The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-19
NO TIME SET
 F0P HEARING Montgomery Rate Case
 Still Drags. COMMISSION IS SWAMPED Large Number of Complaints on
 Docket.
Ex-senator Cockrem is HI and wer,< of the Interstate Commerce. Ci- mission may be
 Delayed.
ALFRED J. sToEEn.

Washington, Aug. ls.-(special.l. me case of the Montgomery FreIrht Bureau against the Louisvilla ami r".s .sashVnie Railroad, on account of nates alleged to have been made frorn New Orleans to several poInts ard which It is claimed diserinfnate against Montgomery and which Al ths 1ntersate Commerce Commission ax wei as in the South is alluded to ar sne New Orleans case. is still; dragging along here.
 It IS hard matter 10 find ont t,,at when time for the hearina viii h. nxed. Nearly all of the rnembers IF lne commission are still out of fs,a cty on their annual vacations. ana E,a uhuerstanding is they will moi retmrrs
 tneir onices for active work until
 the 10th of September. Tn \ iarse number of complaints on fhe aocket will doubtless be taken m. Ana "a1es nxed for the hearings
 One or the officials at this wraafn.~ is oI the opinion that the New orreaae ess e nearing is apt to be grouped witff pis snae or the Montgomery Frearhf nu.eau aginst the fourteen raIIromylm and that the testimony will cartas,,ISs \. De taken at Montgomery. vyhefhar siA VIII he in the carly or Fata TsII he IS not now prepared to sav Th~s accumulation of compiainas i. @c neavy tnat the Commissioners ara mn c'hu h.ssoou 70 De puzzled to know h1sf SheFe 10 commence. It is recoa.i,a,g .nat the discrimihations counnlagnas ,f Dy tne montgomery Freight Bureap ara anong the most important fhat hev~ Deen nied. owing to the fact that emrS it.. number of tranenortaftors
 'iirs IFS are included in khe charges rnade.
 ne New Orleans case was at n~st dqoeKeted q,ea at the Commission as Nn AiSS, ouf 1t was subaeduenffV crs i, .rs.s ", ~ No' i1z5, and that is how tt sts 2 ,,t sr. eouay confusion arose ,n ss.,. ie SVras sr when hundreds of claims ca,se thrr, h iurnper conlpaniea and grrYa tnrouBhout the timb4sr aacfts.s T sAi ia " country, and which are eno,,,.t - the l tsparation claims. 4 large nr...'.s @ @elon or these are from the sa,,sis9.t.. sss5sess quite number being rrny, ,sl ' cIaiu,e inoeed. one Alabama firm bas ,n congressman Bowie, whos% e1,ns. sa, E1- TIT. urn ls' made special trIp to yvasn- shstoh 70 look after the matter sIir. Seeretary or the Commission dacfsss Io use a different seriea of fietres sc pocket the lumber claims, ana that ia now things got Eomewhat rniva5 t,, regard to the New Orleans rasa <, wnich the Montgomery Freight Rssrea,, ls so deeply interested MT Ty hesihofer, manager of tie Rurea,, nao ms record complete, ana this ew. ] fatoo" VIII acquatnt all others fn- terested a. to how matters stand bers CoekrelI Is HI.
 bx-Senator Cockrell, of Nisso,,rt n,a | of the members of the 1somn,,ss,sa,' s,,rs nas been in poor health for tha nsat nVe months. Report has if that z Iong rest this summer has resulted h some improvement. but his frfends Tear that unless his physical condition l improves more rapidly ls =-ln
 iopg time before he can resume his duties as actively as he and hIs as- sociates would like. Hardly evay be. Tore In his life has General Coakrall known what 1t was to be forced to ta lFa a rest Of weeks - -
 During his thirty years servfee m the Senate, no man watched tha da- tails Of Legislation more cloRelv than ne. and he simply burnt the nidniwht OH In attending to his correspondenca Tn tAe interest of his constituents. Wi'h the veteran Missouri pair in tho senate It was practically Vest do most or the speaking; CockreIl. look ouf for the needs of Missourians at tha na- tons capital The wear and tear on General Cockrell is beginning to teIi. and he lost his seat in the Senate ba- sides when Missouri turned upsIde down. gave It's electoral vote to Roose- Veit and sent Warner to the Senate.