Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-03

| mental work. In closing hc handed =
the committee a marked copy Of the
! general bill containing f"W Norha
alterations.
| NJ, p,t+any,Il ,b,. IJ,rs,. chairman
~ ~. ,.,,,,r,itt.n ,,b, ,,ge the aetna
h,r,si,Ii,,r- ofIic.r AZ tbr hearing. aslet
Mr. Eaton if Nh foct that this com.
Eni..i,, ms :, ,.,l;o n,.+ The duties ot
t1,. rres.nt ,ya,rr storar. commission
or.3 ,.rl,3 movers which y.,rn likely Il
H., ,,;,.,,, ,bo,, ,,hc,r,, fhot vnuld
,rf,G, his rnntrnti,n far 4 member
iii. ,f thr,. Ur I-,ten hid that i,
,,,i,,, VA ,,;,,it,., tbat no diJ M,
E,,,,,,. mil tol,,.. ,r ,h,.. added mowers
,,hisb j., vas nronaerJ a. give - tht
v.o,.r ,o,o,r,, ,.,,n,,,i-sinn
| S.fb /. carter rrpr.sentiue the
1I.,i,, central R.jIrnad. dcyot,d HIM
y,If il, ltis ,fie,.,,ssia,,, at the hin h.
faro ,r,. .on,oittr, almost exclusively
| IN ,o,n,inr uut sections nf if whore
Inc haljnyad changes n,ight he made
for an improvements Of the hill. lie
.,id that ho 1id mn, ,rp.ar rs rith.l
| fa,orino nr nnrpsinc m, hill. A. 4
nrirrfr,lc ne Thought thof th, theory
a,.. yieht ana thar there was iustifi-
carton for tho commission in relation
In TIN rconl, anG fhe ,rrpOratione. As
tp IN. massage of the measure ut this
finr if was n matter for the commit
IT,. to decide whether II vas demanded
and whether i was cxI,cslient t. make
tho changes suggested In this bill for
m. interests II the pubic. The cX-
penye cntanca should d. taken into
consideration, rs it undoubtedly would
be and il seemed to him tnat the aueS-
tiun COR The committee 1, decide Nae
whether the matter should be taken
IN now or the State should wait until
thu experience of other states with
similar commissions should afford a
better basis inr consideration OF this
measure. lie understood that II or
- states had passed similar bills to
this one ana that their experience With
them were varied som" states having
found them working we'll and some
having some dti'iculty with the com
mission they had created
In tho beginning. and assuming that
n hill Vas t. hr passed. he said that
a great deal depended IN any event
upnu tho character OF IT, commission
rather than upon the law He thought
that the commission should be COM
posed OF three, rather than five mem
bcrs. with larger salaries than those
provided in the hill ii the number Of
commissioners was IL n. reduced The
thing to aim for WI 4 tribunal Of
character and high standing so that
when the people APPLIED to il for the
settlement of their difficulties they
might hc satisfied with the decision.
He believed that there should be some
qualifications prescribed as tn the COM
missioners, as for Example that they
should not be engaged in any litigation
with the corporations or prejudiced for
or against them. They should not be
stockholders in corporations or have
any connection with them. This bill
does not make any restrictions of the
kind. AS far as possible he thought
the commission should be non politi-
cal although he did not insist that it
be made partisan, obserS ing, the
distinction between these two terms.
Ii should he safeguarded in the great
est possible way ami the commission
should he given as high character as
vas possible To obtain.
Mr.. carter then took UP the bin Soc
I'm ~ Hc1ll'lt anu III Il very Ialr way
made suggestions relative To- the
changes which he thought should he
made lie pointed out, not only those
Things which he thought might lie
aetflnehtat to the railroads and Other
corporations, but ais" 10 provisions
"Aere ne thought the interests o! the
people W,re not tuiiE safesuarded. For
example he SAID that ii seemed 70 him
at the beginning, anyway, the whole
tohih1iSSl"h should sit as a body in
thr nearing Of cases ana not delegate
one OF MS members to sit. He thought
thdt tn" time stated in Section = for
inc presenting of balances by corpora
tlohs 10 the commission should l." *
'ehdeG from sept. Il tn oct. /.
~ another case Mr.. Carter pointed
our tLiat the bill required corpora
IONS To produce their books when
tlie commission asked for them. This.
ne "aid' would be difficult thing
10 90. Tor corporation doing an in
terState business, where there was
ID" IN another state that the books
should be Kept in that state. He
thought that some provision about
certified copies should be inserted The