The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14
BROWNS POLICIES
 MUCH DISCUSSED Little Joe" Will Carry Out
 Campaign Promises
SOME CHANGES IN LAWS
The Railroad Commission Will Be Re- organized as Soon as Possible and the Powers of the Body Are
 To Be Limited.

Atlanta, June 13.-(Special.)- )-It is a long time until Governor Brown is inaugura%- Cd and sends his first message to the general assembly of Georgia. but already the state house officials are guessing as tc what 1t will contain. That MT. Brown intends to carry out, fully, every one of the policies and prom lses advocated and made by him during his brief and brilliant campaign no one doubts and this brings attention down 10 the office from which he was dismissed by Governor Smith less than year ago.
 MT. Brown has all along advocated a reorganization of this body, limiting it's jurisdiction and defining it's powers
 That the major portion of his first message will deal with this subject there is little doubt
 He served for years with three con- missioners and, three commissioners he considers amply sufficient. There was always a lawyer on the board and no counsel to the railroad commission was found necessary and MT. Brown think. that one is not necessar,- now with At torney General Hart handling the major portion of the railroad commissions bus mess.
 These facts lead to the belief that the commission will be reorganized with only three commissioners and without the services of a special counsel How this will be arranged is a matter of conjecture.
 One of MT. Browns advisors in talk ing over this matter said: "It may be possible that the entire commission will be abolished and a new law creating it's number and defining it's powers will be evolved instead
 Tt may be that Governor Smiths ap- pointees, Judge Hillyer and Fuller Cal laway with Judge Hines as counsel Lo tEe railroad commission, may be left off in the reorganization and Guy McLen- don, Warner Hill and Obe Stevens re- appointed, or only MT. Hill and MT. Stew ems reappointed and a new commissioner named until an election can be held to eject them or their successors
 That the powers of the commission will be limited there seems to be TO doubt.
 MT. Brown believes in regulating rail roads but no one believes that he be- lieves in such absolute control of all pub Ec utilities as the present law prescribes.
 This subject will doubtless be handled gingerly by MT. Brown in his opening ! message to the general assembly," The street car and other municipal cor torations, it is believed, will be left be- yond the pale of the commission and their control turned over to the munich pal governments in which they are b. cated or may be left free as they were tefore.
 The present railroad commission of Georgia has proved very costly and with the state tax rate up to the limit and revenues cut off, it will be, it is stated, the policy of the new administration t1 reduce the actual expenses of the state government as much as possible. It has been estimated the present commission will have cost the state in the neighbor- hood of s35,000 during the past year and TO one has, as yet, been able to point out why this sum should continue to be expended.
 Since MT. Brown was formerly mem- her of the railroad commission of Geor- si.- he is in a position to be able to know the needs and necessities of this depart ment better than any man who has set in the governors chair since the raul road commission of Georgia was first organized.