Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

committee room to the floor of the senate.
1t Is the belief that with such an amend
ment the bill will secure practically all of
the republican votes and the claim will
be made that majority OF the republican
senators would stand out for such a change.
The republican members II the committee
who refused tc vote for the bill In its
present shape say there are over thirty
who win stand with them to the end for
this change. Many of the democratic
senator's have also expressed n willingness
to accept such a provision.
Commenting on the bill today. Senator
Tillman said:
The first thing to do is to discover and
incorporate in the bill the amendments
necessary 10 perfect it. There was no OPP
to amend the bill and there are two very
essential amendments needed to make the
possible prohibition of the ownership and
control by public carriers OF the articles
TO be shipped over their lines 10 the ex
clusion OF private owners. In other words
the railroads have tendency to deal in
some OF the commodities that it was sup
posed they would only handle in the ca
10 the coal business. They should also
be required to make connections with spur
lines. as contributor lines and supply them
with cars and not block them
The question of adding to the provision
now IN the DlH Tor q IurlclAl review OF the
findings OF the Interstate Commerce COM
mission should be approached very eau
tiously. In the first place a decision of
an act of congress. No court would un-
dertake to nullify an act of congress pend
Ing an appeal unless II should take high
I can see no reason why a decision of
the commission should be set aside pend
/ Ing an appeal in the courts. Any PROPOSE
| ton 10 set aside such a -decisiOn pending
action. By the courts will receive the
oSe SeRs ahd fys do S
| deny the railroads the right to appeal 10
the courts, II a rate is established that
! erty OF course they will have a right TO go
! into court for protection.
But for one l am not inclined 10 accord
| to the members of the Interstate Com
merce commission any less patriotism or
good Judgment than is accorded the judges
| are appointed by the president and con-
nrmed by the senate, and think one can
be trusted as we'll as the other.
| When asked IL his relation toward the
bill would probably lead TO frequent con-
| ferences with the president. the senator
| hesitated moment and replied: THE
presidents views are well understood. He
has expressed himself fully in his MESA &c
] and interviews. The newspapers have not
spared any opportunity TO announce what
/ they suppose has been his views on this
subject. Therefore, there is no further
need for anybody to get his views, and
he has been very free to communicate his
views to congress whenever he has seen NJ
to do So"
DO you take the view that this railroad
legislation is democratic measure now
that It has been reported by majority OF
democrats on the committee and by a
democratic SENATOR
1T is nonparSisan measure" replied
Senator Tillman. 1T is neither republican
| nor democratic"
Senator Aldrich will ON Monday make a
statement on the floor of the senate outlin-
ing briefly his attitude toward railroad
| rate legislation. He announced 10 senators
! and newspaper men today that people who