The evening times., 1901-07-05
SENATOR KYLES SUCCESSOR.
MIR. Penrose spoken of for Chairman
OF the Industrial Commission.

Considerable interest is displayed in the
| selection Of a successor to the late Sen
ator Kyle on the Industrial Commission.
/ Mr.. Kyle was Chairman of the Cornmis-
sion. and, while he did not attend all of
| its sessions, he was more regular in his
! attendance than any other Of the Con
gressiouaI members He had given the
subject much attention, and as Chairman
| Of the Commission and a member Of the
Senate he would have had a great deal
| TO do with shaping It's recommendations
| TO Congress. The summer is to be devot-
| ed to this work and the whole subject
presented to Congress in December.
Now that Senator Kyle is dead the
! Commission is temporarily without a
head, q though ex-Represeutatfve Phil
lips. who has been vice chairman and
acting chairman for a greater part Of
the time, viii doubtless act in that ca
pacity until Mr.. Eyle-s successor is Sc
lected- The act creating the Commission
provides that il shall consist of five mem
bers Of the Senate, five Of the House and
nine Commissioners from civil life. II
also stipuIates that should any of the
Congressional contingent be 50 unfOTtu-
/ nate as tc lose his seat in Congress while
serving as a member Of the Industrial
Commission he shall continue as civilian
member and draw $500 per annum- SEN
ator Kyle, however, died while in the
Senate, so that it is expected his sue
cessor viii be appointed from the Sen
ate by Vice President Roosevelt The
position viii be largely an honorary one,
as it is scarcely probable that a Senator
appointed at this late day would have
Esthe opportunity to do more than play a
passive part
The Commission, however, must choose
a new chairman. and it is probable, should
the choice fall on one of the Senatorial
members. that the new chairman will be
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania He
and Senator Bard Of California are the
remaining Republican Senators on the
Commission, and Senator Bard's financial
interests in California are such that it is
scarcely probable ne would care to act as
chairman of the Commission On the 9th
er hand. although MI Peurose has not
been assiduous in his attention TO the
work. he has been present at a number OF
meetings and has taken more than
desultory interest in the subject As
Pennsylvania furnished more corporations
for investigation than any other State.
Mr.. Penroses constituents are deeply in
terested in the subject. especially n the
investigation Of the relation between the
trusts and the tariff
Should MT. PenTOse be passed over or
decline to serve the choice viii most like
y fail on AR Phillips, vice chairman Of
tn, Commission It was largely due to his
efforts that the bill creating the Commits
sion became a law He has taken the
deepest interest in the work and has been
a constant attendant on the sessions Of
the Commission. He was chairman of the
House Committee on Labor and has al
ways been Interested in labor matters.
As a preliminary to the work Of draft
ing the final recommendations to Congress
\ subcommittee viii go over all the testi-
mony taken by the Commission. as vel as
the immense amount Of additional data
at hand and compile II in such a shape
that the final recommendations may be
made from it The review itself VIII not
contain any recommendations The sub
jects VIII be treated under ten heads:
Summary Of. progress of, and conditions
Of industry generally. agriculture. mining.
manufacture and general business. indus
trial combinations. transportation, labor.
Immigration, The negro problem ard taxa
ton.