At about 2 o'clock a. m., Chairman
Fountain appointed a committee of
five to draft the sense of the commit
tee and visitors as it bad been ex
pressed in the general conference. The
members of this committee were :
Capt. A. S. Peace.
Dr. Cyrus Thompson.
Hal M. Ayer.
Capt. J. U. Sherrill.
V. J. Mc Art bur.
This committee was requested to
report to the full committee on Thurs
day morning at 9 o'clock.
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The committee of five was not able
to meet the full committee promptly
at the hour appointed, but at 10.30 the
following was submitted, and was un
animously adopted :
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Among the suggestions made la the
address issued by the People Party
State Committee last week was ooe to
the effect that the Railroad Commit,
toners should be elected by a direct
vote of the people. This ofgestioo
was made because, in the opinion of
the committee, the Riilrrad Commis
sion had not dealt with tbe matters
which have recently come before It.
Among these questions were an in
crease In tbe assessment of railroad
property and a reduction In passenger
and freight rates.
Tbe questions came before tbe com
mission on tbe 12th of last July. At
the meeting held then, tbe Governor
and some otber citizens, by special in
vttatton from tbe Commission, present
tbeir reasons for believeing that there
should be an increase of assessment
and a reduction of rates. At tbe same
meeting tbe railroad corporations were
strongly represented by prominent of
ficers and attorneys. While tbe Gov
ernor and others addressed tbe Com
mission by communication, tbe rail
roads addressed tbe Commission in per
son and by word of mouth.
