sentences:  "Locomotive Engineers Journal" decried the proposal, especially as no provision was made for preventing the railroads from discharging workers at will.As a commissioner, he was considered to be a radical.Clements was among the commissioners who led the fight for the Commission to get real power over the railroads, a battle which nearly led to the Commission being legislated out of existence but which resulted in the passing of the Hepburn Act in 1906.