The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-26
SENATOR ALDR|CH
STACKED CARDS
Help rscy SENATE DEMOCRATS
~ T-E RAILROAD BILL FLOAT.
A HARD RAP FROM bGRAH
A. Amendment ~ Hs-ti0 e. Virs "a
Us.s 20 Cs;,h votes GssinE -.
Co~ri-s prosss .e~ Cs-.
o. t-e irssrgertS

Wssh.auo1. Say ---Tae re2l5il-
ran a.lafl0n 8nier tAs .eader-h.p
20 AldH,- and Elslr- t0-sed o nek
fI-u o. fae insurgents fD.ay sher au.
ny4nceme-t aas made % an amend
meu' tJ 3e offered Dy Senator Martin
~ Wig MA democrat. 81. -OOu a. the
bending C1mmins amendment 20 the
Railroad Bill - on. of the way The
CBmmlls amendment j. TIE one that
provide that 10 increase In rates
made 1y the ra.l-oad- shall take effect
until 10 has beer approved b. the IN.
ters'a'e Commerce Commission a. De.
.uz -easOuaJl rate
Cumm.ns and Brisro1 had manes-
yeled until Ald- Oh and bis fo.,oaru-
we're iu position whcrr they cannot
avoid a vote OF the ameu-ment Iy Of
fering compromise directly But
somebody found aay out Senator
Martin. a Southern democrat submit
ted al amendment which he proposes
~ offer a. soon a. the CImmins
amendment ls out Of the way. II pro
yidr- hat increased rates shall be
heid 200 abeyance for six months. 20
give the commission tine 10 pass on
them Martin declared that 81 thc
rate are held nap six months and the
commission still has not had time 20
rate will prevail until the commits siO-
has had time Clark of Arkansas. a so
. democrat says the higher or new
p rate W'll become effective Borah says
, the proposition Is unconstitutional on
4 its face.
All three are recognize "a able
lawyers. OF course. Aldrich would not
admit. aud neither would Martin. that
there was on connection between
Martin. democrat. Offering the
!. amendment and AldHch and his en-
tire following discovering before they
mad time to read It that the amend
moit b. just What ne country has been
E waiting for. just hat the shipper
n need. 10 make Ais con .itiOn the most
happy one in the world and at the time
lime the one way iu which the snip
per can be cared tor without driving
the railroads into ba kruptcy. Clearly
the Developments OF the day indicate
that the Aldrich following. has gone
into the democratic camp for relief
y from the oppression Oi the Insurgents
Had no amcndmcrt Of this sort beer
proposed the democrats. with yer,
few possible exceptions. would haV,
3, voted with the Insurgents for IN,
Cummins amen -ment.
IL, Those democrats who prefer th,
b., Martin amendment viii noW vote
against the Cummiu, amendment aut
4 Dee ready 10 support the Martin amend
mcut when 10 can become the pending
, question. \ number OF shaky reac
D., tiouarics have been hcrdod back into
IN the Aldrlch camp today on the prom
"a i-c that The organization viii vote fo
b.. the Martin amendment and adopt Il
10. .us. cad OF the Cummins proposition
.. That means that the Cummius amend
f mrut i- likely to be- defeated and Ih,
substitute viii take .is place. for 10,
"a insurgents canuot we'll vote AGAINST ,
partial remedy ON uchal. OF Tie Ship
IA, po. when they know that they cauno
., GET real remedy ON that theory IA,
"a Indications toui-ht are that the or
b., sanitation aud few democrats vii
.t unite 40 give the shipper what appear
uu o. face 10 be half a loaf thuugl
., tuc insurgents say the real fact is thai
In instead Of bread they are offered q
#, stone.
ln The debate today Borah was speal
Id 0us of the presidents speech al Dee
d Moines when he said he was IN fayo
-c OF rhc commission passing on new
rates before they could become cncc
.d tive, when Aldrch said the presidcn
uolI different views Borah said; "
In prefer 10 speak of the public utter
A au,cs OF the president made to IN,
D.. people rather than any private utter
pr auces made to agents who ply betweel
50 the White House and the capitol
senator Dolliycr took occasion q