Show WILL TOTE VOTE TODAY Washington May 12 Agreeing to a proposition by Senator Elkins to be begin begin begin gin voting on the long and short haul amendments to the railroad bill bUI to tomorrow tomorrow morrow morrow at 4 the Senate today took an advance stop t t In the consideration consideration consideration tion of the bill The agreement provides the voting shall be concluded within the legislative legis legislative day This Is an elastic ar arrangement arrangement arrangement and If it the voting should be prolonged there might be delay until un until until til Saturday If It the Dixon amend amendment amendment ment meat should be voted down a number of others will be offered and under the agreement they can be debated deb t If U discussion is desired The first vote will be on the Dixon amendment as ass s a substitute for the provision Both of ot these pro provisions provIsions provisions visions seek to stiffen the present statute but the Dixon substitute gives the Interstate commerce com commission commission commission mission more discretion than does theother the theother other The organization of Republicans are confident of the defeat of ot all amend amendments amendments amendments ments Considering that nineteen Re Republican Rep Republican publican p votes will be cast for tor the Dixon provision they claim from twelve to fifteen Democratic votes against It The smaller number would give them a majority of ot five Not all the advocates advocate of ot the provision concede the claim Some of them contend the Republican publican defection will grow to while whilo they assert not more than eight or nine Democrats Dem will vote with the regular Republicans Republicans Toward the close of the days ses session session session sion the Senate reached an agreement to meet daily dally beginning on Monday at 11 instead of 12 1 There also were understandings that practically all other business even Including in including appropriation bills should be excluded until disposition was made of at atthe the railroad bill Running Remains Debate During the debate today Mr Smoot complained the railroads do not deal with shipments from the west to the east as they do with shipments from the east to the west Having said Salt Lake pays more on every article shipped from eastern points than do Pacific coast cities Mr Smoot as that in no Instance is Chicago charged char d more than New York Fork on In Invoices Invoices Invoices voices from the west That Mr Piles said is because Chicago Is in the water zone No responded Mr Smoot that Is not the reason Chicago has baa power enough In the railroad world to de demand demand demand mand Just treatment Why should hould the railroads wish to build up one point at the expense of another an another another other Mr Briggs asked Replying for Mr Smoot Mr Dixon of Montana said that by giving to t Los Angeles Angele terminal rates the railroads had built bulIt up a city of ot while Santa Barbara and Santa Monica which twenty years ago were about the same size as Los Angeles had remained comparatively stationary because of the denial of the same favor Replying to toa a question Mr Smoot t said Individuals could not afford to ap appeal appeal appeal peal to the Interstate commerce com corn commission commission mission or the courts because such sucha a course ourse would result In their ruin While the Utah senator was engaged In one of many encounters with Sena Senator Senator Senator tor Elkins regarding the reasonable reasonableness ness of the rates to the Pacific coast coat the latter made reference to water com competition competitIon competition petition Smoot Chides Elkins Elkin Water Mr Smoot exclaimed water If the senator from West Vir Virginia Virginia ginia had bad remained in the chamber he would have heard he rd my explanation on that point Instead of remaining he heg goes g es out and then bobs up here again in a few minutes with the cry of or water Th The controversy proceeding Mr Smoot asked Sir kr Elkins whether he be would complain if It West Virginia were required to pay the rate to Chicago and back on au shipments from New York YorkI I 1 would not If the rates were Just justi i and reasonable Mr Elkins responded After the West Virginia senator had dwelt for some time on the earnings of the railroads Mr Smoot said If he be Elkins would remain long enough he would undertake to convince him of the correctness of his position The last speech ch of the day was made by Senator Nixon who eaid Nevada had suffered more from long and short abort haul discrimination than others As Its Asan Asan an Illustration he said that while the freight rate from New Now York to San Francisco miles mlles Is about SOc per hundred that from San Francisco toReno to toReno toReno Reno miles mlles Is per pel hundred |