Show I I REGULATION I THE Senator Newlands Spoke His Resolution e OTHERS AKED QUESTIONS 1 I MORE TALK UPON i THE STATE STATEHOOD HOOD BOOD MEASURE MEASUREr r l to f 1 Jan attention of the senate enate today was divIded by br brnt bythe the statehood question c o and govern governmental mental nt r regulation e ti tic of railroads i t Mr i made a formal speech on the railroad subject ct and at It its clo close engaged In a spirited controversy over i the points t involved e endi with Senators nat 1 o Foraker and others Alt nm amendments n ments to the tho statehood bill cx x Copt that relating to liquor traffic In Indian Territory were ere agreed to t Washington Jan Elkins to toda today da day presented and the senate passed a IO calling on the h interstate f ron commission o for ln information giving the to tot number of cases that have hac been before thel the commission slon The bill makin the r on the transportation or of lottery tickets between the thO states applicable to transportation b be states tates and territories was taken up UJ and passed Mr Ir then addressed th the senate Enate on the resolution Which he Intro Introduced introduced same Bome da days ago which provIdes for forR fora R a commission with instructions to frame a national Incorporation act for the rail railroads railroads I roads engaged In Interstate commerce I Time to Ignore State Lines Mr said it was time to Ignore j state hines Jines In the operation and manage management ment of railroads and added that the power sought was constitutional and In InI involved no contradiction of th the Democratic I vIews evs a as to th the reserved powers of state and local lie He held that because of the relations of railroads to toI Interstate commerce and th the jurisdiction or of congress over oer interstate commerce I congress had a clear right to except the state raIlroads Incorporated under nation national al legislation from all state or ocal tax taxation taxation and from the regulation of rates b by such states He advocated an increase of the authority or of the interstate commerce commission so go a as t authorize it to reu rena late rates and said the transfer or of COO con control of the railroad now exercIsed by bv all ail I the states to the national commission would have the very ery effect ct of d destroying rebates Would B I eilt the Roads Such control h he contended d would he be ous to the railroads railroad in that It would relle relieve them from the oppressions of oC varying of popular judgment I and take th them m out of politics The only way y to get them out of oC poll tics he concluded is to away their interest in politics by making taxes a mathematical certainty by providing for a fixed n just rate and b by uni unifying ing t I the control of their thir operations in n a body of great character and dl dignity such as I Ib b elleve th e commerce commiS slon aion to be Answers a Question 1 Mr 11 Foraker asked Mr r Newlands 1 I he propos to s secure cure the of companies companied s pro proposed proposed posed by his resolution to which Mr Newlands replied that his measure is so 10 framed earned as to partially drive and partially I coax th the He add added d that OUt one means which might be r resorted to Would be to prohibit roads from taking out na ita nation I tion l Incorporation papers and from en enga engaging ga in in commerce Does the senator that the power I to prohibit la Is in the power Dower to regulate commerce asked Mr Ir Foraker Mr Newlands Newlan s replied he thought so soMi I Mi Spooner Spoon r raised the point that it would be b by f federal eral enactment to comm commerce In the states I Mr 11 Newlands replied that he did dit not contend that congress had power t to regu late e i I to o tiny i ni one state ra He did however that when the government constructed a rail railroad railroad road tate had bad power to tax ta it out or of existence Statehood DUI Bill The st statehood bill bili was Jas taken uv up an anan and an amendment ado adopted ted which wilt have havethe the effect of heaving the location or of the capital to the of oC Oklahoma The amendment prohibiting th the sale J ft liquor to in Indian Territory for Cor all time m nd tather sections ti fr f lot ten years ar are created e a j Mr Bever Y r i lOgo ge maintained It was necessary to pro protect the Indians Mr 11 Gorman Corman callEd it a abad abad bad form ol o pat paternalism and a on the people of the proposed state stat Mr Morgan and Mr Mallory al also o criticised d the amendment It was passed over oyer for forthe forthe the time The amendment makin a don donation or of for tor the benefit of the hf public schools of the thc proposed state of oC Arizona was adopted after striking out ou th pro provision vision for Cot th payment of interest on the At th the Instance of Mr lr Long the thc bill I Iwas I was so o amended a as to require payment I Ifor lands before beCore I Isale for improvements on leased sale salen n amendment giving Iving to the senate ex cx ext jurisdiction over national parka Jarks I and t reservations e also was 5 inserted Mr lr Foraker then presented his amend meat ment providing that the portion of th the I bill appl applying to New and amI Arizona shall 1 net take effect until it shall shaH b be favorably voted upon bit pending its consideration the senate at 15 went Ito Into executive 8 slon and at ts p m ad adjourned au journe |