The sun., 1910-05-07
HOUSE VOTES RAILROAD BILL
PASSES " ~ THE COWuITTEE
OF THE WHOLE.
lIerUsr sscIIsa Killed by = Nsir OI Ial
~ I3S. lnsuFgeasa and Democrats
Caniblnlng Taft thegins IlarmsRiS.
ing aenatOrs -ENpeets 10 Wln Out.


Gaulblnlng Taft lAeglns IlaFmsRiS.
Ing senators -ENPecis 10 Nn Out.
WASHINGTON. May s-The Adminis-
traliun railroad hin, hardly recognizable
a. the measure that was introduced hy
Representative Townsend of Michigan.
was passed by the House Of Representa-
tivss in committee-of the whole late this
afternoon. by agreement the bill viii
come TO a final vote in the House itself
next Tuesday. bat II is believed that tho
action in committee to-day indicates tho
passage Of the bill No division was
called for on the measure to-day
Representative Adamson Of Georgia.
senior minority member nf tho Inter
state Commerce COMMITTEES. served notice
just before adjournment this evening
that when the bill comes up Tor final action
on Tuesday he will move 60 recommit
II with Instructions tina the commerce.
court feature hs stricken out This s
one Of the few important provisions re-
naming IN the bill a. urged by the Ad-
minisiFation The regular Republicans
contend thar they have suiicient votes
TO retain the commerce court feature In
the hill
The House followed the lead of the
senate to-day aud eliminated the merger
sect ION n the bill on motion Of Mr. Adam
sOn by a vote " i3i to l2s The Demo-
Gratis and tho Republican insurgents.
strengi hensd by four or five regulars.
voted TO drop the section Motion to
strike out sect ions ~. II and l5 were
voted down by snhsi antial mAiOTities
These sect ions provide regulation IT the
Capitalization Of railroad corporations.
Without division the amendment Of
fered bv Chairmrn Mann II the inter
state Commerce Committee. ~ charge
oG the hin providing that th. aggregate
amount nf stocks and hUnds issuesl bY
A new corporation shAll not pXCead the
estimated value Of the property of the
reOrganiysd corporation was agreed o..
Mr Mann also secured the adoption OF
sDother amendment a. The same section
providing that the stocks and bonds II
another railroad corporation acquired
under this section shall not b" distributed
unless the distribution y authorized by
the Interstate Commerce COMMISSION.
i am we'll satisfied With the work uf the
House on the bill -ad Mr.. Mann after
the House adjourned The only impor-
tant amendments are the elimination II
sections : and ~. the addition ~ the
physical valuation proposition. the tn-
clksion Of telegraph end telephone com
panies under IN. terms 1f the bill and the
knOwland amendment providing that
when n common carrier has reduced i's
rates 10 meet water competit,on y shall
not raise them until IL has demonstrated
n.aa H.Ha.
thst conditiOns have changed
While the House vas ing some prog
ress with the railroad hi'i President Taft
was making plans with Administration
supporters N the senate tn bring PRES
sure o. bear upol some II the Wavertng
Ranuhtrars ~ tn. ,rtiv The President
rot hsrk 20 tNs white House from his
Ave days trip in iha Ws.i earlv this mnTn-
ing and an hour pr 'wo later was IN con
ference wi'h senate Crana ~ Mgssa-
chuzettg and Sengtnr tlkins ~ West
Virginia the 'aite- having charge of the
rdil-rld Hill 70 he senate.
After tire VISIT n tho two Senate leldsrs
~ the White HDrse tho announcement
was made thai 'i- Tan has decided ~
clnCal his engagement 90 20 % New YORK
IN newt ThursiTv a. Httend the launching
II tho hattleship Florida. II was isaid
that the President nlao would have gwen
NJ his trip tn pasalic. y, ~. which -
scheduled Tor naHt Monday u he feit that
il cpuld he done without cllsing q lot of
inconven,Pnce and disappointment TO
Jersey folks u "a said thst TIE Presi-
dent : reason for cancelling his New Work
engagement was that the railroad till
will come 70 q vote in the senate s0me time
newt week and NJ felt that he ought 10 be
on hand 20 do what he could in is behalf
The result Cf :O-dry's conference ~
the White HOUSE was that the President
made q plain that he was willing 20 &C.
cent the railroad bill with sectiOns and !.
eliminated II is understood. however.
that the President objected 90 the prD-
posed dropping ~ secti1ns ~. ~ and 70.
which relate - watering of stock. The
regular Republicans told Mr.. Tan that
they believed these secfions could he re-
tanned in the bill with slight amendments
u he ins.sted
They informed him also that they had a
sufficient number - votes 10 dsfrlt the
insurRent long and short haul amend
mant. and this was conceded bv the in
sirgents themselves fOr tho first time
TO-DAY. II IL said thAt about fifteen Dem
Ocrats Will JON with the Republicans IN
voting down tho long and short haul
amendment
The Republican regullrs contend now
that they have forty-siN votes Tor neaFlV
~ Inc Other features ~ the bill and a. lt
they f"el certain NJ passing it II ~
likely that Pre- dent Tafi and the ReIsub-
lican leaders N Congress will show a
decids-ily cnnciliatorv attitude toward
the insurgents in seeking 10 get action
ON the bill In fact 'ntima i,Ons have
already been conveyed 60 sns insurgents
that the regulars are willing 10 accept
reasonable COMPROMISES
President Tait has summoned nearly
all Of the near insurgents who are IN
ciined ~ desert the Administration on
the bill ~ the White HOuSe tomorrow
aud be will trv - arrive AZ sOms under
standing on which they can get together
SeuatoT la follctte IL said ~ ~ about
the only radical who ~ standing ont for
no cOmi irumt~e.
The status Of tho railroad bill was the
subject Of long discussion by the CaJins
to-day II ~ understood that he Pros
dent u not 10 much worried ~ wha' has
beeu eliminated from the measure ~
hs - over the prospect OF what NAV h-
inseTtsd before II gets through Congress
HIS friends say to-day that he had never
taken the attitude that The original bill
was perfect and that changes we're ~
he expected NJ the hlnd- ~ the legislative
branch Oi tho Government.
The President had a long conference
tonight on the railroad bli with senator
Root SrnafOr Curtis II kansas and two
or three other Republican Senators