The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
New Subject for Call
Developed.
sovERNoR PROPOSES
!. PUBLIC UTILITIES
Report Is Given Cfedenee In Mont
gomry.
New Ysrk Law Has Connenaea Itsel1
= Aanaaistrstis., and WIN Likely
n Diseased ut Extra

4 The latest Governmental rumof
oMoat In Montgomery and generally
6o11eved. q that the Governor. In his
ell Tor the extra session Of the Legis-
i1o4nray VIII propose o law under which
the Railroad Commission will be turned
into Public Utilities Commission to
have charge not only OF the railroads.
mt ~ telephone. light and express
G1WpAnies OF the State - we'll a.
~ Organizations which serve the pub
-, co~srnor has declined to say
Whak he would put In the call. bslfev-
1ng inst R he did %. the opposition TO
hi0 proposed acts would have time to
erxgtalise snd make . fight before the
La&1nlakure. But somehow. the re-
poff waA abroad in Montgomery that
he proposed to have the Legislature
transform the Railroad Commission to
Ufilifies Commission. with power TO
regulate In every way every public SER
Woe company in Alsb anna.
The Railroad Commission has In the
neht against the railroads, been made
= ssahuttlecock" In the enforcement Of
the various laws. The Legislature
farst clothed II with All kinda OF power.
It had the power. to nx ratess II had
the power to enforce whatever regula-
lions Of all railroads with the State.
But the legal advisers Of the Gov
ernor deemed It necessary ct the extra
session to deprive the Commission OF
power to enforce the acts or make
rates. BY this plan. Il was sought TO
dodge any possible action by the SUI
prerne Court. In other words, the
power OF the Railroad Commission has
been like the little pea-in-fhe-shsli
game. Now you see it. and now you
don.t' One session OF the LegislAturs
was clothing It with all kinds OF power,
ana another sensfon, at the direction
Of the Governor. ives taking that power
The report that the oovsrnor ntendi
ed TO turn the Railroad Commission
into Public ServlceC Commission u given
orsdenoe In Montgomery. This law
wouid BE- based upon 90 act OF the
same sort pAeee6 ~ tbs LAgtslature OF
New x0rlk. The ssmar1kabis code Of
4lnbama raf1soa6 laws was selected
n<ace By pisoe from ether stateA Most
a. fhs laws came from Minnesota. some
came fsom Missouri and some from
Kansas.
Whessvsr q Sew wac passad sham-
u1or3nas al the saiiy0ad6 Q COPY OF sk
<sha esoured and introduced IN the
Alabama LAgfslakure. Since she Ala
hama xseg4siaxuxe adjourned. the New
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|xsUvern0r Hughes had passed what was
,oa1led . hin Cor public service COR
xorAfipnns a oommtssiou was estab-
&sshed 20 nnIwe conple3e chafge of al
SDrporakfens % this GLASS IN the State
10 d. their dhargss end 70 arrange SsE
<he3r kAxss..
The rum6s eanas In Montgomery is
x11a1 mis- new Eorlk' yaW has commend
81 aksaix 60 che Governor Of Alabama.
and that 20 him. 90 appears good
4hinx 60 eurn the Raslroad Commission
into q Pubic Service Commission.
whioh would take change Of every cor
p0rAtson serving the people Of the
Efates
r. mas been 1ntimated that this 10
ene Of the reasons that the Governor
has kept secret The materaal which
he viii put into the call for the extra
esssion--he does not want 1t known
mat all classes Of corporations serving
she people OF the State VIII be put In
- same class with the railroads. II
this Is generally known, all these
concerns would have an opportunity
~ aettink together 70 defeat the bills
which may be introduced in the Legisi
so4ura