Show DEMOCRATS IN fUll CONTROL Railroad Rate Bill Depends Upon the Minority in iii the United States Sen Senate te I I Washington March issues Involved In the controversy over the pending railroad rate bill were square squarely ly presented to the senate today In the speech of Senator Clapp one of the Republicans supporting the measure without amendment and by resultant remarks from Senators Bailey and Tillman who are supposed to represent the views of the democrats The die dis discussion of these speeches tater later by senators on both sides of the chain cham chamber ber developed a new phase of the sit Senators Aldrich Foraker Crane and other republicans who sho are seeking to amend the bill so as to pro provide provide vide for judicial review of orders of the Interstate commerce commission took the pOsition p that the discussIOn n of the situation demonstrated that the friends of the measure are divided and that the bill should not be accepted In its present form The They said they were encouraged In the position they had taken from the first and declared that when the bill is brought to a vote they will have supporters enough to adopt a court review feature Aldrich Defiant Discussing what he viewed as the wavering averinA among the supposed friends of the Hepburn bill Senator Aldrich declared Of this much I am certain We have our end of the schoOner firmly anchored and It we vo go down it will willbe willbe be with flying colors Senator Bailey took the position that an order ot of the commission should eon con continue in effect pending final dIsposition tion by the supreme court of the Unit United United ed States and that congress could limit the enjoining powers of courts Other than the supreme court Baileys Amendment Aft r the termination f th the debate both Sn Sen tors Bailey and Tiliman an announced d their decisions to hold out for foran foran an am amendment intended not to inter interfere interfere fere with the of the rate ratemaking ratemaking making rS whIch the bUt bill pro proposes poses to cont confer l on the commission but which Would s save Ve to railroads all the to their day in court which t they possess under e existing statutes A great deal had been said concerning Senator Baileys Intention to offer au an amendment on this subject but he de denied flied nied today th that t he would do so It Is known that he has prepared an amend amendment ment flient which will be offered by sonic ot of the committee on Interstate commerce This Is taken to mean that he will submit his Ideas to some of hi his party patt colleagues who are members of the committee and that some Borne one of them will offer It In an effort to have it m made de a committee amendment Friends of the court review feature have again determined to await the decision of the Democrats before of offering offering fering an am amendment themselves They express expressed d the belief bellef that an amend amendment merit ment from the D Democratic side would be ba more effective These Republicans Including all of the mEmbers of the Interstate commerCE committe ieh h V voted against reporting the Hepburn bill bilI declare then ia u t been consistent in that do not bare Oare anything for the S I Ion on ogy so long as their purpose is a acc c m pI shed |