The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-27

In the Senate Mr.. Clapp of Mime
sofa hurled defiance at the admins
tration and regular party leaders in
Congress for the supposed effort to
read '1nsurgent" senators out of the
party. Mr. Clapp intimated that the
people were not following the lead
ers, who. he said, were merely read
ing themselves out of the party by
the course they We're adopting. He took
especial exception to the recent
speech of Attorney General Wicker
sham.
Senator Hughes denounced the rail-
road bill as a whole and MIR. Hepburn
undertook to combat the contention
that the Crawford Elkins provision
nullified the Sherman antitrust law so
far as it affects the railroads.
Voting on the amendments to the
railroad bill began in the House late
today. 1t became evident that prac-
tically all the insurgents were voting
with the Democrats.
The amendment of Representative
Cooper Of Wisconsin to strengthen the
provision that the commerce court
should not have jurisdiction exceeding
that Of the circuit courts was adopted,
139 to 80. Then by vote of l43 10
11S the amendment of Representative
Lenroot of Wisconsin for the designa-
ton of the judges of the commerce
court by the supreme court of the
United States, instead of by the CHER
justice of the supreme court, was
adopted.
Power Taken From President.
Mr.. Lenroot offered another amend
ment providing that the commerce
court should be organized in the first
instance by the supreme court instead
of by the President. as recommended
by the interstate commerce commits
sion in a bill reported to the House.
This amendment was carried, l35 TO
131, the insurgents" voting almost
solidly to take this power from the
President.
The House acting in committee of
the whole. no record vote was taken,
the voting being viva vOce, by divi-
sion and by tellers.
Upon the motion of Mr.. Hubbard OF
Iowa to strike out the entire para
graph relating to d commerce court,
Mr. Bennett Of New York in the chair,
announced the vote was 13l 10 l5O,
and then announced his own vote in
the negative, which defeated the mo-
ton. Mr. Fitzgerald Of New York, pro-
tested that the chair had not right
to vote in such a case, but this point Of
order was quickly overruled,
A demand for vote by tellers was
made While this vote was being TAX
en-, Speaker Cannon came into the
House from his private room to vote
with the party organization. The vote
bv tellers was lao to 1873. Mr. Bennett
again voting in the negative. This
tie vote defeated the motion to strike
out the provision.
Much Hustling of Members.
The defeat of the motion was ae-
complished only after the greatest
activity on the part Of the majority
TO summon regular Republicans. An
other spectacular feature OF this vote
was the hurried entrance OF the Speak
er without a collar. He had been
called unexpectedly when there was not
avaT to
one Democrat, Mr.. Russell of Tex
as, voted with the regular Republi-
cans on every motion. The "lnsur-
gents" varied in their voting. At
Democrats, while on other motions
their numbers were reduced to about
a dozen.
kansas to reduce the number OF Judges
on the commerce court from five to
three and that of Mr. Wanger of Penn
sylvania TO increase their terms Of
service on the court from five to ten
years, were defeated.
Another amendment by Mr.. Lenroot
of Wisconsin, insuring the right to APP
peal to the supreme court of the Unit
ed States IN special cases, was defeat
ed 1874 to 1875.
representative Morris Sheppard of
Texas, suppOsing the important amend
ments had been disposed Of, went to
the House barber shop, but no soon
er had his head rested on the chair,
his collar been removed. when a mess
enger rushed in. The Texas member
hurried back to vote. With towel
wrapped neck he quickly made his way
to the floor, arriving in time to pass
between the tellers.
Mr. Madison of Kansas, an insur-
gent" offered an amendment reducing
from sixty to seven days the period
during which an order of the inter-
state commerce commission might be
suspended by the commerce court.
pending application to the court for
its injunction in certain cases. The
very generally voted for
the amendment, which was carried, 13s
TO 1874.
The commerce court provision had
not been disposed of when Mr.. Mann