Mr. RiCHAEDSON. Then there is the right of appeal?

Mr. McChord. There is no appeal at all. 1 can not conceive how
there can be an appeal from the legislative act to the court. There is,
of course, the rignt of review everywhere in a properly instituted
action, but the idea of appeal has been confused here with the idea of
review. The courts have the right to review, but you can not appeal
from the legislature or from the act of a legislative tribunal to the
court. This is not against the railroads. It is in the interest of the
railroads, and to protect them from a greater evil. I believe that
these questions should be discussed and considered fairly.
I regret to see that some traffic men, some railroad men, and some
shippers have so far forgotten the great question that is pending here as
to inject personalities into it. I have seen it even charged in the press,
or have seen the question asked, whether or not the power was sought
by certain people for the purpose of selling out. I do not believe that
it is fair, gentlemen, to deal with a great qiiestion in that way. If
that question can be properly asked of the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission, it can be asked of that great man who sits in the White House
to-daj^, and, while I differ with him politically, I believe that the meas-
ures that he has proposed will immortalize him. 1 believe that when
he carries them through he will have made the greatest President that
this country has ever had.
My time is limited, gentlemen, and I j'ield to Judge Crump, of
Virginia.
STATEMENT OF HON. BEVERLY T. CRUMP.
