The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-06-07
La Toilette and Others Shake
Hands With Themselves.
LOVE FEAST FOLLOWS VOTE
Final Draft Bears Only Faint Re-
semb|ance to Original DOCu-
ment Sent TO COngresS---W What
Was Added and What Was Alb
StraCted.

Washington, June 4.-When the
senate passed the so-caled admins
tration railroad bill, a contest be-
tween the insurgent and regular Re
publicans which has run on more or
| less regularly for three months, was
terminated. The closing scenes in the
debate on the bill were characterized
by grand rush on the part of the
insurgents to seats on the organiza
tion band wagon. Not an insurgent
voted against the bill, which went
through by a division of 80 to ~. All
who voted against the bill were Dem
ocrats, so that President Taft will
have the satisfaction of rejecting
that, Notwithstanding all the dust
and smoke that had been kicked up
in the long senate fight, the bill has
finally emerged a real party measure
The bill will now go to conference,
the house having already acted on
similar measure To get in a parlia
mentary advantage the senate, after
it had passed the BILL took the house
bill from the table, struck out all af
ter the enacting clause and substl-
tuted it's own bill as an amendment.
This will permit the house to disa-
gree without delay and ask for con
ference.
Explain Rush to Band Wagon.
The long fight over the railroad
bill In the senate ended with both
insurgents and regulars in good hui
NOR. The insurgents in explaining
their rush toward the band wagon
declared that the bill contains many
good features, and that they alone
were entitled to the credit for them
Senator LaFollette, after having occu-
pied the attention of the senate for
a large part of the day with a dozen
or so amendments, sang swan song
The bill wasn't just as he would like
to see 1t, but 1t was step In the
right direction, and the country. as
he viewed the situation, would thank
the Insurgents and the Democrats for
the merit in 1t.
Senator Dolliver. who had been
pestering Senator Elkins for weeks.
arose and said such nice things
about him that the West Virginia
senator got to his feet and with arm
across his chest bowed low In Ac-
acknowledgement His kindliness, his
forbearance his patience, his good
will toward ALL his willingness that
every man should be heard" were a
| few of the boquets that the Iowa in
surgent handed to the chairman Of
the committee on interstate COM
merce.
The Democrats who voted for the
bill were Chamberlain Of Oregon
Clay OF Georgia Gore OF Oklahoma,
Paynter of Kentucky Simmons of
North Carolina and Stone OF Mis-
souri,
Bill Horribly Mutllated.
The bill as 1t passed the senate
contains only three or four proposi-
tions in same form as they appeared
in the administration original bill
| The commerce court feature Ia re-
tanned with slight notifications, and
so also are the propositions author
i2ing shippers to select their own
routes, the provision imposing penal
ties for incorrect statements OF rates
by railroad companies and that au-
thorizing the commission to begin in
yestigations upon its own initiative
and to control classlfcations These
are practically the only elements OF
the original bill left.
To these have been added. chiefly
through insurgent and Democratic
votes, long and short haul amend
ment an antiinjunctlon amendment,
a provision giving the interstate
commerce commission power to sus-
pend increases In rates for IL
months, a proyision allowing the In.
terstate commerce commission to be-
come u party to litigation In regard
to Its orders through commerce
court: an amendment shifting the
burden Of proof in regard to the rea-
sonableness of increases In rates
from the shipper to the railroad It.
self, an amendment including tele-
phone and telegraph companies as
common carriers under the interstate
commerce law. and several other
amendments OF minor importance.
In addition. the insurgents, acting
In concert with the Democrats,
forced out OF the administration bill
the section leealizlns trafic agree