Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-11
REPUBLICANS STICK TOGETHER
They Vote Solid and Are Joined by
Fourteen of Minority.
TRAFFIC CLAUSE GOES OUT
In Other Respects Provisions Go
Through with Little Chauqa
MAKES -4ATEMENT
Mr.. Mann Of lois, VINO Had
Charge ~ .Itr, Declares il the
he -..cr Adopted 10y
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ASt1NGTON, May lO--lSpociai Tcle-
,ramD-Rcpubicans ia the house today
save an eNhibltoa OF team work that made
the democrats sit up ana take notice. FOR
the so-called insurgents loft the democrats
holding the sack While obey went over to
the regulars and by vote OF 200 to l26
passed the railroad rate bill. In that vote
of 700, however, were ten democrats who
refused to follow their party leader anG
voted with the republicans ON the railroad
rate bill as perfected in the committee of
the whole. these democrats being Bartlett
of Nevada, Gillespie of Texas, Hardy OF
Texas, Jameson of Iowa, Kitchen of North
Carolina Nichols of Pennsylvania, Pou oi
| North Carolina, Russell of Texas, Saunders
! of Virginia and Smith of Texas,
| The battle on the rate bill began shortly
after the reading of the journal today, when
! Chairman Mann OF the interstate and
| foreign commerce committee moved a sub
| sttute to section Il OF the bill, previously
! stricken out in committee Of the whole,
providing for a merger OF railroad anu
water carrier corporations under the regu-
/ lation and supervision Of the Interstate
| Commerce commission, This substitute
! was utletltu UN Hlut NOlCS' tue bNta bt4ht
! l6O and the noes l69
New England Beats Substitute.
/ Most democrats voted sodly against the
substitute and they had the aid of a mum
Der of the insurgents, but the defeat of
| the substitute lies at the door of the New
England representatives, who saw in the
section dire disaster to interests of that
section aud registered thclr opposition in
no uncertain way
ON the substitute republican members
from Nebraska We're a unit in its favor
although Congressman kinkaid voted
mo" when his name was first called OUT
but changed before the vote was an
nounced by Speaker Cannon. rho Iowa
members separated, as has been their cuts
tom since the beginning OF The siNty1firs
congress the Following voting aye
Kennedy. Dawson, Pickett. Good am
Smith, the noes in the Iowa delegation
being as follows: IIaugen, Kendall, Wood
Hubbard and Jameson.
Hull was absent, but paired in favor Of
the bill The motion of Adamson OF
Georgia, the ranking minority member of
the interstate and foreign commerce com
mittee, to recommit the bill with instruc-
tons, to knock out the commerce court and
certain other provisions which the demo
Gratis do not like, was defeated by the vote
of 17C to 157. Congressman Hinshaw and
Klnkaid Of Nebraska voted no" while
Norris voted aye" The Iowa delegation
! voted precisely the same on motion to com
NIT as il did on the Mann substitute
The Wyoming and South Dakota mombers
voted with the majority of the party
throubhout.
The triffic agreement clause and the pro
N-isinp dc IN t,p
stock of non-competlting transportation
companies were the chief features of the
measure as reported to the house commit
tee on interstate and foreign commerce th;j
were stricken out by the house.
slight Changes.
In other respects the provisions of the
measure as drafted by Attorney General
Wickersham at the instigation of President
Taft, and later amended in committee
were but slightly changed.
| The section to provide for the creation of
a commerce court were retained with but
few amendments as we're the paragraphs
placing Limitation upon Issues of stock
1T is the best bill over passed by the
house said Mr.. Mann OF Illinois in charge
. of the measure.
On the motion 10 recommlt the bill twely,
republicans voted with the democrats They
were Cary and Lenroot OF Wisconsin Davis,
Lindberg and Nelson Of Minnesota, Fowler
of New Jersey, Gronna Of North Dakota
Norris Of Nebraska. Polndexter of Wash
ington and Woods, Haughen and Hubbard
of Iowa. Representative Havens, the newly
elected democrat from New ork state, was
the only democrat who voted with the re-
publicans against recommital.
Brown Sees President.
Senator Brown belongs TO that class Of
republicans who believe that he should be
on speaking terms with republican presi-
dent and today without bei . sent for
but on his own initiative caned on MI
Taft and as a result had nearly three
quarters Of an hours conference with the
chief executive.
Railroad rate legislation was the topic
most largely discussed, the strong points
IN administrations program and it's weak
points as well, were gone over dspassion-
ately neither President Taft nor Senator
Brown mincing matters nor forgetting that
both represented coordinate branches Of
the government and representative too Of
the party in power and responsible to coun-
try for legislation enacted.
Talk must have been clarifying at least
so far as Senator Brown is concerned for
he said later that the president wln.,d
wholesome legislation as to railroads ana
would do everything n his power o bring
such legislation about
While Senator Brown did not say 50 in
so many words, IL is inferred that the
president feels sorely disappointed md pos
sibly hurt, that the friends of me !loosc-
welt policies and the platform are rot
more enthusiastic in support Of the ad.
| minstration In Mr.. Tafts efforts 90 carry
them out.
| It is learned that the president Is deter
| mined to enlarge the powers OF the Inter
| state Commerce commission and to give
| the commission more effective control
| the matter OF rates lie Is strongly
| favor OF putting the burden on the govern
| ...ut rathar than IN he ghfpnsr In ae