The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-09

set his heart simply on railroad bill
and 1t doesn't much matter what kind
PIE is reasonably certain that some
kind Of bill will pass the Senate. and
he feels his usual confidence thai
some thing good will happen in CON
ference.
week or so ago there was talk OF
the Presidents vetoing the bill in case
certain of the House amendments
should be incorporated into It. bu,
1t is quite certain now that the Pres.
ident will sign whatever bill is lief,
when the conference finishes Its prun.
Ing process.
To-day there is talk in certain QUAR-.
ters OF a partial Insurgent victory in
the matter of the Cummins amend
ment putting all increases in rates un.
DER traffic agreements subject to the
approval of the interstate Commerce
Commission. which might make the
course of the bill in conference soma
what smoother and tend to mollify the
House for the loss of the other amend
ments like the long and short-haul
clause and the physical valuation sec
lions. against which the majority of
me senate seems irrevocably set
Mr.. Cummins proposes to offer his
amendment to Section Of the bill. and
~ - -t'NAhia' SN' tiebl blle acceptance OF
that amendment will remove most Of
the Insurgent opposition to the bill
and smooth the way for the passage
of the bill with comparatively little
debatea
Conferences at the White House
were not confined simply to the single
subject of the railroad BILL Senator
Curtis. of Kansas; Senator Hale and
the Acknowledgement were among the
PRESIDENTS callers who did discuss
that measure, but other items in the
battered legislative program also were
discussed. Chief among these was the
postal savings bank bill, and the
President is said to be making some
effort to save that measure.
The chalrmen of the committees on
postal matters of both houses saw the
President and 1t is known that Chair
man Weeks suggested n compromise
plan, whereby Investments in the new
banks asgregating s24 under a single
name should be turned into Panama
bonds, a special issue Of the denomi-
nation mentioned being made for the
purpose. The amount was decided on
SIMPLY because 1t would avoid frac-
tional interest.
In the House the railroad bill will
".
me Senate matters will drag on for
some days after that. 1t seems likely
that even the long and short haul
clause may not come to vote in
the Senate for some days yet, as Mr..
Cummins and Mr.. Dolllver, of Iowa,
both left for Des Moines. Their In
surgent colleagues will try to keep up
no debate until their return.
Meanwhile. it is known that the
Insurgents feel that except for the
court of Cosmerce little that is OBJ
ectionable remains in the bill Their
light now is only to strengthen it,
and they feel that they will gain
nothing by killing the bill should
heir amendments fail It seems to-
hight that with the single concession
IT the Cummins amendment the bill
Is 1t stands can be passed, with prob
IDLY Senator'S Rristow and La Toilette
alone voting against It,
1t Will then remain for the regulars
o put the rejected sections together
Ind put Q new bill containing them
before the country to attract atten-
Ion from the rejection OF the admins
ration's projects when the campaign
$ on this summer,