The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-04
After Three Months of Consid-
GRAFTON the Administration
Railroad Bill Passes the
Senate by a Large Majority.
INSURGENTS RECORDED
IN FAVOR OF MEASURE
Action Finally Taken at a Night
Session Only When Amend
ment After Amendment Was
Offered and Turned Down,
SOME NOTABLE FEATURES

WASHINGTON. June 3,-The SEN
Wv ate passed the administration
railroad hill nj 0t55 O'Clock to-
night. IL had been under conSidcra-
ton fUr more than twelve weeks ana
practically no other matters except
appropriation bills were considered In
that long period. Only twelve s"tes,
all by Democrats, were recorded
against the bill
The practical unanimity with which
the measure was passed was due Co
radical changes made I'm the measure
from the form I'm which n was drafted
by Attorney General Wickershnm, fol-
lowing numerous conferences at the
White house on the subject of amend
Ing Interstate commerce laws All the
s.fnSurEcnts,- who opposed many fcn-
lures OF the original biIi, voted for IL
tonight
Through the elimination OF pooling
and merger sections and by reason OF
! the adoption Of many amendments in
! the interest OF shippers, the progress
| sive Republicans claim a signal victory.
/ and most OF the Democrats expressed
| themselves as favorable 20 the larger
/ portion OF tho measure.
Had e not been for the retention OF
the sections TO create a court OF COM
/ merce. 10 IS likely that the vote Tor the
/ bill would have been unanimous.
Debate ceased at $3.50 o'clock when
/ Senator Elkins. chairman OF the inter
| state commerce committee. moved TO
| take up the bin which was passed by
| the House, and after striking out tho
/ nOuN OF tnat measure TO substitute the
/ matter agreed upon by the Senate. In
| that form the bill was voted upon, with
| the result that it was passed by vote
| Of 50 to Il.
Republicans All I'm Line.
I No Republican voted against the bill.
| and six Democrats voted for 80. They
| were Messrs. Chamberlain, Clay. Gore,
| Paynter. simmons and Stone. The
1 Democrats recorded against 3D. were
! Messrs. Bacon, Fletcher. Frazier.
/ hughes Money. Newlands. Percy. Pur-
cell, Rayner. Shively. Smith OF Mary
land and Smith Of South Carolina
| Just before the voting began. SEN
| ator Lafollette. one Of the insurgcnt
| Republican leaders. served notice upon
/ the Senate that unless the Senate con-
\ ferees made a determined fight for re-
tentiOn Of amendments procured by
/ progrcssives and Democrats, it could
not hope to have the conference report
/ approved.
Speeches I'm explanation Of their votes
were made by Senators Bacon, Lafol-
lette, Dolliver, Paynter. Clay, simmons
I and Gore.
The new law viii take effect ,ixty
days after It is approved BY the Pres
| ident.
Closing Hours Of Debate.
Senator LafoTette presented a large
number Of amendments to the bill dur
| ing the day. the most important Of
I which provided that no person interest
ed in a railroad company shall he dp-
pointed TO membership OF the proposed
court Of commerce, and substituting the
/ supreme court as a body for the chief
justice on performing the duty Of ics-
| ignating circuit court judges for serv-
/ ices or the bench OF the commerce
/ court. Both amendments were lost. tho
| former by a vote Of % TO 81 and the
I latter is TO 80.
Both amendments aroused sharp crit
I icism. Speaking to the provision sup
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