The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-11
FOURTEEN DEMOCRATS
JOINED THE MAJORITY
President Taft Highly Gratified
That the Court of Commerce
Provision Was Retained
After Bitter Struggle
ECRlD DEBATE IN SENATE

w TASHINGT0N, Nay 1O.-N ithOut
Nv a single dissenting Republican
w vote. the House today PASSED
the railroad bill. one of the chief meas
ures President Taft wished enacted at
the present session of Congress, ny -GO
IT, 126. Fourteen Democrats Joined the
majority. President Taft tonight said
he was deeply Eratified over the pas
sage of the measure. He was especially
pleased with the comfortable margin by
which the commerce court feature was
Kept in the bill, for he regards this
court probably the most important
step in the proposed law.
referring TO the clause providing for
the physical valuation of railroads, MI
Taft pointed cut that power now prac-
ticaily rests with the interstate com
merce commission. and that the diff
Guilty in carrying out such plan al
ways has been found in the enormous
cost of the undertaking.
When all the amendments adopted Dy
the House While in committee or the
whole had been agreed TO, Mr. AdamSon
of Georgia senior Democratic member
Of the minority on the committee re
porting the bill, moved to recomm1t II
with Instructions that II be reported
back with the commerce court clause
stricken out. This motion was defeated,
157 10 176.
Debate in Senate
AcrimOny and argument stalked SIDE
BY side through the Senates cOnSloeTa-
ton OF the railroad bin today. senator's
Piles. Lodge and BristoW were the reg
rIar spea kers. but there were so many
Interruptions that at times II was d1I-
ficflIr 10 determine who held the floor
There were many sharp JitS DeIWeen
the senator's and the discussion was IN
teresting throughout.
Mr. piles undertook 10 snow IhdL tlS
adoption Of the long and short haul
amendment by forcing up rates ana m
reasine. water transportation would
cause the transcOntinentai railways 10
abandon the coast business
The assertion was challenged by
NIessrs. Dixon and SmOOt. Coming INTO
the controversy. Mr.. Elkins declared
that the pending amendment tears
down and destroys the business OF the
country. .--
onize the interstate commerce cOInrnlS-
sion
AIdrich Attacks Commission.
Mr. AIdrieh declared the commission S
advocacy of the amendment was not
convincing. and could be explained by
Sf- desire to control all the ramifica-
tions Of the federal legislation OF rail-
roads. -.
ness of the country, continued MI
Nldrich. TO make Missoula, Mont, or
SaIina. Kan. ithe home towns re-
sDectively Of Senators Dixon ana BrlS-
tow. the metropolis OF the world, then
there should be some reasonable rule
under which the work of destruction Is
TO be carried on E
Mr. Dixon replied with bitterness.
He found in the Rhode Island senator 5
remarks q repetition OF the recent invl-
tation of Mr. Elkins to the west to
move out
MIR. Bristow closed with an appeal for
Justice for the prairie states He said
the Gliding OF those communities 1or
such a pleading came with poor grace
from those who represent the railroad
interests
The debate closed for the day with
another effort by Mr. Elkins to explain
away his invitation to the people or the
inland country TO move TO other sec
lions.