The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-17
Senator Cummins of Iowa Con-
tinues His Attack Upon
the Administration Railroad
Measure-others Join Fray.
PLAIN STATEMENT OF
THE CASE BY ALDRECH
If the Bill As Drawn Is LaHe
in Any Respect It Can Be
Amended and Defects REM
edied Before Vote Is Taken.
RESTS WITH THE SENATE

Washington, March 16.-n the
sharpest debate yet provoked In the
Senate on the administration railroad
bill, bitter criticisms of the support
ers of the bill in trying to put the
measure through without amend
ment, elected from Senator Aldrich
an admission that the bill could be
amended.
This statement was made during
the second day of Senator Cummins'
speech attacking the bill, but not un-t
til after friends of the measure had.
been accused of trying 10 hide behind
the President and behind the fact
that the bill had been drafted at his
direction.
For more than two hours tlle Pzssfdsnt
figured in the discussion. and Tor time
mis- title, IL not his NAME was banded
about with a freedom that mounted 70
reCklesSneSs. In this portion or the de-
bate Senators AldTzch. Bailey, CEmm4nas
Root, Elkins and Bacon 1iguEsd con
spieuOuEly.
senator NQIlIuluS e511taff0cQ N5ttst Us
provision in the bill referring to traffic
agreements would render them legal with
out their submission TO the tnueTsia -
commerce commission 6e asserted taeps-
had been conspicuous silence IN tie cop1-
mittee On this subject. IhereUpon Mr.
Crawford turned to Senator AldrIohs WhS
is member OF the COMMITTEES % tElsr-
state commerce, and questioned him on
his Interpretation OF the meaning Of the
provision.
''The whole truth" interrupted Ma
Bailey before Mr.. Aldrich cOuiG T<sDly.
is that the intention OF the provision
Of the repeal OF the antitrust law is To
reverse the supreme court OF the United
States The effect and purpose Is % take
the railroads from under this suPreme
court"
Denied by AIdrioh.
Mr.. Aldrich denied the intlmation OF
the Texas Senator. and from this collOQuy-
arose q general discussion as 70 whether
it had been the original intention 20 In
clude the railroads IN the Sherman anti
trust bill. During this discussion Dir.
Aldrich said that no Senator who bad
voted for the Sherman law had the slight
est idea that the railroads were embraced
within its terms. But all the same, you
are now trying 10 take them out OF II,
reiterated Mr.. Bailey.
'T beg pardon" responded Mr. Aid,
rich, but that IS not true. The Senator
from Texas is mistaken as to the pnT-
pose OF the proposed law as is the Sena-
tor from Iowa"
Mr.. Cummins would not admit that hs
could be mistaken, for he declared the
purpose OF the law was written broadly
on its face. There could be no doubt that
It repealed the law on traffic agreements,
he said
Senator Elkins undertook to Tefute this
contention by reading the provision re-.
gaTding the agreements, and in so doing
broadly asserted that every one must
know the railroads violate the law every
day. This assertion was challe nged By
several Senators, but the West ViFgintaR
held to his position, and asked. Now
why eTnbarrass the railroadsg'
True, true responded Mn CumnlirssS
half under his brea th.
Mr.. Elkins oontended that even though
agreements were authorized BY the psnds
ing bill. the commission still have cOn4
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