Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-02-24

! The vote on adoption of the report
j was AZ to ~.
Those voting for the conference re
port included
RepublIcans-KeIlogg, and Nelson
Minnesota; Lenroot, Wisconsin, Steri
ing, South Dakota.
Demoerats-Myers and Walsh, Mon
tana.
Those voting against, incIuded-Re
puhlicans, Borah, Idaho; Gronna, NORTH
Dakota.
Democrats-johnson South Dakota
Those paired included:
McCumber, N. o.. for, with LaFol
lette, Wisconsin, against.
Announcement was made that i
Senators Hitchcock. Nebraska. Stanley
Kentucky. and Chamberlain, Oregon, a.
Democrats. had been present they WouiG
have voted In support Of the conferences
report.
NO PATIENCE FOR DEBATE.
During the five hours Of debate, leo
by Chairman Cummins. of the inter
state commerce committee. senators ex-
pressed varying opinions as TO how the
public and the railways would fare un-
der the bill. which was warmly defended
and attacked. But the intense interest
which attended proceedings on Satur-
day in the house was lacking. frequent
quorum calls being necessary to get
members in the chamber
Around o'clock the patience of The
senate apparently was exhausted. after
the long season of speech making. and
insistant demands for vote cut short
the desire TO prolong presentation of
individual views.
Guaranty Not Gift of Money.
Discussion today related largely to
the labor and rate making provisions.
Senator Cummins. with great feeling,
denounced widespread claims that fixing
freight and passenger charges calculat-
ed to give the roads q return of five anu
oneh half per cent meant taking hugo
sums Of money from the public treasury
The bill. he declared, would not take one
dollar iii that way. Such reports, he
said were merely part Of the propa-
ganda put forth in an effort to defeat
legislation on the eve of return of the
railroads to their owners on March 7.
He said he b:l. merely directed the
interstate commerce commission thai,
insofar as vas practicable it should
make rates that wouid yield net
operating income OF 5la per cent upon
the true value of the railway property"
The income weull depend wholly upon
location of the ROADS the Iowa senator
pointed out. asserting that some roads
would earn not more than , per cent
Labor Provision Upheld.
With respect to the labor provisions
Of the conference report Senator
Cummins added. Il am utterly unable
TO understand the opposition which
they have aroused among labor leaders.
for they leave All free men. whether
employees Q, employers to do whatso-
ever they please at any time, at any
place or under any circumstances
Senator Cummins said that S1.250.-
100000 had been appropriated for ex-
penditure by the railroad administration
I'VE are nov appropriating $500
100000 more" he said. ''and before the
lose of the present fiscal year we will
De compelled to make another appropra-
ion of not less than $500, 900: in all.
s2. 15o, 200 900.
"0f this sum. it is expected the rail-
-oads will during the next decade pay
o the government of the advances so
made sums which, in the aggregate. will
reduce the government expenditures
o something like $3.50, 100000 and this
will represent the loss incurred in two
ears and two months of government
operation.
The amounts l have given you are
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