The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-05-08

Since the. admission Of the state
into the Union Il has cost the laxpay'
ers on an average Of fifty dollars fer
every case decided by lhat court Yet
The judges Of the supreme court have
written more opinions in proportion
e their number than The judges of
any other appellate court in the Unit
"a States Each judge has averaged
one opinion for eyeiy three work days.
No other court has made such a record
for proficiency and hard work From
thousand to twelve hundred cases
are appealed each year 70 that court
How are We going % reduce this ex-
pcnse? II can be reduced by putting
4 limitation upon appeals and, also,
BY providing for reasonable docket
feo 10 De assessed and paid hy the Ios-
ing party, snch fee 70 be converted
into the treasury 70 help hear the bur
dens of government This can DO
done without working q hardship Or
unteasonapiy hampcring appeaas, and
Id the same time reduce half Of the
cSpenses cr maintaining such court
hy ineans or taxation
The Corporation Commission.
sThis IA an agency essential 70 the
projections of tbe rights 81 the people
ana must be properly maintained and
supported. The governor and legisla-
mre mist render al necessary assist.
anee The right 10 resort @ the cor
poration commission should and must
be open to everybody without cost.
After the commission mas heard com
plaint and has made its final order,
BY provision Of the constitution such
order is made prina facie reasonable
ana Just Any party of corporation
prosecuting an appeal from sncll order
tAkes tie burden of overcoming snch
presumption. and such appealing party
should be required 10 bear all the bur
dens of the appeal and 10 pay the eN.
penses 81 having the transcript Or rec
ord made lor the appeal At the pres
cnt time there ii no law providing for
collecting Zee from the appealing
party sor making Up the record for
appeal By permitting the corporation
commission 10 charge a reasonable fec
for snch record thousands Of dollars
can De converted snnualiy into the
state treasury 10 addition 70 that d
par cent should ba charged Oh sai re-
funds collected hg the commission,
Take, fpr instance, tho Oklahoma CITY
refund ease where \ Judgment was
rendered against the ploneen Tele-
phone and Telegraph comp,iny for the
benefit 81 its subscribers III Olslaho-
ma city FIJI the sum or se2,600 This
refund suit Uas brought ii the name
ot ihe state by the law officer 81 The
state FOR me benefit 81 the local pa-
irons These parties were not ont
any expense for attorneys. o. any
thing eisc All of this waa dome A
tlle expense of the state and the tax
payers A reasonable fee should be
charged ID such refund Eases on the
anount collected and such fee convert
ed into tbe treasury By this system
thousands VI dollars each year will be
converted into tie state treasury
through the instrnmentalty Of th'
corporation commission Take, for IN
stance, thc eanress sate ana the two
cent farr eases If these eases ars
finally won by the state and thee
oneht 10 ee, by charging a reasonable
ner cent for collecting the.refunds am
diStrihalins the same 10 the intereste.
PARTIES nearly 4 million dollars frop
these TWO sources ought e be convert
"a into the state treasury The corpor
alion commission gives relief to th'
people in such matters more eNpedl
tiously tiian the ardnary judicial trl
hunas ana AT ths same time by tht
! pgoct N Il would he f. 4 large measur
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