The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-04
lew pditied Administration Meas
Porslure Goes Through by De-
Up. cisive Majority.
iLY SIX DEMOCRATS
s VOTE IN AFFIRMATIVE
tIine of the Law After 1t Has
Finally Been Whipped
Into Shape.

June 3.-Thc senate
;qed the administration railroad bill
'D.55 o'clock tonight. IT has been un-
consideration for more than twelve
liks and practically no other business
sept appropriation bills were consid-
u in that long period. Only twelve
'ss, all by Democrats, were recorded
INST the bill.
he practical unanimity with which the
asure was passed WAS due 10 radical
ruges made in the measure from the
n I'm which II was drafted by Attorney
snral Wickersham. following numerous
ferenccs at the White house on the
lject OF amending interstate commerce
*. All the insurgents who opposed
nv features OF the original bill: voted
III tonight.
fger sections and by reason OF the
ption of many amendments i'll the in
,st OF shippers, the progressive Re-
Means claim a signal victory. ana
II of the Democrats expressed them
'es as favorable TO the large portion
ilie measure
ad ii not been for the retention OF
i sections TO create court oi com
see, it Is likely that the vote Tor the
: would have been unanimous.
4 Elkins Finally Wins.
lcbatc ceased at $3.50 o'clock, when
ator lslllins, chairman of the inter
.,e commerce commission, moved TO
,f up the bill which was passed By the
sc, and after striking ont the body OF
a measure TO substitute the matter
bed upon by the senate. In that form
tbill was voted upon. WIN inc result
4 IL was passed by vote of so TO II.
% Republican voted against the bill
81 SIX Democrats voted for IL. They
.e Messrs. Chamberlain. Clay, Gore,
inter, Simmons and Stone. The
ss,ocrats recorded against ii were
stsrs. Bacon. Fletcher, Frazier. Hughes,
lcy Newlands. Percy, Purcell, Hay
!. ShIvely. Smith OF Maryland and
,.tf OF South Carolina
-isi before the voting began Senator
fcIlettc. one of the insurgent RepuD-
IA leaders, served notice upon the SEN
n that unless tho senate confcrees
sle q determined fight for retention OF
r Democrats /; could not hope 10 have
n rconfercncc report approved
pcechcs In explanation OF their votes
- made by Senators Bacon. LaFol-
re. Dollircr. Paynter, Clay, Simmons
~ Core.
n Ready for Approval.
he new law Will take effect sixty days
n IL is approved by the president
snator La Toilette presented large
snbcr of amendments 10 the bill dur
Z The day, the most important of which
.gjded that no person interested In "A
road company shall be appointed Il,
i7lbership OF the proposed court OF
6lmerce and substituting the supreme
irt as n body for the chief justice on
rtcrming the duty of designating cir
s court judges for services on the
! ch OF the commerce court Both
EsDdmcnts were lost. the former by a
q of % TO SO. and the latter Is to 80,
9th amendments aroused sharp criti-
IN. Speaking to the provision sup
;nting the chief justice, Mr. Carter
larcd that the reflection on that Of
p was such that "John Jay and John
s:rshall might we'll tFTn in their
YES"
'ir. I.aFollctte also presented an
endment providing for the fuller
ipment of the interstate commerce
'amission with the end of providing
y means OF transaction OF the increased
7lness that will result from tho pas
e OF the bill His amendment con-
l4platcd the creation of four districts,
IN 10 he presided over by a commits
a of three men. with salaries OF S6O00
III. The amendment was briefly de-
~ed and was voted down without roll