| Show S f JUDICIAL REVIEW FEATURE IS NEXT f r f Senate Clears Decks for Court Cour Side of the Hepburn Railway Railway Rail Rail- way Rate Bill I FOR A PENAL PROVISION it La Li Pollette Brings Up UI Question o of tir i Giving iff Erring Officials Term Terni Terme e s S h in Iii Penitentiary S A Washington May ar 10 The to-Tho Tho senate S. S S today perfected the Hepburn railroad S. rate rate bill with but sll slight ht protest It ItS It'S J S 'S then cleared the decks for the consideration consid consid- oration tomorrow of ot tho the ju judicial re reo review review re- re o view feature This has been tho ho pivot I Yi about which the opposition to the Hepburn Hepburn Hep Hep- c burn bill revolved and differences re regarding ye- ye garding which resulted in lii the measure incas meas l ure being reported to the senate without with with- recommendation S out amendment or l 1 by a Republican committee and given given Ivf Iv- Iv f en in charge e of the tho most radical of t. t Democrats Mr Air Tillman S The of the Republican RepublicanS 7 S leaders headers is to of offer tor tho the Allison compromise compromise com coin promise amen amendment ment as soon as the tho P. P S rate bill is taken up ill which will be at 11 o'clock one hour earlier than the 1 customary time of meeting Direct Vote Yote on ill Tv Two o. o It Is understood that the nail Bailey S amendment nt prohibiting the tho temporary A setting setting- aside of the commissions commission's rate S b by Interlocutory Interlocutor decree and the Ray- Ray I ncr amen amendment ment confining the courts ti p S to two questions In III their review re of the 5 S commissions commission's rate will b be presented S y- y with a view of ot securing a direct vote S I 11 S on each one S Under the rules governing the votIng votIng votIng vot- vot Ing fifteen minutes debating Is alS allowed allowed al- al lowed each st senator on each amend- amend 4 S S ment The rue final voto vote on the review 0 proposition is not looked hooked for Cor until late lato S. S k J Friday x Adopt J Allison Amendment J 0 rhe The Allison amendment which 5 5 gives tho ho circuit courts full jurisdiction then tion but prohibits a u temporary setting commissions commission's rate rato with with- k i aside of the r out five days days' notice an and requires tho the theS 0 S j S I question to be lie passed upon by two I circuit judges will It is said be unanimously unS un- un t S adopted S Mi- Mi fl LaFollette of Wisconsin forced the he question of in inT into In- In r K an early vote ote on T f to a penal provision for violations K I S of act by railways His ills amendment amendment amend amend- ment made violations a misdemeanor k i and placed a fine tine at nt from 1000 to It and Imprisonment at hard haS habor laH la- la H bor at from one to five years rears S S Mr r. r Lodge who had an amendment S which provided for Cor the re enactment 4 S of ot the penal provision of the Elkins law said he would offer it at tho the end of tho the billS bill I. I Support l Prison rIson Sentence 1 5 5 S 'S During tho the discussion the senator from VI Wisconsin Mr LaFollette j drew from Mr Tiliman Mr Beveridge Bever- Bever ld and Mr Mr- Stone that they would idge e 5 support the LaFollette amendment what he termed too drasS drastic drastic dras- dras S S tic legislation the Massachusetts senator executed a coup by accepting w. w an amendment presented b by Mr 11 S Stone This provided a fine of not notS exceeding exceeding- and Imprisonment S not to exceed two years rears L S Mr LaFollette declared that tinder inder Si this provision of offending tending railway of- of could escape an hours hour's i t He thought the penalty f should be bo sufficient to make mako the tho railS rall- rall S way ay officials uie the Hi law if jf S Mr Foraker 0 ro 1 and Mr Dolliver iJ 2 of Ta Ia took advantage of ot the 10 to v. v br iron me LIC Implied criticisms which the they thought had been made because of or the tho repeal S S 'S of the penal clause t The Wisconsin senator charged that 1 this repeal has encouraged rebating J while Mr Foraker insisted that the 5 action had been taken with the tho sanction sanction sanc sane 5 tion then of the interstate commerce com corn f mission The Wisconsin senator de deS denied denied de- de S nied this S Mr Balle Bailey said s. ho he feared rich violators vio ylo- of the law evaded punishment S He said that if a couple of ot railway president were put In Jail it would be ample warning for other violators S Law Cannot Reach Offenders S 'S Mr Foraker In commenting on en the tho Garfield oil report declared that there S was not an offense therein that could not flOt be reached b by the Elkins re anti S S S bate law Assuming that everything S'S r S charged Is true he exclaimed not notS I S ono of or the evils could be he reached b by bya byS S a provision In the pen pending bill S Mr Stone urged imprisonment as an anS effective means of preventing S The Stone amendment yO which had been accepted Il by Mr 11 Lodge was as amended by Mr 11 Knox to toS tomake S make the tho acts of agents of or carrier 01 or orS S shipper the acts of ot their principals S J It was a adopted opted b. b by a vote ote of or 4 49 9 to 27 j S. S The senate then went into executive S session I f |
