The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-19

WdSulustOn, May lJ.-l ne senate
late yesterday disposed of another inn
portant feature of the railway bill. BY
a vote of forty to twenty-three the
amendment proposed Tuesday by SEN
ator William Alden Smith of Michigan
as substitute for the provision of
the bill which gives the attorney gem
eral charge of the defense of the or
ders of the interstate commerce COM
mission when they are attacked in the
courts, was adopted. But before the
vote was taken a number of additions
were made to the amendment, the
most substantial being proposed by
Senator Hughes of Colorado. Minor
amendments were made by Senator
Smith and by Senator Borah. Here is
the amendment as it was finally adopt
ed:
Section 5--That the attorney gem
eral shall have charge and control of
the interests of the government in all
cases and proceedings in the com
merce court and in the supreme court
of the United States upon appeal from
the commerce court and If in his opin-
ion the public interest requires, he may
retain and employ in the name of the
United States within the appropria-
tions from time to time made by con-
gress for such purposes, such special
attorneys and counselors at law as he
may think necessary to assist in the
discharge of any of the duties incum-
bent upon him and his subordinate at
torneys; and the attorney general
shall stipulate with such special attor-
neys and counsel the amount of their
compensation, which shall not be in
excess of the sums specifically appro-
priated therefore by congress for such
purposes and shall have supervision
of their action provided that the inter-
state commerce commission and any
party or parties in interest to the pro-
ceedings before the commission in
which an order or requirement was
made shall be notified of the COM
mencement of such proceedings and
may appear as parties thereto of their
own motion and as right and be rep
resented by their counsel in any suit
wherein is involved the validity of
such order of requirement or any part
thereof in the interest of such party,
and the court wherein is pending such
suit may make all such rules and or.
ders as to such appearances. and repre-
sentations, the number of counsel and
all matter of procedure and otherwise
as to observe the ends of justice and
speed the determination Of such suits.
Provided further. that communities,
associations, corporations, firms and
Individuals who are interested in a
controversy or before the interstate
commerce commission or any suit
which may be brought by any one un.
der the terms of this act, or the acts
of which it is amendatory or which
are amendatory Of 1t, relating to ac.
tion of the interstate commerce com
mission may intervene in said suit OF
proceedings at any time after the in
stitution thereof and the attorney gen.
eral shall not dispose Of or discontinue
said suit or proceedings over the OBJ.
lection of such party or intervenor
aforesaid, but said intervenor or inter
venors may prosecute, defend or con
tinue said suit or proceeding unaffect-
ed by the action Or non-action Of the
attorney general of the United States
therein"
The last provision was drawn by
Senator Hughes of Colorado, a demo-