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Show AGREE ON HEPBURN HILL Republican Members House Committee Commit-tee Support It. WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 The Republican member of the Iloue Commlttes "ii Inter- tato and 1'orelgn iIhiiiiii i In n . -.i.o n. . this afternoon, ngreed to support the Hepburn allroud rale I. 111. with n few m- i .ol- i ' l.loh were agT..e. on and which relat chiefly to court proCfldurS Thee mi3lt1eatluns wero taken from the provisions of the BSOb-Town-Bend bill and ari In the nature of a compromise compro-mise nlth the nupportera of the DSeaSUrS. Tho committee will report the bin to tho Haass next frlday. Representative Townssnd of Michigan, author au-thor of th" Townsond bill, which wa consolidated consoli-dated with the Mjioh till and psed ot tio last eplon. It Is announced, will make th otM-nlng speech In the Ifoune In favor of th Hepburn bill Democrats Offer Substitute. It Is planned to bring In a rule nn the Hepburn Hep-burn bill when It In ron-Odcred In the Hous an to prevent amendment except on tho llrt iluv of the dehate The Democrats, however how-ever lire lo be permitted to offer a substitute on which thev can go on record This course, it Is pointed out. is the sam aa was followed fol-lowed with he Bsch-Townsend bill, when tho llrnvocmts submitted the Davey bill. The Republican members of the committer expressed the opinion today th3t the debate In the House probably will continue not over a week. |