Weekly journal-miner., 1909-09-08
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
 NAMED BY GOVERNOR
rErom 1Yednesaay.s Daily,

ceed SlHlS Ely, NHo lSolSHOu 1lOh that position a few days ago.
 Governor Sloan reached a decision yesterday and the official announce ment will be made today.
 MT. MeNair arrived in Prescott yesterday afternoon and after a con ference with the governor at his head quarters at the Yavapai club, the latter stated to the Journal-Miner that MeNair would be the appointee. The formal official commission will be executed today.
 MT. MeNair left last night for Douglas, where he will tender his resignation as secretary of the cham Der of commerce. of that city, and will at once enter upon the duties of his new position.
 It has been generally believed for some days that the choice of the governor would eventually fall upon MT. McNair. The only objection to him in the beginning, was a geo. graphical one, but this has since been removed by reason of the fact that Commissioner Bieknell has purchased property in Phoenix and will make that city his home in the future.
 Governor Sloan has received nume, ous telegrams from prominent persons and commercial organizations all over the territory urging the appointment of MT. MeNair, who was also backed by Hoval A. Smith, chairman, and George U. Young, secretary of the Re publican territorial central committee.
 After the railroad commission was created by the legislature last session, there was no man of the forty or more applicants than MT. McNair. He had the endorsement of the Arizona Commercial association, the Bisbee board of trade, the Douglas chamber of commerce and a particularly strong fight was made in his behalf by the Marieopa Commercial club. Governor Kibbey, however, did not appoint him, and he was severely criticized at the time for not doing so.
 When a vacancy on the eommis- sion was created the other day, naturally MT. McNair was deemed the logical man for the place by those who had stood with him before.
 It is MT. McNair's fitness for the position that has been the cause of his strength. For fourteen years he was with the Delaware & Lackawanna railroad, with headquarters at Ho- boken, N. J. Then he served three years with the Chicago & Atlantic, at Wichita, Kan; five years with the Cotton Belt line, and five years with the Fl Paso & Southwestern. In this period of .34 years, his duties have been principally connected with the transportation department, and this experience is what so eminently qualities him as an expert on rate making, and therefore a valuable member of the railway commission.
 The new commissioner is a native of Morristown, N. J., and is 5S years of age, although he looks ten years younger. Personally, he is genial in manner and man who makes friends easily and retains them. He severed his connection with the Fl Paso X Southwestern to accept the position of secretary of the Douglas chamber of commerce on November 20 Of last year. and by his energy anc lorioinal methods he has succeeded II
 making that one of the strOnges
 commercial organizations in the ter
 ritory, with direct benefits aecruins
 to that city.
 A strong and ardent Republican
 he has always taken an active in terest in matters pertaining to tn welfare of the party, and he was tn
 chairman of the convention at Phoe nix. which nominated Ralph Camero
 as delegate to congress.
 Speaking last night of his polio as a member of the commission, h
 said:
 {, "It shall be my aim to bette conditions and yet treat all interest
 fairly and impartially. My idea . to consider all grievances that ma |. be laid before the commission, an pass upon them with sober judgmer r to the end that justice may be mete . out both to the people and to th , railroads. I apprehend that we hay
 a great deal of work before us. Thel
 has been some criticism that the con o mission has done nothing but If have had occasion recently as seer d tary of the Douglas chamber of cor p meree. to review its work, and l a Is frank to say that the board has bee