Show MUCH INTEREST IN RESULT OF DEBA DEBATE IE Railroaders Await Action on Interstate Commerce Law Amendments ORIGINAL MEASURE PROVIDING FOR LONG TERM IS CHANGED All railroad men and big shippers In Inthe Inthe inthe I the west vest are vitally interested in the outcome of the debate in both Houses cf i ingress over oyer amendments to the rotate commerce commeree law said J F Sudbury a prominent Indiana railroad tri who vho passed through Salt Lake ye on his way to the northwest he will be associated with the Pacific I have just come fr m Washington and have caught the of discussion No matter how si r lit any al impending change may seem seeni when tie the interstate commerce law is g tampered tam red with you ou can rest as ourt urt d j that every move is watched from ev eo ry part of the United States Committees in the House and Senate that ha e charge of this important mat matte matt matr te t r haw have begun consideration of the ad and other measures with tt H Intention of ot preparing bills upon h ha h a majority can agree with a view to prompt pr report to the Senate and Ho Hore re e It is apparent I think that Preside President de dent it Taft t will not be able to obtain the enactment of ot his recommendations in inthe the tho th fi inn he submitted them originally t 1 1 t C r 1 gress tigress The rhe opposition has insisted 1 i p r a 1 numerous modifications that will wills s once and for all the rights of c arm rs and the rights of the people It I fall fald in Washington that the Pres Prea i k t 1 is 15 by b no means satisfied with the of the Wickersham bill billi i rJ Td I in have been submitted lv ly tl th attorney general to the chair ruri y f the committees Whole Country Interested Washington ashington Is filled with railroad r rc r an and others have come and gone It If i g their impressions with the corn com ttE tt s or with lobbyists or their in iri 1 73 19 s in both houses Any time the it rt commerce law Is to I he be tam tamI I J i 2 1 with vi th the first hint of it draws a aI 1 I o of ot prominent railroad men ment t f m ni all lines many of ot whom may have haver haverl r rl i ix n to grind but who want to be on ont ont ont t r c FI g Und to see what hat is going on onI fl V I understand it in the original bill provision was made madet t et t tIL 11 court of commerce to which nt at 11 I 1 would be taken from the rul nil 1 J t i f the interstate commerce corn com comm cornin m in ri a i buld be comprised of five ju s to tn I he P from time to time rat rit 1 b 1 1 the chief justice of the su suit suI it rr I r r c urt from among the circuit j j n f the United States Their ti tt of If t office would be five years r is was uis In line with the views ex e err rr II I i by bv the President In his special r q ic when he explained that the theca cj ca c f I alue alne of the court would be In the thet t f of or Its decisions thus bring Jr ir lh a systematic effective and andt irr r t tift fi enforcement ment of ot the law This T 1 nh the conflicting opinions t t T been bet n given from time to time timer timet t V r lg an uncertainty of ot result to be decided derided would l and for this reason it ed to create n i corps of judi rt in all transportation tran mat matI matl f I l L tr however the attorney gen r an amendment that S 1 i 1 radical change chan e from mm the inal sinal attitude This amend r r vided that no circuit judge 1 by hy the chief justice JustiN shall more ore than a year and must I ear far before being reappointed Would Require Specialist T I am not in sympathy t s hange In fact I am not in ini i 11 i kind of a special s cial court but butto butto butto to be one I believe that the thet t i f office of ot the members should than one year Why h it would r i ri re than a year for a man to top tor I r r p anywhere near acquainted with t t Mural lical side of the problems he heI het t i I 1 o ailed upon to solve A man manI 1 I 1 1 ve e to be a specialist and no nor noI r I t r what A hat he knows of law he be would t possess a vast knowledge of ot ott ofA A T t commerce law and its many c fore he be could make good in so sot t lit nt an office In five years he hei 1 I r i have time to study and andr r r 1 great problem that so few c i War ar with M 1 i left last night for Seat t ft to t r making acquaintances In rall rail r i i h s in Ia Salt Lake By railroad r rl ir g i rally ally he is regarded as an ex cx r J rt t interstate Commerce matters |