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Show passed iy c-ccuse; only SEVEN VOTES SdoAiNST IT Total Vote in favor of Hepburn Measure Meas-ure Is 346; Outline of Measure as Given by Author During Debate; Powers Given to Commission. - - i i-p-.- WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. The House today passed the Hepburn railroad rail-road rats bill by a vote of 346 to 7. Those voting against the bill were: Littleneld, McCall, Perkins, Sibley, South wick Vreeland and Weeks: sonable and fairly remunerative, which' Is to be the maximum rate to be charged. This rate so fixed Is to go Into effect thirty days after It is announced by the commission, subject during that time to be set aside or suspended by the commission or by the courts. After it has gone into effect it is to remain the rate for three years. During this time, the opinion has been expressed by those who have participated in the debate, the rate may also bo reviewed by the courts and if found to be in conflict either with the terms of the act or with the Constitution, by being confiscatory, can be set aside by the courts. - Another important feature is the definition defi-nition of the words "railroad" and "transportation" In a manner to Include In-clude all auxiliary Instrumentalities, of the common carrier and to bring them within the control of the commission. ' This power to- name a reasonable rate and the inclusion of the auxiliaries -within the jurisdiction of the commission commis-sion are said to be the new features. All other provisions are modifications of existing law. They Include publicity of railroad methods, which is to be aided by prescribing a system of bookkeeping and enlarging the commission to seven members and increasing salaries of members to $10,000 a year. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Before voting vot-ing on the railroad rat bill the army appropriation bill was ' reported to the House by Mr. Hull of Iowa. Anticipating the rollcall upon the rate bill there was a large attendance of members and the galleries were crowded. crowd-ed. After the rollcall the announcement announce-ment of the passage of the bill was received with a ripple of applause. Republicans In Opposition.'. . Speaker Cannon stated the vote to be 346 yeas and 7 nays. Those voting against the bill were Republicans. They were Uttlefleld, Maine; McCall. Weeks. Massachusetts; Perkins.' South wick and Vreeland. New Tork, and Sibley, Pennsylvania. Penn-sylvania. . .... ..-- Mr. Sullivan of Massachusetts Toted "present" and was not paired. There were twenty-eight members paired, but these pairs were generally political ones. - None of them was made upon the bill and consequently did not. indicate opposition. Pension Bill Taken Up. The pension bill was taken up in committee com-mittee of the whole with Mr. Madden of Illinois in the chair. General debate upon the bill was limited to three hours and Mr. Gardner of Michigan, in charge of the bill, took the floor. HEPBURN KATE BILL OUTLINED BY AUTHOR. BEFORE 'THE HOUSE WASHINGTON, Feb..! The following follow-ing is'a summary of the Hepburn railroad rail-road rate bill, on which the House voted today: The bill, according to Mr. Hepburn a statement, in closing the debate on the measure, was Intended, and did. so far as it could be made, he said, comply specifically with the recommendations of President Roosevelt on the rate question ques-tion It gives the Interstate Commerce commission authority, when a rate has been complained of as "unreasonable" by a shipper, to Investigate that rate, state whether or not U is unreasonable, and If found to be unreasonable, to name rate which Is to be Just and res- |