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Show B ADMINISTRATION Hollivpr Measure Is (oiisidered and Adopted at a Secret Session. CHICAGO, ion. 10, -AdlPrntch to the Tribune fmm Washington, P. c. fiavf(: At a secret conference of Republican members of the House Committee on Interstate Commerce last night, whal ni hereafter he known aa the administration admin-istration meaFure for the regulation of railroad rates was formally considered and adopted n will hr. submitted at a meeting of 'he fii committee next Friday and will OOme up for consideration in the House as aoon aa other business can properly be disposed of Called the Dolliver Measure. This administration rate bill Is whal calle'1 the Dolliver measure as amended in some dctailB bv Col Hepburn, Hep-burn, chairman of the HOUBS COmmlt-rce COmmlt-rce The meeting was for the purpose of familiarizing the Republican members mem-bers with the hill as It stands, also to harmoplye the different views of members mem-bers of the commltte. regarding the details de-tails of the proposed legislation Col Hepburn read the bill from beginning to end, and commented upon ea. h sr. -tlon and paragraph. Ix-sldes answering Innumerable questions as to the general effect. Is More Comprehensive. At the opening of this session It he-cam., he-cam., evident that the Esch-Townsend bill, whllo undoubtedly It struck at the root of tho dlfll. ulty did not begin to comprehend the whole subject It left untouched the private cars, the terminal termi-nal railroads, the bridge companies, fast freight lines, and a dozen other de-Vices de-Vices and means by which the railroads evaded the law and escaped punlsh-m punlsh-m t:t The new Dolliver bill not only is extremely ex-tremely comprehensive but has been drafted throughout by a combination of most experienced elements favorable to the regulation of railroad rates Not Considered Radical. It Is not a compromise, but Is by no means radical Tt treats the railroads fairly and If generously Interpreted by the - ourts tt protects the Interests of the shippers sb v li as the transportation transporta-tion lines. It Is an administration measure as far as there can be one. and It will be passed through the Hous. as such. |