The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-30
HBSf VOTE ON RAILROAD BILL


ssaaIoF cunamlns'a Amendmeat negnFci.
Iag Agreeweaas Rejected. n 20 N
The Hoass ADDS I'hysleal valuAstsa
sf An Railroads 60 1es Measure.
WASHINGTON. April 1s.-The first real
| test on the Administration railrOad bill
In the Senate came late tbia afternoon
and the Republican regulars carried the
day by q vote Of 81 To - over the oomhina-
ton 10 Democrats and inaurGsnts. Four
Democrats were absent and impaired.
otherwise the Administration forcea
would have Won by n ecant margin of
two votes. AZ Republicans who have
been WavernG bstWcsn the regular and
insairIgsnt linSs SIDED with the chronic
insurgents. They were BOFah % Idaho.
Nelson Of Minnesota. Dixon Of Montana.
Burkstt VI NebrAAka. Gamble nj South
Dakota aud Bourne oS Oregon.
While The regulars In tho senate wer~
gliding OvT mighty thin Ice tho House
Was procssding with it, apparent inten-
ton of changing the idsntity 81 the hill
20 surh an extent that even its friends will
hardly recognize IL. Physical valuation
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
Of every railroad la the United States was
the radical feature added TO the bill in the
House to-day. Yesterday the House by
q clear majority included telephone and
telegraph companies a. common carriers
subjsct 10 the jurisdiction % the Inter-
state Commeroe Commission. and to-
morrow IL will not surprise the stanchest
regulars. the widest ins,rgent or the
most hopeful Democrat to sec almost
any sort OF an amendment included in the
a. - 81
question Of physical val,Ia ton IL not final
bait IL Indicates plainly enough q sentimsnt
that the House leaders will have 20 reckon
with.
In the senate tho test came on the
amendmsnt offered by senator C'Immins
OF Iowa TO the provision Of the bill relat-
ing Co Agreements between railroads in
regard to rates and classificatiOns. The
senate Committee on Interstate Com
mercs have accepted an amendment by
senator Crawford Of South Dakota. To
this amsnded provision OF the bill senator
CummIns proposed an amendment re-
quiring the railroads when they file agrees
m~nts with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission under the power given in the bill
90 file at the sane time q statement OF
rates and clasaincations which are To be
made pursuant TO the agreement.
In brief the effect Of senator Cummins's
amendment - 90 give to the Interstate
Commerce. Commission the power TO APP
prove rates before they may so into effect.
ford the commission may receive the copy
OF the agreement and act upon 10 but has
no power TO inquire into rates or classifi-
cations made pursuant to the agreement
until after they have actually been put
into effect by the railroad.
H. knGA L.. -
ward 20 - q fair test of strength ON the
entire measure. For days u has been
realized on both sides that the vote Woud
he very close on the Cummins amend
Easns. The Republican leaders have h~an
confident and there was a story Ahoaf
thai they had been led 20 beIieve thar thew
could rely on the votes Of five Democratic
Senators II they needed them to-day.
After the vote was announced an un-
usual thing happened IN senate procedure
senator Clay Of Georgia demanded that
read from the dssk and also the name
OF senators who were absent without
being paired. The pairs when read dis
closed nothing significant. N IN each case
a democrat Was paired with a Republican.
But when the liet OF Nance Of Senators
who were absent without Icing paired
was read IL disclosed the names Of these !
four Democrats Mcfsnery Of Louisiana. ,
Clarke Of Ar<Ansas Bankhead Of Alabama
and smith Of Maryland. senator McEnery
was in his seat in the Senate an hour
SENATOR are absent from Washington
The following u the vote as finally
recorded on the Cummins amendment
Ayea-Bacoa. Bailey. Cham berlain. Clay. !
Davis. Fletcher. Frazier. Gore. Johnston.
Martin. Ovenpan. Psynter. Percy. Purcell.
simmons. smith tSOuth Carolina. stone
and Taylor. Democrats. ~; and Beveridre.
Borah. Bri-tOw. Burkett. ClapP. Cumm ina.
Dixon. DOlliveT. Gamble. Ia Toilette and
Nelson. Republicans. ~. Total. -.
Nays Bradley. Brandegee. Brown. BuIks- |
lev. Burnham. burrows. Burton. Carter. !
Clark ~ yoniingl. Crane. Crawford. Culloni. |
Curtis. Depew. Du Point. Elkins. FRYE. Gal |
IinEsT. Gusgenheim. Hepburn. tones. Rean. I
.odas. Nixon. oliver. Page. Perkins. Piles. !
Root. Scot. smith Mic hiEsnl. SmOot. !
Stephenson. Sutherland ami Warner. all !,
Republicans. rs
The demand Of Senator Clay for the |
announcement Of the pairs and the calling |
u the names Of absent senators who \
were not paired was declared by SENATOR
10 be extraordinary.
in the HOUSE the pairs are announced
after each roll call and tho names OF the i
abssnt and not paired are gen
orally MAIDS known. IL was recalled to-
day that on the last ocoas,on on which \
demand was made for announcement OF \
pairs IN the senate vic~-President Fair
hanks. who was presiding. refused the l
request. saying that tho pairs In the
senate were arrangements lSstween Sena- !
tors 81 which the chair was not presumed 4
to have knowledse and that II was not l
usual IN announce them. President Frye /
made no objection to-day 20 announcing /
the pairs OF the abssntees.
While the roll call on the amendment l
was in progress q serious question arose 4
the pair between Senator \
Tillman Of South Carolina and Senator ,
Of Vermont. When MIR. Dill |
inRham's name was called he responded I
with a statement announcing HIS pair. /
bat saying that the pair held good only 1
N tn the bill and that under the arrange
'nent he was free TO vote on all pending |
amendments Thereupon he voted In op- |
position 20 the Cummins amendment
senator Bacon 81 Georgia said that at I
tho conclusion of the roll call and before |
the result was announced he Intended to |,
make an explanation in regard to tho |
DillinGhs m Tilsrnan pair and intimatsd |