Show ac j VICTORY 1 IX IN TIlE THIS TiE SENATE l' l It I 1 is 13 Impossible to take tak an any view vi i w k I of Gf ct the tho rate bill bJ master other than bali t to tt 1 concede that President Roosevelt hai ha 4 won a n pronounced victory In the sen sen- t r t ate With the single exception of tint tinS tin the thon S S n of oC review b by the courts court he ha has seen scon cor every feature that ho hu ildo IndorseS Indorse'S Indorsed Indorse cc I S 'S un for which he ho hoped enactment has been into the tho bill ll rn nd hR has passed the tho senate almost S unanimously The fhe merest handful a of o I S insurgents Insurgent Including IncludinG Senator Forake r of Ohio voted against the measure It I Is not alone a notable victory victor fo for forthe r S the tho President but It I Is a remarkable lu Ii illustration of ot tho the difficulty of getting gettIn a thing which every e ono one wants want The railroads have o la not ot the time essen essential cn- cn S features of the lie bi bill The Tho greatest 1 factor In the evil evl which It I was moan meant t tc correct I Is the secret rebate And nd mn l tho time bl biggest e t railroad men In the tho countr coun country coun- coun S tr try are arc at t one with lh the President and ani an ii S lila his hit friends In desiring this practice C stopped There are arc features o which It these gentlemen did not want mada made mad madea mac C a 0 part of ot the new law Jaw Chiefly the thc they did mild not want the Interstate commerce C commission lon to have an any greater ator power powe r than It had previously possessed 8 e Over Ove r that they have fought most bitten bitterly S But it i Is 11 the tense sense of the nation naton that tha t the commission lon will wi havo have to b be betS better bet bet- S 1 ter tor armed In order to correct the Lb C s 1 evils c that havo have been shown to e exist l t t anc and with one notable nota lo exception all ni n ii 5 tho 1110 senators of ot standing have ha e beeS been bee 11 S S Iwon to that view S 2 AM As i pa passed ed by the thu senate enate and amid sent ent t tS to I S the house the thc bill bi pro l provides ol that that the e t. t S i r S f I I r L' L ir iT i c commission may fix tx a freight toight rte rate is the tho keln-e keln kernel kerne of if the tho whole mat mat- I i tell ter ICI If I a shipper h ves he has been beon n discriminated 1 against or 01 that bCE a mt rate charged I Is unfairly high he may many mal make complaint to the thc commission nuil his hla C case cose will wi be In c Investigated If I time tho tl um- um Ium- Ium finds the rate too high It I may fL fix tic a n new rate and that will wl prevail pre pending the tIme decision of the ca case e on appeal ap ar peal If It the company se fit ft to ap ap- peal The rate can not 1 be suspended pending appeal al Injunctions or re restraining no- no straining orders can not be granted granted b by federal courts court e except on five 11 lays days la 8 notice notice no no- tice W with tl bond hone and anil no ju judge ge sitting alone can Cn make the commissions commission's work Ineffective by Issuing an injunction No o railroad company compan ma may deal enl In the articles ar nr- ar- ar tides teles of commerce that It I handles handle or ur hauls That ThaL is a f flo blow lo aimed at the Lime coal conI companies which are also nio railroad ral- ral railroad rail rail- roa road companies These corporations have made competition practically Impo Impossible an and have ha e left lef the coal business bus itts- mess iness Ines of or the country at the merc mercy of men like Ikc G Goo Geo o F F. Bacr Daer of the thc Reading Reading And Anti the section pro l providing for imprisonment im Im- for fO railroad officials who are mc gui guilty of or violating the rebate rul rule ruic Is again enacted Into law If I tho the house shall indorse the action ac no- ac tion ton of ot the thE senate nate without material changes It I seems clear there will wI beas be beas as near neal a guaranty of fairness and equality and justice between competing S lug ing Ing shippers as sound law can ean CIc give And that Is all al the tile protesting shippers of the country havo over ever asked all al that thAL the tile general public demanded and andal andall nil all al that the President ent desired The t difficulty In the way ay o of S the bills bill's success was and Is the tile de desire do- do e- e sire of ot some seine men to make malic political capital a pia I out of or it H. The Democrats ha had hoped they could defeat the measure b because cause the they saw nw how popular populo l' l it was with wih the people of the nation naton at large and the they wanted to get the advantage 1 of framing ant and pa passing lassing that law them them- selves seles s el Heaven Heavel only I knows s no when the they expected to do o so o but It ft I would woul have been eel u n great feather in their caps if they the could havo henton tho the measure eaten I while l-ile l It was In nep Republican ha hands l and l then lien demanded ed the control of or the thc country countr- with wih the thc plea idea that they alone were sufficiently free Cree from flom corporate corporate corpor corpor- ate domination to be entrusted with work wOle so o clearl clearly in tho the interest of time the people There here are two small small- smal le lessons ns t to be he learned l. l One Is that when the people e I of this tills country countr really want sant anything they commission th tin tin- Republicans to get It I for them Tho Tue other is that the President Is far fal and away the most Influential statesman the tho most powerful pow pow- erful politician an and the Ue most accurate accurate ate expression ion of the will wi of or the people people peo peo- Pie that has occupied a place In official life anywhere since the foundation of the thc republic |