Show RAILROAD RATE BILL PASSED eleven cans and six demo brats vote against measure after nearly four days of discussion the house on thursday by a vote of to 17 passed the esch Town sena 11 providing for the regulation of freight rates the negative vote was made up of eleven republicans and six democrats the closing hours of the debate were occupied by williams miss the minority leader and hepburn la chairman of the commit tee which reported the bill mr wll hams while supporting the minority measure even though he said he knew it could not pass complimented the republicans for bringing in a bill which was much better than he ex pecked would come from them the speech of mr hepburn was rather in defense of himself he bald his deeds and acts were a sufficient answer to the lies and slanders which had been heaped upon him the hepburn bill he said had been pre pared by the attorney general and he only yielded to his colleagues on the esch townsend bill because he did not want sensational headlines |