Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-14

would get an idea how we produce Sucf
men as have been the pride of the ma.
ton. We are enjoying an era Of pros
perity l believe with labor more renu.
lucrative and the articles of life cheap
er that i'm a long time Again / well
come you and hope you will not let this
be your last visit"
Mr.. President and gentlemen" said
Mayor Lane when introduced 1T gives
me pleasure to welcome you to Au-
gusta. Your duties are many and they
include civil contracts, educ ational. So
cial and all the phases of life You
We're treated to the civil contract part,
last evening. in attending the pleasant
wedding Ii is the vacation season now
and we do not expect you to work in
a manual form, but, today, you can
have the chance to work in your line of
statistics. AS to the educational part.
we demonstrated the workings of cleo
tricity on the first evening Of your visit
Now for the social side, the weather is
certainly doing its share. this morning.
and we will leave DR.. John F.. Hill and
lady to complete the duties which you
can be assured they will do to perfec-
ton. this evening"
In response to these assurances Of
welcome, President Wright said: II be-
1 I a.hn th. ,f
vention in thanking you for your well
come to the Grand Old State, as we call
it. hardly understand why il is called
the Grand "Old" State, because it is the
daughter of Massachusetts and the
! granddaughter of England and il pos
sesses the good traits of both We
recognize that the sun rises first upon
| Maine, but We would like to know
where the setting point is to be. Maine
has been said TO have two raw mater
ials that We're unexcelled. ice and
| granite. but | can add another to that.
in naming man" He referred to the
| Aroostook war. the count out and the
times Of Governor Kent. and made
other pleasing remarks
As Hon. Benjamin F. Chadbourne
was not present an invitation was ex-
tended Prof A. f.. Rogers Of the Uni
versity of Maine. to deliver the address
! Fridays session.
| Prof Rogers had for his subject
The Responsibility of Corporate Or
CARNATIONS to the Public" and II was
| listened to with great interest. The
! greater number of the commissioners
seemed to agree with the speaker.
| though one or two could not. but all
agreed that the address was an able
| one.
He took the growth of the corpora
ton from the time Of the Romans when
the church was about the only corpo-
rate body. and traced it TO date. He
| said il was a growth of fundamental
| errors rather than fundamental truths
of today that allow this to go on. more
| especially did he dig at the Maine law
| in regard to the formation of corpora
| tons He said that the strength OF the
personality idea at the expense OF the
principle that the justification of the
corporation lies in the advantages to
! the public, has been the result of pa
tent causes That it was from legis
lation shaped in part from questionable
motives and in part to promote great
enterprises, SO that conservatism had
been thrown to the winds and finally
| the character of the people themselves
| had been turned in the same direction.
For" he said, we are inclined TO look
upon the corporation laws as demo-
cratic in their nature, inasmuch as
| they offer equal privileges to all per-
sons. We are apt to lost sight of the
| fact that the very essence of the laws
is discrimination. the granting Of spec
| ial rights and privileges to some per
sons that the sound policy of the law
denies to our citizens generally
He said that the reform must come
| through legislation and that must be
effective and conservative.
Mr. MacMackin of New York, said
| that if the use of alleged capital. which
has no existence, could be made crimi-
nal, that would furnish one solution of
| the difficulty.
The discussion became general and
Prof. Rogers was called upon to an
swer many questions and explain his
position to the gentlemen in some
| cases.
| Mr. Cox of Michigan, said that they
had been fighting along this line FOR
three years. They had succeeded in
having the laws passed only to have
the supreme court tell them that their
laws were unconstitutional. He said
they had been whipped and he would
| like to know what could be done.
| Mr.. Conner of Indiana, suggested