Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-27

"T ASHINGTON, May zo-1nroush
w the defeat in the senate today
" of a number of amendments Of
fered bv insurgent Republicans and
Democrats. the way is paved for an
early vote on the administration rail-
road bill.
row and the senate then will adjourn
until Monday, when the statehood bill
nrobably will be made the unfinished
business.
The regular Republicans maintained
a firm hold upon the situation durlns
several votes on important features,
Notwithstanding the insurgents anu
Democrats united their votes on sew
eral occasions.
More was accomplished during the
closing hours of the session today than
in any other week during the three
months the bill has been pending.
Not until o'clock was anything done
beyond listening to discussion OF one
measure, but when at that time Sen
ator LaFollette concluded his Two
davs' speech in opposition to the Dill
the voting proceeded rapidly, with the
following results:
CUNNIINs AMENDMENT BEATEN
The Cummins amendment requiring
the approval of the interstate commls-
sion of all increases in rates berore
they become effective was lost ~ TO 4S.
The Martin amendment requiring the
commission to reach a final decision on
increases within six months was de-
feated, 1S to 54.
An amendment by Mr.. Clark of
Arkansas to defer increased rates un-
til passed upon by the commission pc
fore putting them into effect after SIX
months pending a final decision, was
defeated, 35 to 40.
An amendment composed of propo-
sitions by Senators Jones and Paynter
was accepted. This provision PROVIDES
for the extension for a period of SIX
months of the 120-day suspension or
new rates and regulations during tne
hearing as to their reasonableness, II
not concluded within that tliIle' anu
| for the refunding of the dlHerehce
between rates if the new rate is tound
TO be unreasonable. This amendment
was adopted unanimously.
An amendment by Senator Hughes
striking out the capitalization proVl-
sions of the bill also was adopted, sen
ator Burton casting the only negative
vote. A., ,a
on the C1nmins amendment was by
far the most important. The vote was
bv no means so close as hau peeL pr
dicted by it's friends and feared by lts
opponents. Three days ago opponents
of the bill had been apprehenstVs u
the success of the provision, but dur
ing that time they had been extremely
active so that while they made I'M
nortant concessions they scored the de-
feat of the provision.
INSURGENTS HOLD TOGETHER
OF the twenty-nine votes favofaple
TO the amendment, twelve were cast py
Insurgents, as follows: Beverldge, bo-
rah. Bourne, Bristow, Burkett. Ciapp'
Crawford, Cummins, Dixon DolllVer'
Gamble and LaFollette. ~.
ONLY four Democrats, Bailey, NC
Emery. Smith of Maryland, and Taylor'
voted for the provision.
Of the pairs, these were announceo'
Root with Taliafero, Flint with Cul-
herson. Iorimer with Davis, Dilling-
ham with Tillman, McCumper WIN
Foster and Richardson with Rayner.
Senators Bankhead, Bulkley, Danlel.
HUGHES Money. Newland, Penrose and
Percy were absent and unpalreu;
Fxplanations were made IN pehdll
of most of the absentees.
The closest vote was 35 to 40 on tne
Clark amendment, regulating the e1-
tension of the time allowed for near
ing on rate changes.
The original suggestions of Mr.. Jones
r,ere1v nrovided for an extension of
the suspension of the 120 day PERIOD
already allowed by the bill for lnVes-
tigation of new rates by the commis-
sion. 1t goes into the bill as proVlso'
and reads as follows: -
"That if any such hearing cannot
be concluded within the period or sus-
pension. the interstate commerce com
mission NAV. in its discretion, end the
time of suspension for a further period
not exceeding six months.
SLIGHT AMENDMENT MADE
- Mr
reads: "If the increased rate is found
to he unreasonable, the carrier shall
refund to the party paying it the dlt-
ference between that and the rate as IL
existed, and shall do so on presenta-
ton of the bill of lading, receipt or ex-
pense bill at it's Office where the trelght
charges were made"
The Paynter provision also directs
the issuance of waybills and receipts,
showing tht points of origin and des-
tination of freight, giving the names
of consignor and consignee, ana the
total amount of charges, all to be useu
as a basis for settlement.
Notwithstanding it was evident from
the time an agreement was reached Tor
the acceptance OF the Paynter ailen1,
ment that the joint provision would
meet with general favor, roll call
votes was ordered.
Mr.. Aldrich's name was the hrst
called and in a loud voice he respond
ed in the affirmative.
Presenting his amendment striking
out sections 19, IA and 10 and II, which
are broadly described as the capital-
zation provisions of the bill, Mr.
Hughes pressed for an immediate vote
and the amendment was accepted
without much discussion.
Again the roll call developed a unah-
imous vote with one exception, that
of Senator Burton of Ohio.
In the course of the discussion the
fact developed that practically all the
senators We're opposed to the capitali-
zation provisions.
The insurgent Repubncans paseo