Show COMMITTEE IS NOT DOT COMMITTED cram Reports to the Senate on Steel Trust Merger Will Be Con Considered as Individual Washington March 1 IThe The senate committee on Judiciary today voted Ir report a disagreement on the resolution providing for an of ut the Uie tit absorption of the Tennessee Coal CoalIron CoalIron Iron company by the United States Steel corporation corp Any views submitted to the senate senat on the subject t will be considered In Individual reports not having haying the sanc sane sanction sanction tion of the committee This is gen generally generally regarded as a compromise as a number of ot senators had bad dratted drafted a report declaring the merger to be in violation of oC the Sherman antitrust la law and rebuking President Roosevelt for Cor his part in tie the transaction while others declared that it was waa not the function ot I Ithe the committee under the resolution adopted to t pass upon these thele questions Caused Much Discussion The decision not to submit either ot the reports of the subcommittee was Va reached after a great deal of discussion Senator Fulton Pulton moved that a disagreement be reported and that each senator would have the individual right reserved to him to make such expressions expressions of views to the tile senate as he de desired desired desired sired This motion was adopted by toy a vote of 7 1 to a 5 the affirmative voles votes being Clark of or Wyoming Depew Depow ol of New York T nn nn Fulton and Clarke of I The negative votes were cast by b Nel Nei Nelson I son KIttridge Culberson Overman and Rayner Raner Senator Bacon was not pres pros present present ent No Vote Taken No 0 ote vote was taken by b the on ether either of the reports of the sub subcommittees subcommittees subcommittees committees Mr Ir Foraker suggested that the committee should report to the senate that the president was not au authorized authorized authorized by law to permit the merger such a report being in direct response to the inquiry of the senate A motion of that character excited a t great deal of debate and differences vf at t opinion and Mr Foraker save gave a way wa to the suggestion of Mr Fulton The views of Mr Ir Bacon BalOn were expressed exp Ir Ira I Ia a letter to the he committee |