The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-14
Senate Passes Long and Short
Haul Amendment in a
Modified Form.
NEITHER SIDE SEEMS
TO BE SURE OF GROUND
Scenes of Great Confusion
When Manipulation of Lead
ers Is Suspected.

welding late today of supposedly ir-
reconcilable factions. the senate. by
vote Of 5s TO 10. adopted the compromise
amendment to the railroad bill for the
regulation OF relative charges for long
and short hauls.
The agreement was reached chiefly be-
cause oach faction apparently thought
IT was getting the better OF a shrew!lly-
driven bargain. Some senators tonight
| suggest the supreme court may have to
arbltrate the question as TO which fac
tons Judgment is right
Before adjournment Senator Bacon
sought to show that Senator Aldrich.
leader OF the forces In charge OF the
bill, had voted for revision different
from that which no had advocated dur
Senator Bailey remarked that Mr.. Bacon
was mistaken and was quoting from his
(Bailey's) remarks.
not interfere" said Mr. AlHich: laugh
his action in voting with me-"
"That is the time ] usually Justify
my vote" retorted Mr.. Bacon
Senatorial Repartee.
While upbraiding regular Republicans
| for what he asserted was change OF
front. Mr.. Bacon was interrupted by
Senator Elkins. whose ruddy face was
| wreathed in smiles, as he asked: well.
you're happy, aren't you?'
| This sally plainly irritated the Geor-
gia senator, for he retorted rather sharp
y that 1t took oG,," "a ,,oe very little thing 10
Maybe the senator will find that it is
a big thing" said Senator Elkins. beam
| ing across the chamber. Significant
gIances passed between senators and
people the floor and in the galleries
| began to suspect that the compromise
amendment just adopted meant some
thing different from what 1t appeared on
AS adopted. the new provision strikes
out OF section OF the Interstate com
merce law the words, under substan-
| TALLY similar circumstances and condi-
| tions," and also eliminates the proNlso
OF that section and amends the section
| so as to make IL read as follows.
| Section 4. That II shall be unlawful
| for any common carrier subject TO the
| provisions OF this act to charge or re-
| ceIve any greater compensation In the
| aggregate for the transportation OF pas
senger or any like kind OF property for
| a shorter than for q longer distance over
| the same line or route In the same direS-
tion, the shorter being included within
| the longer distance or to charge any
| greater compensation as a through route
| than the aggregate of the local rates;
| but this shall not be construed as au-
| thorlzing any common carrier within the
| terms OF this act 10 charge or receive
| as great compensation for shorter as
| for a longer distance.
Up to the Commission.
provided. however, that the inter
| state commerce commission may from
I It's knowledge, or from Information, or
upon application ascertain that the cir
| cumstanceS and conditions OF the longer
| haul are dissinIilnr TO the circumstances
| and conditions OF the shorter haul.
whether they result from competition by
water or rail. then ii may authorize 4
| common carrier 10 charge less for the
longer than for the shorter distance for
| the transportation of passengers or prop
| erty, but in no event shall the authority
be granted until the commission is salts
| fled that all the rates involved arc just
and reasonable and not unjustly discrm-
| iuatory or unduly preferential nor Dreju-
| dicial.
| And provided, further, that no rates
or charges lawfully existing at the time
OF the passage OF this amendatory act
shall be required TO change by reason of
| provisions of this section prior TO the eX-
picatlon OF six months after the passage
| OF this aCi, nor In any case where nppli-
| cation shall have been filed before the
| commission in accordance with the pro-
visions OF this section, pending a deter
mination of such application by the COM
| mission"
Detail of the Voting
OF the flCty-slx votes In favor OF the
| amendment twenty-five were given by
Republican senators who have opposed
| the insertion OF any long and short haul
provision in the railroad bill thirteen by
| Democrats and the rest by Republicans
| chiefly insurgents.
| The negative vote was equally divided
between Republicans and Democrats.
Tho senator's who voted In favor Of
| the provision were. Aldrch. Bacon, BeV-
eridge. Bradley. Brandegee. Briggs, Bris-
tow, Burton. Burkett. BuInham. Burrows,
! Carter, Clark (Arl6D. Clay, Crane, Craw-
| ford Culom. Cummins, Curtis, DIlling
ham. Dixon, Dolllyer, Dupont. Elkins.
| Flint, Frazier, Gamble, Guggenheim.
| Jones. Kane LaFollette. Lodge Martin,
Nelson Nixon. oliver owen. Page. Payn-
| ter Pcnrose. Percy, Perkins, Piles Pur
cell. Root, Shlvely. Simmons, Smith tS.
c., Scott Stephenson. Sutherland. Tay-
| lor Warner and Wetmore-Ilfty-siN.
The negative vote WAS as follows:
Daily Bourne. Rulkclcy Chamberlain,
Fletcher, Frye. Gallinser Hepburn Nc
| Emery and Overman-ten,
The senate under II unanimous consent
| agreement hogan voting at o'clock upon
| the long and short haul amendment OF
| which a dozen or more had been submit
ted The pending amendment was one
| by Senator Hepburn Of Idaho for which
Senator Dixon of Montana had presented
"A substitute The effect of this was 10
give the Montana senator possession of
! the floor al 4 o'clock.
Regulars Had Boosted
For several DAYS the regular" f,epub-
| Leans had been boasting they had Al clear
majority To defeat all of the long and
short haul amendments. The regulars had
been assured OF a number of Democratic
votes Just before o'clock II came To
! the knowledge OF Senators Alarch and
Elkins that while the Democrats on their
list would vote against the Dixon amend
ment. they puTposed later to support an
amendment introduced by Senator over
man OF North Carolina. the effect of
which would be TO place all rates
mileage basis.
Such n provision would be particularly
obnoxious to the opponents of n long aud
short haul provision. and they were un-
able in a hasty poll TO show majority
against the Ovcrnan amendment
Senators Carter of Montana and Smoot
OF Utah supporters OF a long and short
| haul provision. received oVcrturcs from
the regular Republicans who offered Il
compromise in the form of IA portion OF
| the original Dixon amendment and pro-
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