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Show Bill to Mmi hk-Mki Power Party Measure Adopted by Houso Republicans Re-publicans to Enlarge Scope of Commission. WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. Tho Repub-llcnns'of Repub-llcnns'of tho House of Representatives In conferenco this afternoon adopted as a party measure the bill extending rnte-maklng rnte-maklng powers to tho Interstate Com-mcrco Com-mcrco commission, ns agreed on by the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and known ns tho Eech-Town-send bill. Thp conference instructed the Houso Committee on Rules to bring ln a rule providing for consideration of the mensuro beginning on Tuesday nnd continuing con-tinuing until -1 o'clock Wednesday, when a voto shall be taken. No amendments will bo allowed to the bill, although the first voto Is to bo taken on the Davey bill, as the Democratic substltuto for legislation leg-islation on tho railway rate subject One Test Vote. The ' conference, which lasted threo hours, developed opposition to tho measure. meas-ure. The only test vote taken was a motion mo-tion to postpone the matter for a further conference next Tuesday.. This was lost, 1 to 107. Efforts were mado to amend tho bill during the conference, but all of these failed. Fault was found with the bill on the giound that It did not Include regulations regula-tions for tho private car evil and terminal charge. Tho advocates of tho bill contested con-tested theso criticisms, claiming that authority au-thority was contained in tho bill to correct cor-rect the complained of evils. Leaves Members Free. Tho change of tho meeting from a caucus, cau-cus, us the call stated, to a "conference" leaves members participating free to follow fol-low their own Inclinations. It Is nndor-etood nndor-etood that tho opposition may organize with tin- purpose of Joining the minority In the Houso In tho voto on the rulo prescribing pre-scribing the manner of considering tho bill ln tne House. Theso plans, however, hava not been actually and Indefinitely decided on. Messrs. Mahon and Sibley of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania were conspicuous In their opposition to any legislation at this time, -both con-tendlntr con-tendlntr that sufficient tlmo hnd not been given to the consideration of the subject. Ignored Cannon's Advice. Speaker Cannon advised hla associates that If action was to be taken nt all It must be taken now. He suggested that a recess might bo taken until ovenlng. but th sentiment of tho members present was so overwhelmingly In favor of lmme-dlato lmme-dlato action that the Speaker did not press his suggestion. Representative Payne of New York, tho majority leader, said that tho bill In Its present phnpe did not provide for anything any-thing more than what was in tho original lnt rstate commerce act, which hhd atood for ten years, at tho end of which time tho railroads raised 'the question of tho lega'ity of the enforcement of tho decisions de-cisions of the comrqlsslon as to rates, tho courts sustaining tho contention that thero was no power vested In tho commission commis-sion to fix rates. |