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Show sra pusses TOTE BILL Only Three Votes Against the Measure When it Came to a Showdown. After Seventy Days of Deliberation, Bill Is Passed, Senators Foraker, Morgan and Pettus Being the Only Ones to Vote Against It. Washington. After soventy days of almost continuous deliberation tlio sennto nt 4:C3 p. m., on Frlriny, passed tho rnllrond rnto bill by tho practically practical-ly unanimous vote of 71 to 3. Tho thrco negative votes wcro cast by Senators Foraker (Hop.) of Ohio, and Morgan and Pettus (Dcms.) of Ala bamo. Tho bill has received more attention from tho senate and from tho country at largo than nny mensuro that has been before- congress slnco tho repeal of tho purchasing clnuso of tho Shor-man Shor-man net In 1S93. It was reported to tho sonata on February 2C, and was mado tho unfinished business on March 12. From March 12 to May 4 tho bill was under general discussion discus-sion without limitation on tho duration dura-tion of Bpccches, flfty-olght of which wcro delivered. Many of theso wcro prepared with great care, and two of them consumed more than a day's time In delivery. Senator LaFolletto, tho Junior senator from 'Wisconsin, spolco for thrco days, and Senator Daniel of Virginia for two days. Senators Sen-ators Bailey, Foraltor, Lodge, Ralney, Dolllver and others each spolto for an entlro day. For "tWQlvo days tho bill has been under consideration under a rulo limiting lim-iting speeches to fifteen minutes each. Tho sonato has nt oil times been earnest earn-est and animated, but for tho most part dovold of personality as between senators, tho last few days, howover, having called out somo caustic criticisms criti-cisms of tho president and of somo nowspapcr correspondents by Senator Bailey. |