The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-17
COMMERCE COURT RETAINED
JNtIE REFUSES 10 STRIKE IT
or OF RAILWAY BILL.
u ,,,o Votes DSNn an Amenanaeat I.lmli-
ins the Number % Ju1lles 70 Taree
Urgular laepubileana and npnsUFals
Predict FINAL Vets oa Dul TAh Weeh.

Predict flnAi Nese On W - WeeA.
V,srrNC1nN. Nav ie.-Iha later
state .mmsTcs court provision in ths
At.r..trauon bin. one Of the most I'M
rrrtr, textures 81 that measure. VS.
,rauyi by the Senats to-day Tho
Administration fOrcos tWica demonafrntsa
MAJ .sy we're IN control Of the situation
on rue commerce court prOpOsliiOn.
,r., rv q margin Of nine and again By
4 rao. ~ Of ten.
ra n0st vote was taken on an amend
mont rfered by senator Cummins Of
LA .n .trike from the bill the authoEiaa-
trn the court. Thirty-ssvsR Republic
Coll. DIED aGAinat this smendmsua and
fasr eight Democrats and Insurgents
fort
Tr. -econd roll call also came on an
amendment by Mr.. Clmmina 20 limit the
nun -rof Judges Of the court to three. tlte
rsiag tho number provided in the Admin
is,Isuon hill. and 10 reduce their term Of
-a-,Je from FIVE TO three years. Thirty
four Republicans and one Democrat.
senator McEneTy % Louisiana. voted
against this amendment. and the CON-
h.ned Democratic and Republican IN.
urgent strength in favor Of Il was twenty
rive Ons other vote was taken on an
amendment ny senator dacOn Of Georgia
which practically offered 10 subqtituts
the provision Of the HOUSE bill IN refer
.nce To the commerce court. but that
too was voted down and Senator bacon
lid not ask tor a roll call
After disposing Of the three amendmsnts
the senate tooS up tho provision % the
hiIl which confers upon tho Attorney.
General Of the United States the power
70 conduct the defence in courts % all
orders made BY the Interstate Commerce
Commission when auch order h resisted
by the "a ways.
senator CImmins offered an amend
nent to this provision which would prac-
iicAlly reenact the existing law. having
the defence Of the cOmmiasi0n's orders
20 10 own especially appointed counsel
ana providinRithAt the commission shall
CONTINUE 20 be made a party deieadAnt.
instead of having the United Siaass sub
sttuted, as Il is proposed IN The senate
hill. The amendment was before the
Senaas when the session adjourned TO-
day. senator Cummine had the floor
and Indicated that be would speak for
more than an hour. and Il 10 understood
that he will be followed by other insnr-
gent ano DemOcTatic Senator's.
The railway ball was before the senate
ContipuOualy from shortly after n O'Clock
this morning until the adjOurnmant.
which occurred shortly after 5 O'Clock
this evening. There was some dificulty
IN getting a quorum when the senate
met under a special order an hour earlier
'han usual this morning. senator Frye
fppeared 10 he the Oniy member Of the
~enate in the chamber when he we his
ravel fall a. President pro TEN. TO init
ate the days proceedings. Even Vice.
President sherman was absent
The chaplain VrOCoeded with the In.
location and before he he'd concluded
oenator Johnston Of Aia'Gma cane into
h senate chamber and stold bowed
solitary reverence urtil the chaplain
~ finished UtheF selai0rs Logan
dropping In aud one II them made point
no quorum. Fifteen minutes vas
devoted 10 trying Ia secure a utioFum.
finally the presiding ohlcer was com
relied % announce that OnlT fOrty-twO
senator's had responded IN their names
and that tho senate was without the
lecessary number.
On the demand q senator Heyburn II
IDAHO the names ~ absent members
we're called The call diaclossd thst
senator's Adrich. Bailey and even "a Fol
cite Wers away. senator Johnston
entered a serious obieciion 70 the eaFly
meetinRs. He called attention "a the fact
hat the Senators who had brought about
the order for nesting AZ u o'clock we're
among the aheenteer. ne moved, there-
fore. when the senate ADJOURNED Tor the
day. u he Ia meet az noon Tomorrow
instead ot az II O'Clock. MS motion
prevailed by vote Of y 70 q. Ihis order
was reversed later IN the Day, however,
and the senate just hsfore q adjourned
agreed to meet Tomorrow again az n
O'Clock.
n n expectei That the vote on senator
Iumnninss pendtng amendment - main
am the exlsting status N regArd % the
detense OF the interstate ComHeroe Cosn-
mission orders ~ The coiFas VII b. very
close. The insurgents we're - ying tonight
NAT they could count q sufhcient nnmber
u votes, inoiuding Dsn0efas ana m
slrgents, 70 pass the CumWiins amend
Tusnt. Iheir oontentlons were supported
fmnUCan leauefH That CONCESSIONS VIII