Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-30
WIN
FIRST VOTE
IN SENATE:
CUMMINS AMENDMENT
EASILY DEFEATED
Believed Test Of Strength In
dicates Passage of Railroad
Bill With Substantial Majority
ia Upper Chamber
rBy Morning sourna, snss;Al iAas.A wIrsl

CBy Morning sonrnai snee:ai t@as@& wlrel
Washing ton, April ply the de-
cisive vote of 81 to ~ the adminis-
tration republicans toda1 defeated
the Cummins substitute for the Craw-
ford -Elkins traffic agreement provi-
sions of the railroad bnl This ques-
tion had practically monoplized the
attention of the senate for the last
week and was regarded as one OF the
most important of the subdivisions
OF the pending bill. The vote is gen
orally accepted as "A test ot the
strength Of the contending sides and
t is believed thar it I.fcsagcs the pas
sage oi tho 3ill by a safe majority
OF the total membership of ninety
two there were twenty-eighi senators
who did not vote and of these four,
All democrats, we're absent without
being paired. They were senators
Clarke of Arkansas; Hanihcad of Ala
hama; McEnery OF Louisiana and
smith Of Maryland.
All The democrats nrescnt voted
for tho Cnmmins provision. So that II
the four democrats mentioned had
been present and had voted for the
would have been increased to thirty
three. still less hy tWo votes than the
vote against the provision. only
eighteen democratic votes We're east
and these. together with eleven re-
nublicane Who voted Tor The cum
Minis substitute constituted the entire
affirmative vote. The fun vote fol-
lows
Yeas-Hacon. BAILEY Peqoridgc.
Bcrah. Bristow. Burkett Chamber
min, Clapp. Clay Cummins. Davis.
Dixon Dolliver, Fletcher Frazier.
Gamble. Gore. Johnstonc La Toilette,
Maftn. Nelson. Overman, Paynter'
Percy. Purcell. simmons. smith Of
South Carolina stone and Taylor
%.
Nays Bradley r. gGef Rrown
Buikeley. Burnhnm. Burrows, Bur
ton. Cartor. clark of wyoming, Crane,
Crawford. Cullom Gurus, Depew,
Du-oat. Elkins. Frye. Gallinger Gug-
grnheim. Hepburn, Jones, kcam
Lodge nixon. Oliver. Page. Perkins,
Piles. Root. Scott smith of Mich
icgn Smoot, stephenson, sutherland
ana Warner-95
The following pairs we're am
nounced, the first named being ta-
vcrable TO the Crm minis provision
and the last Manned ncing against
Hughes and Aldreh. Bourne and
Pcnrosc, Taiiaforo and Briggs.
Shivciy and pick Cnloerson ana
Flint. Newlands and Hale. owen and
Lolimer, Foster and McCnmnef.
Ra.ner ana Richardson.
Immediately aftcr tho result was
announced senator Cummins whose
provision had been voted down. gave
tcndod ,a accomplish the same pur-
nose.
}y the new amendment presented
today tho Iowa senator seeks to IN
sert provision. declaring that no
rate increase or change in classiilea-
ton shall take effect until il Is ap-
proved by the commission.
There is a general understanding
that voting will bc resumed tomorrow
ana ii is expected that all amend
ments. including the new one OF MI
Cummins. will be voted down ana
that the Crawford provision, WhIch
had been accepted hy the committee
will he adopted
The voting slagc was not reaehc"
until late i'm The day. The senate
had begun the consideration of the
bin in the hone cd being able To com
plote the section before the close of
the sitting ana would have been able
TO do so. but for tine fact tha, AZ the
last moment senator La Toilette came
IN with - speech. which deiaNed tho
voting
Previous to AFR La. Folettes
speech the time had been given 10
addresses by Senator Newlands ana
Cummins.
Mr.. La Toilette began AT l.5' p. m.
and continued until 4.45 O'Clock.
His speech was plea against the
annulment of tho sherman antitrust