Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-21
His Amendment to the Rate
Bill Starts Trouble at
Once
DoLLlvER ARousEs HIS WRATH
Iowa Senator Says the Amendment is
Worse Than Anything Proposed by
by Alphabetically That the Bailey
Plan Will Raise Bitter Debate on
Floor of the Senate.

Washington. March 81. - Senator
Ba1ley's proposed amendment to the
Heppurh-Dolliver bill, providing for
court review Of the question Of Gust
compensation" but abrogating the pow
er OF courts to suspend orders OF the
interstate commerce commission,
pending the review, was passed around
among the senate leaders for inspection
yesterday afternoon.
1t would have been presented at
once for the information of the entire
senate except for the objection of Sen
ator Foster, of Louisiana, a member OF
the interstate commerce committee,
who suggested that by Withholding it
temporarily the minority might come
to a harmonious understanding ire
garding 1t, without however, raising
the issue of craftsmanship, such as
might result from a caucus agreement.
Senator Bailey said today he would
introduce the amendment.
1t is going to raise q rumpus, great
er in all probability than the Rayner
speech last week, or anything else
that has transpired since the rate
question was placed on the senate
stage. While Bailey, who is working
shrewdly to unite his party without
exciting the suspicion of drawing po-
,litical lines, may succeed in a large
measure with his colleagues he Is not
going to be successful in forming an
alliance with the republican friends
of the Hepburn Dolliver measure. Sem
ator Dolliver, after examining the
Bailey amendment, declared:
-
lead us into worse morass than any
thing proposed by Aldrich. inc
friends of the bill will not listen to 1t
for moment.
This comment, reaching the ears OF
the Texas senator, aroused his hery
southern indignation, and he evinced
purpose of pitching into the IoWan
l.oughshod when he presents MS
amendments. 1t is indicated that he
viii question the sincerity Of the sem
;ltor whose name is attached to the
measure, in which event more fire
works will be exploded on the floor, OF
the senate.
The Bailey amendment which, until
something else is brought forward, Will
center the attention given to rate regu-
lation in general, has been guarded
with great pains as far as it's exact
.,hraseology is concerned, its author
having allowed only a single transcript
of it to exist thru fear of premature
publication.
1t provides that the interstate COM
nerce commission shall fix specific
instead of maximum rate and that
upon application Of a carrier to any
-. sNy, Nf{ t,n rnt
try affected by the rate, alleging that
the rate established by the commission
is not Just compensation, the court
shall review the case and find whether
lust compensation is afforded. The
other feature is that prohibiting the
court from suspending the commission
rate pending final determination of the
q uestion of just compensation.
Senator Dolliver declares the effect
OF this amendment would be to prevent
the interstate commerce commission
from exercising any Of the essential
powers given to it by the legislation
proposed by the trainers of the origi-
nal bill. The powers of the commits
sion, he asserts, would be so limited
under the scheme Of the court review
as to Gust compensation" that dis
examinations could not be dealt with
s1t ALL
DoIIiver Finds Flaws.
Most complaints-practica all in
1act-according to Mr.. Dolliver-arise
from determinations, and when the
commission fixes a rate which is just,
fair and reasonable" as provided in the
pending measure it may mean some
thing entirely different than "just COM
pensation." The just compensation to
which a carrier is entitled as a re-
turn on the value of it's property can
he determined only from the aggregate
Of all it's multifarious rates extending
over it's whole system. in the view of
Senator Dolliver. A rate, he declares,
might be fair and reasonable in a GER
tain case where discrimination is al
legged, and still not compensate the car
lier for the actual service rendered.
The argument, involved as it may
sae,,, In he sinon1y shows how commit.