The Washington times., 1910-06-03
Debate In Senate Continues
AS New Provisions Are
Added to Measure.
INTERIOR AND COAST
OPPOSE EACH OTHER
Long and Short Haul Clause Is
Now Holding Up the Final
Passage.


the Senate today with the Sutherland
amendment to the ong-and-short-hau
clause as the center Of interest. This
was offered late yesterday afternoon.
and provides that no proposed rates
should be extended for a longer period
than a year. The Senator explained
that this was in the interest Of the ship
pers Of the Mountain States.
The Pacific coast Senators, led bv
Senator Piles. assailed the amendment
today, declaring that il was a blow at
the Pacific coast cities. They charged
that the effect OF the proposed measure
would prove hardship to the CONNER
ciaI interests Of the West coast States.
All proposed agreements as to the
close of debate and the hour for a vote
having failed, ii cannot be foreseen
when the measure Will be put upon its
hnal passage.
Clapp Delays the Vote.
The leaders Of both sides Of the house
tried yesterday to secure unanimous
consent 10 close the discussion al 3
o'clock this afternoon and begin voting
upon pending amendments II was the
( hope then OF finally voting upoa the bill
by y o'clock tonight. Senator Clam
prevented this plan from going into ef-
feet by objection.
Democratic Caucus Splits.
At the Democratic caucus today the
members Of the minority Of the SEN
ate divided almost equally on the pro-
position 10 support the railroad bill
Eleven Of the twenty-one Senator's
present announced that they would
vote for the measure as II now stands
whereas ten announced that they
would vote against It
The Democrats are in a quaudary
They do not wish TO support the bill
II they can determine positively that
the railroads are against it. This was
one or the matters discussed TODAY.
II the bill is inimical TO the interests
OF the railroads and in favor of ths
Shippers. tue Democrats are willing
70 give II their support
A quaIncation was insisted upon to-
day, however. The Democrats wanted
their associates 70 understand that thev
would not be bound by any action taken
IN the caucus. They said thar the hin
might be 50 amended today as to make
II impossible for any one OF them to
support II. Their conference was de-
voted entirely TO the consideration Of
the measure as II stood at the opening
OF the session.
As soon as the Senate had convened
Senator Burton offered a resolution cali
ing upon the Interstate Commerce Com
sion TO submit 20 the Senate a stare
ment or the railway freight increases. as
now proposed. He wanted at least one
hundred increases specified. The resOlu-
uon was taken up upon unanimous con-
sent and passed without objection.
Aldrich Hard at Work.
Senator Aldrich (Rep-, r. l. was in
his scat ready to assume leadership
and hasten a final vote on the measure.
He imed:dtely began a series Of con-
ferences with all factions, trying to iron
out differences and arrange a harmoni-
Gus terminating CT the long struggle.
Many additions were made to the bill
yesterday, most important Of which
was the Overman amendment pTovid-
ing that Federal courts shall not inter-
tere with the operation Of State court
except upon due notice and hearings
rms IS d species Of anti-injunc, ion leg
islatiOn.
Then, too, the amendment pIacinp the
telephone and telegraph companies un-
der the supervision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission was important
This led Senator Brandegee to observe
that about everything as common car
riers except carrier pigeons, would not
be supervised.
Delays Date Effective.
An amendment Of far reaching i'm
portance was added TO the much-amend-
ed bill late yesterday afternoon in the
Senate when provision was made that
/ the bill should not go into effect until
sixty days after its passage
Just now when the railroads are TAX
ing time by the forelock and swamping
the Interstate Commerce Commission
| with notices Of rate increases, this ad-
ditional sixty days grace given them.
is regarded as highly important bv
! those who have made a study Of the
railroad situation. 1t will be. probably
a month before the bill comes out OF
conference and is finally passed by both
houses This gives the roads three
months in which TO act Unhampered
by more law