Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-06
MANY ATTACKS ON
BRANDE|S TO Be
MADE AT HEARING
Charge Now Made That
President Wilson'S APP
pointee "Threw the Rail
way Increase Cases.

Washington. Feb. 5.-A charge that
Louis d. Brandels, nominee for the SUI
preme bench. threw the railway in
crease cases a year ago" at the request
of President Wilson, will be made to
the senate judiciary sub committee
Wednesday by Clifford Thorne, Iowa
rate commissioner, according to friends
of Thorne in the senate, who say they
have been informed of his intentions.
/, According to these men, President
Wilson had made up his mind that in
view of the precarious financial condi-
tion of the country, the railroads should
have more money, so that an added
credit might be obtained for extension
work.
The hearing, however, Thorne's SEN
ate friends say. was featured by
Thorne's showing that the railways
were earning an average dividend OF
1908 per cent and that they were not
justified in asking tho increase.
Thorne's hackers declare that then
Brandeis, despite this apparent show
ing and despite his atorneyship for
the government and shippers, gave the
I. opinion that the railways needed more
revenue, that this was in direct oppo-
sition to the case which Thorhe
thought he had set up and the feeling
between himself and Brandes since
that time has been bitter, even taking
on personal phase
Writes to the Senators.
Thorne has ritten his senate friends
that he believes Brandeis did this, be-
cause he thought the presidents po-
litical future would be threatened I'M
less the railways We're given additional
revenues and extension work begun.
Senators fror- the middle west,
Brandeis' opponents said today, have
been hearing voluminousy from farm
ers and shippers in their states, all
strenuously opposed to Brandeis. Or
gained labor, however, generally has
taken a stand favorable to him.
Thorne will not be allowed to make
his fight without facing opposition &c
himeslf. JOSEPH n. Teal, a leading at
torney of Portland. Ore. who also ap-
peared in the rate cases, as an asso.
ciate of Thorne, will appear in defense
of Brandels. Lieutenant Governor
F.shelman of California, a former heac
of the state railway commission o.
that state and its representatives n
the rate hearing. viii appear also. An
> other charge against Brandeis is tina
> he appeared as attorney on both side!
of the famous Lexon case in Lynn
Mass. in 1906. James T. Lexon, so tn,
charge runs, failed and retained Bran
: deis to protect his interests. Later. h,
discovered. 1t is averred, that Brandei
also had been retained by the creditors
His Shoe Machinery Connection.
On this charge DR.. p. j. Lenox of thi
city has been summoned.
James F. Starrow and S. W. Swim
slow of the United Shoe Machiner
company and connected with the Hlg
ginson financial interests of Boston
will appear to testify that BRANDED
! drew the leasing clause for the com
pany, the trust" and later attacks
these clauses as illegal after havtn
been retained by ST. Louis, Mo-, sho
p manufacturers. 1t was said about tn
. capitol today that these interests. to
/, gether with the New Haven. would en-
. deavor also to have Richard Olne,
former attorney general, to appear /
>, opposition to the confirmation.
- T. c. Smelling, attorney of New Yor
City. who has been connected with she
machinery patents and c. Barren,
financial writer of New York and Bos
d. ton. also have been summoned
n While the bitterness of the earl
u antagonism to the appointment ha
- abated, the effect of the Thorn
y charges, which have been mailed to a
senators, has been that the Progress
sive Republican group generally ha
adopted an attitude that it must
shown in regard to the rate case
This group quite approves of othe
phases of Brandeis' activities an
opinions.
! 1t is considered certainty Brande
Is himself will appear before the con
er mittee, since he is the only person WI
III can answer several of the charg,
/ against him.