Show LISTENS TO REASON News comes from Wash ngton to the effect that the bill to regulate issues of railroad securit es which passed the house at the last session of congress and is now before the senate may not be pressed for passage th s w nter The excuse given is that tho interstate com merce commiss on is already overloaded with work and could not poss bly take up the duties Imposed upon it under the proposed"legiBlat on unless the mem bersh p of the commiss on be enlarged and the work divided To pass a law for th s purpose would requ re time and as the pres dent is said to be anx ous to f nish up the other work on hand so that an extra session will not be neces Bary the whole matter is to go over There may be someth ng in the ex cuse If the whole truth is to be told however it will have to be acknowl edged that the business interests of the country are very much aga nst the en actment of a ra lway securit es law at this time and that President Wilson and the Democratic leaders have been n duced to 1 sten to reason and let well enough alone The decis on to aban don the bill will be approved all over the country |