The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03
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legislation should not take enect uhth
january ;, 1907. The section reads.
sNo carrier subject To the provisions Of
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tths ac' Sn"' al''i 'a"u"'y :
recty or ihulreouy' is-ue OF give any inter-
state free ticket, free pass or f~reeetrHnspor-
fation for passage. Any carrier violating
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transportation snail ne uee'heu guiItN Oh
q misdemeanor and upon conviction there
of be subject to a like penalty"
Senator Elkins. chairman OF the Senate
c-mn.ao an I,,o,s,o,a Co,maroo ,oinad
'onh,'i'.ee =" 'NeIs'a.e " eaI"o
a point by having inserted III the VII a pro-
upon application Of any lateral or branch
line NJ railroad 70 construct switches.
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spurs aha o'her heceSS"ry '"'ii'leS 70 al
1ord such lines free access 10 trunk INES
This amendment was proposed by Mr..
Elkins in the Senate and reiected and n
nIo,,ion .. ro;sad 10 Ia,, b., Son.e.-
ques'ioh was iaise" "-uay ny senators
VINO learned OF the cnange mace by, the
oon1erees as 70 whetner the new provision
was not new ieghlstion anu oeyoho the
auShorlty 81 ine coiusrees.
senator lnIrlah' AFTER a vigorous nght,
yleioeq lhe oehs'e iheiuInen relating 10
me gun IroW Gar nnes' Inns amend
ment' whlch was known as me foraker.
m n : anrines nha aie ~ ome GUY OF
service and accommodation 70 all persons
Paylng tne same compensatlon H. was
resigned 10 comPel the interstate railroads
IN the southern states TO give as good ae-
~ommodatsons on tne oin .row cars
PROVIDED t6r co,9red passengers as were
giYen to the white passengers. senator
sraker nrst onerea IL and then withdrew
T. but Senator Warner OF Missouri renewed
IT,
Inc negroes OF the Northern states en-
tended It gave official recognition in the
words equal accommodations" to the
Jim Crow car idea, and, according to
their view, invited general discrimination
between white and coloTed in the Northern
and Western States. h Southern Sena-
tors made no opposition 90 it, but when
the protests from the negroes became gen.
eral the Republican .conferees demanded
that the amendment be dropped from the
bill. Senator Tillman was obdurate and
the point proved fipally to be, the most
stubbornly contested Of any submitted to
the. c~onferees. Mr.. Tillman became it's
Jealous defender n yielded only after a
severe struggle.
A few changes were made in the wording
Of the bill which the conferees admit may
be thrown out by the Senate and House
as in the nature of new legislation.
The Lodge amendment, as well "a the
McCumber amendment, the former restor-
ing the imprisonment penalty clause of the
Interstate Commerce act, which was re-
pealed by the Elkins rebate law Of 1908,
and the latter directed against the Standard
OIL Company and other heavy shippers,
which provides a forfeiture by the shipper
who solicits or receives rebates of three
times the amount of the rebate, we're both
modified so hat the qualifying words,
knowingly and %wilfully," inserted on
motion Of Senator Lodge, were eliminated.
Another important modification made by
the conferees in this amendment was the
st riking out of the provision that the
foregoing penalty shall not apply to re-
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