Show PASS mm BILL THE ADM administration if NI MEASURE SUPPORTED BY insurgents IN THE HOUSE fourteen democrats also swung into line the vote being to president gratified over passage of measure wash washington in agton WI without thou t a single dissenting republican vote the house on oil tuesday passed the railroad bill one ot of the hie chief measures president tatt taft wished enacted at the present session of congress by to fourteen democrats joined the majority president tatt taft said he was waa deeply gratified over the passage of the measure me asuro tho the bill makes many changes in tho the existing law that it if accepted by the senate will greatly affect interstate commerce the court of commerce Is created to adjudicate cases cameo in appeal from the ho interstate commerce commission a it Is provided this boint shall bo be organized by the justices of the supreme court future appoint appointments cuts to membership on the court to be made by them stock arid and bond issues of railroads ads are controlled by tho the bill under this clause a railroad before issuing tiny additional stock steel must obtain an order from roni the commission which must ilon g other things fix the price at w which the securities of 0 the road may be sold the long and short haul clause of 0 the measure provides a railroad can vot lot without first gaining permission charge charee more for a short than lor for a long haul over the same line the interstate commerce commission also la is given authority whenever a now new rate Is proposed to suspend the taking effect of that rate late durin consideration alde ration or of its reasonable reasonableness e As AB amended the bill proposes to bring the telephone and telegraph companies under tinder the control of the in ter state commerce commission under its terms a railroad company mutt must quote a freight rate accurately upon demand of a shipper and the ship per la Is given the right to route hit his freight whenever it passes over more than one railroad severe penalties are provided against shippers who through false claims for damages or loss ot of prop erty obtain secret rebates |