The Washington times., 1910-02-25
Sudden Change In Attituce
of Senators Toward
Measures.
CARTER GETS DATE
FINALLY SETTLED
During Past Twenty-four Hours
Legislators Have Come 10
Support OF President.
By JOHN SNUPE.


The effects Of the Administration pres
sure on Congress 10 compel legislation
on certain measures desired by the
President have been strikingIy anna
eht IN the Senate IN the last tv7gnr--
four hours.
Today. the Senate Committee on In
LeFslate Commerce ordered 4 fsvorahrs
Fe2oFt on the Administration u1essrr-
~ amend the interstate commerce las
MS IS the bin for railroad legislation
introduced by Senator Efkins ana IN tie
house by Representative Townza7d
Inc report was made 10 the senate r..-
day The bin as Il emerges fror, CON
mittee IS but little changed from t5a
ON as Il has been under cons55a-a+io-,
oy The committee for some dsvs Ar
iorney General WIckershann Offered rs--
tain amEdmeuts Februarv. q and -5ass
with little modification have been in
corporated in the bill
Date Is Fixed
yesterday afternoon, the Senate r7da,
pressure from Senator Carter exo5
March 3 as the date for voting on rbs
POSTAL savings bank bill The actior or
the Senate Interstate Commerce e,o-,-
mlttee today means that il win no -oe-
sl2le Tor the Senate 10 enter on the con
1t1eLe etlOn OF the railroad bill ab07rf r,a
L-ne the postal savings measure fs ON
oL lLe way. Ihus, two Of the bills o.
H (-.--H ne PRESIDENT IS insisting ca. sr-
Dt-As showed along as RAPIDLY as ,-fr
I-AlS Sl1nce WIZ permit By the Senate
As was auuClapted, the InterSrs,.
co5lLne-ee Committee split on the bin
tJ-ay- The vote to report the bin Va.
SIX 10 four Those who voted To- =
80 .@-.O-epie report were Senators E,I,yfns.
: -z-utlCl. crane, kean. CuUon. and Nfr-
On. an these are Republicans. Those
NoIing against reporting il were 80,
atcrs CummIns and CiapD Fe-TI5I5r5-,e
q &c Newlands and Hughes. DerCcrsfs
AliLee democrats were absent Tflfrr,au
+ oSJer. and Frazier Senator TfIl01sD il
"' anu was unable 20 be present.
Some Sympathetic.
HAD all the Democrats been presa,-
and voted against the bill II co,I6 no
have been reported A situation r7rCH
similar 20 the one that obtained vvbe7
Ire Hepburn biu was under considers-
ton was presented. some Of the Demo
cats being quietly sympathetic with
lie position Of ,hs Republican Senator
c. the old guard.
The division ia --e committee NAV h.
accepted as ts-,shadowing a grezr
night in the Senate over the proposed
rsllroad legislation Senators Cunmins
aId Clapp viii present q majority re-
port against many features of the SiII
u Is not clear Just how far Senators
Newlands and Hughes will Join them.
aed II IS posSiCIe that MT. NeWlandS
Viii make repor Of his own and thai
NJ T. Hughes viii 30 likewise
Senators Z JEIIIns and CIapp are
ready at work preparing q minority
report Il wil re an exhaustive set
rr ~ n Oh. g. nrr4--
ID certain parts Of the EIkins meas
ure- II is exp 'te,9 that the minority
report or Sch tors CUmmins as
Clapp Will be taken by the insurgents
IN the Senate as TIE basis for the
nghc they viii make 10 force amend
meut for the bill on the floor.
All the indications are that the
struggle over the bill on the floor viii
be prolonged and bitter The in
surgenJs VII turn themselves loose
on the defects the alleEe exist in the
Administration measure. So far in
the session their feelings have been
pretty well pent up, but they denoUnce
some Of the phases Of the bill which
the committee has ordered reported
out IN unmeaSured terms
Orders of Adrich.
The opposition OF the insurgents Is
not the less bitter by reason Of the
fact Senator Aldrich several days age
served notice o nthe committee that
the bM had TO be reported out Of the
rosnmittee without change and like
wis passed by the Senate The insur-
gents believe they can compel the adep-
ton OF various amendments on the floor
which they hold viii improve the bill
greatly, and make it more drastic.
The Senate leaders expressed great
satisfaction today that the committee
had acted and that the legislation which
they have told the President they viii
put through was SO Tar under way.
The bin was brought into the Senate
BY Senator Elkius this afternoon. pre-
Senjed in its revised language, referred
TO the Committee on Interstate Com
merce as a matter OF form. and the IA
VOrable report made a short time later.
Its provisions. as are Well-knOWn. in
Clude the one for an interstate COM
merce court, for capitalization control,
for permitting traffice agreements and
many others Of moment
The opponents of the bill object 10 the
interstate commerce court. to many O.
the cap taliZatiOn features, to the fact
traffic Sgreemtus will be allowed with
out supervision, 10 the fact that the IN
terState Commerce Commission will not
be allowed TO uphold its orders on sp-
peal to the courts and TO numerous
other important provisions.