Show A ATTACK ON 01 PREST TAFT Senator Purcell Pure of North Dakota Practically Charged Intention To Pack Supreme Court Courte U e TO SAVE RAILROAD BILL to 10 nt of or HIl Appoint 1111 Vho e 8 1111 UN nil Ills III Own Va liln ton April 3 aIn In hla lii hi maiden senate ente delivered today pp P rh h in the on Ih hp railroad bill Senator of North Dak ta criticized cr UK Ute en He lie president nt anti ami tho th attorney practically l a pur of o the court aa au to Injure Inu auch PUCh of nf the pro prop tro and und nullify red p Pl lii Ili aa all U to tn i tic UI lawa Iw and ad itale tat con eon conI Pt I HP lie H w with the I he merger r pro pio ilon if the bill and nd having stated aled tin tl Niji UI Dakota tte constitution of ot railroad j i c the th fine h that under le de leel court ourt It bed bad the el li n thi th char charI hell hI that hili of nt I r to tte control eon trot He Ue Heth I Ith th n pr J n eded ed edIt It be apparent apprent to every pry one ona that hat I when hn the th president and nd the at t drafted th law IW they thoY vere wr ver familiar with existing law lawa coy cov CICI C Nt by 12 It la III fair fall to a aume u aa ume um they put It t In thin bill because they wanted to M w It become law lam I See Sec Section 8 liOn tion I 1 If enacted would conflict with the Ihl mentioned CONDITION OF IF OIE COURT cOUnT It U can all become o only In one OM OMIt fl VH It Of the member of Ot the supreme court ourt which decided the railroad cane only three th now flow no noarl are arc on the bench and lId two are ar advanced d din retirement ent The Jn in years Pars and nd entitled to In ourt la lu I now In a lamentable condition Two ai now practically xIt Two more will soon loon In the th natural s S course count cur of events event ThIN Thill will make at t least four tour appointments the president will have bave to make mak Having the power to tl appoint the members er of ot this thia court Ourt n tho ho finally de determine determine 4 termine ermine the law upon all questions he ht haa hac h the th opportunity to tn appoint those thouc whose WhON who sentiments on seCtion 12 11 accord with hla hI The would no doubt grace gree Ne the me bench It If Ithe tie he were we appointed would he h not sup support up port lOrt lIla hla hi own handiwork How lIow say easy ea It would be for tor the preal lent ilent through hla Ma h new to lu bring about a chIne change In law lawand I Ind lawand and nd to folt upon the tb people the pro pm of or section 12 I as aa a the th la law of the theland land u The Die pending bill the I strongly Inclined toward the tha lh Interests Interest of the te railroad There Ther Therefore Tore fore would he h not make mke appointment io to the th court of of nf thou those th known knon to be favorable to the If jf this should hould happen lIn by the th passage ot of bill all an the benefit and protection git iven en by court may mayM maybe be M lout lost and nd the railroads may nay by b bour bour our action be authorized to 10 accomplish thou very vry thine In matters mattera of con consolidation which the th court have hae de determined 1 they could not do tin I they th were of the peoples rights Of Ut the Ule proponed l court ourt of nf commerce Mr OIl aid Id no nn established lawyer could nul desire a place on Its It bench be Ii flUM It would lie be l a vortex of ot paa l 1 Ion Clon and greed arced He found fault tault with the failure of the Ih bill to prohibit overcapItalIzatIon overcapitalisation and Improper of raIl rall roade d n If He also allo o the bill Jill should hould permit th tM Interstate rom corn commission mission 01 ti to te 1 rate rat ra ratIn t ton cm on the great gr t lakes lakee lak a as under existing conditions Independent 11 could not lIot get a footing there tha JR IDI NT WISDOM ATI Mr lr Ir declared already Ill Ih country had 1 or oF the Ih president In giving his hi nt to 10 the Ih new nan tariff lun 1110 la In n ol ot o thin till statement he h referred to tn the th u a atlon Uon of the Indiana state tute convention lie He pointed out that In nil II the tha liv elections lIon held since the Ih Payne bill became u a I law I the tIl 0 Republican candidates had be been n de defeated d notwithstanding four of the tIe diM lad had been He lie spoke puke regarding the th failure to II place lumber on the th free f fre hut Hit und ROll nd went at nt length Into conditions In hix hie own state tte where he h said KHlil I the th lumber buln waa large larKe largely ly I under niter j the th control of or a ring The enate engaged In a prolonged wrangle rD le over the of amend amendments men l ments ment offered by Senators Senator Crawford and Cummins to the provisions legal legalising le legalizing l ising izing agreements agreement between rail railroad rued road rr companies This condition was wac aa at last lut relieved by bythe bythe bythe the acceptance by hy Senator Elkin of nf the th Crawford amendment as a substitute tute for tor the tho original provision The effect of oC this acceptance Is III to 10 Mr Ir r Cummins to 10 present his hi suggestion Ion aw aim II nn an n amendment to 10 the section II aa as thus thull modified The Th Crawford provision requires that such agreements men shall hll be subject to 10 the approval of ot the Inter interstate state stale commerce commission but dues not flot spec IIpP tIlly ally require this approval shall hn be vouchsafed before the agree acree agreements agreements ments go If 0 Into effect elfert Mr Cummins I a substitute specifying the Ih approval should hold ante antedate nl date minte tAt the of the ibm aaren COts lit As ts 11 Mr II dId desired to tn speak peek k at lit length th on n the th subject the lii senate nal adjourned without taking ac action e elIn lion tion on n either |