New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
SENATE READY TO
PASS RAILROAD BILL
II Will 60 to Conference as
Framed by Friends of the
Administration.
cIjMMINs AMENDMENT LOST
Such Rapid. Progress Made fhat
Final Vote This Week Is Pre-
dicted-Time for Passing
on Rates Extended.
rFrom.rls Tribune Bureau-l


,,,,-.on MAY 25.-Almost startling
-es on the interstate commerce bill
was made by the,,Senate to-day After oe-
tasting bv a decisive vote the cumilihs
amendment 10 Section 2 the joint amend
m.nt of Senators Zones and Paynter 10 tflis
..c,ion WIS adopted. The four sections OF
a.. h;li relating TO- the control OF railroad
c,r,.a5izs-jou were then stricken out on
,rnston Of Senator Hughes, the only vote
against this motion being that OF Sehatoi
rsnr,on Senator Delivers plan for the
rcrrroa OF railroad capitalization Is lhe
rendine amendment and viii be deoaNeo 10
,,n-ro.r. It's defeat is certain. as many OF
-be Democrats as well as most OF the Ike
rsuhlicsns are opposed 10 II
The progress made to-day led 10 pre-
s5-r,nr that final vote on the bill would
ee taken this week. Senator La toiie''e
%,,shes his long speech st o'clock and
RS effort Is regarded as the last EXTENDED
o-eto-scsl blast from the ranks of the in
eu-sents Every important section OF Inc
nfn has NOW been considered in committee
80 -h- whole. At times the leaders have
.e.- sn 2 tight place, and IL viii be neoes-
~s-v <n- them 10 abandon Section :, re-
7.-,rx 10 traffic agreements, and Section II,
-~lgrtnr 70 mergers. They were able, now
ever. 10 control the general course OF me
ssn and TO prevent the adoption of any ma
.--tsl amendment offered by the insurgents
the tsIi viii go TO the conference commit
re. as measure framed by the Republican
majority and aoy Senators friendly TO the
administration.
II the Dolliver capitalization plan leads
70 EXTENDED debate il is possible that the
final vote max be delayed until Monday or
TUESDAY. IT has been agreed that part of
SATURDAY shall be devoted 10 eulogies and
Senator Owen has given notice Of his pur-
pose 70 speak at length on Monday on the
r-rt,ler election Of Senators Senator La
Fr.li.tt- may talk for an hour or two more
r.Aen his physical valuation amendment
GENES I'D for consideration
Thp voting to-day was rapid The Cum
minis amendment requiring the Interstate
Commerce Commission 10 approve increases
IF rates before they became effective was
+ae order Of business. Mr. cuulHins de-
ucIfn~d 70 accept the Martin amendment re-
curing the commission TO make a final
DECISION as 10 tbs reasonR bleness of the
p-orosed increases within six months from
their fling. The Martin amendment was
-+.1r defeated "a to IS, no Republicans rot-
i-v for It -Four OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
sC-a-berla1n, Clarke. Of Arkansas; Gore
ren1
Twelve Republican insurgents.
The next vote was on the Cunlrnins
s-oend-rent. which was defeated. IS to %
Tv-eir. Republicans voted for the amend
rnent They were Senators Beverage,
Eso-ah. Bourne Rr-istor Burkett Ciapp.
Crawford cunlrnins. Dolliyer. Dixon. Gam
tle emf La Toilette -Four Democrats
If IA
lard snd Taylor-voted against the amend
rrent
Senator Clarke then offered an amend
rnen- which IVES combination Of the
Cum-ins emo Martin amendments. After
lene discussion over procedure this
ar,ensrren1 was defeated, an TO s.. The
twelve Repuhlicans who voted for the Cum
rims ernendrDent favored the Clarke amend
y rent No Democrats voted against the
ensrdu1ent, but several members Of the
minority refrained from voting.
The gones amendment to Section was
then offered This provides that if The
hearing oroe ! by the Interstate Com
mere Commission as 20 the reasona hleness
OF sny nrw rate. practice or classification
osnro1 hs concluded within the period of
I2e GAYS proIs5ed in the Aldrich amend
inert. the commission may extend the
rinne fer the suspension Of the rate. prac-
tice cr classification for further period
rot egoeeoing six months. Senator Jones
explained that the effect Of his amendment
would he 10 give the Interstate Commerce
Commission power 10 suspend any new rate
for eleven months When new rate is fled
the commission NAV begin a hearing as 10
its ressonssleness within thirty days and
nay suspend the operation Of the new
schedule for 100 GAYS, with power for fur
that the hearing cannot be completed with
IN In dsvs sr. Jones accepted an amend
inert by Senator Psynter providing a meth
% for the reimbursement Of shippers who
s-e forced 70 pay increased rates which the
commission the court may later find I'M
reasonable. The only vote against the
Jcnes-psynter amendment was cast by Sen
stor Bacon, and he changed his vote before
the result was announced, that the
amendment was adopted. - TO q.
Senator Hughes demanded a rollcsIl on
his motion 10 strike out the further sec
tons relating TO railroad capitalization. his
motion being adopted ss 20 l. Senat
Burton voted in the negative. and Senator
Nevlsnds declined 20 vote.
or ell the votes Of the day the one on
the Cummins amendment WIS by far the
most important The vote was by no
means so close as had been predicted by
its friends and feared by its opponents
Three DAYS ago the advocates OF the bin
as suggested by the administration had
been apprehensiye OF the success OF the
CUmrsins provision; but since that time
they have been active. with the result tina
while they made important concessions
they obtained the defeat Of the provision.
Mr.. La Toilette in his speech again sup
ported the Cummins amendment contend
ing that any time Limitation was unfair
70 the public and gross favoritism 10 the
railroads" He said the public would hold
Congress responsible for the rate increases
now being promulgated
Senators" he exclaimed ia conclusion,
this is not time to trife with the peo-
pie They want justice. and il they don't
get justice they will 1Hmand a reckoning
from Us They will strike back: they will
strike hard, and they viii he justified in
striking"