London vii Bombay, 18th May.
From Washington it: is reported that the Senate is angrily debating President Roosevelt's attitude towards the Railway Rates Bill. The Democrats accuse him of duplicity in siding with the Republicans after making advances to the Democrats,—Reuter.
20th May.
The Senate has passed the Railway Rates Bill with amendments chiefly providing for the ratification of the decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Law Courts, against which President Roosevelt long tough". The measure now goes to a conference of the coxnmittee of both Houses.—Reuter.
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