Show RAILROAD RATE BILL IS I SENT TO A CONFERENCE TAfT WINNING POINTS Sends Special Message to Con Congress Congress Congress gress Urging That Imme Immediate Immediate Immediate diate Power Be Granted to the Commerce Commission PRESIDENT AGAIN TALKS WITH RAILROAD LEADERS Complete Agreement Is Reached Between Uncle Sam and Trunk Lines and andRate andRate andRate Rate Increases Cancelled LONG DEBATE DEB TE IN HOUSE June 7 The flurry nurr WASHINGTON liver r I be the railroad be become come n a thine of the pest Pt to today to today day cia The Th pre n went w nt home hm h me t 1 Tuft went nent nod aDd the tJ railroad bill went to confer conference ence n of vf the eastern nod central l at nC n conference with the this thin afternoon agreed D ed to withhold nil freight Until the new Dew lair In effective eff ethe and after afler that to the of the Increases to the be latenD com Om commerce commerce merce commission The railroads In la ibe he be south southern ern territory declared edared they the lind l nd not an us a aret yet ret filed flied notices notice of Increase but IlOt that If they did they would be rendy rend to 0 abide by It the decision of the commission At M the capitol things thing were wee w r not nol so pleasant IT Tatt sent a special peel mesa tIe U to is Cn telling tailing ef or Ute tb sot sott tr Bi at ks had kad r 1 WIth tb the r ads ad and urging arcing that th the pr n l n of or orthe the railroad bill bill ifill that gives Kh th the tutor later state mat re SOI is ion power to tM and aM sup new Dew raMS ranee rat a b t tC e C made mad effective ff tom upon th tb the sign ng rig of f the Ute act rather father rat bel than Ihan have baTe It n nc Itc Ite e c c Into effect along eRg with the other riau which have bar a limit President for Square neal Deai Th The Pr President ld nt did hI this as sa a part of ef iii 11 e r m nt with the th 01 railroad by s which h he be them t a square quara deal dealand and a speedy p dy ten alea a se to tho It Ju tot tlc of o th tr n tT w rates rat tte He abo aJo dW it to prevent p tk filing of M any Hw Stew raW rates dern i urine th the sixty d days y tile sign Ip of inu n of the th act and anil Its Ita taking effect Th there r wa war W a bitter In IR the dae flease a as tr to whether Ute the Semite amendments uhl be adapted accepted as all a whole or the them m measure manure should fro SO o to te conference The and aM who were wr ed to a conference l declared that i e Presidents wishes maid could d be net met by br byn byan bran an n nt en OR the part peart of or the House TI r he desired to have haT the he hull Mil hili feat ent to te for tor a ut declared that the only wayt way t f f effect the wishes wh was to ton ton n nd t the Ue bill to conference They fm Iy won wog by Illy six Ix votes TOt Taft declined t lIned to summit summitt Himself t In IR Ii his h message or In ID conference with Senate and aad a House leaders nI as a to toh h 11 necessity ef or a conference eo n He tae laere re reI I r expressed the wish wi Indicated In la his fata h hm m messa s and aM an left Jelt It to Cen wt s to de ale deer ermine er the beat sest means of or Meed thata that a Ish The conference coat today was with President McCrea Mee of the tIM thel l President Brown ef ot the thew yew w York Central and President FIR Fin Con Continued on Page Pal Three e w ry p d t tA tt A t 3 M ry i Mi G Gf Gr Grat f r rat I s A J SENATORS ELKINS AND ALDRICH Who Will Meet House Conferees on Railroad Rate Bill BUL RAILROAD RATE BILL SENT TO CONFERENCE Continued From r e One Icy ley of or the Southern Railroad These men represented all the trunk lines s from fr m Chicago eastward It was taken laken for granted before the conference be gan that there would be an amicable settlement and there thoro was as little surprise when after an hour and a half haU tho the statement was Issued that there had been a complete agreement In none of ot his negotiations with Ith th the e railroad presidents has President Taft Tart suggested sug that there was any an purpose on the part art of or the administration to ap ply for a dissolution of ot the various trunk line Une associations At the same time there have hare not been intimations that any of or the rail roads would ouM be granted Immunity from tho the operations of tho the Sherman anti antl trust law The administration used the tho antitrust law In bringing the tion suit to stop the Increased rates simply because there thero was no other ave avenue avenue avenue nue open to it Question of flats During the conference the question of or the ability of the interstate com merce commission to dispose of ot all aU the new rates within tho the next eleven months was freely discussed President Taft TArt expressed the belief that the pres present present present ent rates save Rave a basis for comparison com trl n that would not require a great amount of time President McCrea offered the suggestion that as certain basic rates form the foundation for all an the other othet thousand of rates the disposition of the basic ones onel might not require such sucha SUDha a treat great length of time Once tho the basic rates are fixed the others apply almost automatically When the rote rite bill was brought up in the House that body almost accepted It missing mining th the consummation by a slim margin of six votes The vote came camo cameon on a motion by Representative Len Lenroot Lenroot Lenroot root an Insurgent of or Wisconsin to concur In the tho Senate amendments with TV an additional amendment to section J J Jor of or the bill requiring Increases In rail tull railroad railroad road rates to ba be b submitted to the commission com commission mission In advance The close vote ote was wu caused by a II c t nb nation of or Democrats and and five rive regular Republicans Republicans Had the Democrats n nn t r t test lost six Ix votes on their side of the house or lad had the tho Insurgents n been heen ne n able to hold I their full fun strength l instead ad of losing loafing 1 eight the bill would h have ve been b n accepted accepted ted and the session cession of Congress short shortened ened many days da The Tho Th bill finally was wall ordered to con conference conference conference ference and conf conferees r on the p part rt of the House were named These ThElIE were I Representatives Mann Iann of or Illinois and Vanger of Pennsylvania Pennsyl Republican n nand and Adamson of ot Georgia Democrat The Senate conferees conferee are Elkins of pf West est Virginia of or Rhode Mode Inland Island Republicans and Foster of Louisiana Democrat Not a little surprise was a occasioned by b the loss Iou of or nix Ix Deao votes voto and much speculator as asto asto to the cause CAUle resulted rc It was pointed 4 out that four of or the Democrats wet were Tammany Kepr Representatives from New Now York Representative Fitz Fitzgerald gerald erald Harrison GoUlden and ana Gold Goldfogle ogle fogle The other othor two wets weri Underwood d tf dt Alabama one of the Ole Democratic lead leaders leaders ers ent and Craig Crall of Alabama The list of pt who voted with the regulars regula s against th the Senate Sf to te bill were wore also to scrutiny and their attitude was ware the cause of or much comment commont President Taft recommended the th changes chan es In the tho Senate bin bill propound proposed by Mr Ir Lenroot in a message to Cuu Cou 11 gre grees s in accordance with hi hiI hie move movement a ament ag ment meat with western railway presidents president lost last night Vote Vole Wan Close After two hours debate d bate on the tho pro fro proposal proposal made mad I in the form fonn of or a motion by Lenroot ih tb House de to c I accept it by a vote of lf ice HG 6 to 10 o lG 16 A motion to Ir it II the he Senate amendments then theo was wall carried and con I were named T Senate con conferees conferees free were named soon after The TIle Insurgents who opposed tj 0 Lenroot motion were Gardner and Aloe Amr me of or Good Goad and Pickett lt Iowa Hays Hayes of California Miller ar at of or Minnesota and Parsons 01 ct I II I 1 New ew York Tork The regular Republica voting with the Democrats and In ir ur nta nt were Crow row of ot Missouri Fool Foci Foelker k her ker r of New York Kusterman of or Wl Wi W cousin Martin of South Dakota an Murphy of Missouri T Insurgents rallied t support of or th tb the motion They Thy Cary Carey nopo r Davidson on Kopp Le I root and Morse MorIN of Wisconsin Dav Ja I Lindbergh and Nelson Nela of ot Fish FtH of f Now New York arenna of Tort Nort Dakota D kota n Hubbard Kendall an I Woods 00 of Iowa Hinshaw an ao Norris of N Nebraska Nebra ka Poindexter Washington and Madison on and aDd Murdo I of or Kansas In opposing the th adoption of or the a aate r I rat at ate amendments and ana favoring the son tat of th the railroad bill hill to conferees Mr air Mann of Illinois who had harg of the measure In the House that the Senate atE bill waa full cf cr errors error Ho lie 11 wild said there was Wall strong trong objection the fhe amendment giving shippers ti tl u right to recover damages from roa road I fur misquoting I I rates rate asserting that would permit the Ute granting of or rebate i 1 Announcing r that he hr did not favor t tc u j Senate S bill hill in Us its entirety Minor MinorI I I Leader lark ClArk said ald tIt lie thought it U wj ws i n a hotter h heft tr Kill hill than would be bt given giren t td I if ir the r measure went nt to roofer confer en car nN f to nol itil he tie favored accept king Ing the krate amendments amendment |