Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-08
FIRM PARTY VOTE
BEATS MINORITY
Republicans in House Stick Together
and Refuse to Concur in Senate
Amendments.
ACTION ON THE RAILROAD BILL
Measure Finally Sent to Conference
and Members Named.
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
President Urges Immediate Power to
Commission on Rates.
RAILROAD MEN LEAVE CAPITOL
Further Talk with chief Executive
Ends with Positive Agreement
to withhold All Adj
vRnccs.
Measure Finally Sent to Conference
and Members Named.
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGREs
President Urges Immediate Power to
Commission on Rates.
RAILROAD MEN LEAVE CAPITOL
lFrom . staff Correspondent


Eram) The house Of representatives to-
dap presented scenes similar to the old
days OF the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth
congress when party solidarity was tri-
umpant and when republicans were In
the saddle and democrats on each vote
faced defeat.
The recent furry as to the railroad stu
alton became thing of tho past. The
railroad presidents went home, President
Taft went horseback riding, and the rail-
road bill went to conference.
Representatives of the eastern and CEN
tral railroads, at conference with the
president this afternoon, agreed to with
hold all proposed freight rate increases
until the new railroad law becomes ef-
fective and, to submit the reasonabeness
OF increases to the Interstate Commerce
commission. The railroads interested in
the southern territory declared they had
not as yet filed notices of increase, but
that II they did, they would be ready to
abide by the decision of the commission.
Presidents Special Message.
At the capitol things were not so pleas
and. President Taft sent special mes
sage to congress- telling of the settlement
he had reached with the railroads and
urging that the provision of the railroad
commission the power to investigate and
suspend new rates be made effective inn
mediately upon the signing of the act
rather than have II go into effect along
with the other clauses, which have a
sixty day limitation following the exc
ecutive approval
The president did this as a part OF the
agreement with the railroads by which he
promised them a square deal" and
speedy determination as TO the Justice
of their new rates lie also did IT to
prevent ;hesfiling OF any new rates dur
ing the sixty days
Interest early eentered around the rail-
road rate bill and there was an extremely
full attendance OF members when the
speakers gavel fell, Notwithstanding alb
sentees in south Dakota and certain Of
the southern states. where primaries were
held today.
Would the democrats and insurgents be
able to adopt the senate amendments to the
railroad bill? That was the question which
ccEfronted the repre- sentatives when Chair
man Mann OF the interstate and foreign
commerce committee submitted the propo-
sltIon to nonconcur in the senate amend
ment
MIR. Denroot of Wisconsin offered a mo-
tion to concur IN the amendments, with an
Amendment AOllOWlnB inc lines OF fIesl-
Rnt Tafts suggestion that the provl-
slons OF the bill should be amended so as to
take effect Immediately after It's passage
instead of sixty days after passage as
provided I'm the senate bill
With the offering OF Lenroots substitute,
issues were closely defined, and then specu-
lation began as to where the insurgents,
particularly in the Missouri valley region,
would land.
The vote of 1856 to l62 defeating the Len
root motion was one OF the most exciting
ihat has taken place during the present
session of congress. Nebraska was a unit
10 concur IN Tie senate amendments with
the Lenroot substitute republicans as we'll
as democrats OF the delegation vieing with
VMe another to see how loud they could
\ Vote in favor of accepting the bill as It
came from the senate
Iowa. on the other hand. divided,
HAugan, Kendall Woods and Hubbard vot-
ing with the democrats and their insurgent
brethren to concur, while Kennedy, Daw-
son. Pickett and Good voted with the regu-
lars to send tho bill to conference,
Hitchcock Taken 90 Task.
During debate on the motion to nonconeur
or concur with an Amendment Representa-
tive Mann took occasion to tell Mr. Hitch
cock OF Nebraska that the latters criticism
OF his (Manus) position was wholly un-
called for and really deserved no considera-
tion.
Mr. Mann said that the structures OF Mr..
Hitchcock on the chairman OF the com
mttee, had little or no value fn the house
and would probably have less value in the
Ao1untry at large. And warming up to
his subject Mr.. Mann dramatically said:
Il shall not bctray the confidence Of this
house. nor win / permit II TO be done by
my associates.
Il shan not apologize to the gentleman
from Omaha for things ! dld yesterday,
nor things l do today, for 1 assume that
my efforts OF yesterday to protect the peo-
pie against bad legislation is the same as
, my efforts which putting forth TO-
day TO give them good legislation"
With the vote over on the railroad rate
bill, and conferees appointed, Mann
wanger and Adamson on the part of the
house. and Elkins, Aldrich and Foster, on
the part OF the senate, the house i'm
mediately got down to the second i'm
portant bit ~ legislation by adopting first
rule that has come from the newly con
stituted committee rules. by fixing
Efghty hours for debate on the postal saw
MAS bRnk bill with permission TO the
minority TO substitute a bill pt their own
for the bll as prepared by the republicans
and then for a final vote on the measure
There was seurrying when the rule was
reported by Chairman Dalzell and mem
bers from the Missouri valley section be-
San 20 realize that things were different
and on vote on the previous question.
everyone OF the republicans from lows,
with the single exception OF Hubbard
voted TO sustain the rules committee.
while hlnshaw and Kinkaid voted for the
rule. (9rris could not see his way clear