But it is not possible Constitutionally, and probably would not be desirable anyhow, completely to abolish the appeal.

Unwise zealots wished to make the effort totally to abolish the appeal in connection with the Hepburn Bill.

Representatives of the special interests wished to extend the appeal to include what it ought not to include.

Between stood a number of men whose votes would mean the passage of, or the failure to pass, the bill, and who were not inclined towards either side.

Three or four substantially identical amendments were proposed, and we then suddenly found ourselves face to face with an absurd situation.