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Show HffOT MIES RAILHGADMEASURE New York Senator Makes Exhaustive Ex-haustive Speech on Court of Commerce Feature. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SHOULD HAVE LEGAL END Speaker Believes -Bill Ought to Be Amended Before Finally Final-ly Adopted. WASHINGTON. March 30 In a speech that occupied two horn's and had not been completed when the senato adjourned, ad-journed, Senator Root today came to t.ic support of tho administration railroad bill. Tho norllon of the speech delivered today to-day dealt almost exclusively with tho proposed pro-posed court of commerce, which Mr. Root defended, notwithstanding, ho said, it appealed to him far less strongly than did most of tho other features of the bill. He was questioned closely by Senators Cummins, Crawford, Jones, Kayner and others, and in response to tho inquiries said ho would favor an amendment to tho bill permilLing the representation of shippers ship-pers In cases Involving their interests. Senator Root argued for tne general policy of having all lhe law business of the government centered In tne department depart-ment of Justice. Mr. Root will cotulnuo nis speech tomorrov.'. Should Bo Amended. Mr. Root begun speaking Just after Senator Sen-ator Elklns had tntroduoea a series of amendments to thu bill. In presenting the amendments Mr. Klkins said they had tno support of a majority of the members of tho committee on interstate commerco. This remark brough Mr. Cummins to his feet. He said that the committee had had no meeting and therefore had had no opportunity op-portunity to consider tho amendments. Air. Root said many of tho provisions of tho bill were far more important than the court of commerce provision. He thought, however, that the bill shou.v l amended in some respects. Mr. Root spoke of tho success of the present railroad rato law, saying the presiuent of the greatest railroad corporation corpora-tion in his statu had told him he would not turn his hand over lo have tho Jaw rcepaled, notwithstanding, when tho bill of I90i; was before congress. Washington had rung llko a boiler shop In oppostilon to It. But satisfactory as the law might be as a whole, many controversies must ariso In Its administration and for their adjustment there should be an expert court. Government the Dofondant. Defending tho provision of tho law making the government tho defendant in all appeals from the orders of tho interstate inter-state eommorco commission. Mr. Root said under the present law tne shipper Is not represented. The only change mado was placing tho conduct of the caso In the hands of the attorney general. But hu thought tho bill should bo nmendod so as to permit tho representation of the shippor in all cases In which his interests might bo Involved. ?Do vou believe." asked Mr Cummins. "In a casie not supported by tho attorney rcnoral the court could call upon a rop-resentatlvo rop-resentatlvo of tho HhlpperY" Mr Root expressed the opinion that U wouiil be competent for tho court to make such an order. He thought, however, all the law business of tho government shoulu bo conducted by the attorncv general. Hu lusumed if tbo bill became a law a apodal Ilenuty would be designated 1" the at-tornev at-tornev Roneral 10 deal with railroad cases Just as ono is now selected to conduct cases beforo the court of ekilms. Ho thouKht tho senso of duty of tho attorney general could always be depended upon. |