Show mITER BETTER DEBATE OVER RAilROAD CLASH WEASE AND WEST BEST W WASHINGTON Ma May 11 Acrimony Acrimony ind argument stalked stalked sido b by sido through the senates senate's consideration of or the railroad railroad bill yesterday Senators tors Plies Piles and Bristow Hero the regular speakers 1 ip but there were so 50 many Interruptions Interruptions Inter Inter- that at times Umes it was difficult to determine who held the floor There were man many sharp tilts the senators and tho the dl discussion was In Interesting interesting In- In throughout Mr Ir Piles Plies undertook to show that the adoption of tho the long and short haul amendment b by forcing up rates and In Increasing increasing In- In creasing wn water tel transportation would to cause causa tho the transcontinental railways railways' abandon tho the coast business Tho The assertion was challenged by s. s Dixon and Smoot Coming into the controversy controversy con con- ersy Mr Elkins declared that the pending amendment tears down and do- do trays the tho business bU of tho the country Then said Mr 11 Dixon you ou antagonize antagonize nize the interstate commerce commis commis- Ion sion Mr Aldrich declared tho commissions commission's of or the amendment was wa cong convincing con con- and could bo be explained by Its to control all the ramifications of the federal legislation of or railroads If Ie you are going to de destroy troy the tho bu business bust busi Iness I- I ness hess of or tho the country continued Mr 11 AI- AI to make Mont ont or Saina Sa- Sa ina dna na Kan tho the homo home towns l respectively if f r Senators Dixon and Bristow tho the me- me polls of thA world t then there thoro should bo be some reasonable rule under which the work of destruction is IH to bo be carried on Mr Ir Dixon replied with bitterness Ho lie found In tho Rhode Rhodo Island nd senators senator's remarks remarks re- re marks marka a repetition of or tho the recent invitation Imitation In tion of oC Mr Elkins to tho the west to move out Lodges Lodge's View Mr II Lodge opposed tho the amendment as ns asan asan an attempt to fix rates by law which he said was equivalent to an effort to Place a straight Jacket on an shift over lug ing scale lie thought the present law ample protection The distance rate had been a failure wherever tried Mr Lodge Lodgen n asserted and ho declared such legislation as was under discussion tended Inevitably Inevitably Inevitably ably In that direction After Arter Mr Lodge had concluded Mr Bristow took up Mr recent Invitation in invitation invitation In- In to the people pe of tho the interior towns of or tho the west to move o out I didn't say It it protested the West Virginia senator his face redder than usual I didn't fIR say pay it he repeated and then r read ad from Crom the congressional record to show he ho had coupled a condition with the suggestion I I said ho proceeded that If Ir they wanted tho tiro advantages of or tho the coast cities s the they should move mote out that Is what I said and ind I said it with Ith deep regret I meant no offense ortense The Tho senator from Kansas does not love his state an any better than I 1 do dos Mr Dixon and Mr Bailey engaged In a n controversy o over on expression of or the former In which ho spoke poke of or some sena ena senatore senators tors tore as Champions of the railroads Does tho the senator mean to say MY any at senators are aro here as the tho champions of or orthe the railroads asked tho the Texas senator I wish the senator would withdraw withdraw- that question or address it to some one else said Mr Dixon Eliciting from rom Mr Bailey tho the fact that he would not vote olo for any of or the long and short haul amendments Mr lr Heyburn Hoy- Hoy burn bum called attention to tho the fact that thal on ona ona ona a previous occasion the Texas senator had supported tho the measure Mr 1 Bailey Dalley admitted admitted- ho had done so but Bald he hp had adopted that course to create contusion confusion on tho the Republican side of or the chamber ch Up to the time of oC the adoption of or a measure I will vote ote for or an any provision that will make mako mischief for or you rou but I will stop short of doln doing mischief to the tho coun coun- try Does Docs the senator understand it now now he asked in conclusion I I regret to p say nay that I 1 do laconically responded the tho Idaho senator Mr Bristow Bristow Bris- Bris tow closed with an nn appeal appeals for Justice for tho the prairie states H He s said Mid the chiding d dIng In ing of those communities for such a pleading came with poor grace from those o who represent the railroad interests inter inter- cs ests este tt The debate closed for the da day with another another another an an- other effort p by hy Mr Elkins to explain away hi his InvItation imitation to he the people o of or the Inland country to move moo to other sections |