The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-10
Senate and House Split on the
Railway Section
AND THE CODE IS HUNG UP
ACTION OF THE SENATORS IN
CENSES REPRESENTATIVES.
Some Important Measures Passed,
Including the Irrigation, Fish
and Game Bills and the Cary
Land Grant Measure.

be liable for all damages sustained by
any agent or servant thereof, by rea-
son of the negligence of any iher agent
or servant thereof, without contribu-
tory negligence on his part, when sus-
tanned within this state, and no con-
tract, rule or regulation between such
corporation and any agent or servant
shall impair or diminish such liability.
| This is the rock upon which legislat-
i've harmony has been wrecked during
the closing hours of the session. The
house has passed the code with this
section incorporated. The senate has
passed it with the section eliminated,
and each BODY declares that it will
never yield. The code will remain hung
up until one side does yield
The conference committee appointed
to consider points of disagreement on
the code, consisting of three members
from each house, recommended to each
house the adoption of the above sec
ton as new amendment to the ar
ticle on labor. The recommendation
was promptly adopted by the house and
as quickly rejected by the senate. The
upper house asked for another confer
ence, and the conference committees
again recommended to each house the
again adopted it, and passed the bill.
This was on Monday. Yesterday the
senate again rejected the section and
asked for third conference, but be-
fore the conference was held it passed
the bill and returned it - the house.
The course taken by the senate
aroused a storm of wrath in the lower
house, and the members last evening
INDUCED in much fiery denunciation
senatorial 2rrO0qnpe and iOEOlanp0
BY almost unanimous vote it was de-
termined to maintain the dignity of the
house and stand firm by its previous
action. The section in controversy was
again adopted and inserted in the code,
which was returned to the senate.
The senators declare they have five
times rejected this section, in one form
or another, and they will not adopt it
now. The members of the lower house
represent that they have twice adopted
1t on the recommendation of a senate
committee, and they do not propose to
be trified with by the upper branch
Notwithstanding their bold and defiant
attitude it is predicted that the mem
bers Of the house will yield to sena-
torial pressure.
The house yesterday passed several
important measures, including the bills
On irrigation, Carey land grant, fish
and game, state food and dairy COM
missioner and endorsement of the
civil federation. The voting machine
bill, the vestibule street car bill and
the bill relating to publication of no
tees were rejected.
IRRIGATION BILL.
House bill 142 by the irrigation com
mittee, relating to irrigation and water
rights, was taken up as the special
order Debate on proposed amendments
consumed all of the forenoon session
When the previous question was finally
ordered. the discussion proceeded with
renewed vigor.
D. S. Cook thought the bill would
lead TO much litigation.
w. c. SorenSen said the legislature
had legislated in the interest of the
bankers, the railroads, and all the cor
porations, and had at last got down to
the farmers, with a bill that proposed
to compel. them to go into the courts
to defend their rights. He character
lied the bill as legaliZed robbery.
Greer, as a pioneer farmer and irri-
gator declared the bill was all right,
and would give Utah the best law it
had ever had.
Thoreson thought the measure would
be detrimental to the farming interests
1t proposed TO impose a tax on every
user of water, by requiring him to re-
Duffin delivered an impassioned
speech against the bill, and declared
it would drive settlers from their homes
and re-enact the tragedy of Acadia
He denounced it as an infamous meas
ure.
Bennion, Cook Of Box Elder, Muir
dock, Kimbail of Cache and others sup
ported the measure.
The house at length, after three
hours of discussion CnnPQa1Qd in oh
ing vote on the measure and it was
passed by vote of 81 to f. Before |
being passed, however, the most objec-
tonable features were eliminated:
CAREY LAND GRANT BILL.
At the afternoon session considera-
ton of the Carey land grant bill was
resumed. The action by which it was
decided that reservoir companies
should have no lien on the land for
deferred payments on water rights !
was reconsidered and the original pro-
visions of the bill were retained, max !
ing such deferred payments lien on
the land and water rights
Many other amendments were of |
fered and general discussion of the |
bill followed. 1t developed that there |
was much less opposition than on the |
previous evening. Cook of Rich fought |
the measure to the last, declaring he !
would not be a party to placing a per-
petual mortgage on the homes of the |
settlers. The state could reclaim these |
lands without giving corporations the |
right to levy perpetual tax on the |
settlers.
The bill was passed by a vote of 80 |
to 8.
CIVIC FEDERATION.
The substitute for house bill 1877. the |
Civic federation bill, was taken up. |
The purpose of this bill is to reim- |
burse the civic federation" of Salt |
Lake for the amount contributed |
(about $4,000 in the prosecution of the |
Joint building Doodle cases. 1t pro-
vides that whenever money has been I
advanced to any county since Jan. l, /
1895, for defraying expenses incurred /
in the execution of the laws, and the 1
was used for such purpose, such /
is declared a legal and
valid claim against such county and
shall be paid in the manner provided
for the payment of other claims (
against the county, provided, the claim
is presented and filed within six /
after the passage of the act.
No such claim is to be paid unless
the commissioners find that the money
was advanced and used for the benefit
of the county.
Thoreson wanted to know whether
any county except Salt Lake would
be affected. There were other coun-
ties that had run into debt in the en-
forcement of the laws, but he was in
formed the bill would not apply to such