The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-18
10 MODIFY RAILROAD BILL
'THREE AMENDMENTS BEING
CONNIDERED RI LEADERS.
One Gives the Interstate q SmmIssiSa & en-
iral O,er water 4nea-Cumuains Cen.
Iiuues RIs speech In the senate ana
Hns Another Tilt with AldPieh.


% WASHINGTON. March I7.-Three amend
rl-nts modifying the provisions u the
r@nilng Administration bill 20 amend
The Interstate commerce. law are now
l-~iug worked ont by the Senate leaders.
The amen dments have net vet been
. drafted and m fact may not ~ presented,
bat TN. situation "a being cAnvassed.
tn. oT iheSs amendments relates to
the control of the Interstate Commerce
COMMISSION over water routes Of trans
portation There has been 30 much OPP
rn-itinn manifested toward the language
OF IN. pending bill on this feature thar th.
leaders are disposed to yield tn IL by re-
enacting Ia" language uf the Hepburn
F. rat. Iaw A. Il now exists. II IA believed
,ha, the public - afforded sufficient pro-
lection m the control now exercised over
through rates where the connecting
carrier - water transportation line.
Another sugge-ted amendment pro-
po-es 20 give To the shipper the right TO
appear by counsel in appeals to bs heard
before tho commerce. court. The third
proposed amend ment has to do with the
feature Of the hall which senator Cummins
has maintained repeats the sherman
antitrust law ~ applied to railroads.
SanAtor Aldrich reiterated IN debate TO-
day that Il the language 81 the section
dad not confer upon the Interstate Com
meros Commission the control over
TRAFFIC agreements bstweeu carriers he
was in favor Of changing the langIaR-
20 MAKE such control certain.
Prominent Republican Senator'S held a
lnhg conference with Attorney -C;-neral ,
Wicker~ham IN Senator AdTch'S offices
after tho adjournment this afternoon and
~ - understood that these amendments
wer. con@idar-d Those AZ IN. confer /
encs beS,d@- senator Aldrich and the !
Attorney General were Senator'S Hale. !
Carter. sutherland. Flint. Elkin- Kesn. {
C'sne nd Root
senator I'unmin. cont nued his remarks
on TN. hall to-day. occupying inst two
hour He had not finished a. O'Clock. .
-whAp the senate went into executive se--
= ason. and win resume his speech o-morrow
~ the hill come- ny senator Cummins
Z had sruch 10 Sav concerning the confer
Snee in Attorney General WicksrShams
= once ~ New Work vhiCh evolved the hr~t
drsHt ~ the It'll He was reminded Nv
Ss~nator Aldrich that he Mr. CumminsI
had he.n a Marty 10 one or more Of the
conferences AT the White House which had
q, 10 with N. evolution Of The measure
Senator Gumrnius ~ ~ that this was q
most painfu memory . nd that ~ did not
desire IN dwsll On u. n" suggested that
4 Sen- Tor continued 10 refer to the mat
Ter hs mlghl 10 put 20 the necessity Of
nsrratlrg tha part which ne personally
had PLAYED m the framing of the hill
. When further reference was made 10 the
b White Houss conference an which senator
Elkius end >ena tor Cumn,ns participated
NV invitation ~ the President. the senator
. from Iowa sald
NV recollection VI the part which the
senator rom West Virginia took IN thst .
conference end ! f-~l sur. that ms msfn-
nv will bear me Out Was an oti expressed
desire on hI- part 10 know n there was not
some way by winch trunk lanes could he
,"upril-d 10 furnish cnAl roads with
equipment
r,enairG Bailey oppressed the op,U on .
tnst- ~. -'uAt"r from Vest Virginia
va onk looking after local interests
and thai hiS -e-fr" - take care 81 ~" .
,oal ioads va very usturs one Inc
senate G-prp Nest \I"'i.ia ~--m..d
visitlv or,harrt -~sd and 20 ben soma ur
Rai'av .r-st'-i that ..ih..r Seuat"r ,.m-
mrus .. senator rhus -hoIld t'N 81
III. ,uuierrnre Nr liNns rruir,-i
= ir NOT intend 20 adm. the senator
from Ieaa- into the Republican nar,v
/. hv rhe 'sHpk door
II the >..ua'"r from T"yas ever go--
mt" tr. Republican rstiv- r-tnrtpI
NJ Hau".. ~ VIII not b. los ~" haSk
G,~,.
.ssnat,. NdricL chr,I..d the senator
nuHp Iowa on hi- attitud.. ~ general
hOs'ih'v 49, he pending bill Ii'' Sdid
thai tIsr" wa- nothing "a 10. uiii appar
rnpy, rtsI pi.-aSsd \lr ,run,u- unless
4 'tas ~" cngCtlng "stIss
-tbs' groves either that the -sta'ur
fTru Hh"d" Island has mot eel iu The
sItafrt.'r ami heard Nha I have sad
~ hi- ear az. rll'Ti MI .uttpn r~pi,-i
senator 'unrutu- wtfh a -h1v OF tenn
TsI. Nuuip rrGaIu ti..' kp,t that
IN lus till sud eliminate. he had features
1 hav. huIr- tat a.. mas H.. abl. 80
amend ~ dni ~ rid IT - Dad features
VAN hu's -Jgg'.-t.-i W farley
70 i'd0 not thiuS - i- a yam hpI'' n view
o. 90" isri hat : nav" Apparently con.
ytnred 'h- senator troW iirud.. l-iand
! thaI ! au igli ~ n" oa" ~ pOT- ~ The
-6li&s saAiif,HS 7 have. 'pais
Ii lie senator irou lows rV'allN bs.-
TsVe- Wint u" ha- convinced the S-nator
eS<sH ttb"ds lzlsnd he should wait unt,l
re roll r~ sails-i ou thi- bhl suggested
NJ Ra'is,
4 ir,r-r that | am moi in 'u. position
~ ~" sn'I"ui aTttSt replied Mr. Ism.
1t,u-. Who va put "a he Necessity 81
ab.llIpg hl- pictures. AMI ! hope that
a. the senator from Texas
THIS suggestive rrfer-nCs "a we'll
KNOWN uarhsm@nts ~ fgatt displayed
bv Mr.. AidriCh ~ apparently Wedding
h'i' m the end not departing very lar
from ~ original plan. created much
anusefneia w tho senate and Nr tum
MINIS up4Htsd that he war Wise and dbl
not need Ia 10 cnach~h bv VIZ Eail"y
There was very little new matter
prouRhi out ~ the debate to-day SauStor
Cuftntn- de''larei that the pT.-sident
hal undergone q CpfrDlsts change OF
hear between Nov~fnhnr ~ when The
hill AIS -ubmirtsd ~ him Tor the first
time and tho date when u was introduced
" the senate Ne also denounced plan
WhrSh 80 ..aimed Was originally lad
o. rn"s.' Nflo framed tho hiS~o give the .
steam railroads. an opportunity 70 Cypress
and rnaliv aszIuIre the electric roads
PACING EIee; WskeS slightest SeWrr In
Hattie PractIrr.