The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-17
and plain. The President has read
this statement"
Question of Court Review.

and plain. The President has READ "
this statement.
Question Of Court Review.
At conference Of the members Of the
House Committee on Agriculture to-day
1t was decided to have q regular commit
tee meeting Monday, when the SUCCESS
tions Of the President as 8thc stlbstl-
tute bill Will be formally considered. The
Presidents desire to prohibit court
reviewGof the inspection is regarded as
perhaps the question which Will be most
dinlcult Of agreement. There Is little
opposition to striking out the court re-
view proposition from the substitute, but
the President wishes to go a step fur
Their. according to the representation OF
Mr.. Adams.
In several places in the substitute he
wishes the discretion of the Secretary
of Agriculture TO be made the final
decision regarding matters Of inspection
and the healthfulness Of the product
The lawyers on the comnitte pointed
out to-day that to strike out the court
review and insert these discretionary
clauses, would take away the right Of
appeal to the cou rts except on the con-
stitutional ground of ;confiscation of prop
erty. The courts have held, they said,
that where the law leaves matter to
the discretion or the heads of an exc
cutive department., the courts cannot res
view the exercise Of that discretion, ex-3
cept 1t results In confscation.s The Pres
ident wishes the labels on the packages
Of meat foods to bear the date OF manu-
facture and the discretion of this sug-
gest:on lis said to have developed some
Opposition also. but not decided.
ss Will Bow to- President.
The substitute will be brought up in
the House next Tuesday. It Is reported
that material concessions will be made
In order to get the bill in such shape
that 1t will meet the approval OF the
President. The truth OF the matter is
that the members are very DESTROYS Of
getting away from Washington. They
are willing to yield much In order to get
down to their districts and look after
fencing. The decided ma jority of them
have contests on their hands, and they
realize that every day spent here In
Washington could be put III working at
home that would count Oh election day.
and maybe turn the scale. The political
side of the question is exercising a pow
erfu influence. Popular continent is
overwhelmingly in favor OF making the
packers bear the cost OF inspection, Il
4 Whether 1t be wiser or juster to re-
quirc that the burden be borne out Of
the genral trasuryl do not carry as great
weight With the average representative,
perhaps. as the consideration that the
packers have few friends among the
voters and that the demand for inspec-
ton, the cost of which shall be borne
by the beef trust. is SO general.
Is The following Is but a sample OF many
letters which Representative Lamb and
other Democratic members of the COM
mittec are receiving from constituents.
This letter Is from a prominent bust
ness man In. RICHMOND:
Capt. John Lamb, House OF Representa-
tivcs, Washington. D. c.,
My Dear Captain: The main purpose
Of this letter. however. Is to hold up
your hands in the stand that you have
taken with reference to the beef trust.
The idea Of a lot Of people being inilu-
enced for the sake Of saving their con.
stituents n few dollars and hurting the
sale of cattle is certainly not very pa.
triotic, when the health and reputation
oc' this great country Is at stake i SEQ
by the papers that you nave gotten 4
| good many telegrnms expressing npposi-
| lion to the beef trust people nay!ng the
| cost OF the inspection, but ! can as
| sure you every one have talked with
lake about the same view that do. and
| think that you can feel easy that IN
| expressing your conscientious feelings
| on the subject that you are representing
|
."rhe truth Of the business ID that
| there Is so much rascality and sellshness
being shown up In the hig corporations
that ! am pretty much q Socialist, ana
unless the big corporations and railroads
permit themselves TO be taken In under
l a control In q reasonable way. the first
thing they know their business will be
/ taken away from them by the extreme
action Of some wild leader. who Will have
the backing of a great mass OF people,
simply from exnsperat!on.
i when the topatt,o trust comes up, as
have no doubt 1t will, think ! can be
OF some help to you, but. OF course, the
position am In will preclude my taking
4 any open part In It. II you get In a
place where It will do YOU any good, you
are at perfect liberty to use the contents
4 OF this letter but, al course. do not use
my ma me.
4 Dangerous Precedent,
1t is believed that the people will an
Fl prove the course of the President Ia prae
r tcally forcing Congress to enact II rigit
meat inspection law, Evidences of hi,
are numerous and are multiplying.
BUT the very serious aspect OF tn
events OF the past three days should no
be overlooked, nor should the final vic
tory OF the President, which now appear
20 be well-n!gh inevitable. cause the peo
, pie to forget the fact that he has violate
!. cherished traditions to accomplish al
end, however, desirable. The absolut
separation OF the three branches OF tn
government from each other. a funda
mental principle OF the Constitution. wa
1 insisted upon by the founders Of IN
( government with unanimity that wa
most significant. Mr.. Roosevelt has dis
regarded II In many ways. and instance
9 hut in none more strikingly than In III
Incident relating to beef inspection. IA
z. long step towards absolute blotting ou