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Show PASS HID BILL THE ADMINISTRATION MEASURE SUPPORTED BY INSURGENT8 IN THE HOUSE. Fourteen Democrats Also Swung Into Line, the Vote Being 200 to 126 President Gratified Over Passage Pas-sage of Measure. Washington. Without a single dissenting dis-senting Republican vote, the house on Tuesday passed the railroad bill, one of the chief measures President Taft wished enacted at the present session of congress, by 200 to 126. Fourteen Democrats joined the majority. President Pres-ident Taft said he was deeply gratified over the passage of the measure. The bill makes many changes in the existing law that, if accepted by the senate, will greatly affect Interstate commerce. The court of commerce is created to adjudicate cases in appeal from the Interstate commerce commission. commis-sion. It is provided this court shall be organized by the justices of the supreme su-preme court, future appointments to membership on the court to be made by them, Stock and bond Issues of railroads are controlled by the bill. Under this clause, a railroad before issuing any additional stock, must obtain an order from the commission which must, among other things, fix the price at which the securities of the road may be sold. The long and short haul clause of the measure provides a railroad cannot, can-not, without first gaining permission, charge more for a short than for a long haul over the same lino. The Interstate commerce commission commis-sion also is given authority whenever a new rate is proposed to suspend the taking effect of that rate during consideration con-sideration of Its reasonableness. As amended the bill proposes to bring the telephone and telegraph companies under the control of the Interstate In-terstate commerce commission. Under its terms a railroad company must quote a freight rate accurately upon demand of a shipper and tho shipper ship-per is given the right to route his freight whenever it passes over more than one railroad. Severe penalties are provided against shippers, who through false claims for damages, or loss of property, prop-erty, obtain secret rebates. |