The farmer and mechanic., 1907-03-12
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Traducer.


mileage OF earnings, we thought it
would be wiser to adopt the former,
on account Of the great variation III
the earnings of little roads We dis
cussed whether the classification by
mileage could be sustained" The
Committee had the iowa statute and
the opinion of the Supreme Court in
the Ohio case unaor which the power
of the laW-maki kinG power To establish
any standard of classification was
sustained except upon Il false com
Ii:lflScn. NhCn he N,2S asked us to the
mileage classification, he had stated
that he had no doubt Of the conStitu-
tiona1ftN Of {" classification according
10 mileage, "a which may be consider
cd gross earnings whether arising
from frC pnt or passenger service.
il was finally suggested that he and
Senator Daniel draft Il bill. He made
I draft 1T night and submitted it to
AIR. Daniel the next morning. There
were other changes and the bill was
rewritten Afterwards the committee
met. adopted the bill ana prepared its
report. There VAS never 4 suggestion
BY any ono that he recalled Of a 100
mile limit
As to the suggestion that Mr.
Daniels approached him as to Mr..
Henry Page, he denied it emphaticaLlY
He had only had one conversation with
MIR. Daniels and that was after the
committee had agreed upon its re-
port. Mr.. Daniels had asked him
whether they had agreed and he
had replied in the affirmative.
That was the extent Of the conver-
sation. AS to the charge of enmity
between Mr.. Daniels and Mr. page
he had never heard it. He had a
distinct recollection that before the
public Service committee Mr. Page had
stated that he and Mr.. Daniels We're
good friends
Mr. Manning again stated that Mr..
Daniels had ever mentioned Page to
hun or Pages road. lie had himself
| calIcd the attention Of the commit
tee TO tho fact that Mr Page had
/ stated at the hearings on the rate bill
that hc had been selling 800 mil"
books for two cents q mile. He stat
ed that this fact was ono Of the CON
! trolling reasons for his thinking that
the Page road should come under
the operation Of the act Another WAS
that MIR. Page had stated that his was
2 freight and not q passenger road.
Judge Vinborne
JudSe Winborne. who was sworn
after Mr.. Manning. gave practically
the s. ne account of the proceedings
of the committee and denied that Mr..
Daniels had had any conversation with
him relative to the rate legislation or
to Mr. Page. He also testined. as had
Mr.. Manning. that the committee had
agreed not 10 0lSCuSS the matter DenQ-
ing their decision and ne had not
done 50 with anyone.
Mr.. stevens Rings i'll Mr.. Peeic.
Mr. II. l.. Stevens, taking the stand
also outlined briefly his recollection of
the proceedings in conference and de-
MED that Mr.. Daniels had in any WAY
or at any time approached him on
the subject Of rate Legislation in gen
cr3l or tho Page road in particular.
As to the cnmity existing between Mir.
Daniels ana MIR Page, he had never
heard of IT. He had heard Nh. Page
say that five thousand people took the
News and Observer who did not want
it ana had read the editorial in this
paper which he took to mean merely
to call attention to the fact that
the News and Observer NGS It public
necessity as admitted by Mir Page
Mr. stevens, continuing, said that
MIR. Daniels had never talked to him.
but that if he had thought he had any
Information ne would not have hcsi-
tatcd to ask him for il. He had sought
Mr Page. to talk TO him, bat the lat
ter was busy and he could not get