Show rs 0 0 1 gossip of washington 9 4 1 I WE interstate commerce commission assumes importance 0 of high united states court members no longer a laughing stock M mr bloom velt hopes republican house will be elected some ang a artl tj 1 speakers op eakers the jamestown exposition rt p 0 0 t washington under the new railway rat I 1 I 1 law the interstate commerce commission become 0 ff a tr der more important body than it ever was als 1 I C 6 Is increased in size from five members to save or V members and the salaries have been raised tria k azz 7 to 10 the commission assum est est t th t w importance ot of a high united states court 1 itaf membership la Is only two less than the su e mul td I 1 ia court of the united states state s and the salaries a ai 30 1 1 equal to those drawn by the nine gentlemen blak blaek the commission now has a specific la lai I 1 I AF k back of it giving its decisions force and it w whoa 1 no longer be a laughing stock as it had been f rt 1 some yeara years because it had no power to enforce 4 5 its decisions wg regarding eg arding railway rates that ha tp 1 I 1 all been cured now and when the com commissio missid designates a certain rate the latter goes goe s in into to effects effect and must be 0 observed unless over overthrown w n by the thea courts j th the a commission under t the he n new e w law aw will h have a v e dwor two m more 0 re members than at t ests aiva present the old commiss commission io n co consists n s of alve w which h i ch strangely an g ely elou enough agh under efty 0 republican administration consists of thre three democrats and two republicans t tle under the new law there are to be seven commissioners no more than tour four M of them to be of any one political party the two new members will th there ere 4 the majority of the new commission I 1 into n t tore fore be republican in order to bring political alignment with the administration V i Is I 1 and J the new members of the commission have been se selected are brilliant attorney and son of the distinguished harlan of chicago a young associate justice of the supreme court john M harlan Is one of them E E a clarke of iowa the head of the railway conductors association has been selected as the second new member these two men will probably be appointed upon the law going into effect on august 28 MEN OF HIGHEST ABILITY AND INTEGRITY there Is no doubt that the new law raises the nu 0 I 1 0 tit A standard of the commission and in the future men auh A selected for it will have to be of the highest ability 4 and integrity in the past this commission has at times been regarded as a very convenient place k 11 in which to land some lame duck or political has been who had failed of reelection reelect lon to some J other public office for some years it had bad been considered as a convenient harbor of refuge tor for politicians and was regarded as the legitimate 1 1 1 patronage of the big political leaders 44 this has changed now and with the added re X 0 f provided tor for by the new law men of W the highest grade will have to be selected it Is I 1 fortunate that the members of the old commission 9 I 1 of five men are not disturbed but will go right along serving out their terms these five gen tiemen or at least four of them ere men of tried ri and faita work during the past few months under specific authority of congress in the investigation of big rail rall road and coal companies demonstrates their fitness for the new duties under the new law knapp prouty and clements all have had long expert ence on the commission and mr cockrell although a member of but a little habits to the commission the painstaking over a years standing has brought of a generation in the senate mr lane has ju just S t been added to the original commission and has his reputation to make there Is some talk of making young mr harlan p president resident of the commission and it Is understood that president roosevelt favors favor s that proposition the election of a president lies with the commission itself and unless mr knapp who has been president for some time should voluntarily retire fram the contest there may be a pretty hot fight over this position mr air knapp haa has been active and was one of the most industrious advocates of t the he new railway rate law and feels that he Is entitled a continuation in the position of president of the commission I 1 i MR MA ROOSEVELT A GOOD PARTY MAN this will be a busy season for the spellbind d cabinet no secret Is 4 il ers era of mr roosevelt s made of the intention of three or four of the b cabinet members actively to engage in this year s congressional campaign the president feels hea la ln fl f a way that his administration Is on trial and he looks to the people to indorse it and particularly to indorse the policies which congress enacted into law on his recommend rec recommendation ommen dation the president M despite all that has been said and written about Q his reform ideas Is a pretty good party man and Is honest enough to express the I 1 hope cope that a re ce publican house of representatives will be reelected I 1 he lie does not object to bis his cabinet officers J i going into the campaign and it Is not 1 a 14 able that he himself will make one or two N speeches of a somewhat hat political character secretary shaw of the treasury is 1 the best campaign speaker in the cabinet there are few 4 audience than he can he ile has the closer to an the stump who can get men on stories the appia with humorous bis his points old lincoln faculty of illustrating recognized he ile expects to be right busy cation of which is instantaneously committee will use him in several states and the congressional campaign administration secretary of the the old farmer where there are doubtful districts of talking to voters effective way of agriculture wilson haa has a mighty V 11 I 1 and bis his services will be utilized very freely roosevelt apparently places the greatest j president the orator in whom william 11 II tatt taft the number of engage I 1 f of war confidence Is his secretary indicates that he will be able to keep hia his ments the latter has already made has traveling he I 1 the arduous pounds by I 1 to its present avoirdupois down in which make few speeches to will have a moody general in view attorney the achievements of the adminis administration in its prosecution of ot t he will recount A 1 the octopi e CHOICE FOB FOR nomination TWO YEARS HENCE it Is somewhat amusing to note the jealousy J M P 0 1 I that exists in the little group of statesmen who r r P have their political lightning rods elevated to k catch the presidential bolt in 1908 these men I 1 who aspire to the presidency are thoroughly human and they are watching each other like V hawks while tor for public consumption their words 7 and acts are altogether disinterested in private conversation they indulge in some pretty severe ily 11 I 1 criticisms of each other there has been great e I 1 J anxiety among these candidates to find out on COO U 6 whom the administration favor would rest the INI k developments of the past few weeks seem to have settled that point and now it appears to be the N it field against secretary tatt taft for the latter Is ve looked on here in washington as president roose belts choice tor for the republican nomination two BOOM DANS IN WASH years hence vice president fairbanks secre there are speaker ker cannon gov cummins shaw senator foraker aspea of the treasury tary who cannot help ig general cortelyou and one or two others of gazing iowa on postmaster the taft boom wa with th considerable envy the idea that mr tatt taft have will the supreme bench seems to associate justice on as adept an appointment hia his declare that his opponents bents in the presidential race abandoned been actions and his public speeches demonstrate beyond all queR question tion that he Is an anji 4 there la is nom nomination j candidate tor for the presidential and aggressive active which might take him out of the race and that would li thing they say only one to obtain that court of the supreme chief to in the be a vacancy ambition to be honored place it is believed mr taft would forego all dent of the united states for 1908 was J president roosevelt recently in discussing the outlook saying that secretary taft in his opinion was the only man who quoted as be could defeat william J bryan and it looked as though the latter would i the democratic candidate the other aspirants for the republican nomination i are not disposed to accept this estimate of the president I 1 THE NATIONAL exposition IDEA congress has become resigned to the national I 1 exposition idea it has gone so deep into these I 1 enterprises la ili the past t that h at every new proposition to celebrate same great event by a national exposition 1 I 9 id Is pretty certain to meet with support 1 and favor preparations are now under way tor for a fair which Is to be the celeb celebration r a ti 0 n 0 of f the f found 0 u n d 1 ing of jamestown the three h hundredth u n d re d th an annever ann n 1 lver v e ri rf of which will occur next may speaker can bary u PAI non who Is of an economical turn of mind tried a 10 to check the granting of government hid aid to c I 1 lian e enterprise bat national expositions are some somewhat whal 11 ak in the nature of public buildings when it comee comes to getting aid from congress they are made part of a log rolling scheme and combination combinations are A formed that always insure the enterprises being A indorsed j n it was said at the time of the world worlds a fair ai a 16 st louis that this country could get along with a e of a century to come but there imme out another exposition tor for a quarter C and now comes the ore last year portland fair at followed the big another noted event ins in how soon telling jamestown exposition there Is 1 no will be presented for similar recognition the history of the country of the have become so much the fashion that one celebrations these committees of the house has been created to take charge dt df matt mattere eraA regular a loser by these expositions ag the government Is no way relating to them event it la Is con tf 11 and in been repaid any to them thein has always loaned the money ll 11 governmental policy polley to encourage en enterprises terp rises that will advena tise the good commercial greatness of the united states and create P a good lm elon sidn among foreign countries 11 L |