The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-26
no VOTE ON RAILWAY BILL
MNAr0R IA TOILETTE On
JgcrS TO filming a DATE.
Leaaers Way DeeGAe ts Have Nlwht aes-
s,eao-DolllNer Attacks Ihe nun
sage t6e Persaa nhs Druftea %
Dasin't Knew the nepubllean Paatr~rm

sage the PersaA Whs Draftesl n
whiAr knew the Republican Platrsrm.
wAsnNoroE. April .s.-The Senate
leaders we're On the point this afternoon
a reaching An agreement To vote on the
railway blu on Saturday. May !. when
Senator La Toilette ot Wisconsin objected
to the request for unanimous consent
and the plan for putting limit on railway
talk In the Senate failed. As a result
the leaders may decide to impose nigh,
se~~iona To hasten the end.
The proposal 90 vote MAY came from
Senator Bailey Of Texas. u was a counter
proposttton IN one made by senator
Elkin-. who asked his colleagues 90 agree
to vote on the bill aud amendments in ten
days nom to-day. senator Bailey ex-
pre~~ed the opinion that ten ,iay. would
he hardly SUFFICIENT and suggest ed Nav :.
The Democratic Senators seemed in
cllned to AcQuie~ce in the suggestion.
when Senator la Toilette ro-. and de-
SlAred tina the status Of the hill vas far
nom satisfactory. The senate had not
YET diepoeed Of one-half Of the committee
amendments. he said. Co say nothing 81 the
Amendments offered by individual Sen.
asors.
The time given to this debate has not
been wasted. : said the senator from Wis
constn. If IL has shed any light ON the true
character OF this bill. II has been IN
structive 10 the Senate and l feel that
@ has been OF benefit to the country
senator Elkins Said after the adjourn
nnens that he would ASK for night sessions
very soon. IL was the best Judgment
81 the senate leaders tonight. after the
failure 10 agree. that the Till would not Il.
voted on In the Senate under the most
favorable conditions before Nav a.
senator Dolhver made an attack On the
baii to-day and senator Root defended
q. Senator Clapp had replied briefly tn
Senator Root and senator Sutherland 81
Utah Wa questioning the senator from
Minnesota when the colloquy was cut
snort by Senator Cullom of Illinois who
moved for an executive session
have no particular pride ia the man
ner IN which the people of the United
States have managed their transporta- |
ton Affairs said senator Deliver in |
opening the debate to-day In the |
midst 81 the Rooseveltiln period their.
have neen lssoes of railway stocks and /
bonds exceeding s0vO.OOO AN amount
In excess Of the national debt following |
the civil war These Civilizations have
been Incurred without tho building ~ a |
single line of railroad or the construction /
ot a depot station. This debt represents .
harmony In absorption and ConsuHda- ,
ton Of railway lines. hat 1t must he paii I
by future generations
senator Dolhver said that he WIS not /
certain hut that a merger - railway sv.- \
tens YRS a wise thing though he has
never committed himself on IN. sub
tect. ! am opeu O. conviction A. - this .
QUESTION he addict -hut " mergers ar,. 7
ever permitted the great hard " the .
United states Govern u,.nt should h. an I
every transaction | am afraid The IN .
uAtton-
Senator Doluver said that A. soon as
So0gress Declared pooling Illegal attpr-
neys for railways framed up the. id-a II
having agreements He uaid his ~.
epectH 20 the railroad lawyers u whom
he Aaid they seem - have host their
sen.e q responsibility. which IN tho ua-t
lac
some people assert that th., Pr,..ij.,,,
q thc United States has decllred in favor
q nerrers, said Nc. Dolhver. I CON
teee that ! do not know myself 7 don't /
believe the President ever Commissioned
any one 20 introduce for him a hill puttirz
IN erect these old time agreement. The
person who drafted this hill either did n,t |
A.
AnIe o. treat IL with that silence and ia
dtnerence which - Charactsristis, -
truly great minds-
NJ rolhvsr did not uve,look an oppny-
sgnlsy 70 take dig at Attorney -CieneraI
Wtckersham's chicago sg.eth The
haod that drew section : ia this Tin
sAsd The senate was not a. faithful
- the Republican platform - vs. tl.
voice AZ 1hicago tnat nd gpod I'eupl.
depart from the Repuhhoa" marty
Nh. DnlllNRr raterrsd o.. as..r H.rnI'z
construction % section uf the hiil
relating TO agreements -rha' H. ga
lawyer aald Il would repeal the sherman
antitrust Law and also ne common law
against conspirarieH M restraint of trade |
II sppears there are some lawyers iu ,
thsa chamber who can uud@rsi and the Z
kneiish language without having a rail {
road train run over them
The senator called attention To the
fart that every other import ant country
IN the world. including Great Britain.
retained . Government stGpervIslon Of A.,
maktna 81 transportation rates This
~ the only country where a railroad can =
raise or lower rates a. Will said the
senator. Twenty years ago @oTne one 9
predicted that the indusi rial plants would ,
IN time own the railroads. ipecaI-. they ,
wovla make enough money out II manu- '
factnrtng 10 b,Iy the transport n ION lines
Mr.. Dolliver referred to the incident
81 the dedication OF the frs tim plate
mill IN the United States at Eiwood Ind
"a. than twenty years ago. William
Mckinley made the speech. aud MIR Dol !
liver told with what pride he shielded {
Mr.. Mckinley with an umbrella white \
HE gain came hc%n. This. PLANT vas I,
worth about tl5GO.- said Mr. Deliver \
but the men who stood around in Overalls ,
helping 20 build that factory have since 4
bopSbt the Rock Island Railroad. Tney i
did not buy IL with money made from
manufacturing Tin plate. hut with money
made from manufacturing stock csrtih-
cafes
.&e1aior Root replying declared that |
aEtr1fv agance % statement hal charac-
tert2ed TOO many ~ the spesacne1 made
on The hall. He denied that railroads had a
dbcaated section 7. regarding agree 4,
menfB hetWeen narriers. Presidents
Roosevelt and Taft had recommended ,
II and the experience % the Executive
Department showed that IL was necessary
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