The
Late Judge Mabee
Petrolia Advertiser
The St. Thomas Times wants
to know if all the men of Jim Mabee's type have gone extinct.
"Jim" Mabee was
the late Judge Mabee, chairman of the Board of Railway
Commissioners. He had the mind of a giant and the tenderness of a
woman, combined with a rare personality.
Great corporations did not
awe him, and his verdicts were always accepted without complaint,
both sides to the dispute realizing that he would deal with them
fairly and honestly.
If, as The Times seems to
think, the present board does not measure up to that of Judge
Mabee's regime, we can only answer, there was only one Jim Mabee. As
he said himself, his judgments were based, not so much on the law as
on common sense.
