| Show DEATH IS NOT NOTICED BY SENATE indirect reference to him in chaplains prayer alone marks his passing maximum rate bill discussed washington dec 11 with spirited debates on the subjects ot railroad rate legislation arising through the intro bucon of a bill by mr tallman to authorize the interstate commerce commission to fix maximum lates and the panama canal due to a over tho reference ot the emergency appropriation bill to a committee session of the senate continuously proved interesting for more than four hours an adjournment was taun without a mention of the laate senator mitchell of oregon and so for ho first time the death ot a senator was permitted to pass unnoticed by the senate the erasure ot mr mitchells name fiaai the bolls lolls followed chaplain hile ie called the situation to mind in his prayer by referring pointedly to corruption and death and toy praying that members of ithe senate be given strength to be others burdena tho debate on abe tollman bill was in by number of senators mr foraker declared that the bill proved that als author believed tho present laws asro sufficient to correct all alleged transportation evils except excessive rates and that there was ample provision tor the punishment of 1 rebate giving sir Till marf responded that he had thought the laws sufficient until the investigation began by gudeon and hirnton into the santa fe case had terminated in 1 pitiable fiasco mr foraker asserted abit the law could not be blamed if some person tell short in his duty ha intimated in his discussion that there would be eoma extended controversies before the railroad rate bills were disposed of this session after more than a score of senators had discussed the panama bill it was referred to the appropriation committee by a vote of 40 to 23 mr tallman introduced his rall rond rato bill and was given permission to explain it to ure senate it amends the lav to regulate interstate commerce i giving to the interstate corn commission the power to fix a maximum reasonable rate when it that tho rato is or unreasonable the rate so fixed shall be the only legal rate charged the bill w is referred to tho committee on inte commerce mr foraker said he believed the bill la the beet yet if the government is to go into theratus making business at all as it would do the least possible harm in saying that however ho added 1 I minimize he necessity of any legislation of that because the bill Is directed solely at excessive rates mr foraker took the position that mr bill recognizes tho fact that the present laws are sufficient to reach rebates and everything but discriminating charges 1 I had supposed that the davv was sufficient lo 10 reach rebates and similar alleged evils said mr tallman but cinc the investigation of rebates begun by mr hudssn and mr learmon ll armon at the instigation of the executive came to such a miserable and pitiable flacco I 1 am getting rather shaky as to the sufficiency of chaa law it certainly will prove a failure until the president stops protecting cabinet officers and whitewashing them and until he does that there never will be anything under the law mr foraker eaid h had bill ol 01 his own which lie would explain within a few days and could convince any unbiased mind of the wisdom of his message he declared that the hlll man bill and many others offered acro unconstitutional because congress had no right 10 delegate to a commission alt right to regulate railroad rates then the supreme court ib wrong i on that point asked mr Tilla mr fordner declared that the su court never expressed aselt on blut point pa asserted that authorization of the interstate commerce to fix rates amounts to giving it executive function replying to questions from mr bailey anil mr clay mr Fo forier repeated H in which it was his d and raid many prominent lawyers were of tae sma opinion mr culberson referred to grants to ron is in which congress declared that asly rule be charged tind lie sam diat if congress boum dele ga i to railroads th power to fix rato t should to dt leate aine power to the mr fc abker bic dubu pubu utilities ware privately craod anil theia would hava had th right 10 ax rabaa it atheni 1 rpsa 0 m mr h arini oral aaker mr foraker it tho supreme court in tho case ol 01 field vs dark had decided that congress can lay down a certain rule and then authorize a commission to rule to specific cases and whether this would not apply mr foraker said that in that caso ca so the president was directed to act by proclamation in an administrative way whenever he ascertained a certain state of facca to exi stand that it did not amount to a delegation of legislative powers the vice president then laid before the senate the panama canal appropriation pria tion mr ahlson asked that it be referred to the committee on ap as a deficiency bill but on request ot mr the bill was read air hopkins urged afla bill be referred to the committee on luter oceanic canals as t as an emergency bill not deficiency mr spooner eald it was an emergency bill because it was a deficiency measure mr allason said be would frankly state that the sundry civil appropriation bill should in the furo carry the regular canal appropriations unless the resolutions should be it is good old anglo saxon stealing and not graft asserted mr to pay such high salaries as aro paid to canal officials he mentioned particularly tho salary of to the auditor mr declared all these salaries should bo statute this was not abs tbs function of the appropriations committee ho added but it was over auch legislation as this that the other great committees had mr hemenway asserted that the committee on inter oceanic canals could meet tomorrow if it desired and explain just what salaries should be paid canal officials sir tallman ald there should bo legislation and the steals even it the president had loaned tho prestige of his great name to the existing condition ot affairs mr teller took the position that tho president had been authorized authorised to create the offices and fix their salar loi and congress should pay them there should be a law fixing the mr bacon declared he did not hee haw congress can tax the salaries dunlea it undertakes der takes the herculean and impo sible baak of fixing salaries of each one composing vast army of employed emp loyes on the canal mr daniel favored the bill gogg to the appropriation committee and mr morgan to the canal committee mr morgan read tho first section ot the bill relating to the issuance of bonds tor and declared that iho whole issue is the intention of this section to make these hondt bankable when this has bead done thera Is nothing to prevent W president turning ills back upon bald mr morgan ho could aitay itay to congress 1 I dont peed aier mom apro from you and atiat i all I 1 need 1 n protested against lh bill to an as he cmaj rans appropriation pria tion tho bill way kiev to the committee on en a eji and najt ott oto 82 tho sanate tibbe at aiso ni 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