THE 31UKMXG OKJ5U-OXIAX, TUiiSDAl. J1A1 3, 1910.
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RAILROAD BILL IN
DANGER OFWRECK
Insurgents IVSay Cut Cut Chief
Provisions, but Regulars
Plan to Foil Them.
TAFT WARNED OF TROUBLE
If Bill Tails, He Will Place Blame
on Insurgents Elimination of
Pooling Provision will Be Ine
to Fear of Poltl?al Effect.
(Continued from Flrgt Page.)
ford amendment, but were opposed to the
entire traffic section. "These Senators
did not hesitate to enter into an agree
ment with the regular Republicans to
vote against the Cummins provision In
return for an agreement to eliminate the
section altogether.
If the Administration Senators are
correct in the poll they took, the Cum
mins amendment -would be lost by the
narrow margin of one or two votes, and
for that victory the Administration
agrees to pay the prioe of striking out
the -whole section.
It Is agreed section 13 must be aban
doned also. It Is not certain that even
sections 13. 14 and 15. which provide for
Federal regulation of the issuance of se
curities of railroads, can be saved. The
agreement reached today does not cover
these sections.
Much Jockeying In Progress.
The chamber of the Senate and the
several adjacent committee rooms occu
pied by leaders have not been the scenes
of so much Jockeying over legislation
since the making of the famous "Allison
compromise" to the Hepburn rate law
four years ago. As In that case, the
radical movo taken by the men In
charge of the bill came like a bolt from
the blue. That the Administration had
not the votes to carry out lt programme
was not generally suspected.
Throughout the day efforts were
made to effect' an agreement between
those who favored the Cummins
amendment and those who supported
the El kins-Crawford provision. The
first would require all traffic agree
ments and changes of rates to be ap
proved by the Interstate Commerce
Commission before taking effect. The
latter would make traffic agreements
lawful under the Sherman law, but
would not require that rates made by
railroads should be submitted to the
commission In advance.
Insurgents Will Not Yield.
The Insurgents were unyielding. They
believed victory was within their
grasp. After the adjournment of the
Senate, Cummins was called into the
final conference. He was asked if the
insurgents could not get together on
some provision less obnoxious to the
majority of the Republicans than was
in the pending Cummins amendment.
Cummins is quoted as saying per
sonally he would agree to the adop
tion of some provision insuring sub
stantially the same thing, but he did
not think his insurgent colleagues
would accept anything other than a
straight-out proposition compelling
railroads to obtain approval of the
commission before putting new rates
Into effect
When Cummins came out of Mr.
Aldrlch's room he said:
"We are not compromising. We thinlc
we have the votes to adopt my amend
ment." It was apparent he had not been told
of the plan to eliminate section 7 and
did not suspect any such Intention on
the part of those having the bill In
charge. He joined Clapp, Dolliver and
IaFollette, who had waited in the cor
ridor to learn the result of the confer
ence. A newspaperman who Joined- this
group of Insurgents was told by all they
were confident of winning.
Flint Compromi.se Rejected.
Harmony was not complete in the con
ference of the Senate leaders. Flint
was not willing that section 7 be stricken
out. At the same time he was opposed
to giving railroads full power to raise
rates without approval of the Commis
sion and. made it clear that on a final
vote he would act against his associates
and support the Cummins rather than
the Elkinst-Crawford amendment.
"If you adopt the Eiklns-Crawford pro
vision and the railroaiis Increase their
rates, as they must do." declared. Flint.
"it will be charged that the Increases
were due to the removal of the possi
bility of prosecution lor violation of the
provisions of the Slierman law. If the
ummins provision Is adopted. It will be
phy."cal!y impossible for the Interstate
commerce Commission to pass upon the
great volume of new rates presented. I
believe the railroads should be per
mitted to make trafflo agreements, but
they should be prohibited from making
any change In existing rates- without
approval of the Commission."
Flint proposed as a compromise that
traffic agreements be permitted and
the Commission should give blanket ap
proval of existing rates; but that no
new rates should be put in force until
they had been approved. His propo
sition did not meet with the acqui
escence of a majority of those partici
pating In the conference, and it was
apparent also the insrugents would not
accept it. Flint then withdrew from
the conference.
"Cold Feet," Cries Root.
Several Senators were asked tonight
to what they attributed failure to get
enough votes to adopt the Elklns-Craw-ford
amendment. They were almost
unanimous in the opinion that It could
be charged directly to the fact that,
if rates were raised by the railroads,
the people would say the repeal of the
Sherman antl-trast law in Its applica
tion to railroads was responsible.
Unquestionably the possible political
effect of the adoption of that section
frightened away some of the early sup
porters of the provision.
Mr. Root was noticeably annoyed at
the outcome of the conference. "When
asked what caused the change of front
in connection with section 7. he said:
"Cold feet. Some of those who ought
to support the bill were afraid of the
political effect.
The action of railroads In the Western
Trunk Line Association in flllng new
classifications with the interstate Com
merce Commission, giving notice of ma
terial increases, was referred to by &
number of those attending the confer
ence. As wages have been Increased, It
was agreed there would certainly be
other advances and certain Republicans
feared the political effect. Attention was
called to the fact That the New Tork.
New Haven & Hartford today increased
passenger rates between 15 and 30 per
cent.
Whit Mill Be Lert of Bill.
VTiether the showdown between regu
Jar Republicans And Insurgents will oome
tomorrow depends upon the debate and.
the attitude of the insurgents when they
learn of the plans to deprive them of
victory.
The adoption of the programme agreed
upon today would leave the first six sec-
tions of the bill relating to the proposed
court of commerce: the section under
which railroads would be required to fur
nish applicants with written statements
of rates; the provision authorizing the
commission to fix rates upon its own in
itiative or complaint that existing rates
are unjust and providing for a suspension
of a change in a rate for a period of 60
days pending investigation as to its rea
sonableness. Practically all sections that would re
main if those relating to stocks and
bonds were eliminated prescribe penal
ties and the form of reports railroads
would be required to make to the com
mission. Interior States on Warpath.
Elkins, in charge of the bill, encoun
tered further trouble on the Senate
floor in opposition of Senators from "Inter-mountain"
states to the long-and-short-haul
system of freight charges.
Dixon of Montana, in advocating the
adoption of his amendment prohibiting
railroads charging more for a short than
a long haul, said cotton goods were
transported from New York to Seattle
for 90 cents a hundred, white the rate
from New York to Missoula, Mont., 650
miles shorter, was $3-31.
Elkins suggested if the rates were un
reasonable relief was to be had from the
Interstate Commerce Commission- Dixon
replied that small Interior communities
could not afford such a course. Smoot of
Utah came to TJQxon's assistance and
complained of discrimination against Salt
Lake City In favor of Los Angeles.
"With an air of irritation Elkins said
each community should be permitted to
enjoy its own advantages and if people
of the Interior wanted advantages of
coast cities, including lower freight rates
due to water competition, "they should
move outside."
"We are not going to .get off the-mip,"
exclaimed Smoot hotly. 'we are going
to stay right where we are and ask
Congress to right our wrongst:"
Elkins insisted that he did not "want
to put anybody off the map. He charged
Dixon with entering an alliance with the
Democrats, who he said, for 20 years
had been advocatlng'what he was. arguing
for.
Dixon replied 30 Reptaollcan Senators
would vote for his asnendment and he
hoped all the Democrats would do like
wise. The subject was atillaperrcnng when--the
Senate adjourned.
Ml -TRUST BLOW HIT
SUPREME COURT HA?TD&U0VX
TWO DECISIONS.
Retail Imm-ber IealeT9r Association
in Southern States Is
Found Harmful.
WASHINGTON, May 2- The hands
of the states in their flht agralnst
"trusts" -were upheld today by the Su
preme Court of the United -States with
telling effect.
The Association of Retail Lumber
Dealers in Mississippi and Ixmlslana
was disbanded by affirmation of the
decree of the Supreme Court of Missis
sippi ; the Standard VM1 Company of
Kentucky was ousted from Tennessee
by the approval of the decree of the
Supreme Court of Tennessee. Both the
state courts had held they violated the
anti-trust act of the respective states.
Justice Lurton announced the .opin
ion of the court In the Mississippi case.
It was his first utterance from the Su
preme Court bench, on the trust ques
tion. He accepted the flndingra of the
state courts and considered only wheth
er the statute was in conflict with the
14th amendment by abridging the free
dom of contract.
"That auny one of the persons en
gaged in the retail lumber business
might have made a fixed rule of con
duct not to buy his stock from a pro
ducer or wholesaler who should sell to
the consumers in competition with
himself is plain," said the Justice. "No
law which would infringe his freedom
of contract in that particular would
stand.
But when the plaintiffs in error
combine and agree that no one of them
will trade with any producer or whole
saler who shall sell to a consumer in
the trade range of any of them, quite
another case is presented.
"An act harmless when done by any
one may become a public wrong when
done by many acting in concert, for
it then takes on the form of conspir
acy, and may be prohibited err punished
if the result be hurtful to the public
or to the Individual against whom the
concerted action is directed.
SOCIALISTS CAUSE WORRY
New Mayor of Milwaukee Reassures
Eastern Bond Companies.
ilH,WAXJKEE, "Wls May 2 (Spe
cial.) That Baetern bond companies
are Interested In the now administra
tion of the city gwemment became ap
parent today when Mayor Emil Seidel
received a aormmmicejttpon from a Bal
timore concern asking; as to the atti
tude of the Socialist regime toward
publlo service corporations.
Presumably the Information Is de
sired to guide the action of Eastern
bankers In disposing of municipal and
public service corporation bonds. It
was one of. the topics discussed at a
cabinet meeting in the Mayor's office.
"We venture to ask whether your
administration le adverse to the pres
ent methods of these companies T was
asked.
Mayor Seidel will answer, he says,
that there Is no csose Cor alarm that
any action of the administration will
hinder a ready sale of bonds.
PEERS COMING TO FIGHT
Iord Lonsdale and Party Engage
Rooms in San Francisco.
SAX FRANCISCO. May 2. (SpeciaL
Reservations were made at the Fairmont
today for Lord Lonsdale, of London, and
a party of K wealthy Englishmen who
will make the trip to San Francisco to
see the Jeffries-Johnson fight, on July
The reservations for the distinguished
party were made by James B. Duffy, of
San Francisco, general agent of the
Santa Fe Railroad. The Englishmen axe
expected to reach San Francisco not later
than July 1. and will remain for a week
or so after the fight.
The personnel of the party has not
been made known, except that Lord
Lonsdale is at the head of It. He will
be accompanied by other titled Englishmen.
A. Healthful Hint.
A bottle of the Hood Brewing Com
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that tired feeling. Phone Q. 139, B 1JU.
OLD ATHLETE IDOL
New York Streets Blocked
When Weston Arrives.
TRAMP ENDS IN TRIUMPH
Pedestrian 72 Tears Young Spans
Continent In 7 7 Ia j-sPurse and
Championship Belt Given ITim
at His Journey's End.
NEW TORK. May 2. Onttlng his way
through a mass of 20.000 cheering peo
ple, his white' locks bared to the breeze
and his shuffling feet keeping time to
the strains of the "Star Spangled Ban
ner," Edward Payson Weston today
brought to a triumphant end his ocean-to-ocean
walk. He ascended the steps of
the City Hall at 3:10 P. 24., completing
the transcontinental Journey of 34S3 miles
In 77 walking days, a feat without
parallel in the annals of pedestrianism.
The grizzled athlete was welcomed to
his home city by Mayor Gaynor, who
presented him with a purse of 400. hur
riedly raised by a handful of his ad
mirers In the last hours of his spectacular
walk. This and the applause of the
thousands who have followed his tramp
since it began at Los Angeles February 1
is all the reward that comes to the
septuagenarian after his - months of
trudging through heat and cold across
the oontinent
Xo Taint of Professionalism on Him.
No taint of professionalism, no bargain
for the advertising of this, that or the
other form of footwear dims the glory
of the old man's performance. He has
received hundreds of offers from vaude
ville managers, but has declined them all.
In the last stages of his walk Into New
Tork he was the object of an ovation
such as rarely has been accorded to
any Individual short of a victorious ad
miral or a colonel of a rough rider regi
ment. From Seventy-second street down,
Broadway from curb to curb was black
with people.
When the Journey was resumed at 1
o'clock after luncheon the crowd had
grown to nearly 6000, the police were
powerless to clear a way and a call
for reserves was sent in. Fifteen thou
sand persons crowded Into Times Square
to cheer the walker.
What Old Athlete Can Do.
As he finally turned into City Hall
Park, black with thousands, Weston was
visibly moved and It was with difficulty
that he found voice to thank the Mayor
for his words of greeting.
"1 wanted to show to the youngsters
what an old athlete of 72 years could
do,' he said. Then, from the steps
of the City Hall- he thanked the crowd
for its welcome and expressed himself as
well repaid by their cheers for all his
exertions.
Later, In the Mayor's private office, he
was presented with a gold championship
bolt by President P. T. Powers, of the
Eastern Baseball League. It is the
famous six-day go-as-you-please belt, won
by Dineen and Cavanaugh in 1902 and 1903
respectively.
From Tonkers down Weston was ac
companied by his daughter. Miss Anna
Hngan, of New York, and a number of
other friends.
EMPEROR PREPARES TO DIE
Frani Joseph to Be Buried in Ornate
Monastic Wine Vanlt.
VIENNA. May 2. (Special.) Though
hale and hearty and. keenly enjoying the
prospect of celebrating his 80th birthday
in August, Emperor Franz Josef has late
ly made arrangements for his demise.
Beneath the Capuchin Church in this
city is an historic vault containing the
remains of all the members of the Roy
al Family or two centuries. But it was
crowded, so the Emperor decided to
make more room before he bad to Join
the departed
Next door to the vault was the wine
cellar of the Capuchin monastery. A
part of that big chamber has been ac
quired by the aged monarch and out
of it two magnificent vaults have been
constructed. Their walls are lined with
pure white marble. One vault will be
reserved for Franz Josef and his Im
mediate relatives. The larger chamber
will serve as the resting place for more
distant connections of the royal house.
CEMENT SEWER IS WANTED
North ATbina Meeting Declares
' Against Terra CoUa. Pipe.
At a meeting of the North. Albina Im
provement Association last night in the
firehouse on Albina avenue it was decided
that cement eewer pipe for the Riverside
sewer district was good1 enough and the
Council was condemned for holding up
the work.
Representatives from the- City Engi
neer's office explained the advantage of
a cement eewer. saying the longer cement
sewers remained in the ground the harder
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another known FACT.
Brooms RAISE and SPREAD
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and DOES NOT raise it.
These are both FACTS, and now
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they became. It was decided to hold a
mass meeting next Thursday night in the
fire hall on Albina avenue to discuss the
sewer question fully. The Mayor and
City Engineer will.be invited to attend.
Specimens of both cement and terra
cotta sewer pipe will be brought to the
meeting for examination.
Governor Benson Names Judge.
SALEM. Or., May 2. 9pecial. Gover
nor Benson today appointed J- Fred Tates
to be county judge of Benton County.
Oregon, to succeed" the incumbent, Ed
TVoodard. Mr. Yates will hold office from
June 1, 1910. to January 2N 1911.
Senate Confirms Rasch for Judge.
WASHINGTON. May 2. Carl Rasch.
one of Secretary Ballinger's counsel In
the Ballinger-Plrichot controversy, who
was recently nominated by the President
to be United States Judge for the Dis
trict of Montana, was .today confirmed by
the Senate.
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