The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-04
Jas. l.. Brown
Republican Nominee for Corpor-
alton Commissioner.

d1On commissioner.
To the business men Of Okla
homa City and Of other cities
and towns OF the state;
Most OF the business men OF
Oklahoma City know me well
but am not so well known
throughout the state | wish to
speak to YOU regarding my views
touching the duties OF a corpo-
ration commissioner As most of
YOU know, all the domestic cor
porations of the state, other than
educational and religious asso-
Citations, are under the jurisdic-
ton OF the Corporation Commis-
sion.
We all know that a very large
portion OF the important business
OF the state is transacted by cor
. porations and that their interests
are simply immense. ! recognize
the fact that no one man can un-
derstand all the various interests
and methods OF this large num-
bcr Of corporations, for doing
business. | also recognize the
fact that do not know every
thing. For instance, take our
large mercantile houses, such as
our large department stores, our
milling interests, our oil and
mining interests, our railroads.
D our printing establishments, and
scores OF others that | could
name, each have their intricate
methods and details of business
which. in the nature Of things.
arc best understood and best
known to the persons who own
and carry on the business of each
specific line, and cannot all be
understood by any one person
not acquainted with that line of
business, and il any-ef these mat
tcrs come before the commission
for investigation. the commits
sioner must, IL he be a reasonable
man, know that the managers, as
witnesses, have more knowledge
Of these transactions than any
commissioner can, without in
vcStigation, have, and hence il
becomes the duty of the commits
sioncr to patiently hear, thorough
" investigate and learn and un-
derstand from the parties who do
know all about the details of the
business of the corporation or in
dividual having a hearing, to the
end that the commissioner may not
be plunging ahead in the dark,
and making orders and render
ing judgments which might work
gross injustice and wrong on
the individual corporation or
person in contention Any com
missioner who did attempt so to do,
or did assume that he knew
everything simply because he was
elected a commissioner, would
be a very dangerous individual
to the commercial interests of the
parties concerned and to the
business interests of the state.
In order to yot the minds of
persons at rest in regard 10 these
matters. and to enable them to
make choice of commissioners on
election day, | pledge to them
that patient, pains taking care
which ] have always given to my
legal and business transactions,
and will seek by all reasonable
means to know and understand
every matter under hearing, TO
the end and for the purpose Of
seeing that no unjust and injuri.
ous orders and judgments are
made, but that on the contrary,
sensible, rational and just orders
and judgments only shall be
made. To this course of conduct.
II elected, | pledge myself in ad-
vance 70 the great business in
tercsts Of our state, | am in the
best Of health, in body and mind.
On the above pledges ! ask your
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