The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-06-07
PASS RAILROAD BILL
IN SENATE, 50 TO z.
Republicans SoIidIy For It and
Six Democrats Join Them.
VICTORY CLAIMED FOS SHIPPERS
Measure Has Many Clauses Favorins
Shippers Not in the Original One
LA FoIlette's Amendment f'or
Physical Valuation Rejected.

Washington, D G. - The Senate
passed the Administration Railroad
bill by SO to IL. 1t had been under
consideration for more than twelve
weeks and practically no other busi-
ness except concerning appropriation
bills was considered in that long Pc
Rod.
The practical unanimity with which
the measure was passed was due to
the radical changes made in the meas
ure from the form in which it was
drafted by Attorney-G General Wicker
sham, following numerous conferences
in the White House on the subject OF
amending interstate commerce laws:
All of the insurgents" who opposed
many features of the original Dill
voted for it..
Through the elimination of pooling
and merger sections and by reasoneor
the adoption of many amendments IN
the interest of shippers, the progress
sive Republicans claimed to have won
signal victory and most of the DEM
Ocrats expressed themselves as favor-
able to the large part of the measure.
Had it not been for the retention OF
the sections to create court OF COM
merce it is likely the vote for the Dill
would have been unanimous.
Debate ceased when Senator Ell
kins chairman of the Interstate Com
merce Committee, moved to take up
the bill which was passed by the
House and after striking out the body
OF that measure to substitute the mat
ter agreed upon by the Senate. In
that form the bill was voted upon,
with the result that it was passed by
vote of SO to IL.
No Republican voted against the
bill and six Democrats voted for it.
They were Messrs. Chamberlin, Clay,
Gore, Paynter, Simmons and Stone.
The Democrats recorded against it
were Messrs. Bacon, Fletcher, Fra
zier, Hughes, Money, Newlands. Per-
cy. Purcell, Rayner, Shiveley, Smith
of Maryland and Smith of South Car
Dina.
Just before the voting began Sena-
tor La Toilette, one of the 'Insur-
gent" Republican leaders, served no.
tice upon the Senate that unless the
Senate conferees made a determined
dght for retention of amendments OF
tanned by progressives and Democrats,
it could not hope to approve the con-
terence report. Speeches in explana-
ton of their votes were made by Sem
ators Bacon, La Toilette, Dolliver,
Paynter, Clay, Simmons and Gore,
and brief remarks were made by 9TH
ers. The new law will take effect
sixty days from the date of approval
by the President
Mr.. La Toilette offered his amend
mentsto provide for the ascertainment
If the physical valuation of railroad
property. 1t was rejected by vote
Of "a to 80.
Mr.. La Toilette then presented
carefully prepared analysis of the
original bill Separating his remarks
into three divisions he undertook to
show what the original bill "as
drafted by the Acknowledgement and
recommended by the President" had
done "for the public" and for the
railroads." and also to outline the inn
provements made in the Senate in
the public interest.
Mr. La Toilette closed by giving no.
tice that the conferees must keep
faith with the Senate regarding the
important amendments engrafted on
the bill if they expect the conference
report to be approved He referred
to a remark made by Senator Aldrich
a fortnight ago in debate on the long
and-short-haul clause, that che who
laughs last laughs best" as signifylng
that the conferees might be ready to
drop some important features from
the bill.