The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-08-05
CARRIGAN TALKS
Time is Required In Which 10 Consid-
err tax Commission Bills Matters In
Connection With 1t which he Does
not Like Very Much.

err tax Commission Bills Matters II
Connection With 1t which he Doel
not Like Very Much.
| Senator Charles E. Carrigan ha.
been 10 town. He lett for his home al
Benwood today. While he was hert
he was Of course asked about the pros
poets of an extra session to consider
the tax commission report.
He stated that he did not believe
| that an extra session was the wist
plan. An extended session after tbs
regular session next time the legisla
ture meets would probably be the best
way to settle the problem.
ssThe tax commission report and
bills makes several hundred pages Of
printed matter. To consider THU
properly will take much time and
study. And / for one would not VOTE
for or against any OF the proposed bill:
| without the most careful study"
"When you attempt to make any
radical changes in the system OF tax
alton you are striking at something
which may prove fraught with much
danger to the interests Of the state. y
1.-THE House rushed the.bills through.
They did everything without proper
consideration. They even proposed
to appoint railroad commissioner to
regulate the railroads OF the state
and make them obey the laws and
then saddled the payment OF this Off
calls salary on the railroads them
selves"
1.-THE Senate was conservative. 1t
was accused Of being influenced by
corporation interests. l do not be-
lieve that this is true"
zone plea which has been made is
that the corporations must be punish
ed by excessive taxation. When we
set our faces against corporations be-
cause they are corporations we may
work irretrievable injury to the state
which is being developed by these
same corporations. !"
"The tax commission was made up
of at least three men who are either
corporation attorneys or corporation
men. They are w. P. Hubbard, John
II. Holt and Henry q. Davis. That
they should &c after the corporations
and hold them up may not sound reas-
enable to some people. 1t does not to
me-
"Anether thing that made me hot
was the effort to have all the bills pass
ed by the Republican majority Ia the
House and Senate as party bills. We
cannot afford to allow such weighty
matters to be decided along party
lines. There is too much at stake
"Still another thing was the secrecy
which surrounded the report and the
bills. These were to have been pre-
scented to the people Of the state on
January but they were not prepared
until in October. Then they were
locked up in Secretary Dawsons safe
and were rot given to the members of
the legislature until the second day Of
the session.
"What l think should be done and
what was ordered done by the legisla-
ture was to have thousands Of copies
of the bills printed, distribute them
to the people of the state, find out
how they feel about it and let them
speak through their conventions, both
Democratic and Republican. Then
when the next legislature is called to-
gether the whole matter will have
been considered carefully. We may
take up the bills after the regular ses-
sion aud be ready and prepared to act
upon them"