Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-19

EFFORTS or REPUBLICANS
FOR HARMONY FUTILE
Democrats viii Be Asked TO
Assist in Expediting Measure
Effort to Fix Date for Vote
Fails,


my NofhihE dohihhl NDeclal leased Wtfel
Washington, May -Abandonine
an hope Of reachina any common
understanding on the railroad nil
With the insurgents" the regular re
publican senators moved an early ad-
iornment of the senate today to per-
nit the democrats 70 set together TO
night to consider a proposition look
ing TO the completion of the bin
BEFORE adjournment Senator AID
rich made an effort To obtain an
agreement 10 take the final vote next
Wednesday. but there were several
objections and the request was not
pressed
1t was the general understanding
about the senate chambers that the
democrats would be asked to assist
in eXpeditine the bin by permitting
amendments to he laid on the table,
by refralnng from speech making
and by other means, with the under
standing that IN return the last three
sections OF the bill relating to cap
talzation would be withdrawn.
The democratic senators generally
have opposed these provisions be
cause of their supposed infringement
on the states rights.
pose of the bill and ere willing to re-
sort to any proper means to hasten
its passage The democratic confer
ence was attended by about a dozen
of the democratic lawyers After
considering the proposition advanced
by the republican regulars they de-
eided to submit their views to their
colleagues in time to consider any
suggestion that may be made at to-
morroWs session looking to the fixing
of 70 day for final vote on the bill
AS the result of he days labor the
senate accompanied by a majority Of
seventeen votes the house provision
regulating the defensc of cases aris-
ing out OF aordcrA of The interstate
commerce commission ms Offered and
rs senator Smith Of Mich
igan and as later modified at the
suggestion Of Senator Hughes Of
Colorado.
This provision, as it nassed the
house. places the conduct Of such
cases in charge of the attorney gen
eral and permits the interstate COM
merce commission TO intervene
As offered in the senate by Mr. /
Smith the provisions was so modified /
0s to permit ample notice to the COM
mission and he accepted afterwards "a !
suggestion from Mr.. Hughes which /
also permits the Intervention Of ship /
pers or other parties at interest and
not only prohibits the attorney gem
eral from discontinuing such cases
without notice to the intervenors hut
authorizes them to proceed with the
case even after the attorney general
may have withdrawn from it,
The vote on this combined PROPOSE
ton Of the Michigan republican and
the Colorado democrat stood four to
twenty five. Thirty N-scvcn Of the nf-
firmative votes were cast by republic
cans aud the other three by Senators
Fletcher, Hughes and McEnery, DEM
ocrats Ten OF the negative votes
were by republicans, Beveridge Borah,
Bourne. Bristow. Burkett, Clapp
cummns. Dixon. Dolliver and La
Toilette
The success of the Smith-Hughes
provision was admittedly due to the
ldoption of the house section, which
Is generally conceded to be more ia
,orable to shippers than was the pro-
vision in the original amendment
Without some concession IT would
nave been impossible to get any dem
,cratic votes and a considerably
arger number of republicans would
lave been lost Indeed, until the
.hange was made there was fair
nal provision and for the success of
he Cummins amendment
In addition To- action on thc defense
PROVISION, the senate also accepted an
mendmcnt proposed by senator AID
'ich extending nom 60 10 l2O days
he period during which the inter
tate commerce commission may sus-
lend for investigation any new rates
II cassilicatiC ms made by railroad
.ompanies This also WAS conces-
ion in the interest of the shippers
md was accepted without division
md without dcliberation
Senator Rayner made sharp on
Taught upon the smith Hughes
amendment and succeeded in Wous- D
ne Senator Hughes. who resented f..
What he construed to be an intlma- /
ion that he was lined up" ia favor /
VI the house plan. subsequent eN- +
llanations led 10 more amicable d
and the incident closed
.ith assurances of mutual good VIII. p