Millard County Chronicle | 1912-06-13 | Page 5 | Will Abolish Commerce Court

WILL ABOLISH COMMERCE COURT Congress Refuses to Make Appropriation Appropria-tion for Tribunal Created Two Years Ago. Washington. Only the signature of President .Taft Is now required to abolish the commerce court. The legislating out of existence of that tribunal, created only two years ago, and which the auperme court of the United States recently declared had exceeded Its powers, was determined deter-mined upon Tuesday when the senate by a vote of thirty-six to twenty-three defeated an amendment to mafce provision pro-vision In the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill for maintaining main-taining the court. This put both houses of congress In accord on the matter of abolishing j the court. There Is a likelihood, it j is asserted In official circles, that j President Taft will veto the bill. I