New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-26

&c Constitutional and other law and DO
onsiiEed TO draft mos; difficult statu es' Soino
Ill ,nemher Of your board must ,pe
ai1od sneciolist practical man fully informed
as 20 the way in which railr0ad woTk Is uole, tn
fbir1 man must complete tho board; ana ne ~
,nnst he a specialist Ii 49, however, a sl'eolai,;So J
. necnliar kind which is wanted now-one Ialheu
10 trace cause and effect, to handle sta1s'es, iI
snre that thu remedy proposed WIN Itacn na tho
comnlainsd Of He must supply the theory anu W.. .ho
political economy Of the boar as the otneiS
law and the practical knowledge, A co,lmiNd r,
made up of such men As these wo,iIu' ,be way 0f
tee soon put this railroad problem III 'nU "st; ,a
soIutjon They would do il by inc actl'u III -
ton of causes of complaint as YOU business Vbnro
scented them. But perhaps you vi, f he tonndY
.re three Such men as you uescIipc w .o ,i 49,
Tber ore NOT met with every day. lou are talkhg?I
n tTiSunal of the highest or,eI; ms dEai li
i time The questions with winch the tllpunai IA
have Ia deal are questions Of the most ar-Tedohng
IMPORTANCE and of magnitnde second 70 no
others The men 10 deal with them mus We uoan
accordingly II not so chosen the .niIe WI I',,
The selection of Your board, therefore Is te ques
tiop Very well: | will select BOARD Anu niS.
of the lawyer. have never met Hlia, anu spa s
from no nersopal knowledge, but, Judging py ms
renntation and writings SHOULD say that Judge
Cooley. of Michigan, was Well quanhea 10 pe the r'
gal member; and al ons DT ~nnuestionably be
said of either of Judge Cooleys associates on
the present advisory commission bnt, as only one
be taken. should select nm i4f Else
His appOIntInent would command universal respec,;
and that is a great deal. Among practcal RAJ Ioau
4 cOud suggest seNtTdl loI llc
Que INN eiiateiy occurs to me rs peculiarly quail
fed refer to Robert Harris, formerly president OF
ibe Chicago Burlingt n and Quincy Road and now
general manager of the Erie. MIR. Harris ENJOYS 5
Character for honesty and directness among Iaroau
men which would 20 far to secure their nhdencs 70
any Board of winch he was a member Last. anu Ia
my in igInent most important OF all, would come 'n
statistiian the economist, the careful student %
cause and effect the man 10 ascertain the req; WY
and wherefore. For that position on me BOARD !
would select Francis A. Walker, the recent chei VI
the Census Bureau. There. then. is such trDuhai
os Robert Stephenson, on behalf OF the ralIr0auS'
pleaded for twenty-five years ago, a tnounal tll-
partial > and " thoroughly informed" one coihpe-
tent to form sound opinion Ior' ho" d. 'i4oii'
What we ask is knowledge"
Given a commission such as have suggested anu
the so-caIeI railroad problem would present rev
difficulties. Why then, when you talk 81 Na lon"i
Rsirnal Cumm>sI SION, do you not TAX OF one MAJ
mn of men Ii <e thcsei Such men can be had II ne
Coycrnlurnt really wants them. Composed ol suGu
Incn fh. commission wOnld be of the greatest paC1
nlic service aud a credit 10 the couniIy. Men IKE
ihrsc with Congress behind them, would can LOT
few o. those stringent laws which the average Ieg-
jslator loves SO 10 pass. II, however, your con-,
mission is 10 be made up, not OF men ike these' va.
of men with claims ON the party, OF any Vi Il"'
KIND of cattle. tuen IT would be nuisance am "
disgrace, and the end wound be worse 'h'h 'Ne o0-
or