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Show IIAIIROAD RATE DILL PASSUO. Eleven Republican and Six Demo crats Vote Agalnit Measure. Aftsr nearly four day of discussion lh house on Thursday, by a nto if SIC to IT, passed lh UschTownsend bill providing for the regulation nf freight rate The negatlte vote wa made up of eleven Republicans nnd Ix Democrats Thn closing hours of the dibntn were orcnpled by Mesar William (Mis ), the minority leader and Hep burn (la ), chairman of the commit tee which reported the bill Mr Wll llam. while tipportlng the minority measure, eten though he ald he km w It could not pas (oinidlnxnlod thn Republican fur bringing In n bill which wa much better than ho tx peeled would come from them Thn speech of Mr Hepburn wa rather In dctenx) nf himself Ho said his deed nnd art were a sufficient nnwer to the "lies and slander" which bad been lie.M upon blm The Hepburn bill, ho n,ld. had been prepared pre-pared by tho nttorney general, and he nn'v yielded to hi colleague on the rh Tow mend bill because bo did not want sensational headlines |