New-York tribune., 1910-06-04
SENATE PASSES
RAILROAD BILL
All Republicans, Regulars and
Insurgents. Voted
for 1t.
FINAL BALLOT so TO II
Republican Leaders in Complete
Control-No Amendment to
Which They Objected
Adopted.
lFronn rse Tribune Rurssu. 1

From TIE Tribune Bureau
Washington. June 5.-The adminfstrz~
ton bill creating a Court of Commerce.
and otherwise strengthening the inter-
state commerce act passed the Senate at
10 O'Clock Tonight by a vote Of so to IL
All the negative votes were cast by Dem
Ocrats- Six DemOcrats-SenatO Cham
berlain. clay. Gore. Payuter Simmons
and StOne-vOted for the bill The tweIv.
votes recorded against the bill were cast
by Senators Bacon. Fletcher. Frazier,
Hughes. Money. NewIands Percy. Pur-
cell. Rayner. ShiveIy. Smith. OF Mary
land. and Smith. of South Carolina At A
party conference this morning the Demo-
Gratis We're unable to reach any agreement
and il was decided that they would vote
as they pleased on the final passage OF
the bill.
The vote tonight came afteraa contin-
nous session of ten hours. Some forty
or fifty amendments were offered this
afternoon and tonight. but no amend
ment of Importance was adopted The
Republican leaders were in absolute COM
mand Of the situation. although on sew
eraI amendments they had few votes %
spare 1t was expected that final vote
would be taken late this afternoon. bur
at the eleventh hour Senator La Toilette
offered about a dozen amendments and
demanded a roIlcau on each OF them
End OF the Long Contest.
II was after o'clock when the bill was
reported to the Senate from the commit
tee Of the whole. Soon thereafter the
galleries began to I'LL. and the large au-
dience excited the OratOrical fervOr OF
Senators who have been talking on the
railroad question for eleven weeks. Sen
ator La Toilette reserved his forensic
blast until the end. and closed the debate
with a dramatic effort in which he at
tackled the administration and declared
that the insurgents and the Democrats
were responsible for practically all the
good features in the bill He announces
his purpose to vote for the BILL but said
it was cnIy a small concession TO the de-
mand Of the country for proper recog-
Eition of interstate carriers
WhesE the final vote on the bill vas
announced an effort was made 10 have
the statehood bill made the unfinished
business. Senator Nelson wanted the
conservation bill taken up before the
statehood bill In the midst Of
wrangIe regarding procedure Senator
Kean moved an adjournment This was
carried. 2S to -. adjournment beins
taken until Monday
The closing hours of the debate to-
night we're enlivened by the antics or
one of the insurgent Senator'S, who. out
side Of Washington is regarded as q
paragon Of virtue. He had imbibed to"
freely Of the flowing bowl. and insisted
on making a speech 1t was with the
greatest difficulty that his colleagues
we're able to keep him under reasonable
control
As soon as the bill was reported TO the
Senate. after a final effort was made BY
the Democrats to eliminate the sections
authorizing the creation Of a court ot
commerce. it was announced that with
these sections stricken out all the minor
itv Senators would vote for the biz
Senator Bacon-s motion TO strike out the
commerce court sections was defeated.
IS to - Six RepubIicans-SenatoF
Beveridge. Borah. Bristow. CIapp. Doh
liver and La FoIlette-voted for the
Bacon amendment
Debate ceased at 80 o'clock. when
Senator EIkins. chairman Of the Inter
state Commerce Committee. moved ~
take I'D the bill which was passed b.
the House. and. after striking out the
to h
matter agreed on by the Senate In
that form The bill was voted on and
passed. II will now go to conference.
Ia FoIiett. Amendments Lest
Senator La Toilette presented Iarss
number Of amendments. the most i'm
portant of which provided that no per
son interested in railroad compsuv
shall be appointed to the Court Of Com
nerce and substituting the Supreme
Court as a body for the Chief Justice ir1
designating Circuit Court judges for
service in the Commerce Court They
were lost. the former by a vote Of % tn
81 and the latter by IS 90 80.
Both amendments aroused sharp crtti-
cism Speaking on the provision SUP
planting the chief Justice. Mr.. Carter
declared that the reflection on that or
ciar was such that John Jay and John
Marshall might well turn in their graves
81 they could be made aware Of the sug-
gestion.
Mr.. Hale made an impassiOued pro-
test against the amendment lie inter
preted il az a reflection on the present
Chief Justice
The amendment was defended by sen
ators Bacon. Bailey and Gore. who de-
clared that n dealt with the Office and
not with any man
Mr. La Toilette also presented an
amendment providing for the fuller
equipment of the Interstate COmmerce
Commission with the view TO furnishing
means for the transaction Of the N
creased business which will result from
the new law. His amendment cOntem-
Mated the creation of four districts. each
20 be presided over by a commission OF
three men. with salaries of $4,000 each.
The amendment was briefly debated. and
was voted down without rOilcah
Seeking to prohibit the continuous
service OF train employees for more than
fourteen. hours. Mr. La Toilette present.
ed an amendment which was defeated