Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-03-05

Bell it is inferred that he believes the
interstate commerce commission is in
need Of help. President Roosevelt had
spoken of its want Of perfect effective
ness and Mr.. Bryan had left no doubt
IN the minds Of any reasonable man
that II was not what it should be. 10
evidently needed the aid OF some such
body as the proposed Arizona Rail.
way Commission.
II was at this juncture that Mr.. Bell
left no doubt that Mr.. Bryan would BE-
the standard bearer Of the democratic
party i'm 1908. He was for him: he
would follow him in the destruction Of
his own or any other country. Mr. Bell
felt safe in making this pledge Of his
loyalty Tor SO sUperhuman a person
would accomplish the destruction of
nothing.
Mr.. Bell denied the statement made
by other speakers that Attorney Cen
eral clark had told the committee that
the bill would be in conflict with the
Hepburn act. or at least in attempted
Interference with II. He said that the
attorney general had merely said that
il looked like a futile bill but the courts
would have 10 say whether il is or not.
Mr.. Bell felt perfectly safe about it
though for he knew what the courts
would decide for he had been looking
into the law himself and it seemed a
reasonable assumption that at least a
part of what he knew would filter
through into the intelligence Of the
courts.
Mr.. Bell quoted from a United States
supreme court decision upholding the
right of "a state 20 initiate legislation
affecting the railroads. There has been
of late no contention that a state has
not the right 10 effect such legislation
and nobody but Mr. Bell has had oc-
casiOn even to consider that question
OF late years but every body but Nj
Bell has considered that a territory is
not a sovereign state"
At a late noon hour the speaker in
dicated- that he had more To say and
he said it after the recOnvention Of the
house at four o'clock. There We're ad-
dresses by Messrs. Crenshaw. Pace and
others in support of the bill. Ii was
also brought out that something had
been doing in party politics while hon
est men We're eating their midday meal
and that some Of the democrats who
had opposed railroad legislation in the
morning were disposed TO favor it in
the afternoon. Mr.. Bell sought to
breathe the breath Of life into the rail-
way commission bill by attaching it to
the freight bill as a rider. But there
was not strength enough to take the
bill from the table. There was how
ever no reason why Il bill practically
like it though not verbatim might not
be attached. That was done and in the
excitement Of which the advantage
thus gained afforded. an attempt was
made to close up the railroad Iegisla-
ton so far as the house is concerned
under a suspension Of the rules. The
vote was as follows in support of the
suspension:
Ayes. Bell, Bunch, Coleman, Cren-
shaw, Hull. Mccormick. Morgan OF
Navajo. Murphy. Pace. Slaughter. Wal
lace. Whitesides and Williams-13.
7 Nays. Burke. Davidson. Day. Groset-
ia, Hampton, Krook, Martin, Morgan
OF Pima, and the speakers.
The necessary twO-thirds was lack
ing and the matter went over until this
afternoon.
MORE IMPORTANT HOUSE BUSI-
NESS.
/ When the house convened in the
morning two joint resolutions We're Of
fered authorizing the governor to ap-
point commissions. Of two each to the
jamestown exposition and the Alaska