The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-03
DEMOCRATS FAIL TO
AGREE IN CAUCUS
Leaders Failed to Get Promise For
Vote on Railroad Bill in the
Senate Today.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Washington, D. c., June 8. = The
conference of the democratic senators,
prior to the meeting of the senate
today, held for the purpose of deter
mining the course to be pursued on
the railroad bill failed to bring about
any agreement. Some favored voting
for the bill as amended, but others
would not assent to such program.
The Sutherland amendment was ul-
timately modified, at the suggestion
of Senator Paynter, so as to permit
the commission to extend the time of
inquiry beyond year, and thus chang
ed the amendment was accepted by
thirty-one to twenty-seven.
But for the fact that Senator Over
man, of North Carolina, succeeded in
having the senate incorporate in the
railroad bill provision regulating in
junction proceedings affecting state
laws, the senate probably would have
voted on the railroad bill before ad-
journment yesterday.
The acceptance of that provision
had the effect of inclining some demo
cratic senators more favorably to the
bill, and of causing the democratic
side of the chamber to request an op
portunity for consultation before
reaching the voting stage on the final
passage. Accordingly, the vote was
postponed to permit democratic con-
ference, at IL o'clock today.
After this agreement was reached
Senator Elkins and Senator Hale made
an effort to get the senate to agree to
vote on the bill before adjournment
today, but without success. Senator
Bacon and Senator Bailey made OBJ
lection to propositionu' cutting off
debate in advance of the final vote and
when it appeared as if they might be
conciliated Senator Clapp entered OBJ
lection to any arrangement whatever
The Minnesota senator said he pre-
ferred to have consideration of the
bill proceed in the natural way and
the vote taken when all amendments
had been presented and debate con
cluded.
The bill was before the senate all
day, but the proceedings were in the
line of action rather than that of dis
cussion. A large number of amend
ments were presented and disposed
of. All of them were debated, but
the speeches were brief and general
ly were confined to the immediate sub
ject in hand. Before adjournment
Senator Elkins gave notice that al
the proper time he would ask the
senate to substitute the senate bill
for the house bill. He succeeded in
having adopted an amendment post
poning for sixty days after is passage
the time when the proposed law shall
go into effect. The suggestion was
not received with general favor, ant
on roll call vote received a majority
of only seven, the vote standing 80 tC
%.
A new print of the bill will appeal
on the desks of senators tomorrow. 1
will be a transcript of the bill as or
iginally introduced by Senator Elkin'
at the request of the attorney general
The two measures will be shown il
parallel columns The request for th,
new issue was made by Senator None!
and Senator Clay suggested the par
allel column arrangement. Speaking
of the original measure, Mr. None.
said that "it had rapidly receded lik'
the mirage of the desert.
The Overman provision covers sub
ject broader than transportation.
provides that no interlocutory injunc
ton suspending or restraining the ez
ecution of any statute of state b.
restraining the action of any officer 0
such state in the enforcement of sucl
statute shall be issued by any fedora
Judge upon the ground of unconstitu
tionality unless the application shal
be presented to a justice of the ST
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