The sun., 1910-05-28
PROGRESS ON RAILWAY BILL
But THE FINAL VOFE DE-
LAYED UNTIL NEXF TUESDAY.

LAhkD UNTIL NEAF NCESDAI'
DOlllyer Amendment Requiring Govern
@ent scrutiny Of IHsnes % stoslSs and
Bends IL Dcfeated and an Amend-
neat Drawn ~ Il f0llette Is Adopted
wAsHINOToN. May 97.-This was an
other day Of progress In the oonaidera-
ton u the railway bill IN TIE Senate.
the net result being the defeat Of the Dol
liver amendment requiring Government
scrutiny Of the issuance of railroad stochm
and bonds and the adoption Of q new eco
ton drawn by Senator La Toilette which
provides Tor the control and supervision
Of Telegraph and telephone coinpanies
a. Interstate oommerca common oar
riers The amendment FOR the regulation
Of telephone and telegraph companies
h different from the provision moor
porAted in the bin In The House. Senator
Dixon of Montana offered the HOUSE
amendment IN the exact language IN
which it passed that body. There was
immediate opposition on the part Of q
number Of Senators. who objected 20 the
form Of the amendment and Senator
BFandegee finally moved 20 lay ID on tire
table. This motion was defeated. a.
10 q.
There had been a hurried conference
among senators Dixon. la Folletts and
other insurgents and after the vote was
announced the Senator from Montana
announced that he would accept az a sub
stitute an amendment prepared by sena-
tor la Follette which. he aaid. briefly &C
complained the object Of the lengthy
HOuse amendment. suggestion for
adjournment was resisted By Senator
Dixon. who announced that he would
insist on an immediate vote. Senator
Elkins relieved the situation with an an
announcement that he had no objection
70 the La Toilette amendment and after
wireless companies had been excluded
from its provisions At ths suggestion a
senator Hepburn the Senate adopted il
by unanimous vote.
In vieN of tho fact that the Wisconsin
Senator is not popular with tho dominant
element In the Senate. the celebrity with
which his amendment was accepted gave
rise 70 the suspicion In some quarters
that Il would be cut out In conference.
10 was apparent. however. that Mr..
Ia Toilette and the other radicals had
the AldriCh forces beaten on this pFupo-
sition II an attempt had been made TO
vote u down.
The Dolliycr amendment. regulating
the issuance % stocks and bonds Of rail-
roads. was under debate the greater par1
Of the day. Everything was going along
nicely and the Indications we're that there
would be a final vote on the bill before
adjournment until senator Stone took tho
Door. The MiHsourian chided the Repub-
hoans for devoting three months Of the
senate > time IN airing factiOnaI troubles.
Then he pulled out his little red book
containing the Democratic national plat
form and Rad a few planks from IL.
No sooner had he quoted from the Den
yer declaation OF the principles Of the
party than the minority Senators pro-
ceeded % 60 after one another. Repub-
hoans sat back and laughed while Sena-
ton stone, Bailey. Hughes. Rayner and
Newlands tired % explain whether or not
the last Bryan platform declared In favor
0f the Federal regulation Of stock and bond
issues q railroads. senators Stone and
Nawisnda szid the platform did all Of that,
senators Bailey and Hughes The Demo-
crats failed 10 get together, though. when
the vote was taken on the Dolliver amend
ment, which was defeated by a vote of
~ 10 10. -Four Democrats voted In its favor,
holding that the platform declared for
regulation q railroad stock and bond
issues. and sixteen voted In the negative.
The four Democrats who stuck 20 the
platform declaration Were chamberlain,
= ~
held q contrary view were Bacon, Bailey,
Frazier, Hughes. McEnery, Martin. Money,
Oyerman. Paynter Percy. Rayuer .ShivelY,
simmons. Smith of south Carolina, smith
Of Maryland and Taylor
The fifteen Republicans who voted for
the Dolllver amendment were BeverdRe.
Borah. Bourne. BristOw. Brown, Burkett,
Burton. tlApp. Crawford Cummins,
DIXON, Dolliver, Gamble. Jones and Ia
Toilette
Alter the smoke had cleared on the
Dolliver amendment fight. senator Il
kins offered a two line amendment Affect
ing water composition, Whereupon Sen
ator Bristow bohbed up and served notioa
that he would talk twenty flour hours on
that amendment.
Then ! withdraw it, said the Senator
from West Virginia. who announced that 4
he would do anything within reason 20
get n vote
An amendment by senator Brown Of
Nebraska prohibitingSthe purchase BY
railroad Of any interest In the capital
stock Of q composing line was offered |
just before the Senate adjourned
Although senator Elkins had expressed |
determination 10 ask for a vote on al |
amendments and the passage Of the hill /
before adjournment senator Bacon and |
others Ohlerted 20 the consideration Of /
such an important provision until Il vas |
printed. BY this time. also the Re |
publican members had become alarmed /
az the adoption of the La Toilette tele- |
phone and telegraph amendment and at |
other radical propositions that were /
threatened. The motion 10 adjourn Waf
carried by q close vote.
The Indications ars that the railway
biu viii not BE- disposed Of until next |
Tuesday In addition 20 the Brown /
amendment others by senators IA Fol 4
lette, Cummins and Simmons are 20 be
voted on. To-m0rrOw Il u expected that
senator LOrimeB win occupy two hours
IN hts defenoe Of the bribery charges and 4
eulOgioa are the regular order at aO'olook.
senator Owen has given notice Of a speeoh
IN Monday. " that u u possible 4 Anal
yotR on the railroad hill will not ~ 81