The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-30
They United Their Forces to
Amend the Administration
Railroad Bill
CUMm|NS AMENDMENT WAS
DEFEATED BY VOTE Of IS TO q
Eleven Republicans Join the Minority
After Listening to Three Hours
Speech by Senator LaFollette ip En-.
vor Of the Defeated Amendme 81.

Washington, April 30-By the de,
cislve vote Of 35 to 20, and in the
MIDST OF intense excitement, the ad-
ministratton Republicans yesterday
defeated the Cummins substitute for
tne Crawford-Elkins traffic agreement
provision of the railrood bill. This
question had practically monopolized
the attention OF the senate for the past
week and was regarded as one of the
most important subdivisions of the
pending bill. The vote is generally
accepted as test of the strength Of
the contending sides respectively and
1t Is believed that it presages the
passage of the bill by safe majority.
The vote was not large one and rep
resented only little more than two
thirds of the senate membership. OF
the total membership of ninety-two,
there were twenty-eight senator's VINO
did not vote and OF lAese, four Ne.
absent without being paired and all
OF these were Democrats. They were
Senators Clarke OF Arkansas, Bank
head of Alabama, McEnery of Louis
lana and Smith of Maryland.
All of the Democrats present cast
their votes in favor of the Cumm.
provision. so that 'e the Democrat;
senators who were absent and un-
paired had been present and had vot-
ed for the amendment, the ballot in
Its favor would have been increased to
thirty-three, still less by two votes
than the vote against the provision.
Only eighteen Democratic votes were
cast and these, together with eleven
Republicans who voted for the Cum
minis substitute, constituted the en-
tire affirmative vote. The full vote
was as follows.
Yeas-Bacon, Bailey, Beveridse.
Borah, Brlstow, Burkett, Chamberlaia.
Clapp.. Clay, Cummins, Davis. Dixon.
Dolliver, Fletcher, Frazier Gamble,
Core. Johnstone, LaFollette, Martin,
Nelson, Overman. Paynter, Percy,
Purcell, Simmons. Smith Of South
Carolina. Stone and Taylor-29.
Nays-Bradley. Brandagee, Brown,
Bulkley. Burnham, Burrows, Burton,
Clark of Wyoming, Carter, Crane,
Crawford, Cullom, Curtis, Depew, Du-
pont. Elkins. Frye, Gallinger, Guggen-
helm, Hepburn, Jones, Kean, Lodge,
Nixon, Oliver. Page, Perkins, Piles,
Root. Scott, Smith of Michigan, Smoot.
Stephenson and Warner-35.
The following pairs were announc-
ed, the first named being favorable to
the Commins provision and the last
being against: Hughes and Aldrich,
Bourne and Penrose, Taliaferro and
Briggs, Shively and Dick, Culberson
and Flint, Newlands and Hale, Owen
and Lorimer; Foster and McCumber,
Rayner and Richardson, Daniel and
Wetmore, Money and Warren, Tillman
and Dillingham;.
Another Amendment
Immediately after the result was
announced, Senator Cummins, whose
provision had been voted down, gave
notice Of another amendment intend
cd to accomplish the same purpose.
He claimed for his substitute that it
would specifically require the appro-
val of the interstate commerce COM
mission of all rates under traffic
agreements In advance of their taking
effect, but his substitute covered all
phases Of the question.
BY the amendment presented yes
terday and which will receive the first
vote when the subject comes up the
Iowa senator seeks to insert a pro-
viso, declaring that no increase or
change in classification shall take ef-
feet until 1t shall have received the
approval of the commission.
The voting stage was not reached
until late in the day. The senate had
begun the consideration of the bill in
the hope Of being able to complete
the section before the close Of the sit
ting and 1t would have been able to
do so, but for the fact that at the last
moment Senator LaFollette came in
with one hour speech, which had the
effect Of delaying the voting for just
that much time.
Previous to Mr.. LaFollette's speech
the time had been given to addresses
by Senators Newlands and Cummins.
Senator Frye, president pro TEN,
occupied the chair and his recogni-
ton of the Wisconsin senator was CIV
en- rather grudgingly. Mr.. LaFollette
beginning at 1855 p. M, continued un-
til 4:45 o'clock. His speech was
plea against the annulment Of the
Sherman antitrust law as applicable
to the railroads without supplying ade-
.quate protection in its stead. In
many respects it was remarkable
speech and it was delivered under
somewhat trying circumstances. The
senate. as we'll as it's presiding Off
Ger, evidently wanted to vote and
while most Of the senator's retained
their seats there was manifest impa-
thence, at least among the advocates
of the bill.
LaFollctte Against Party
Declaring that the standard In the
senate had declined since 1890, when