The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-04
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planting the chief justice. Mr.. Carter
declared that the reflection on that Of
flee was such that "John jag and John
graves"
Mr.. Lafollette also presented an
amendment providing for the fuller
equipment of the interstate commerce
commission. with the end Of providing
the means OF transaction OF he in
creased business that viii result from
the passage Of the bill. His amend
ment contemplated the creation. OF four
districts. each to be presided over by
a commission OF three men with sal
aries Of $4,000 each. The amendme1 At
was briefly debated. and was voted
down without roll call.
Seeking TO prohibit the continuous
service Of train employees for more han
fourteen hours. Mr.. Lafollette present
ed an amendment which was defeated
by vote Of "a to 81.
Mr.. Newlands proposed an amend
ment instructing the interstate COM
merce commission to investigate the
inter-corporate holdings Of railroad
Begged Newlands to Desist.
Finally Mr.. El<ins took a seat be-
Side the speaker and Mr.. Aldrich seat
ed himself on the other side and be-
sought him not to delay a vote. The
call was refused Mr. Ncwlands then
offered another amendment practical
" the same as before. 1t was laid on
the table.
An amendment by Mr.. I.afollette
permitting railroads to issue passes to
the widows and minor children OF en-
ployes killed i'm the line OF service was
accepted without division.
At go p. m. the bill having been
perfected in the committee OF the
whole, was reported to the innate. Mr..
Bacon moved TO strike out the section
for the establishment OF a court Of
Z = n he
prescribed for designating the mem
bership OF the proposed court would
be unconstitutional. as II would deprive
circuit judges who are selected to serve
! Tor five years on the court Of their life
tenures in the offices to which they
were originally appointed. The motion
was rejected by vote Of IS to 80.
Mr.. LafOllette offered his amend
ment to provide for the physical valu-
alton OF railroad property. IL was re-
jected by vote Of "a 10 81.
Analysis by Lafouctte.
Mr.. Lafollette then presented a care
fuliy-prepared analysis Of the original
/ bill. He undertook to show what the
| original bill AS drafted By the attor-
| ney general and recommended by the
| President" had done for the public
| outline the improvements made in the
/ Senate in the public interest"
As against public benefits conferred
/ by the original measure. he enumer-
| ated twelve benefits which he said had
/ been bestowed upon the railroads In
/ the first section he included the con-
/ troll OF classification, the authority e
| establish through rates, the require
/ ment OF written statements Of rates
I and the authority given to suspend new
| rates.
The provisions that Mr.. Lafollette
placed In the interests OF the railroads
j are those that have received attention
| throughout the debate and included the
/ capitalization, merger end traffi,
] rfr HNafF d fmN NaarH
been eliminated. He outlined tn,
| notifications and changes made dur
/ ing the pending Of the bin. as Mr.. La
/ toilette said. by the progressive Re.
/ combined opposition OF the administra-
/ tion and the railroads"
Mr.. Lafollette closed by giving no.
| tiCe that the COnferees must keep faith
] with the Senate in the matter Of i'm.
portant amendments engrafted on tbs
/ bill. II they expect the conference re
/ remark made by Senator Aldrich Q
/ fortnight ago. in debate on the Ions
] and short haul clause. that 'he who
/ laughs last laughs best" and signify
/ ing that the conferees might be ready
70 drop some important features OF the
/ bill.
Outline of the Bill.
The high spots in the railroad bin
as IL passed the Senate may be de-
scribed as follows.
The bill provides for the creation of
/ a new court of commerce" for the
consideration exclusively Of appeals
from orders OF the Interstate commerce
commission. The court is to consist
OF five Judges - sit in Washington
Their powers are to be coordinate
with the judges OF the federal circuit
court. they are to receive the same
pay and emOluments. and are to be ap-
pointed in the first instance by the
President for terms respectively OF one.
two, three. four and five years
Each as he rtires to take I'D the
work OF a circuit judge Is TO be sue
ceeded by a designation from the cir
cult bench. these and other vacancies
10 be filled by appointment by the
chief justice Of the supreme court.
While the offices OF the court are 20
be in Washington. and regular sessions
are to be held here. provision is made
for sittings anywhere In tho United
states. The government. rather than
the interstate commerce commission. is
made the defendant in all cases COM