Show All TOOK A HACK AT THE TNT Ml RAILROAD COMPANIES Seventeen Speeches Made in the House on the Rate Bill General Debate Will Come to an End at 4 This Afternoon Washington Feb 6 Having fixed the end of the general debate on the rate bill at tomorrow the recognition of the chair was passed around at a lively rate in the house h use today Seventeen speeches were made all of them for the measure The rail ralI railroads railroads roads came in for an unusual amount of criticism Mr Gillespie of ot Texas TeaLS expressed his Ills dissatisfaction with the reply to hi hh 5 resolution n hinting at a combination combination combination tion between the Pennsylvania and other ether railroads He will address a request to the president to have the llie interstate commerce commission make a thorough investigation along lines he h will indicate to clear up this subject Mr Gaines of West Virginia placed In the record evidences of combinations of the roads to control the coal output of his state and a traffic agree agreement agreement agreement ment between many southern roads and steamship lines indicating a divi division division division sion of the territory to control busi business business business ness He said it was because com petition had ceased already that the pending bill was demanded Sulzer as a Humorist The day ended with a general laugh at Mr Sulzer of New York who made his appearance as a humorist He toasted the opponents of the bill bill viewed with suspicion the unanimous report and pointed out as the African African African can in the woodpile the word sus suspended suspended suspended which he said would apply to every rate fixed until the poor ship shipper shipper shipper per was vas financially suspended in try trying tryIng trying ing to enforce it However he will vote for the bill The list of speakers included Bur Burrett Burnett rett nett of Alabama Lewis of Georgia Gudger of North Carolina Dickson of Illinois Gillespie of Texas Stanley of Kentucky Murdock of Kansas Con Conner Conner Conner ner of Iowa 10 Hubbard of Iowa Hau Haugen Haugen Haugen gen of Iowa Gaines Gain s of West Virginia Small of North Carolina Finley of South Carolina Madden of Illinois DUnois Waldo of New York Candler of Mississippi Mis Mississippi Mississippi and Sulzer of New York |