The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-18

1ers disposed VI.
There were lively times in the house
for while yesterday morning.
Mr. Morrison, the anti-railroad lead
er. presented a bill to prohibit ali state
officers from accepting passes from
railroads and had the house about his
ears Immediately, a large majority of
the members apparently being strongly
opposed to paying their fares. The
bill was warmly discussed for some
time when it was indefinitely post
poned
Nearly the whole of the rest of the
day was occupied in the consideration
of the counties government bill. 1t
was amended in many particulars be-
fore it was laid over to come up again
today.
The house concurred in the senate's
amendments to II. Is. No. Sc by adopt
ing the minority report of the confer
ence committee. thereby repeating all
legislation for meat inspection.
At the close of the session another
railroad bill was introduced by MIR.
Cazier Its provisions are very much
less severe CT railroads than those of
the other bills introduced.
The committee on contingent eX-
penses reported recommending author
izing the ergeant-at-arms to pay bills
amounting to S234.S5. The report was
adopted.
Mr.. Morrison presented H. B. No. 100.
f0Tbidding members of the legislature
or any ether state, county or city Of
ficer to accept passes from any rail-
road. the penalty for the violation of
which was to be forfeiture of office.
Railroad companies were also pro-
hibited from giving or offering a pass
to any such officer. on penalty Of
sentence to ninety days in the county
Jail.
II. B. No. %, Raddatz's mining bin.
was on the calendar as a special order
but was again put over at the request
of the chairman of the mining commit
tee.
DIDN'T PROPOSE TO PAY.
Mr.. Cazier. when the order of second
reading was reached, moved to in
definitely postpone further considera-
ton of Mr.. Morrison's bill.
The anti-railroad leader, Mr. Nor
rison. was on his feet in a moment,
saying he brought it disgrace that
il should be bruited about the streets
as he had heard It said that the mem
bars of the legislature could be bought
by a few passes.
Mr.. Critchlow thought there appear
ed a disposition on The part of the
members to strangle all railroad legis-
laltion, This bill should not be killed
till ii was known what would be done
with other railroad legislation.
Mr.. Caziar said the "a a day members
received was barely sufficient TO pay
expenses. They therefore should not
be Forbidden the right to travel on
! IA la1fr
Der in accepting a pass did so with
the understanding that he was under
obligations to favor railroads in legis-
lative matters
A LITTLE ACRIMONY.
Mr.. Cushing was acrimonious. He
said he knew a great many people con-
sidersd railroad men ought not to be
allowed to live. but railroads and rail-
road men represented interests among
the largest in the state. He believed
they should and were entitled to at
least one representative in a, body of
forty-five. Insinuations had been cast
at him. he said. as being a railroad
man. but he represented, not the rail-
roads. but the employees of railroads.
Speaking pontedly at Mr.. Morrison. he
said the gentleman and the governor
were as far as he knew, the only Off
Gals who had returned their passes.
The latter he understood. had done
so because the railroads would not
make Them annual, and for the add
tionaa reason that his partner, who did
all the travelling for the firm, was a
councilman. and had passes, and he
Ndorrison had no use for them.
Mir. Critchlow took the railroad COM
1nittee TO task. The seventy-ninth day
he'd come and the committee had only
reported one bill. ard that one of no
Importance, or so little that ii was
killed The committee had not reported
one bill which had passed the house
while every other committee had re-
,ort,sd all the way from ten no forty
hills. He did not consider this treating
the house fairly. 1t looked like an eff
fort TO smother all railroad legislation
in committee He did not for a mo-
ment believe that members were infiu-
errce,l in favor of the railroads because
they had accepted passes. but he, IKE
MIR. Morrison. knew il was commonly
insinuaited about the streets shat it
was impossible to get railroad legis-
latfon of amy sort through the house.
This in Itself looked bad. and he
thought the committee ought TO re-
port in some manner. either tor or
against the bills now pending before it,
Mr. Morrison asked what passes were
given by the roads for II II was not TO
t1rey srrt unfavorable legislation.
MIR. Critcf wv replied that he did not
so look at N. He did not think any
member could be bribed by pass.
II was simply a custom which had
grown up everywhere and was to curry
favor with officials.
Mr.. Robinson asked if the passage of
such a bill would prevent the roads
from giving passes. Mr.. Critchlow re-
piled that it certainly would
Mr. Robinson then stated that in the
constitutional convention a railroad
man had stated during a time when
this very subject had been under dis
cussion. that it mattered not what the
law was ON this subject the railroads
would find some way of getting
around it.
Mr. Stevens favored the motion to