldiers, ex-union soldiers and sailors and inmates of soldiers and sailors homes, including those able to enter and those returning home after discharge, under arrangements with the board of managers of said homes
 Any carrier violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and shall for each offense pay to the United States a penalty of not less than S1OO nor more than $2,000; provided, that this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the issue or ] NN agents and employees and members of their families nor to owners and care takers of live stock when travelling with live stock or when going to the point of shipment, or returning from point of delivery; nor shall anything IT. this provision be deemed to prohibit any carrier from carrying passengers l free, on account of charity, from and to | places visited by general epidemic or pestiIence or wholly or largely de- i stroyed by fire, water. earthquake or ! other calamitous visitations with the object of providing succor. relief and other assistance to the inhabitants. Provided, further, that nothing herein contained shall prevent such carrier from giving free or reduced transpOr- tation to laborers transported to any place for the purpose of supplying any demand for labor at such place. Juris- diction of offenses shall be the same as that provided for offenses in an act en- titled An act to further regulate com merce with foreign nations and among the states approved February 19, 1903 and any amendment thereof"
 Senator McLaurin presented an amendment prohibiting greater charges i for short than for long hauls, and Sen ator Daniel moved a substitute to cover the situation in Virginia. Both sen- atOrs spoke in support of their respec- tive provisions. and MT McLaurin en- tered upon a general criticism of the presidents course in connection with the rate bill. He declared that the president had entirely changed his po- sition, and predicted the production of a new song, to be known as "Roose- velt's Surrender" and to be sung to
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 True, he said. the president is a fight CT; nor did he quit fighting after his ! surrender. On the contrary, he con- tinued the conhict-after going over to the e-enemy.
 i MT. Daniels substitute was then voted down and the McLaurin prOyi- sion immediately met like fate. An amendment by Senator McLaurin pro- hibiting the running of trains on Sun day also was summarily voted down.
 Up to this point the senate had been considering the bill as in committee oi the whole, but it was then. at 4:40 D
 m., reported to the senate, and Senator
 Hopkins renewed his motion to have ] the pipeline provision amended by striking out the extension of the pro- vision to the Panama canal zone
 : MT. Hopkins motion was in the in- terest of the Union Oil company which had been granted a permit to construc; a pipe line across the isthmus of Pan- anna It was discussed by the Illinois | senator and by Senator Spooner in sup ! port, and by Senator Morgan Tn opposi- ton. MT. Morgan contended that the grant was made without authority, and Mir. Spooner said that the president had a right to do whatever may be neces-
 sary in the construction of the isth- i milan canal. The motion prevailed, A l to 25.
 | No further progress was made or | the rate, bill, as e~senate went into executive session and adjourned at 5:2S | until II o'clock tomorrow.