The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-30
Administration Cohorts Defeat
Democrats and Insurgents in
Test on Railroad Bill.
CUMMINS SUBSTITUTE
DECISIVELY TURNED DOWN
La Toilette Makes Fight to the
Last for Antitrust
Law.

WASHINGTON,> April 29-By the do
cisive vote Of 80 to 20. the administration
Republicans today defeated the Cumnlips
substitute for the Crawford -Blkins traffic
agreement provision OF the railroad bib.
This question had been practically NO
nopolizing the attention OF the seDass
for the last week and was regarded
one OF the most important OF the sub
divisions of the bill. The vote is gen
orally accepted as test OF the strength
OF the contendlng sides, and It Is be-
lieved 1t presages the passage of the bill
by safe majority.
OF the total membership of ninety
two there were twenty eight senators
who did not. vote, and of these. four. all
Democrats. were absent and impaired.
They were Senators Clark of Arkansas.
Bankhead of Alabama McEnery OF
Louisiana, and Smith Of Maryland.
All the Democrats present voted for
the Cummins provision, so that If the
four Democrats mentioned had been pres
ent and had voted for the amendment the
ballot in its favor would still have been
less by two votes than the vote against
the provision. The full vote follows:
Detailed Vote.
Yeas-Bacon Bailey. Beverdge, Borah
BristOw. Burke.t. Chamberlain. Clapp.
Clay. Cummins. Davis, Dixon. Dolliver
Fletcher. Frazier, Gamble. Gore. Johns
ton, LaFollette. Martin, Nelson. Over
man. Paypter. Percy. Purcell. Simmons.
Smith Of South Carolina, Stone and Tay-
Lore.
Nays Bradley. Brandegee Brown
Bulkley, Burnham. Burrows, Burton. Car
ter, Clark OF Wyoming. Crane. Crawford,
Cullom, Curtis. Depew. Dupont. Elkins.
Jones, Kean. Lodge. Nixon. Oliver. Page.
Perkins Piles. Root. Scott, Smith Of
Michigan. Smoot. Stephenson, Sutherland,
Warner-35
the first named being favorable TO the
Cummins provision and the last named
being against:
Hughes and Aldrich. Bourne and Pen
rose. Tallafcrro and Briggs. Shivsley and
Dick. Culberson and Flint. Newlands and
Hale, owen and Lorimer. Foster and Nc
Cumber Rayner and Richardson.
Immediately after the result was an
nounced. Senator Cummins gavo notice
OF another amendment, intended TO ac-
complish the same purpose He had
claimed for his amendment that il would
specifically require the approval by the
interstate commerce commission Of all
rates under traffic agreements in adj
vance OF their taking effect. but he said
his substitute covered all phases OF the
question.
BY the new amendment presented to-
day the Iowa senator seeks 10 insert
provso declaring that no rate increase
or change in classification shall take ef-
feet until Il is approved by the commits
sion.
Battle Will Go On.
There is a general understanding that
voting will be resumed tomorrow, and IL
is expected all amendments, including
that OF Mr.. CummnS. will be voted down
and the Crawford provision adopted.
The voting stage was not reached until
late today.
The senate had begun the considers
tion of the bill. hoping TO complete the
section before the close OF the sitting.
and would have been able 10 do so had
not Senator I.aFollette come in with a
speech. which delayed the voting
Previous TO Mr.. LaFollette's speech.
the time had been given To addresses
by Senators Newlands and Cummlns.
Senator Frye. president pro tenn, occu-
pied the chair and his recognition OF
the Wisconsin senator was rather grudg-
ingly given,
Mr.. La Toilette. beginning a 1855 p. m,
continued until T., i5 o'clock.
His speech was a plea against the an
nument OF the sherman antitrust law
as applicable TO railroads without apply
ing adequate protection In It's absence
In many respects II was n remarkable
speech and II was delivered under some
what trying circumstances. The senate
evidently wanted To vote. and, while
most OF the senators retained their seats;
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