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Show IjpJj The speaker of tho house, through his pre- ilm , ' i iUj h rogativo of appointing tlie committees, exercises ji a potent influence in shaping legislation, and thiB fact iB particularly important at this time. $' V . Representative John Q. Critchlow, who was once V and for a few moments only a candidate for tho , j speakership himself, is out after the chairmau- r' ? ship of the railroad committee, his intention be- f :Jj ing, it is claimed, to promote thereby tho railroad fa'M commission bill. Nobody ever suspected that 'f i'? ; , ; John Q. had a grievance against the railroads, t M A until the official organ of Uie commission agita- P.il tor announced that he would introduce the bill. Ilif ; ; Unless the political powers in the church have I'M i decided, however, to pass a commission bill, there wl ' l 18 no Proual)llitv tliat Mr- Critchlow or any other Iff ' ! 8 1" legislator favorable to that maesure will be given Hft Jwl' Ul clialrmanslllP of tllQ railroad committee. The $m ; ' ' mm outcry that is being made by the Utah business n-M ; ' m interests against the passage of such a measure pi ; is alarming oven tho politico-religious conspira- PT e i k tors who orignally hatched the scheme. They will p' will probably abandon it and there is little like- 't sJ;' lihood that Mr. Joseph, if chosen speaker, will menace the railroads by constituting his railroad rail-road committee of men who approve the measure. meas-ure. If a census could be taken of the business men of Salt Lake, the mining men, the real estate men, the bankers, and the merchants, it is not probable proba-ble that live per cent of them would declare themselves in favor of a railway commission. While nearly all would admit that some grievances griev-ances may and do exist with reference to railroads, rail-roads, it is a known fact that such grievances are within the power of the Interstate Commerce commission com-mission to remedy, and that local grievances are merely trivial. |