The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
REPUBLICAN SENATORS MOVE
EARLY ADJOURNMENT TO
PERMIT CONFERENCE.
RAILROAD MEASURE UP
General Idea Is That Concessions and
Compromises viii Permit Passage
Of Bill in Good Shape--Explanations
Follow TIFF and Mutual Good Will
Is Expressed.

/ Washington. May lS.--Abandniins
1 all hope OF reaching any common IN 3.
dcrStandng on the railroad bill with
| the insurgents. the regular republican
senator's moved an early adjournment
Of the senate today to permit the dem
ocrats to get together tonight To con
slider propositions looking to the COM
| pletion Of the bill Before adjourn
ment. Senator Aldrch made an effort
to obtain an agreement to take the
final vote next Wednesday. but there
| were several objections and the re-
quest was not pressed. II ~ the gen
eral understanding about the senate
chamber that the democrats would be
asked to assist In expedting the bill
| by permitting amendments to be laid
ON the table. by refraining from
speech making and by other means.
with the understanding in return the
last three sections of the bill, relating
to capitalization, would be Withdrawn
To Get Rid Of It.
The democratic senators generally
have opposed these provisions because
of their infringement of the states
rights Many of them are anxious to
dispose of the bill and are willing to
resort to any proper means to hasten
its passage. The democratic confer
eace was attended by about "A dozen
Of the democratic lawyers. After con-
sidering propositions advanced by the
republican regulars. they decided to
submit their Views to their colleagues
in time to consider any suggestion that
might be made at tomorrow's session
looking To the fixing of day for the
final vote on the bill
AS the result of the days labor. the
senate accepted by majority OF Il
votes the house provision regulating
the defense OF cases arising out Of
the orders of the interstate commerce
commission, as offered and amended
by Senator Smith Of Michigan and
as later modified at the suggcstio ion
/ IF Senator Hughes of Colorado. This
provision. as II passed the house,
places the conduct of such cases In
charge Of the attorney general and
permits the Interstate commerce com
| mission To Intervene
AS offered In the senate by Mr
Smith. the provision was so modified
mission. and he accepted afterward a
suggestion from Mr. Hughes which
also permits the Intervention of ship
pers or oth.r parties at interest. and
not only prohibits the attorney general
from discontinuing such cases without
notice to the interveners but author
ICES them Ia proceed with the ease
even after the attorney general may
have Withdrawn from H.
The vote on this combined proposi-
ton of the Michigan republican aud
The Colorado democrat stood 80 to -
rhe ~ affirmative votes were cast by
republicans and the other three by
| Senators Fletcher. Hughes and IL
| Emery, democrats. Ten of the negative
votes were by republicans, Beverldge.
Borah. Bourne, Brlstow. Burkett.
clapp. cummins. Dixon, Dolliyer and
La Toilette.
The success of the Smith Hughes
provision was admittedly due to the
adoption of the house section which
IL generally conceded to be more ia
vorable To shippers than was the pro-
| vision In the original administration
| bill
Concession Necessary.
without some concession. II would
have been impossible to get any dem
ocratic votes and "A constantly larger
number Of republican votes would have
been lost Indeed until the change
was made there was "A fair prospect
for the defeat of the original provision
and for the success of the cummins
amendment, substituting the interstate
commerce commission for the gov
| ernment as the defendant IN the cases
In addition to action on the defense
provision. the senate also accepted an
amendment proposed by Senator Al
drich extending from so to 120 days
the period during which the interstate
commerce may suspend for investiga-
tion any classifcations made by rail-
! road companies This was accepted
without division and without debate.
Senator Rayner made a sharp on
siaught upon the Smith Hughes
amendment and succeeded i'm arous-
Ing Senator Hughes. who resented
what he construed to be an intlma
| ticn that he was lined up In favor
| OF the house plan. Subsequent ex-
plantations led to a more amicable un-
derstanding and the incident closed
| with assurances of mutual good Will
cRlTTENoEN HoNoREp.
st, Louis, May ls,-A memorial serv
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