Show TiA LA FOLLETTE OPENS RAILROAD Declares Indian Territory l Is Already Oppressed by byM M Monopoly DOLLIVER'S GREAT EFFORT Iowa n Senator Delivers Masterly Ad Address 11 dress S In lii Support I of 1 Hepburn Hep burn Hill Bill p t 1 S Washington D. D C. C March j 1 11 1 Mr La of If Wisconsin has begun h his I fight figh t ngi against l t what haf Ito luv characterizes character izes iz's as ns railroad abu abuses abuses- abuIn In tho Ito st nate n- n ate this afternoon during th the consideration con con- of or th the bill relative to windIng wind wind- Ing lug lip the thc affairs of or the live five civilized cl tribes he charged that Iliad the Indian Territory Territory Ter Ter- was threatened with the evils lIs of a railroad trust I 1 believe ve the time has come for this government go to declare a poH policy in reference to ta railroads I Irni owning coal property or 01 In fact having an any in interest In- In terest in the tho products which transport he tl declared with great ea earnestness n esq IJ He briefly to the amendment which he offered Tues Tuesday t providing that no railroad or 01 official or 01 stockholder stock stock- holder should acquire title or 0 Interest In tI coal or asphalt lands in that ter ter- Owing to the tho lateness 9 of the tho lour however CI vote ote upon the amend amend- neat nent was postponed Clark Ik Presents ut Plan Iau t L I S Mr Clark of or Wyoming oming who is Js nl also o a m member of or tho the committee on Indian affairs which has the bill in char vand v and ancl who opposed the Wisconsin senator sena sena- tot tor on this and anti other features of th the theS bill presented d a rc resolution providing lIn for fol the appointment of a select commute com corn mute of five 1 senators f. which at ings logs in Washington i and Indian Territory Terri tot tory are an directed to lull fully inquire Into inlo the lie affairs of or the lie live five tribes especially especial especial- J ly Jy a as lc related to the leasing and anti sale tale of valuable mineral lands and report at nt the next session of or congress This went nent to the committee on contingent expenses s. s which Is expected to report It Friday when immediate consideration tion thu-i Avill iIi be The senator from rein Wisconsin I said h he had documents documents' In his 1113 possel possession lon which showed that In Indian ion Territory was already from a railroad monopoly lie declared that it as as against ng-aln t the Interests In of or good government govern fO meaL ment to have hn common carriers en- en In Iii I the lie commodities which the they carried ct lie lIc said that objection mJ might ht 1 J i 1 ll 1 LW I l 1 Y 1 n na a 1 reply lY l' l read 10 fron u a copy cop of a l re recent receiL rt re- cent ceiL letter from the governor o o of West Vest cst Virginia Which c that laws to prevent railroads fion holding holding- mineral miner miner- al at lands ere lre useless c unless officers fl cor and anti agents were also prohibited Thinks I Ii ni Certain L can in not nol conceive conce e of or a highway vay of or hus business ess being he d declared when those thos operating it are Interested Inter Inter- ested In lii the same character of or commodities com com- as Uw those thoe o transported over oer their heir lines hues by hr others Mr Lafollette stated that th the mineral nUner nUn nUn- er eral 1 lands lands' In the territory to be sold old aggregated 4 acres resi that their Inch value would woul reach 1700 and wll that ha r. r the th decreasing ti royn royalties I t lea from fram pl pi present leases which wh were lar largely el hold held h by railroad uh amounted to lo over 1 to 0 two t tribes In 1905 lie ill declared that the practical effect of or these leases ease vas to tn put the control of or the development of or the territory in the hands of the railroads to th the exclusion lon 0 of oC I the lie I independent ad opera operator l' l If It are excluded front flom in interest interest in- in terest crest In these lands he hc exclaimed outside capital will go so In hut but If tC thc they u aro to do what hat the they have been doing cst tn Virginia and Penn Ienn Pennsylvania sylvania it x will stay slay out S hp senator was a outvoted oi i an- an j providing that oper operators oller i i 01 ci 01 mines s should be lie responsible for or subsidence of or the surface also re restricting re- re the hol holdings ln s of oC an any one corporation car cor to acres s. s 1 Hears G lI tiie e CI Charge 1 Mr r. r Stone Slon of Missouri wanted all sales of or lauds lantis prohibited for five 1 years ears He TIe raId he hail had heard grave gra charges and tind that the the- they nf affected high Co government govern govern- ment meat officials but ut he lie did not care to p at them anti and thought he lie would not say lay anything more about It 5 The Tile early arly hours of or the session 5 slon were by a n tipe speech ch front from Sir Mr Ir Dot Dol- l cr os' os Iowa th the recognized champion h n a the senate of the administrations administration's Ate atc question It Ii was one on of o the eloquent senators senator's sena rena- ors tor's best efforts amid and was listened to rom from beginning to C end I almost throe three tours t ii Oil I h by an on audience that te led les-led tho capacity of If the chamber r galleries lie He was ivas warmly applauded at Its Hi conclusion lon Ion an and congratulated lJ by many othis of ot his colleagues Mr Lodge and antl Mr Foraker to whom he lie frequently referred in his lema remarks were ere both hoth detained i from tho t h he senate citate b by Illness f It had ind been his In Int Intention In- In t to advert to recent trouble In committee when his is Republican colleagues refused ll to select him J lead tic the rate IU l' l fight on the floor and Instead cho chose c a a. a 11 fill 1111 nine mon but lut he hc a his mind I. I lIe He lIem m mc de do no allusions to lo UrY 1 unpleasant unpleasant- ness 3 Ills remarks were r rei e unusually Jl all earnest but hut good l S Mr Mm Il ol occasion occa to tg c Iff I to Mr Ir that the Ohio several set rl al aI years n ago e had 1181 Introduced Ji 1111 1 to ih tl ii ti Interstate r i commission exact powers he ho yesterday rt- rt I a as ed ell that Senator JaU ou ur also II a had hadin m l in hi his hands Sem or a lr l drawn after l ce of the then the n pl of f- f Pennsylvania but t that ihn someI some some- I had liati to lake hike a dIf df- 1 I then vi tWI fc nl w. w IUt cu and Nelson praised ra Senators tm nl eln In II t. t ton wi I lle 11 yA J I t- t the t nl n- n 3 ah It f l tnt l t ll tho thor We ant I r hi la ro t h f. f ui 01 1 1 I j S IJ I 5 5 I 11 L LA F FOLLETTE OPENS OP-ENS RAILROAD FIGHT Continued from P Pa Page sc c One comparatively I few Cew and Instead of oC undermining un the law fortified it where It I was was vas weak He lie declared ed that the bill bi el when enact enacted Into law will s i ili be observed l ed cd b by shipper an and carrier alke alike Regarding the question queston of appeals appeal Mr h Dolliver Dolver said ld that the bi bill as stands leaves len es the door to tho the court open for foi CO tho the protection of oC all al constitutional con rights He then declared that hat no congress that will wi ever er assemble assemble as as- will wi pa pass a law that will wi take talce the he markets away from the railroads that hat have haw created them Not a line lineIn linen In n this bill bi has been drawn in lit it ty to the American railway Ir systems system hut but Ut It I Is to the tho furtherance of oC a better beter between the American people and these thes great systems On the question of rebates rebate the speaker declared that he was convinced ed such secret eclet practices have not been abandoned and declared that tho the difficulty dif dlf about re rebates ats Is not in punishIng punish punish- log Ing ng violations of or the law but in discovering ills dis covering them item and In this ii is bill bi we rave have Im un undertaken to 10 amend the law Jaw so sois as is lo to cover et that defect 1 House PI Paves lS Army II Hill Bi Tho The ta day In the house was wa devoted de to the d discussion of the arm army appropriation appropriation IIO bill hl which was tt-as finally passed parsed hy by y a 0 part parly vote ote after all al of the Important Important im- im amendments offered had been voted ot d down An effort to have la c an amendment added addel to lo th the bill bi to 10 build a a. government defeated de ole- ro powder lw factory factO was waR elt- elt as was also another which aimed to prohibit the tho purchase of an any powder from the lie trust It I was wa pointed out that a was appropriated for Cor the arm army and for tor the navy each ench year ear for powder P Representative e Dem Dent Tex Tax made matle a determined effort to have an I amendment incorporated pro providing i for the building of oC a government o plant hut but Mr Mt I Hull Hul of the military committee Committed defeated it i on a I point joint of nr order which the chair sustained upon the ground that thai pie's pies idea lea wan was wa n new net w legislation to the appropriation appi In meSUt measure casu ze The bill bi contained an Item Iem of about bout for the lie building of oC a small smal arms and ammunition factory factor This his too went out on a point of order oller |