Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-05-14
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clerks desk in q form far different
from that intended by its author.
As the clerk began to read, Aldrich
hurried to the desk of Senator Dixon
and a whispered conversation en-
sued. Mr.. Dixon clamored for rec
ignition.
Il move that the senate take a
recess" he shouted, until 4:3O
o'clock"
He appeared greatly excited. The
demand for a recess was met with
cries of mo, no. but on a vote a
large majority sustained the demand.
Then there followed a scene Of
great confusion, such as rarely takes
place in the senate.
Few persons realized what the
move meant. On every site there
were cries that the unanimous con-
sent agreement had been violated.
Evidently the insurgent republicans
did not know was happening and
Senator Bristow, who had been in
the cloak room, burst into the cham
Der with bundle of papers in his
arms, which he threw to the floor
with every indication of anger.
Senator Cummins fastened to Mr..
DixOn's seat and Mr.. LaFollette fol-
lowed. The conversation which had
taken place between Dixon and Al
drich aroused suspicion on every
side, and number of senators, with
out knowing what the next step was
to be, loudly charged that they had
been betrayed.
claiming that they had drought the
regulars into camp" and that the
coalition of republican and demo-
cratic supporters of the long and
short haul clause would bring a VIC
tory greater than they had antici-
pated.
After a few minutes of personal
explanation on the part of a few
senators who were Gin the secret
of the proceedings, there was a. per-
ceptible cooling of, and a number of
leaders, representing all factions,
went to work to shape up a COM
promise. At first a few of them
retired to the Independents room,
but it soon became evident that any
secretiveness would dissatisfy the
large number of senators concerned
in the negotiations. So the conferees
returned to the senate chamber.
Mr.. Smoot took the Dixon-Painter
compromise to the seat of Senator
Fletcher, which happened to be I'M
occupied at the moment, and in a
few minutes whipped it into shape.
Around the desk were crowded Dix
on, Aldrich, Elkins, Bacon, Craw-
ford, Bristow, Rayner, Gore and q
number of others all of whom took
part in rapid Interchange of COM
ment. Other senators who could not
get near enough to see hung about
the outskirts of the group. All ele-
ments were represented in this shift
fling crowd.
The hour Of 1870 came and found
the work still incomplete. Mr..
Dixon demanded another recess until
five o'clock, but protests. were made
by 80 many senators that he obtained
it only after a roll call, which con-
sumed nearly ten minutes of the
precious half-hour.
The general conference of the re-
cess hour resulted in the restoration
of the words of the Dixon amend
ment, which he had agreed to elm
mate. These provisions provided
that in making exceptions under the
long and short haul clause, the inter-
state commerce commission shall
satisfy itself that all the rates in
volved are just and reasonable and
not unjustly discriminatory nor I'M
duly preferential or prejudicial.
With the exception of these words,
the proviso taken from the language
of the Painter amendment is ideni-
cal with that introduced by the Ken.
lucky senator. +.
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