New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-24
MR. THURBERS COMMISSIONER.

The Railroad Commission law requires crltl-
cal examination Of men well as terms. Be-
fore it was signed by Governor Cornell attacks
on the measure were chiefly aimed at the sec
ton that directs the appointment OF one OF the
Commissioners "upon the recommendation OF
{" the president and executive committees OF
4" the Chamber of Commerce, the New I ork
Board of Trade and Transportation, and the
National Anti Monopoly League as NOR con-
"stituted. or any two of such organizations so
represented in case of disagreement" 1t
was said that it was unconstitutional thus to
delegate executive power, and especially to
the National Autobiography League, which had
no legal existence. Apparently the Governor
did not think these objections fatal. He has
signed the bill leaving TO the courts the duty
of deciding upon the constiutionality of the
law.
Public attention will now naturally be di-
rccted to the associations vested with this great
power of appointment, for practically they will
have this power, the Governor and Senate
will hesitate long before rejecting candidate
nominated in this manner. 1t is not the asso-
Citations however, so much as the men who have
so far been hidden under the titles 'presdcnt and
executive committees of the Chamber of Com
merce the New York Board of Trade, and the
National Anti Monopoly Leagne, that the public
is curious about. From the character, the bust
ness experience, of these men, hitherto known
to but few, the public is entitled to Judge of
the grade of Railroad Commissioner they are
likely to select An inspection of the com
mittec list Is not encouraging. The list is GER
tainy dad in spots" No one could take ex-
ception to the executive committee OF the
Chamber of Commerce. Its members are :
George W. Lane tea merchant, OF No. 80
Front-st; William II. Fogg, dealer i'll Chinese
goods, No 80 Burling-slip; James NJ. Brown,
banker of No. 80 Wal-st. George Will
son. of No. G3 William-st., secretary of
the Chamber of Commences Oliver Har-
riman dry-goods merchant of No. 60
Worth-st. Benjamin c. Arnold, coffee mer-
chant, of No. 1876 Pearl-st.; Charles 5. Smith,
dry-goods merchant. of No. rs Worth-st.
Morris X. Jesup, banker of No. 81 William
ST. ; and Henry licntz, cotton merchant. of No.
South William-st This is a committee that
truly represents every class of the mercantile
community All would willingly intrust to
them the naming Of the railroad commissioner.
Mr. Thurbers Board OF Trade and Trans
poration committee is not quito trust
worthy II has some men upon it who have
been rambling among politicians too long not
to have imbbed some of their pernicious ideas
respecting the appointment of men to Offices
affecting financial interests. Some OF It's
members also have been knocking too
often at the gates of the railways
for special rates not to have disabled them
selves from impcrsonally considering railroad
questions. An examination of their names is
in order: Ambrose Snow, commission mer
chant. of No. 81 Pearl-st.; john f. Henry,
wholesale druggist, Of No 81 Collcge-placc;
William ii. Wiley, fruit dealer, Of No. $50
Rcadc-st.; \. B. Miller storage warehouse of
No. as Pear-st.; +. b. Ihurber, wholesale
grocer, of No. ll6 Reade-st.; a. NJ. Colin,
dealer in beans and peas, OF No. 50 Pcarl-st.
The descent i'll the order OF merit is still
more observable when one comes to consider
| the committee of the National Anti Monopoly
League. Iabitual readers OF newspapers VIII
remark at once the names of men known to
them for ten years back as leaders of
communistic movements. There are also
the latest political charlatans--the leaders
of the sO-cslled Anti Monopoly Party.