The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-16
FAR FROM
 AGREEMENT Senate Committee'sPos ton Yet Unknown. BOTH SIDES ARE RErIcENr
The Rival Factions Decline tc
 Commit Themselves.
senator Bailey Declares the Railroad Rate Measure Must Be Ade- quate or Democrats VIII
 Present Bill.

vota on a railroad rate bill to- morrow in the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce is an issue that neither faction on the question or Ju- dicial review of orders of the Inter state Commerce Commission seems in- clined to force Neither knows the strength of the other. and 1t seems that unquestionabiy the Democratic members are the balance of power. Neither of the Republican factions has issued formal statement setting forth it's views, but the Democrats In an 7 authorized statement from Senator Bai- ley. have made 1t clear that "an ade- quate billD must be reported or tue minority will have measure or It's own Tn this statement, however, 1t Is admitted that the Democrats are di. vided on the question of Judical re- view.
 The members of the Committee in- sisting upon an amendment to the House biil-Senators Elkins, Aldrich, Foraker, .Kean and Crane--do not be- lieve the amendments providing for any change in the court features of the bill can be voted upon tomorrow. Sem ators Deliver and C1app, the cham pions of the House bill in it's present form, are not disposed to insist upon a vote. They desire to have Senator Cullom paired against amendment but the conservative section will not per nit this. If the vote is postponed, as seems likely, Senator Cullom may re- turn to Washington before a vote is taken.
 Reports as to CuIIom.
 Different reports are circulated con- corning his position, the conservatives admitting the claim that he is against any amendment that would suspend an order of the commission pending re- view by the courts, but insisting that he is not opposed to q more moderate Aa.t lined clearly tomorrow, even though vote is not obtained.
 Senator A1drich authorized statey naent to this effect today and said that when 1t Is known thar the conserve tive forces are not striving to amend the bill in a nauue @4Gat will impair It's effectiveness. they will gain num- Der of votes. Undoubtedly this state- nlent will bring a response from the supporters of the bill and for the first time the real demands of both factions will he given to the public authorize lively.
 Republican senators on both sides of the question today declined to say just what the differences are. The re- sponses were directed to show what the differences are not Many amendments have been circulated bearing on the court review feature. b.. not one of these apears to have the unqualified are contending for sue anhaoinnnnn endorsement of all of the senators who are contending for such an amendment. Late tonight it was stated mat so far no agreement has been reached on any amendment, despite the fact that num- crous conferences have been held dur Ing the day between the president, members of the cabinet and senators to preprae compromise draft.
 Taft JOlns Conservatives.
 Senator Aldrich, Senator Allison and rnff ha president today concerning the alleged necessity of an amendment providing for judicial review. The secretary of war has joined forces with conserva- tive senators in declaring that such l an amendment is required to make the ] bill constitutional
 Attorney General Moody does not 1 agree to this and the president, so far as known, has not committed himselff unaIterably. It Is said that he an- nounced today that he would like to see the amendment to De proposed and then submit 1t to the attorney general before he endorses any propositions to amend the House bill. At today's session of the committee the members conversed generally about unimportant provisions of the bill, during the absence of Senator AIdrich at the White House. When he arriv- ed at the committee meeting at about noon, and announced that he had no amendment to offer, 1t was admitted that a continued session could accom- plish no good purpose and consequently an adjournment was taken until to- morrow. There had been an agree ment to sit throughout the day
 Senator Bailey, who is the minority floor leader in the absence of Senator German, today explained the attitude of Democratic Senators. He said that if bill is presented by the Republi- cans which, in the opinion of the Dem- ocrats, is adequate to meet the de- nands of the situation, the Democrats both on the committee and in the Sem ate will support it.
 stand of Democrats.
 In the event of division of the Re- publicans the Democrats will support the bill presented by the faction offer lng that which comes nearest to meet ing the demands of the minority. The Texas Senator says that if no adequate hili comes from any Republican source, Shen the Democrats will present a bill of their own upon which they can stand It is only in the contingency of there being no adequate bill from Republican source that the Democrats will present a bill From the same authority 1t may be --fS that in any bill. all the Democrats in supporting provision ..,. tss companies shall be placed .r Interstate Commerce Com
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